MAJOR PLAYERS OF RETAIL IN INDIA

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1 |Reliance Retail Limited
Corporate office Mumbai, Maharashtra | Establishment 2006 |
Business Retail | Website www.ril.com |
Reliance retail limited was incorporated in 2006, a part of Reliance
industries. The company has been rated among the best retail companies
in India. It offers complete retail solutions such as food items, lifestyle,
fashion, consumer electronics products, home decorative products etc.
The company has a total of 1500 outlets in the country.

2 | Pantaloons Retail Limited

Corporate office Mumbai, Maharashtra | Establishment 1997 |
Business Retail | Website www.pantaloonsfashion.com |
It is a flagship company of Future group and one of the leading retail
company in India. The company has more than 1000 outlets across the
India and 35000 employees. Companys brands include Big Bazaar, food
Bazaar Brand factory, Top 10 and Sitara.

3 |Provogue India Ltd

Corporate office Mumbai, Maharashtra | Establishment 1997 |
Business Retail and Manufacturing | Website www.provogue.com |
It is a lifestyle and fashion company which was established in 1997. The
companys offering include mens wear, womens wear, fashion
accessories, apparel and numerous other products. It has over 250 stores
all across the country and rated among the top most trusted brands in
India by trust research committee in year 2011.

4| Shoppers Stop
Corporate office Mumbai, Maharashtra | Establishment 1991 |
Business Retail | Website www.shoppersstop.com |
Shoopers Stop is a well known name in retail industry in India and ranked
among the top retail companies in India. The company is operated and
managed by K Raheja Corp Group and was incorporated in year 1991. It
has total 61 stores in India and offers national and international brands of
apparel, fashion and lifestyle.

5 | ITC -LRBD
Corporate office Kolkata, West Bengal | Establishment 1910 |
Business Retail | Website www.itcportal.com |
Lifestyle Retailing Business division is a premier clothing retail company in
India branding through Wills Lifestyle and John players. The Company has
a diversified range of business activities in FMCG, Hotels, Paper board,
Packaging and Agriculture.

6 | Trent Ltd.
Corporate office Mumbai, Maharashtra | Establishment 1998 |
Business Retail | Website www.mywestside.com |
It is a fully owned Tata group company which was incorporated in 1998
operates under brand name of Westside, Star Bazaar, Fashion yatra and
Landmark. The company offers Mens & womens footwear, cosmetics and
fashion accessories from their retail store located in more than 30 cities in
the country whereas Landmark store deals in book and music business.

7 | McDonalds
Corporate office Oak Brook, Illinois, U.S | Establishment 1940 |
Business Restaurants | Website www.aboutmcdonalds.com |
McDonald is leading global food service provider which has existence in
more than 130 countries worldwide. The company started India operation
in 1996 and has more than 300 food chain restaurants in the country. It is
a Joint venture with two Indian companies in north & east and south &
western region respectively.

8 | Aditya Birla Retail

Corporate office Mumbai, Maharashtra | Establishment 2006 |
Business | Website www.adityabirla.com |
Aditya Birla retail limited is a subsidiary of Aditya Birla group established
in year 2006 which owns over 500 supermarkets and 15 hypermarkets.
The company is rated as top 10 retail companies in India and received
prestigious Master brand Award 2012 by World Brand congress in retail
brand category.

9 | Titan Industries
Corporate office Bengaluru, India | Establishment 1984|
Business Jewellery and Watch retail| Website titan.co.in |
Titan is joint venture between Tata group and the Tamil Nadu Industries
development corporation established in year 1984. Titan is dominating the
Indian Watch Industry since then and become global international brand.
Titan also has a great retail presence in jewellery business and its brand
Tanishq is one amongst the top retail jewelry in India.

10| Kewel Kiran Clothing Limited

Corporate office Mumbai, Maharashtra | Establishment 1971 |
Business Clothing Retail | Website www.kewalkiran.com |
Kewel Kiran is a clothing manufacturing and retail company which was
established in 1971. The companys major brands include killer, Lawman
PG3, Integriti and Killer. It has more than 100 stores in India and it is a well
known name in retail industry in India. 1 |Reliance Retail Limited

Top 5 retail companies in India 2014

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Retail is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. With infrastructure
development and the spread of awareness more and more major retail
brands are entering the market. The capacity to pay has increased and
there is a change in consumer buying behaviour; this is making the retail
industry slowly but steadily inch its way to be a dynamic industry.

