BIG Bazar. Review on Pantaloons

Hi,

Pantaloon Retail is the Indian version of U.S. based ''Wal Mart'' in retail chain business. Retail chain concept came 60s-70s in western countries. Basically this is the concept of organised retailing of large range of goods and things at one stop.

Pantaloon retail taken initiative and first started organised retailing of many household, general and multiple use products, hosiery items, shirts, T-shirts, jeans, trousers, shoes, cosmetics, sports products and many more things in prime cities of India. Now the Pantaloons presence in Mumbai, Delhi, faridabad, Pune, ahmadabad, Banglore, Hyderabad, Vadodara and many more. Big Bazar is the new Avatar of Pantaloon retail and it is the number one in space and revenue generation.

Total number of Outlets- 99

Number of cities covered- 25

Retail space under use- 3 million square feet

Footfalls- 12 crore per year

Conversion Rate- 45%

Average Bill per customer- 700 Rs.

Employee strength- 12,000

It is the present scenario of the Pantaloons and the future plans are tremendous.

Investment Planned- Rs 500 Cr., till 2006-07

Targeted sales turnover- Rs. 10,000 by 2010

Retail Space available- 10 million sq. ft. by 2008

Employee strength- 1,00,000 by 2010

Now you can imagine the upcoming market of the Pantaloon retail and the generation of new employee opportunities by Pantaloon.

I visited in ''Big Bazar'', Saket, New Delhi and pantaloon, pune. When I was planning to shift from delhi to Pune, I went Big Bazar for Purchasing. Nearby all of the things I found there. Customer service representatives are helpful. I found the variety in T-shirts, shirts, jeans and trousers.

Big bazar was offering discounts in many products so I found many things in rational prices. When I return back to the home, I found one Tie was missing and size of one shirt was more than required. I called to customer care number. They said me to come tommorrow and collect your Tie and exchange the shirt. Also they had given me a particular time to come their. Everything was well organised. Prices was so reasonable in Big Bazar.

Ladies stuff was also available there. Cosmetics, perfumes and many things but I am unable to tell you more about that. Also there is enough stuff available for kids.

Generally Pantaloon offers good discounts in occassions. The group is controlled by Kishore Biyani and his expansion plans looklike realistic. Food bazar of pantaloon retail is also start revenue generation.

N'joy shopping