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THE INDIAN RETAIL SECTOR INDUSTRY OVERVIEW:

The Indian Retail Sector is at an inflexion point, with changing demographics driving growth of organized retailing and driving growth in consumption. With changing demographic and economic profile of the Indian population, we believe that India is expected to experience accelerated consumption over the next few years. Further, we believe that increase in consumer spending would be driven by nuclearisation of families, increasing population of working women and new job opportunities in emerging service sectors such as IT Enabled Services. With declining interest rates an average Indian is not averse to taking loans. Not Only are the demographic factors becoming more favorable but also the growing media penetration is leading to a convergence of aspirations of various classes of consumers. We believe a larger number of households are adding to the consuming class with growth in income levels. The number of households with income of over Rs 45,000 per annum is expected to grow from 58 million in 1999-2000 to 81 million by 2005-06 (source: The Marketing White book 2003-04,brought out by Business world). Of this, 56% (44.8 million households) is expected to be concentrated in Urban India. This large base of households with growing disposable income is expected to drive demand for organized retail.The changes in demographics are changing consumption pattern in the country. Central Statistical Organization (CSO) estimated private final consumption of consumers in India at about Rs.17,600 billion in FY04. Of the total private consumption, retail sector accounted for approximately 60% at Rs 8570 (source: Images Retail). Of this, food and beverages, apparel and consumer durables are the top three categories of consumer spend and form 87% of the total retail sales in India.

Retailing is the world’s largest private industry:

Retail is the world’s largest private industry with global retail sales of roughly USD 8 trillion. Retailing is also one of the biggest contributors to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of most countries and also one of the biggest employers. (Source CII McKinsey Report titled “Retailing in India, the Emerging Revolution”)In India, however, the retail sector has seen a high level of fragmentation with a large share held by unorganized players.

Indian Retail Industry:

India has a large number of retail enterprises. With close to 12 million retail outlets India has one of the highest retail densities in the world. In terms of the structure, the industry is fragmented and predominantly consists of independent, owner-managed shops. The retail businesses include a variety of traditional retailformats, such as "kirana" stores which stock basic household necessities (including food products), street markets-regular markets held at fixed centers retailing food and general merchandise items, street vendors mobileretailers essentially selling perishable food items-fruits, vegetables etc and small non specialized retailers.

Fragmented nature of Indian retail

Source: CII McKinsey Report titled “Retailing in India, the Emerging Revolution”Traditional retail formats,Format Definition Value position India examples:

Counter stores Food:

Family run stores, selling essentially food items:

1. High service.

2. Low price.

3. Kirana stores.

4. Kiosks Pavement stalls selling limited variety of food and beverages.

5. High service Paan shops.

Street markets Regular markets held at fixed centre retailing food and general merchandise:

Items.

Large selection.

Low price.

Village haats.

Street vendors Mobile retailers essentially selling.

perishable food items – fruits.

High service Vegetable vendors.

GROWTH IN ORGANIZED RETAIL:

In sharp contrast to the global retail sector, retailing in India – though large in terms of size – is highly fragmented and unorganized. With close to 12 million retail outlets India has the largest retail density in the world. (Source: CII Mc Kinsey Report titled ‘Retailing in India, the Emerging Revolution’)However, most of these retail outlets belong to the unorganized sector. The inability of the Unorganized sector to offer a wide range of products along with artificially inflated costs due to Various factors have presented opportunities for growth in the organized retail sector Migration from unorganized to organized retail has been visible with economic development in most economies. The Indian retail industry is evolving in line with changing customer aspirations across Product groups, with modern formats of retailing emerging. Organized retail derives its advantages in Generating operational efficiencies while simultaneously catering to rising consumer aspirations. Size drives economies on procurement, and lowers logistics and marketing costs while delivering better value to customers in terms of lower price, better quality, greater selection, improved service and in store ambience.

DRIVERS FOR RETAIL TRANSFORMATION IN INDIA:

A number of factors that drive transformation in retail – such as income growth, changing demographic profiles and socio-economic environment – are already in place in India. However, organized retail has to overcome significant challenges in terms of regulations and infrastructural barriers in order to realize its full potential. Availability of quality retail space has been one of the main constraints for development of organized formats in India. In the past, negative yield spread on leased property and lack of bank funding due to unorganized property market resulted in a dearth of quality retail space in the country. The spread between yield on property and its financing cost has turned positive with the fall in interest rates. Attractive yields on investments have resulted in sharp increase in propertydevelopment. Consumerism and brand proliferation has been another enabler for organized retailing in India. Most of the world’s leading brands are now present in India.

CHALLENGES FOR ORGANIZED RETAIL:

There exist differential sales tax rates across states in India .This adds to cost and complexity of distribution as this necessitates multiple warehouses and does not allow for centralization of certain procurements given the incidence of local levies. At the same time, there is large-scale sales tax evasion by smaller stores who derive significant cost advantage through such evasion. The retail sector has not been granted industry status, limiting funding from banks and financialinstitutions. The capital requirements for a retailer are in real estate (which banks have historically restricted lending to) and for working capital requirements. While some of the leading retailers are still able to get bank funding, the smaller ones are constrained for growth funding. Similarly, equity options are also restricted with Foreign Direct Investment not being permitted in the retail sector. FDI restrictions have also restricted entry of international majors in retailing in India, which could have otherwise helped the industry develop with funding as well as bringing in of best practices and systems.The availability of trained manpower poses a key risk for the retail sector. With growing opportunities in the emerging service sectors such as ITES, the ability of the retail business to hire and retain quality people is under pressure.Supply chain management efficiencies are essential to retailers to maintain and improve margins. In India, both vendor management and logistics management are still undeveloped. However, with growing size of operations, supply chain efficiencies will become a key differentiator of profitability in retail.

