Source: India Retail Report

Top players:

1. Pantaloon Retail:

It is headquartered in Mumbai with 450 stores across the country employing more than 18,000
people. It can boast of launching the first hypermarket Big Bazaar in India in 2001. An all-India
retail space of 5 million sq. ft. which is expected to reach 30 mn by 2010. It is not only the
largest retailer in India with a turnover of over Rs. 20 billion but is present across most retail
segments - Food & grocery (Big bazaar, Food bazaar), Home solutions (Hometown, furniture
bazaar, collection-i), consumer electronics (e-zone), shoes (shoe factory), Books: music & gifts
(Depot), Health & Beauty care services (Star, Sitara and Health village in the pipeline), e-tailing
(Futurbazaar.com), entertainment (Bowling co.)

One of their recent innovations include e-commerce’ hybrid format of ’small’ shops , the area for
these stores will be 150 sq. ft. fitted with 40 digital screens. Customers will be encouraged to
browse through the entire range of products on digital screen. They will be able to place the
order, the delivery of which will be arranged by the shop to their homes within a few hours

2. K Raheja Group

They forayed into retail with Shopper’s Stop, India’s first departmental store in 2001. It is the
only retailer from India to become a member of the prestigious Intercontinental Group of
Departmental Stores (IGDS). They have signed a 50:50 joint venture with the Nuance Group for
Airport Retailing. Shoppers Stop has 7, 52, 00 sq ft of retail space with a turnover of Rs 6.75
billion.

The first Hypercity opened in Mumbai in 2006 with an area of 1, 20,000 sq. ft. clocking gross
sales of Rs. 1 bn in its first year.

Crossword brand of book stores, Homes stop a store for home solutions, Mothercare a concept
stocking merchandise related to childcare are also owned by them. Recently, Raheja’s have
signed an MoU with the Home Retail Group of UK to enter into a franchise arrangement for the
Argos formats of catalogue & internet retailing.

The group has announced plans to establish a network of 55 hypermarkets across India with sales
expected to cross the US$100 million mark by 2010.

3. Tata group:

Established in 1998, Trent - one of the subsidiaries of Tata Group - operates Westside, a lifestyle
retail chain and Star India Bazaar - a hypermarket with a large assortment of products at the
lowest prices. In 2005, it acquired Landmark, India's largest book and music retailer. Trent has
more than 4 lakh sq. ft. space across the country. Westside registered a turnover of Rs 3.58 mn in
2006.
Tata’s has also formed a subsidiary named Infiniti retail which consists of Croma, a consumer
electronics chain. It is a 15000-17000 sq. ft. format with 8 stores as of September 2007.

Another subsidiary, Titan Industries, owns brands like “Titan”, the watch of India has 200
exclusive outlets the country and Tanishq, the jewellery brand, has 87 exclusive outlets. Their
combined turnover is Rs 6.55 billion.

Trent plans to open 27 more stores across its retail formats adding 1.5 mn sq ft of space in the
next 12 DLF malls.

4. RPG group:

One of the first entrants into organised food & grocery retail with
Foodworld stores in 1996 and then formed an alliance with Dairy
farm International and launched health & glow (pharmacy &
beauty care) outlets. Now the alliance has dissolved and RPG has
Spencer’s Hyper, Super, Daily and Express formats and Music
World stores across the country.

RPG has 6 lakh sq. ft. of retail space and has registered a turnover of Rs 4.5 billion in 2006.

It is planning to venture into books retail, with the launch of its own bookstores “Books and
Beyond” by the end of 2007. An IPO is also in the offering, with expansion to 450+
MusicWorld, 50+ Spencer's hyper outlets covering 4 million sq. ft. by 2010.

5. Landmark group:

were launched in 1998 in India. Lifestyle is spread across six cities, covering 4.6 lakh sq. ft. with
a turnover of Rs 3.5 billion in 2005. A new division named Lifestyle International has emerged
for their international brands business comprising Bossino, Kappa and Springfield in their
portfolio.

Their retail mix includes Home solutions (Home centre), fashion (lifestyle, landmark
International), value retailing (max retail), hypermarkets & supermarkets (Max), kids
entertainment (Funcity).

They plan to invest Rs. 300 crores in the next two years to expand on Max chain, and Rs 100
crores on Citymax 3 star hotel chain. They have already instituted a separate company christened
Citymax Hotels (India).

