Rajan Malhotra

FUTURE Group CEO Kishore Biyani has rejigged the leadership team by reassigning responsibilities following the sudden demise of Raghu Pillai, CEO at Future Value Retail.“We are missing Raghu at the moment as he was one of the key drivers...

In 2001, Pantaloon Retail India Ltd. launched Big Bazaar as an early concept of a hypermarket chain in the category in India with a combination of look and feel of Indian bazaars along...

‘Fast Fashion’, the term that defines clothing collections which are based on the most recent fashion trends, are very much popular in the West. These trends are captured in designs and manufactured quickly to allow...

Organised retail in Coimbatore so far is a high street story. Although Coimbatore is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, but it is yet to get attention from large number of retailers the way...

While the Indian market is appealing to national and international majors as well as to manufacturers, well-entrenched neighbourhood general and speciality stores continue to pose challenges to modern retail companies. Transition appears quite complicated in the current situation, underscoring...

The session entitled ‘Where are the markets’ at the ISCF'09 ended on a positive note where the stalwarts from the industry shared their belief that there are immense opportunities and possibilities for mall developers and retailers to explore the...

In sync with company’s aggressive expansion plan, Big Bazaar, the hyper market format of Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, has planned to open three stores in the next month. The proposed stores will be launched in Karad, Nashik and Kanpur,...

Big Bazaar sales remain unaffected by the slowdown. Reebok too observes zooming revenue figures. Department store Westside is all set to mark its presence. Metro-centric entertainment chain PVR is ready to compete with Inox. And this is all at...