VALUE RETAILING:

These stores primarily retail primarily food and house hold items. These are primarily large stores with volume based discounted prices. The share of expenditure on food and grocery in a consumer’s wallet, availability of a vide variety of products at a reasonable price are the main factors which has contributed to the growth of this segment. The larger chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets ( namely Big Bazaar, Star India, Nilgiris, Food world ) have presence in metros and mini metros.

LIFESTYLE RETAILING:

These stores retail primarily non-food items such as apparel, footwear, accessories, cosmetics and household products. They stock multiple brands across product categories, though some of them focus on their in house store label (on the lines of Marks & Spencer’s and St. Michael). These stores are found on high streets and as Anchor Tenants of shopping malls. Several local department store chains have opened shop in India in the past five years. The conveniencefactor coupled with the aspiration perception of shopping in a department store has contributed to their growth. The larger chains of department stores (Namely Pantaloons’, Shoppers’ Stop, Westside, and Lifestyle) have presence in the metros and mini metros.

MODERN RETAIL FORMATS:

Some of the modern retail formats and their value positions are given below.

Format Definition Value Position:

Department Stores Multiple product categories, usually lifestyle driven with apparel/ accessories dominating. Service and choice Supermarket/ConvenienceStores. Food and household products Convenience Hypermarkets/Discount StoresLarge stores in big box format, with volume based discounted prices and choice Specialty Stores/Category Killers Extensive range of products under a single category Service Seamless Mall Apparel, Accessories, Lifestyle products,Entertainment Convenience, service and choice

DEPARTMENT STORES:

These large stores retail primarily non-food items such as apparel, footwear, accessories, cosmetics and household products. They stock multiple brands across product categories, though some of them focus on their own store label (on the lines of Marks & Spencer’s and St. Michael). These stores are found on highstreets and as Anchors Tenants of shopping malls. Several local department store chains have opened shop in India in the past five years. We believe the convenience factor coupled with the aspiration perception of shopping in a department store has contributed to their growth. The larger chains of department stores (Namely Pantaloons’, Shoppers’ Stop, Westside, and Lifestyle) have presence in the metros and mini metros.

SUPERMARKETS:

A supermarket is a store which is more of a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods that are consumed regularly. These are neighborhood stores offering home and personal care products and food products that a typical household consumes on a day to day basis. Thesestores are often part of a chain that owns or controls (sometimes by franchise) other supermarkets located in the same or other towns; increasing the opportunities for economies of scale. These stores offer convenience of shopping by making available a large variety of products at one place. Some of the well known supermarket chain includes Food Bazaar, Nilgiris, Food World, Apna Bazaar, Trinethra etc.

HYPERMARKETS/DISCOUNT STORES:

A hypermarket is a store which combines a supermarket and a department store. The result is a retail facility which carries an enormous range of products under one roof, including full lines of fresh groceries and apparel. It is a large format store that aims at retail consolidation by being a single point contact between thebrand owners and customers. They are planned, constructed, and executed in a manner that a consumer can ideally satisfy all of their routine weekly shopping needs in one trip to the hypermarket. Large variety of products are available at reasonable prices with discounts built in for volume purchased. This is possiblebecause of economies of large scale operations. Big Bazaar, Spencers, Star India Bazaar are examples of hypermarket formats.

SEAMLESS MALL:

Seamless mall is a format which is relatively new in India. In this format, various brands operate their retail areas without any wall between them, providing a seamless shopping experience. This makes it possible for shoppers to compare brands with ease while they shop. We believe this also means that the store canreallocate space more easily based on merchandise/brand performance and customer feedback. Besides offering apparels, accessories and lifestyle products these malls are also equipped with entertainment and leisure facilities. Central is an example of a seamless mall.

SPECIALTY STORES:

Specialty stores as the name suggests are stores that specialist in a particular offering. A specialty store carries a deep assortment within a narrow line of goods. Furniture stores, florists, sporting-goods stores, and bookstores are all specialty stores. Examples of specialty stores in India would include Planet Sports, all, Vijay Sales, Planet M, Music world, Crossword etc.

BUSINESS:

The financial information used in this section is derived from our audited, financial statements under Indian GAAP, as restated. Financial information providing the breakup of our sales of various business groups is on the basis of internal management reports and such information is not based on audited financial statements, other than as indicated in restated financial statements.

OVERVIEW:

We are one of India’s largest organized modern-format retailers and have been promoted by Kishore Biyani. From our beginning in 1987, we have today evolved as one of the leading manufacturer-retailer and are among the pioneers in setting up a nation-wide chain of large format stores in India. We believe that the various initiatives taken by us have played a key role in enhancing the standards of retail in the country. We are an entrepreneur driven, professionally managed retailer focused on meeting the customer requirements for a large component of their spend across fashion, food, general merchandise, home in both value and lifestyle segments. We have also entered into partnerships/joint ventures to expand our offerings from home to apparel to household products to durables etc. We believe our focus on customers supported by systems and processes and a committed work force are the key factors that have contributed to our success and will help us scale up as we embark on our strategic growth plan. Our business has grown from one store in Kolkata in 1997, occupying an area of 8,000 Sq. ft to Stores, apart from our 22 factory outlets located in multiple cities occupying an aggregate area of 21,07,608 Sq. ft. We focus on the Lifestyle segment through 14 Pantaloon stores, 3 Central Malls, 2 all stores, 2 Fashion Station and 1 MeLa store. In the Value segment, we cater to the masses through our 21 Big Bazaar and 30 Food Bazaar outlets. We believe that managing customer expectation by offering them all the requirements for their entire family under one roof is the key to being a successful retailer, and hence have built our business model around ‘Family focus’ rather than ‘individual focus’. We believe addressing the family

attracts more customers into the store. We retail a range of branded and Private Label apparel, footwear, perfumes, cosmetics, jewellery, leather products and accessories, home products, books, music and toys in our stores. To complete theidea of a family store, besides garments, we also retail household items, consumer durables, home furnishings, apart from food and personal care products. This is complemented by cafes, food stalls, entertainment, personal care and various beauty related services. Promotions and events are an integralpart of our service offering to our customer, which helps us create a unique shopping experience.