6. Piramal Group

In September 1999, Piramal Enterprises announced their arrival into retail with the launch of
three retail concepts: India's first true shopping mall of international standards, called
Crossroads; a lifestyle department store named Piramyd Megastore; and a family entertainment
centre known as Jammin. Piramyd Megastore and Jammin were anchor tenants for Crossroads
(recently sold to Pantaloon for Rs 4 billion). In 2001, the group entered the business of food &
grocery retail with the launch of TruMart supermarkets in Pune.

They have around 18 TruMart stores covering 1.90 lakh sq. ft. registering a turnover of Rs 37.6
mn in 2005. Piraymd Megatsore’s contributes more than 70 % to their retail mix with a turnover
of Rs 112.8 mn. They plan to open 150 stores covering 75 mn sq ft of retail space in the next 5
years.

7. Subhiksha

Subhiksha is a Chennai-based, decade old, no frills, food, grocery, pharma and telecom, discount
retail chain. ICICI Venture Capital holds 24% in the equity capital of Subhiksha. It has more
than 500 stores across the country covering a retail space of more than 1 million sq ft with a
registered turnover of Rs 3.34 bn in 2006. It has a planned investment of Rs.300 crores to ramp
up its operations to 1200 stores by 2008.

New but potential BIG players

8. Bharti-Walmart

Their plans include US$ 7 bn investment in creating retail network in the country including 100
hypermarkets and several hundred small stores. They have signed a 50:50 percent joint venture
agreement with Walmart. Wal-Mart will do the cash & carry while Bharti will do the front-end.

9. Reliance

India’s most ambitious retail plans are by reliance, with investments to the tune of Rs. 30,000 cr
($ 6.67 bn) to set up multiple formats with expected sales of Rs 90,000 crores ($20 bn) by 2009-
10.

There are already more than 300 Reliance Fresh stores and the first Reliance Mart Hypermart has
opened in Ahmedabad. The next ones are slated to open at Jamnagar, followed by marts in
Delhi / NCR, Hyderabad, Vijaywada, Pune and Ludhiana.

10. AV Birla Group

They have a strong presence in apparel retailing through Madura garments which is subsidiary of
Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. They own brands like Louis Phillipe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter
England, Trouser town.

In other segments of retail, AV Birla Group has announced investment plans of Rs 8000 - 9000
crores in the first 3 years till 2010.

The acquisition of Trinethra (food & grocery) chain in the south has moved their tally to 400
stores in the country. Their “More” range of 15 supermarkets are slated to open at Nashik, Pune
and other tier II cities in Western India in 2007.
List of Top 10 Shopping Malls in Chennai
Spencer Plaza:

This mall is spread around 125,000 sq ft. There are more than 400 shops inside the shopping
mall. It is fully air-conditioned and has all the major international brands. Spencer Plaza is
located on Mount Road. This is a favored destination for the children and young adults. You will
have a great time shopping in this mall.

Gold Mall :

This mall is opened to excite the locals, who are in love with gold. Gold mall is newly opened.
This mall is unique because it is dedicated entirely to gold. It has come into existence with an
aim to encourage customers to buy branded jewelry, dress jewelry as well
as traditional gold.

The City Centre : Popular Categories

This mall has been built quite recently. It has a sprawling shopping area of
1, 50,000 sq. ft. It has become an excellent entertainment destinations and has added a new
dimension to the city's look.

Alsa Mall:

You will enjoy visiting this mall with your friends and family. It is situated in Egmore and is one
of the best malls in Chennai. Apart from the branded outlets, you will enjoy the eateries.

Fountain Plaza:

Fountain Plaza is situated in Pantheon Road, Egmore. You will love the ambience and style of
this mall. You will be able to purchase garments, crockeries, footwear, electronics and many
more.

Hameedia Shopping Mall:

It is a shopping paradise for the local people. You along with them can shop for variety of items
under a single roof. From casual wear to home appliances, you will get everything. This mall is
located in Triplicane High Road.

Prince Plaza:

This shopping mall is located in Purasawalkam High Road, Chennai. Apart from shopping in the
plaza, you will enjoy having food in the restaurant, Flower Drum.
Century Plaza:

This mall is located in Anna Salai. You will have a great time in this mall. Many branded shops
and restaurants will excite you. Even window shopping will give you pleasure.

Wellington Plaza:

This mall will be enjoyed by your family. You can relax and shop at the same place. You can
purchase different items from the same roof.

Abirami Mall:

It is one of the main attractions in Purasaiwalkam. It has four main theaters and a lot of shopping
outlets. This is a good mall where you can be entertained and enjoy shopping.