Great Place To Work Institute and Retailers Association of India (RAI) have
recognized the Best Retail Companies to work for in 2014. Pride,
credibility, camaraderie, fairness and respect were the 5 dimensions on
the basis of which various companies were judged and here is the list of
top five retail companies of 2014.

1. Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.: Lifestyle International started its

journey in India when they started operations in their first store in Chennai
the year 1999. The company is a part of the Landmark Group which is a
Dubai based retail and hospitality conglomerate. In 15 years, they now
have 41 stores across 26 cities in India. The stores sell apparel, footwear,
childrens wear and toys, household and furniture items and healthy and
beauty products. Lifestyle International has also won several awards, a
few of the most recent are:
Images Most Admired Beauty Products Retailer Of The Year:
Department Store Chain At Images Beauty & Wellness Awards 2013
Most Admired Retailer Of The Year, Department Store Category At The
Images Retail Awards 2012, 2011 & 2008 and
'Most Respected Company In The Retail Sector' By Business World
IMRB In 2003 And 2004.

2. Titan Company Ltd.: The Titan Company follows the philosophy of

people first and they believe that the companys success depends on the
strengths and contribution of the people working with them. The workculture in the company encourages employees to learn, innovate,

experiment and grow. Titan Company has been rated highly by the Gallup
engagement survey with scores for satisfaction, loyalty and advocacy far
higher than the average score of Gallup India. They have also been rated
No.1 in Retail category and 24th overall by Great Places to Work (2009),
an institutional study, in Economic Times. Titan currently employees 7000
people and has two manufacturing units. It has received numerous
awards, couple of the most recent being:
Gold Award and the Best-of-the-Best Award (among the top 5 in Asia
Pacific) at the Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500 Awards in 2013.
Best Governed Company Award 2012 from Asian Centre for Corporate
Governance and Sustainability.

3. Shoppers Stop Limited: They have a retail network of 69 Shopper's Stop

stores in 33 cities, 19 Mothercare stores, 48 of Crossword (including
franchisees and shopinshops) stores, 3 HomeStop outlets, 4 MAC and 25
Food and Beverage outlets. Shoppers Stop is the only retailer of India to
become a member of the prestigious Intercontinental Group of
Departmental stores. The Company believes that their success would not
have been quite possible without the constant support and ability of the
people they hire. The company is commited to the growth and
development of their employees and focuses on building an environment
that is a learning experience for all. Shoppers Stop has an environment
that is conducive to openness and believe in the power of innovation.

4. United Colors of Benetton India: Benetton Group has over 9500

employees and 6500 stores all over the world. The company understands
the importance of human resource and is constantly improving and
increasing the skills and competitive ability of every individual that works
with them. They have a work environment that is dynamic and creative
and they believe in giving employees the opportunity to express
themselves and lead the company in its path of success. They first came
to India in 1990 through a joint venture with DCM Ltd. and operate about
80 stores in the country today. United Colors of Benetton is also widely
known to support social causes like road trauma and domestic violence
among others.

5. Future Retail: Future Retail formerly known as Pantaloon Retail (India) is

a multi-format retailer. They aspire to be an employer of choice in Indian
retail as they offer exciting new possibilities and encourage people to

rise up to new challenges everyday. They engage people who are

passionate about what they do, want to make a difference in the lives of
customers, and who live their brand pillars of Indianness, valuing and
nurturing relationships, and leading positive change.
The group has bagged awards like:
Big Bazaar Direct Retail store of the year honored with eRetailer of the
Year 2014.
Best Run Award in IT (Technology Solutions) at SAP ACE 2013.
Best marketing communication towards women, youth and children
Future Learning, among others.

List of Top Retail Brands in India

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The top retail companies/brands in terms of their market capitalisation in
India are as follows:
Future Retail
Future Retail Future Retail is an Indian retail giant with a prodigious
presence in the Indian market. The company was founded under the name
'Manz Wear Private Ltd.' in 1987 and came to be known as 'Pantaloons
Fashion (India) Ltd.' in 1991. Future Retail is the flagship unit of the Future
Group headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Popular retail supermarket
chains like Food Bazaar, Big Bazaar, Food Hall and eZone belong to the
Future Group. The market capitalisation of Future Retail was valued at Rs.
4,770.27 crore in May 2015.