Our exclusive formats include;

1. Pantaloons: Lifestyle products under Private Labels and third party brands.

2. Central: Seamless mall providing the customer with a wide range of lifestyle

products across multiple national and international brands.

3 Big Bazaar: Value retailing with a range of products from apparel, toys,

accessories, consumer durables to household products and furnishing.

4. Food Bazaar: Food and personal care products including dry groceries and

FMCG products.

We believe our offerings provides to our customers is a unique shopping experience, comprising of a vast range of lifestyle and value retail products, mix of retailing formats coupled with the facility of entertainment and leisure. Our loyalty program, called ‘Green Card’ in our format Pantaloons, currently has 2,19,989 members as on August 31, 2005. The Green Card program accounted for about 31% of our sales in Pantaloon for the year ended June 30, 2005. We offer our Green Card holders rewards points on their purchases, special offers and discounts, and invitations to exclusive events and promotions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We are one of India’s largest organized modern-format retailer and have been promoted by Kishore Biyani. From our beginning in 1987, we have today evolved as one of the leading manufacturer-retailer and are one among the pioneers in setting up a nation-wide chain of large format stores in India. We believe that the various initiatives taken by us have played a key role in enhancing the standards of retail in the country. We are an entrepreneur driven, professionally managed retailer focused on meeting the customer requirements for a large component of their spend across fashion, food, general merchandise, home in both value and lifestyle segments. We have also entered into partnerships/joint ventures to expand our offerings from home to apparel to household products to durables. We believe our focus on customers supported by systems and processes and a committed work force are the key factors that have contributed to our success and will help us scale up as we embark on our strategic growth plan.

Our business has grown from one store in Kolkata in 1997 occupying an area of 8,000 Sq. ft. to 72stores, apart from our 22 factory outlets located in multiple cities occupying an aggregate area of 21,07,608 Sq. ft. We focus on the Lifestyle segment through 14 Pantaloon stores, 3 Central Malls, 2 all stores, 2 Fashion Station and 1 MeLa store. In the Value segment, we have 21 Big Bazaar and 30 Food Bazaar outlets. We believe that managing customer expectation by offering them all the requirements for their entire family under one roof is the key to being a successful retailer, and hence have built our business modelAround ‘Family focus’ rather than ‘individual focus’. We believe addressing the family attracts more customers into the store. We retail a range of branded and Private Label apparel, footwear, perfumes, cosmetics, jewellery, leather products and accessories, home products, books, music and toys in our stores. To complete the idea of a family store, besides garments, we also retail household items, consumer durables, home furnishings, apart from food and personal care products. This is complemented by cafes, food stalls, entertainment, personal care and various beauty related services. Promotions and events are an integralpart of our service offering to our customer, which helps us create a unique shopping experience.

Our exclusive formats include;

1. Pantaloons : Lifestyle products under Private Labels and third party brands

2. Central: Seamless mall providing the customer with a wide range of lifestyle

products across multiple national and international brands

3. Big Bazaar: Value retailing with a range of products from apparel, toys,

accessories, consumer durables to household products and furnishing

4. Food Bazaar: Food and personal care products including dry groceries and

FMCG products We believe our offerings to our customers provides them a

unique shopping experience, comprising of a vast range of lifestyle and value

retail products, mix of retailing formats coupled with the facility of entertainment

and leisure.

Our loyalty program, called ‘Green Card’ in our format Pantaloons, currently has 2,19,989 members as on August 31,2005. The Green Card program accounted for about 31% of our sales in Pantaloon for the year ended June 30, 2005. We offer our Green Card holders rewards points on their purchases, special offers and discounts, and invitations to exclusive events and promotions. We have four subsidiaries and have two joint venture entities supplementing our business.

Our Success Factors:

We believe the following factors have helped us emerge as a leading domestic retailer:

• Brand equity and early mover advantage;

• Entrepreneur led, professionally managed and experienced team;

• Strong projects and operations capabilities;

• Vast range of lifestyle and value retailing products and services;

• Strong focus on systems and processes;

• Strong distribution and logistics network and supply chain; and

• Large base of loyal customers.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

ISSUE OF 4,481,180 EQUITY SHARES OF Rs. 10 EACH AT A PREMIUM OF RS. 490 PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING RS. 2,240.59 MILLION TO THE EQUITYSHAREHOLDERS ON RIGHTS BASIS IN THE RATIO OF ONE EQUITY SHARES FOREVERY FIVE EQUITY SHARES HELD ON THE RECORD DATE i.e. (“ISSUE”). THE ISSUEPRICE IS 50 TIMES OF THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARE.

Registered Office of the Company:

Pantaloon Retail (India) LimitedPantaloon Knowledge House,

Shyam Nagar, Off. Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road, Jogeshwari (East),Mumbai 400 060

Registration No. 44954/1987Registrar of Companies at Mumbai, Maharashtra located at Hakoba Mill

Compound, Kalachowki,Mumbai 400 033.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Name and Designation Age Address

KISHORE BIYANI:Managing Director45 406, Jeevan Vihar, Manav Mandir roadMumbai – 400 006

GOPIKISHAN BIYANI:Wholetime Director

60 309, Jeevan Vihar,Manav mandir roadMumbai – 400 006

RAKESH BIYANI:Wholetime Director33 308, Jeevan Vihar,Manav Mandir roadMumbai – 400 006

SHAILESH HARIBHAKTI:Director

49 7, Firpos, 4th floor,Bulabhai Desai road,

Behind Benzer,Mumbai 400 026

DARLIE KOSHY:Independent Non-ExecutiveDirector50 NID Directors Bungalow,Paldi,Ahmadabad 380 007

S. DORESWAMY:Independent Non-Executive

Director68 33, 3rd floor,

Juhu Shalimar Bldg,10, JVPD SchemeMumbai 400 049

ANJU PODDAR:

