Pantaloon Retail India
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| Type | Public (BSE: 523574) |
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| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | India |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Area served | India |
| Key people | Kishore Biyani, (MD & CEO) |
| Products | Discount Stores Supercenters |
| Revenue |  6,019.00 crore (US$1.2 billion) [1] |
| Employees | 14,000 |
| Parent | Future Group |
| Website | Pantaloon.com |
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, is a large Indian retailer, which is part of the Future Group, and operates multiple retail formats in both the value and lifestyle segment of the Indian consumer market. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has over 1,000 stores across 71 cities in India and employs over 30,000 people,[2] and as of 2010, it was the country's largest listed retailer by market capitalization and revenue.[3]
With effect from 1 January 2010 the company separated its discount store business, which includes the Big Bazaar hypermarket and the Food Bazaar supermarket businesses, into Future Value Retail Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary, so that the company may be listed independently.[3][4]
The company’s brands include Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets, Big Bazaar, a hypermarket chain, and Food Bazaar, a supermarket chain. Some of the company's other regional brands include, Depot, Shoe Factory, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, aLL, Top 10 and Star and Sitara.
A subsidiary company, Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited, operates Home Town, a large-format home solutions store, Collection i, selling home furniture products and E-Zone focussed on catering to the consumer electronics segment.
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[edit] Lines of Business
The company is present across several lines of business which have various formats (stores) Plywood, The Dollar Store (JV)
- Fashion - Pantaloons, Central, aLL, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, Top 10, Fashion Station, Big Bazaar, Lee Cooper (JV)
- General Merchandise - Big Bazaar, Shoe Factory, Navras, Electronics Bazaar, Furniture Bazaar, KB'S FAIR PRICE, Food Rite
- Electronics - eZone, Electronic Bazzaar, STAPLES (JV)
- Home Improvement - Home Town
- Furniture - Collection i, Furniture Bazaar, Home Bazaar
- E-tailing (online shopping) - www.futurebazaar.com
- Books and music - Depot
- Leisure and entertainment - Bowling Co., F123, TGIF (Thank God it's Friday!)
- Wellness - Star & Sitara, Tulsi
- Telecom and IT - Gen M, M Bazaar, M-Port, ConvergeM, Future Axiom, T 24, One Mobile (in alliance with TATA Teleservices)
- Consumer durables - Koryo, Sensei, IPAQ
- Service - E Care, H Care , Design & Service
- Malls - Central (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai,Kochi, Vadodara, Gurgaon, Indore, Ahmedabad, Thane)
- Investment and savings - Insurance: ULIP, Pension, Endowment, etc.
[edit] Stock Information
- Listed on: Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange
- Stock Code: BOM:523574
[edit] Company Timeline
- 1987 Company incorporated as Manz Wear Private Limited, launch of Pantaloons trouser, India’s first formal trouser brand
- 1992 An initial public offer (IPO) was made in the month of May.
- 1997 Pantaloons, India’s family store, launched in Kolkata.
- 2001 Big Bazaar, Is se sasta aur accha kahi nahin, India’s first hypermarket chain, launched.
- 2002 Food Bazaar, the supermarket chain, is launched.
- 2007 Future Group crosses the $1 billion turnover mark.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/StockReach/AdvanceStockReach.aspx?scripcode=523574
- ^ Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited-Company Information[dead link]
- ^ a b Ahmed, Rumman (6 January 2010). "Future Group: Value Retail Unit May Consider IPO". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704842604574641823209322750.html?mod=googlenews_wsj.
- ^ "Future group mulls listing value retail entity". The Economic Times. 5 Jan 2010. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/market-news/Future-group-mulls-listing-value-retail-entity/articleshow/5413947.cms.