Trent
Trent Trent is the retail wing of the Tata Group that handles some of the
most popular retail outlets in India such as Westside, Landmark and Star
Bazaar to name a few. Trent was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in
Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Westside retail chain has become so familiar
and popular amongst Indian people that Trent is often referred to as
Westside. In May 2015, the market capitalisation of Trent amounted to Rs.
4,213.76 crore.

Shoppers Stop

Shoppers Stop Shoppers Stop is an Indian retail company founded in

1991. It opened its first store in Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The
company is promoted by the K. Raheja Group and operates a chain of
retail hypermarket stores, departmental stores and an online retail store
that was launched in 2008. The name Shoppers Stop is famous for both
domestic and international brands like Tommy Hilfiger, FCUK, Mustang,
United Colors Of Benetton, GAS, U S Polo, Celio, Levis, Jack and Jones,
Haute Curry, Biba, Kraus, Vero Moda, Global Desi, W, Maybelline, Casio,
Titan, Collectabillia, Reebok, Nike and Guess. The market capitalisation of
Shoppers Stop was estimated around Rs. 3,252.07 crore in May 2015.

Kewal Kiran
Kewal Kiran Kewal Kiran is one of the largest manufacturers of branded
apparel in India and was established in 1992. It started off as a
manufacture of men's wear for reputed brands. Kewal Kiran, also known
as KKCL, is involved in designing, marketing, manufacturing of casual and
semi-formal men's wear and branded jeans. In May 2015, the market
capitalisation of KKCL amounted to Rs. 2,754.65 crore.

Pantaloons Fashion & Retail

Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Founded in 1997, Pantaloons Fashion & Retail
is one of the most popular and largest clothing retail chains in India. The
company has its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Initially,
Pantaloons Fashion & Retail belonged to the Future Group; however, at
present, it is owned by Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited. The Pantaloons stores
across the country sell branded clothing and accessories. Pantaloons
Fashion & Retails market capitalisation was valued at Rs. 1,761.22 crore
in May 2015.

Future Life
Future Life Future Life is an Indian manufacturer, exporter and supplier of
a wide range of bio magnetic products like bio energy cards, scalar energy
pendant, bio magnetic bracelets, home appliances, induction cookers,
health care equipments and so on and so forth. It was founded in 2010
and is headquartered in New Delhi. The market capitalisation of Future
Life was worth Rs. 1,490.46 in May 2015.

V-Mart Retail
V-Mart Retail

V-Mart Retail is also one of the leading retail clothing chains in India that
promises its customers Value for Money. The company was established in
2002 and was known as Varin Commercial Private Limited. It is a complete
family fashion retail outlet offering a wide range of products under one
roof. All the shopping needs from a family perspective are catered to by
the V-Mart retail outlets. In May 2015, the market capitalisation of V-Mart
Retail amounted to Rs. 958.29 crore.

Prozone Intu
Prozone Intu Prozone Intu is an Indian retail mixed-use real estate major.
The businesses of the company include developing, designing, buying,
selling and operating residential and commercial premises and shopping
malls. It operates mainly in two segments; namely, outright sales and
leasing. The market capitalisation of Prozone Intu was valued at Rs.
526.48 crore in May 2015.

Cantabil Retail
Cantabil Retail Cantabil Retail India Limited trades in readymade clothing.
Cantabil India provides a whole range of readymade garments for casual,
formal and corporate segments. Lafanso, Cantabil and Kaneston are the
names of the brands under which the company does its business. In May
2015, Cantabil Retail's market capitalisation was worth Rs. 88.99 crore.

Provogue
Provogue Provogue is one of the leading and most popular retail clothing
and accessories manufacturers in India. It was founded in 1997 and is
based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has grown to be one of the most
favourite fashion outlets for Indian men and women alike as it caters to all
their daily styling requirements. Provogue outlets store latest fashion
apparels, shoes, bags and other accessories. The company has added a
wide range of stylish and branded sunglasses, watches and unisex
deodorants to its already rich collection of late. The market capitalisation
of Provogue amounted to Rs. 65.76 crore in May 2015. - See more at:
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