Independent Non-ExecutiveDirector55 Plot 104, Prashasan N,Agar Road, No.72 Jubilee Hills,Hyderabad 500 033

BALA DESHPANDE:Nominee Director

39 Cozy Dell, 91 St. Andrews Road,Bandra West Mumbai 400 050

VED PRAKASH ARYA:Whole Time DirectorChief Operating Officer35 701, Wing A Gladioli Yari road,Versova, Andheri (West)Mumbai 400 061

ANIL HARISH:Independent Non-Executive

Director51 13, CCI Chambers, 1st floor,

Dinshaw Wacha Road,Churchgate, Mumbai-20

Company Secretary

MR. SHIRAJ DEJ:Pantaloon Retail (India) LimitedPantaloon Knowledge House,Shyam Nagar, Off. Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road, Jogeshwari (East),Mumbai 400 060Tel: (91 22) 5644 2200Fax: (91 22) 5644 2201Email: company.secretary@pantaloon.com

Website: www.pantaloon.com

Compliance Officer

MR. PRADEEP JAIN:Pantaloon Retail (India) LimitedPantaloon Knowledge House,Shyam Nagar, Off. Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road, Jogeshwari (East),Mumbai 400 060Tel: (91 22) 5644 2200Fax: (91 22) 5644 2201Email: compliance.officer@pantaloon.comWebsite: www.pantaloon.comInvestors may contact the Compliance Officer for any pre-Issue / post-Issue related matter.

Legal Advisor for the Issue

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.Peninsula ChambersPeninsula Corporate ParkGanpatrao Kadam MargLower ParelMumbai 400 013.Tel: (91 22) 5660 4455Fax: (91 22) 2496 3666

Auditors of the Company

NGS & COMPANYB/8, Rear Entrance, Pravasi Industrial EstateGoregaon (East)Vishweshar Nagar RoadMumbai - 400 063Tel: (91 22) 2876 6446/4157Fax: (91 22) 2876 0882

BANKERS OF THE COMPANY:

1. Bank of India

Mumbai Corporate Banking Branch,70-80, M.G.Road, Fort, Mumbai – 400023Tel: +91 22 2265 9623

Fax: +91 22 2267 1718

2. Syndicate Bank

Industrial Finance Branch,10, Homji Street,Fort, Mumbai 400 023Tel: +91 22 2266 2654Fax: +91 22 2266 4328

3. Oriental Bank of Commerce

Corporate Group Finance Branch,181 Maker Tower E, Cuffe ParadeMumbai – 400 005Tel: +91 22 2215 4656Fax: +91 22 2215 3533

4. Andhra Bank

Homi Modi Street, Fort,Mumbai 400 023.Tel: +91 22 2202 6088Fax: +91 22 2204 4535

5. Axis Bank Ltd

Central OfficeMaker Tower F,13th Floor, Cuffe ParadeMumbai – 400 005Tel: +91 22 2218 9106Fax: +91 22 2218 6944

6. UCO Bank

Mafatlal Centre,1st floor, Nariman Point,Mumbai 400 021.Tel: +91 22 2202 6449Fax: +91 22 2202 6585

DETAILS OF USE OF PROCEEDS

1) Setting up of new stores/retail outlets, upgrading / modernization of the existing stores.

a) CAPEX for setting up new stores/retail outlets. We plan to use the funds raised for setting up the following number of stores.

FORMAT AREA (SQ.FT.) PROPOSED

LocationEstimated Cost (in Rs. Million)

Proposed set up date30,000 Noida 30.00 FY 2005-200620,000 Thane 22.00 FY 2005-2006

Pantaloons15,670 Pune 17.24 FY 2006-200735,000 Delhi 29.03 FY 2006-200765,000 Pune 58.50 FY 2006-200752,300 Kolkata 47.07 FY 2006-200740,000 Vijaywada 36.00 FY 2006-2007

Pantaloons competitive strengths:

The following are our key strengths, which we believe, enable us to compete in our business:

Brand Equity and early mover advantage :

We are one of India’s leading retailers with presence across multiple formats and stores across large and medium cities across India. We successfully introduced our hypermarket format through Big Bazaar, introduced the concept of seamless malls through Central, launched Fashion Station to offer fashion apparel and accessories to mass market buyers in a theme based style, opened aLL an exclusive lifestyle store for plus size people and continue to invest in new concepts and formats to capture a greater share of the consumer wallet, either directly and through our strategic investments.

Entrepreneur led, professionally managed by an experienced team :

We have an experienced professional management team led by our Promoter Mr. Kishore Biyani, who is one of the leading entrepreneurs in the retail sector in the country and has received various awards over the years, with the recent one being the Retail Face of the Year, 2005 (Images Retail Awards 2005). Several of our management team members have experience of managing other retail consumer facing organizations. We have thus been able to complement rapid expansion with the ability to create adequate systems and processes. The management team is complemented by a committed work force. Our Human Resources policies aim to create an engaged and motivated work force, which is essential for success in any service oriented industry such as ours.

Project execution and operations capabilities:

We have created a project team which enables us to identify and roll out properties quickly and seamlessly. This has allowed us to grow from 5,61,000 Sq. ft. in 2003 to 21,07,608 Sq. ft Our operations team facilitates new stores to be opened quickly and integrated into our system and provide our customers with the similar experience across all our stores, and also enables our stores to quickly scale up to meet growing customer requirements.

Vast range of lifestyle and value retail products and services:

Our merchandise ranges across apparel, accessories, food products, home and kitchen products, dry and fresh groceries, consumer durables and non durables with over 2,70,000 SKUs, which are complemented by our services offerings. Presence in both Lifestyle and Value retailing enables us to cater to a large segment of the population, besides benefiting from the synergies which exists between the two segments. We offer our customers a variety of national and international brands as well as our Private Label brands under one roof.

