The company operates Big Bazaar, a hypermarket; Food Bazaar, a supermarket; Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets; Central, Brand Factory, and Home Town malls; and E Zone, an electronics store, as well as other retail formats, such as Ethnicity, Planet Sports, KB’s FAIRPRICE, and aLL. It also provides retail financial, corporate lending, wholesale credit, trade finance, and asset management services, as well as insurance, logistics, brands, media, knowledge, online retail, and training in retail services. The company offers consumer finance through Future Money; and insurance products through Future Generali. It operates 148 Big Bazaar stores, as well as 169 Food Bazaar stores in approximately 70 cities in India.
The company was formerly known as Pantaloon Fashions (India) Limited and changed its name to Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited in July 1999. Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Mumbai, India.
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. Presents at BofA Merrill Lynch 16th India Investor Conference, Feb-06-2012
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. Presents at BofA Merrill Lynch 16th India Investor Conference, Feb-06-2012 . Venue: Taj Lands End, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pantaloon Denies Future Capital, Future Generali Stake Sale: 12/7/2011
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. denied media reports which said that it has closed a deal to sell its stake in Future Capital Holdings to Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited and also another deal to sell its insurance business. Pantaloon gave this statement after the Economic Times reported that Pantaloon has sold its stake in Future Capital to Deccan Chronicle for INR 6 billion to INR 7 billion. Pantaloon also denied reports of selling its 26% stake in Future Generali India Life Assurance Company Limited to Industrial Investment Trust Limited for INR 2.5 billion to INR 3 billion.
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. Presents at Retail World Asia 2012, Apr-26-2012 04:00 PM : 12/7/2011
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. Presents at Retail World Asia 2012, Apr-26-2012 04:00 PM. Venue: Level 4, Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition centre, 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore 039593, Singapore. Speakers: N V Subramanian, Head of Merchandising - Fashion & Lifestyle.