Strong focus on systems and processes:

We focus on systems and processes. We are in the process of revamping our current IT setup to implement more advanced applications. Automated core transaction systems have been developed in house and have evolved with our business. Existing business applications handle all store operations such as billing, customer loyalty programmers, store inventory, management. Back office processes are also computerized which support procurement, supply chain logistics, ware house management and inventory control. All the locations are connected through company-wide VPN (Virtual Private Network). Business planning happens through a high end planning tool called “Cognos Planning”. Oracle financials form the backbone of accounting functions and gives online real-time access to the Company’s overall financial position at any given point in time. We believe this will help us as we embark on our growth strategy and

enhance our reach with our customers and help us provide them a consistent brand experience across our stores.

Strong distribution and logistics network and supply chain:

We have created a strong distribution and logistics network, with our 13 Distribution Centers covering 2,60,000 Sq. ft, handling over 1,00,000 SKUs, and working 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The distribution and logistics set up is networked and are on line allowing us to deliver merchandise to the store within 24 hours of receipt / generation of auto replenishment order, which has helped us Optimize in- store availability of merchandise. We believe our existing Distribution Centers, which have been designed to scale up, will be able to meet our growth requirements as we expand the number of our stores. The above initiatives have helped us in improving the efficiencies of our supply chain, which we believe is critical for any retailer. These aim at meeting the conflicting requirements of reducing our inventory whilst ensuring availability of products at all stores as per customer needs, as well as reducing our operational costs.

Large base of loyal customers:

We had 4,22,80,682 customer entries in our stores in the year ended June 30, 2005. We believe that the emotional connect that we have been able to create with our customers through our service offering and special promotions has helped us convert many of them into loyal customers. We had over 2,19,989 members of our loyalty program ‘Green card’ in our format Pantaloon as onAugust 31, 2005. The Green Card program contributed to about 31% of our sales of Pantaloons in FY 2005.

OUR STRATEGY:

We intend to maintain and enhance our position as a leading retail entity through continued focus on the Indian market and investing further in our competitive strengths to grow our business. The key elements of our business strategy include: Increasing our offerings to meet a higher portion of the consumer spend We intend enhancing our share of the customers’ monthly spend by launching new formats or adding categories to our existing product range. We intend to implement this by launching such formats directly or by way of strategic tie ups in areas where we have the opportunity to tie up with an appropriate partner. Examples of this are our recently launched offering for plus sized customers(aLL), our proposed launch of chain of stores retailing home products and our tie up for a proposed chain of footwear stores with Liberty Shoes Limited. We intend to set up a new retail division for communication products, to offer communication solutions via products and services. The division will offer products like mobile phones, landline instruments, computers, peripherals and services like mobile airtime, broadband, etc., to our customers. The new division will be represented through independent stores as well as a part of Centrals and Big Bazaars. Increasing our penetration in existing cities and expanding our reach across the country Increasing our penetration in existing cities with a larger number of stores, increasingly of larger size, will enable us to penetrate into new catchment areas within these cities and optimize our infrastructure. Enhancing our reach to cover additional cities, will enable us to reach out to a larger population. This will help us provide a platform to domestic and international brands wanting to reach out to domestic consumers with the same profile as our customers. Enhancing our merchandise width by adding product categoriesConsumers tastes are shifting and the propensity to spend on new categories of merchandise is increasing along with needs for new services.

Our focus will be to add on such new categories in our stores along with developing existing categories to increase our share of the spend of not only existing customers, but also acquire new customers. Introducing new brands and developing more Private Labels to offer a better depth in each category. We continuously focus on enhancing the depth and width of our merchandise. Our Private Label and private brands initiative is part of such focus and offers us a differentiating factor as compared to our competition at the same

time helps us enhance margins. We have a tie up with Popeye and Disney wherein we are their exclusive retail licensee for India. We continue to evaluate such opportunities for tie ups with national and international brands, which can be introduced in India through our stores. Utilizing economies of scale as we grow in size and expand our reach We believe that our existing corporate infrastructure and software systems have been designed for a higher scale of operations than our current size, and can help us grow with out the need to significantly increase costs.

We have in place our distribution and logistics infrastructure, which can handle larger business volumes at marginal addition to costs. Higher business volumes will also improve our negotiating powers and help us get further economies of scale in our buying with opportunities of incrementalmargins. Enhancing our operational efficiencies through systems and processesWe have a consistent focus on enhancing our operational efficiencies and monitor key operational parameters on an ongoing basis using concepts such as gross margin return on floor space, gross margin return on labour and gross margin return on inventory to improve our productivity on space, labour and inventory (For further details, please refer to Section titled “Management Discussion andAnalysis on our Financial Statements” of this Draft Letter of Offer). We benchmark our stores on performance parameters on a historical as well as on a comparable basis to seek areas for improvement to reduce our operating costs and enhance our productivity levels.

ENHANCING OUR HUMAN CAPITAL:

We aim at recruiting the best talent available in a cross section of industries, identifying fresh talent, grounding them in our value system and providing opportunities for growth. We follow a Balanced Score Card approach which deals with the individual aspirations/goals and links them to the overall company strategy. Keeping in mind our needs and the industry’s future requirement of professionals and given the lack of educational facilities plus a gap between demand and supply in the retail industry, we set up a two year Post Graduate Program in Retail Management in collaboration with Welling Institute ofManagement Development & Research, a Mumbai based management institute.

OUR BUSINESS RETAILING:

We are one of India’s major retailers with presence in following two segments:

LIFESTYLE RETAILING - Pantaloons, Central, Fashion Station, aLL, MeLa

VALUE RETAILING - Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar

Our entire operations can be summarized in the following diagram;

We started our operations with a trouser brand, Pantaloon. In our initial stages we had small format outlets branded Pantaloon Shoppe, which were franchise operations. Realizing the problems associated with franchise model, we decided to have our own retail outlets. We launched our own retail store “ Pantaloons” in 1997. We launched Big Bazaar- a hypermarket with over 1,70,000 products as our first offering in value retailing segment. Food is the largest basket in terms of household expenditure, as a logical extension we launched our new format Food Bazaar. We have introduced the concept of seamless malls in India through our new format ‘Central’. Recently we have launched new retail formats; aLL, Fashion Station and MeLa.

Pantaloons-‘Fresh Fashions’

Started in 1997 through one 8,000 square feet store in Kolkata, Pantaloons is our first organized departmental store format targeting the Indian middle class and upper class customers across age and gender. The focus is largely on apparels and accessories and covers the entire family. We offer a wide variety of product range including trousers, shirts, casual wear, western and ethnic wear for women,children’s clothes, accessories, jewellery. We provide a combination of private label and third Party Label. We have a wide network of Pantaloons stores spread across the country. Our stores as on October 24, 2005 are located at;

Sr. no City Location Area( Sq. ft) Year of starting:

1 Kolkata Gariahat 16,000 19972 Hyderabad Begumpeth 16,000 19973 Hyderabad Himayat Nagar 9,000 19984 Chennai Spencer Plaza 22,000 20005 Ahmedabad AhmedabadL 27,500 20006 Kolkata Camac street 41,000 20017 Kanpur Kanpur 30,000 20018 Pune Inox 8,000 20029 Mumbai Phoenix ,Lower Parel 50,000 200310 Gurgaon Sahara Mall 17,000 200311 Mumbai Center One,Vashi 22,000 200312 Baroda Inox 20,000 200313 Ahmadabad 10 Acre, Kankaria 20,000 200514 Bangalore Sigma Mall 20,000 2005

FASHION STATION:

A THEMATIC STORE, Fashion Station is an attempt to offer current fashion products to the mass market. We believe with increasing media penetration and a proliferation of television channels some of which cover fashion extensively, the average Indian is being steadily exposed to bolder and more contemporary fashion. Fashion Station is positioned to meet the fashion requirements of this growing number of customers. We opened the first Fashion Station opened in Mulund, Mumbai in March 2005. Spread over 25,000 area feet, the store houses a mix of Private Labels sold in Big Bazaar and Pantaloons. These are backed by the requisite fashion accessories and appropriate footwear, which lends an integrated feel to the store and meets the entire fashion requirements of a customer. Our second Fashion Station has been opened in Ghaziabad which is spread over 15,000 Sq. ft.

ALL-‘A LITTLE LARGER’:

ALL IS OUR LATEST format in the Lifestyle retail segment. aLL is our exclusive store dedicated to the fashion needs of both plus size men and women which has been launched as a single dedicated standalone store. It was launched in Vashi, Mumbai on July 16, 2005 and covers an area of 650 Sq. ft and at Andheri on August 21, 2005 covering an area of 2,000 Sq. ft. The ‘aLL’ store houses a wide range of ready-to-wear fashionable clothes and accessories that are otherwise not easily available for plus size customers. The store has a wide collection to select from - Western wear, Indo-western and Ethnic wear in both formal and casual categories. Matching accessories like belts, ties, and handbags are alsoavailable. To complement the collection, the store layout is designed keeping in mind the requirements of its customers. The sales staffs are trained to provide a comfortable shopping experience to this new segment of customers

MELA

MELA MARKS our entry into the home solutions market through our subsidiary Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited. With a record number of houses being bought annually in India and the organized retailing being largely absent in this segment, home solutions is a logical expansion of our retail business. Under this business, we cater to the value and lifestyle segment through existing and newformats. MeLa provides a complete range of home furnishings, besides also offering a range of services that includes tailoring facilities and customized home solutions by in-house interior designers. The company currently has one MeLa store in Mumbai.

Merchandising:

• The Category manager develop a merchandising strategy for the category taking into consideration customer profile, classification, resource structure, vendors, fashion trends, items and price points. The category manager visit stores regularly to check assortments of merchandise displays, stock levels and old season merchandise, consult with team leaders and sales people on problems and suggestions.

Sourcing / Purchasing:

• The category manager controls quantities to be purchased as per the sales forecast. The purchasing is done based on range plan made for the season and re-orders been placed based on sales and stock levels. The Category Manager reviews the actual sales versus planned sales and source the material based on feedback from storefront.

Logistics:

• Category manager ensure that goods are dispatched in right quantities and at right time to reach stores with sufficient time in hand to promptly cater to customer demands.

Promotions:

• Category manager plans promotions / brand or product building schemes. The category manager identify slow movers and also disposal plan for the same.

Visual Merchandising :

In modern retail, we believe that visual merchandising is key to encourage a customer to purchase the products. Visual merchandising involves store window, store directories, imposters, unit top poster / visual, placement of products, highlighting products in the store. We use our visual merchandising skills to present our merchandise at its best, in order to appeal to the customer. This is a critical in store activity with our visual merchandising team deciding on the theme as well as the manner in which the merchandise is proposed to be displayed across our stores nation wide.

Supply Chain management:

Availability of products at the right time and at affordable cost is of utmost importance in retail business. Supply Chain management ensures this. The diverse requirements of different retail formats in which we operate requires a model which is flexible enough to meet the diverse requirement of our various formats; incase of Pantaloons- the time to market is of paramount importance whereas for Big Bazaar – the cost to market is crucial. Keeping this in mind, we have created our own supply chain and logistics model. The Supply Chain function involves vendor management, quality assurance and transportation. Vendor management assumes critical importance in retail business where one has to deal with multiple products. We have in place a robust vendor management system. Vendors are identified all over the country and strategic relationships are developed. A

transparent vendor rating system rates each vendor across a variety of parameters. Regular interaction and rating system ensures that the vendor remain in sync with our Company’s goals and targets. Improvement in communication with vendor and vendor development initiatives like standardization of norms for size and fits, and implementation of a vendor rationalization program enable us to increase the number of “A” rated vendors by over 80 %. Our Supply chain department has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate by Den Norske VERITAS. The quality assurance function has been strengthened with the implementation of internal quality control measures. Quality hubs have been established at zonal level with a view to proactively prevent quality defects. We have one central warehouse and 12 regional warehouses. These warehouses are located in Pune, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Nasik, Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Nagpur and Kolkata.In case of lifestyle retailing, the entire apparel stock is generally delivered to the central warehouse. The central warehouse then services individual stores. In addition to central buying, there is restricted local buying. A unique aspect of the supply chain model is the factory outlet. Its the last level of supply chain model which ensures that slow-moving merchandise are disposed off on a regular basis. We currently have 22 factory outlets spread over 15 places. In Big Bazaar, the merchandise is delivered straight from the vendors/manufacturers to differentregional/city warehouses; these warehouses then transfer the products to the respective stores. Food Bazaar has both perishable and non-perishable products. Perishable goods like fruits, vegetables are sourced from the concessionaires and stocked directly at the stores. Non-perishable products are delivered directly from suppliers and manufacturers. While we outsource intercity transport of goods to third parties, intra city movement form warehouse to the stores is handled by our own fleet of vehicles. For lifestyle retail formats, we use the services of logistic solution providers in order to deliver products on time to the stores. For value retail, low cost transport arrangements have been secured to optimize transportation cost. Warehouse operations have been streamlined through the standardization of racking system, scientific layouts and implementation of automatic replenishment system.

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PRESIDENT-MARKETING, PRIL :- SANJEEV AGRAWAL

Bipasha, Zayed to endorse Pantaloon brand

New Delhi , Aug. 28

Pantaloons Fresh Fashion, the fashion retail format of the Future Group, has signed on Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan as its brand ambassadors, to endorse its retail brand. In this initiative, Pantaloon Retail India Ltd has brought the two actors together for a television commercial. Both, Bipasha and Zayed will endorse the entire range of Pantaloons apparels that include casual, formal, western, ethnic, party and sportswear. "Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan will add their personal style statement to Pantaloons, which will help enhance the fashion imagery of the brand. Hence, we are proud to simultaneously sign the two Bollywood icons to endorse our flagship fashion retail brand," said Mr Sanjeev Agrawal, President- Marketing, PRIL, in a statement. Pantaloons Fresh Fashion, the fashion retail format of the Future Group, has signed on Bollywood stars, Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan, as its brand ambassadors. This is the first-ever instance of a retail brand signing on two big Bollywood stars simultaneously. Fashion icons, Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan, with their distinctive style statement, will reiterate that Pantaloons represents ‘Fresh Fashion’. The Pantaloons brand will

leverage their universal appeal, which is not merely limited to the metropolitan cities but also extends to the smaller cities and towns. In this pioneering initiative, PRIL has brought the two stars together for a fast paced and fashion packed TV Commercial. Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan, will endorse the entire range of Pantaloons apparels such as casual wear, formal wear, western wear, ethnic wear, party wear and sportswear. In lieu of the forthcoming festive season, the first advertising campaign will launch the Pantaloons festive collection. Sanjeev Agrawal, President-Marketing, PRIL, said, “Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan will add their personal style statement to Pantaloons, which will help enhance the fashion imagery of the brand. Hence, we are proud to simultaneously sign the two Bollywood icons to endorse our flagship fashion retail brand. With this, Pantaloon Retail has achieved another ‘first’ to add to its list of pioneering initiatives.” Actress Bipasha Basu said, “Pantaloons has a wide range of fashion wear for women and its this drive to continually provide ‘Fresh fashion’ that makes Pantaloons my store. It is a store that has fashion for all occasions.” Often criticised for her onscreen skimpy clothes, Bipasha Basu will be promoting an apparel brand Pantaloon now. The company has roped in sultry siren along with Zayed Khan to endorse its retail brand. Around four or five years ago, cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya and Mark and Steve Waugh were associated with the brand. This is the first time the company has roped in two Bollywood stars to endorse the retail brand. Will Basu and Khan fit into the brand image to push the retail business? Aggarwal says, “Bipasha is known for her own distinct sense of style that appeals to millions. Zayed, on the other hand, has a youthful persona, which we felt could be wielded for our brand.” Basu and Khan will endorse the entire range of Pantaloon garments, all the collections stored under the Pantaloon brand: casual wear, formal wear, Western wear, ethnic wear, party wear and sportswear. Basu endorses another garment brand, Levi’s, but it is learnt that her contract with that retail brand has ended. So, there won’t be any conflict between the two brands.

MAJOR PLAYERS

Ebony Retail Holdings Ltd., a part of the DS Group, is a Delhi-based retailer with seven stores in seven North Indian cities spread across 1,50,000 sq.ft of total retail space. Having started off with a store in New Delhi in 1994, Ebony has expanded its presence in the years since. The chain also has an online B2C shopping portal (www. Ebony click .com) that offers customers a non-store retail format to shop from. In 2004 Ebony had nine operational stores in five cities, covering 167,000 sq.ft of retail space. A few of its outlets were probably closed down and new outlets opened in two more cities since2004. The sudden and sharp rise in competition in the Indian retail sector at present seems to have taken this department store chain unawares. They have not expanded their retail operations in any major way in the last couple of years. Ebony clocked a turnover of Rs.85 crore in 2004-05. Sales realization/sq.ft per annum stood at Rs.6,095 in 2005, an increase of eight per cent over the previous financial year. The average transaction value in 2005 was Rs.l, 1 02, up from Rs.l,009 in the previous fiscal.Ebony sells menswear, women swear, lingerie, kids wear, home fashion and accessories, cosmetics, perfumes, books and music, personal care and cosmetics, jewellery and luggage. The store's private label, ETC, contributed towards seven per cent of the chain's total apparel sales in 2005. In its efforts to facilitate customers, Ebony runs a customer loyalty program, Ebony Elite Club, which has approximately 52,000 members (up from 28,000 members in 2004-05. It has also introduced a designer wear section, Studio

Ivory, with collections for a middle-income target segment. The department chain also runs the concept bookstore, Wordsworth, which sells music too.

The Mumbai-based Rajan Raheja Group launched its first Globus department store in January 1998 at Indore and since then it has become a 20-outlet strong chain with a presence in 14 cities. Apart from the Globus department stores, the chain also runs a second retail format with Globus, the factory outlet format. Globus' flagship store was launched in Mumbai in November 2001. The department store chain's customer loyalty program is called the Globus Privilege Club card program. In 2004, the chain had seven outlets in five cities with a total space of 1,39,658 sq.ft by 2005 their retail presence had reached eight cities with 12 stores and a total retail space of 1,94,610 sq.ft. Today the chain runs 20 outlets in 14 cities with a total retail space of 2,90,000 sq.ft. Retail expansion plans include having 30 outlets by 2007, 100 by 2008, and taking it to 120 by 2010 with a total retail space of 12,40,000 sq.ft. The chain's in-store labels apparel labels, Globus and F21, contribute about 35 per cent towards total retail sales. Frequent consumer promotions during peak sales periods like traditional festive seasons bring in 25-30 per cent increase in average sales. From a retail turnover of Rs.82.0 1crore in 2004-05 (and Rs.l 09 crore by 2005-06), the company targets to achieve a turnover of Rs.180 crore in the current fiscal.

The Dubai-based Landmark Group’s department store chain, Lifestyle, started operations in India in 1998. It currently operates 19 Lifestyle departmental stores in nine cities with a total retail space of 7,45,711 sq. ft. In 2004 the chain had seven stores in five cities with a space of 2,68,436 sq.ft, which grew to 10 stores in the same five cities with an increased retail space of 3,41 ,587 sq.ft. By 2010 they plan to have 41 stores in 16 cities with a combined retail space of 19,33,931 sq.ft. The average store size of a Lifestyle department store is 46,000 sq.ft, the largest of them being the Chennai store with an area of 75,000 sq.ft. Lifestyle now plans to majorly expand into the tier-II cities in the country. Ginger, Baby Doll and JRS Active are the three major private labels of Lifestyle, besides segment-specific brands like 2xtremz for women and Juniors for infants. These private labels contribute approximately towards 10 per cent to the total revenue. Its customer loyalty program is called The Inner Circle, which contributes 40 per cent to total sales. Each of the stores has a Coffee Island managed by Qwiky's.Lifestyle International has announced investments to the tune of Rs.400 crore in the next five years to fund its expansion in India. This includes plans to bring in its concept stores into the country, including the Max

Hypermarkets and Lifestyle Center’s. The Max chain of value stores and Home Centre’s have already been launched. Landmark is also working on a Lifestyle Centre

store to be

opened in

Bangalore late next year, which will include a Home Centre and a high value food retail store.

Shopper's Stop Ltd from the K Raheja Group, opened its first Shoppers' Stop department store in Mumbai in 1991; and over the last 16 years has established itself as the largest player in the department store category in India. From 16 stores in nine cities with an area of7,52,848 sq.ft, the chain today operates 26 outlets in 12 cities with a total retail space of 15,07,126 sq.ft, with plans to have 34 stores by 2007. By 2010 Shoppers' Stop plans to have nearly 50 outlets in 20 cities across a total retail space of 36,26,899 sq.ft. Shoppers' Stop was the first retailer in the country to have Bar-coded garments, Co-branded credit card; and Retail ERP Shoppers' Stop, unlike Pantaloon and Westside where the chunk of sales are driven by private labels, houses a large number of external brands. The chain is today the largest retailer for popular brands like Levi's Strauss, Pepe, Arrow, Zodiac, Ray-Ban, Swatch, ete. The launch of Buzz (the designer pret wear section) and Kasba by Raghavendra Rathore were some new additions. Some of the chain's private labels include Stop, Life, Vettorio Fratini, Haute Curry, indi-vidual and Acropolis, sales from which grew by 44 per cent in 2005, over the previous year. Shoppers' Stop customer loyalty program, First Citizen's Club has approximately 4,40,000 members, who contribute to over 50 per cent of the total sales. Shoppers' Stop, which has tied up with Mother care, the global brand for infants and children, will be opening 40 Mother care outlets over the next five years. It currently has Mother care outlets. The bookstore section, Crossword; as well as food and beverages outlets such as Café Brio and Desi Cafe have also been launched within the department stores. In 2006, Shopper's Stop Ltd signed a MoU with UK-based Nuance Group, a leading airport retailing company, for setting up a 50:50 joint venture to enter the duty-free retail market at Indian airports. Shoppers' Stop registered sales worth Rs.5,071 crore in 2004-05, with an increased turnover of Rs.6,775 crore in 2005-06. The chain is targeting a turnover of Rs.750-850 crore by 2008. Sales realization per sq.ft per annum stands at around Rs.6,903; while the average transaction value is approximately Rs.1 ,278.

Apparel Brands for Women:

✔ ELLIZA DONATEIN

✔ ENAMOR

✔ HAUTE CURRY

✔ KASHISH

✔ KRAUS

✔ LEE

✔ LIFE

✔ LOVABLE

✔ PROVOGUE

✔ SEPIA

✔ SLEEP-INS(CONSG)

✔ STOP

✔ SWEETDREAMS

✔ TRIUMPH

Accessory Brands for

Women:

✔ BLUE AND BLUES

✔ CASIO

✔ CROSS

✔ DKNY

✔ ESPRIT

✔ FASTRACK

✔ FERRARI

✔ FOSSIL

✔ GIORDANO

✔ HIDESIGN

✔ IMAGES

✔ INFINITY

✔ LIFE

✔ PIERRE CARDIN

✔ POLAROID

✔ PUSH AND SHOVE

✔ RAY BAN

✔ SAMBENA

✔ SHEAFFER

✔ SKAGEN

✔ SUNWAYS

✔ TITAN

✔ TOMMY HILFIGER

✔ VAN HEUSEN

✔ XYLYS

✔ ZAVERI

Apparel Brands for Men:

✔ ACROPOLIS

✔ ALLEN SOLLY

✔ ARROW

✔ AUSTIN REED

✔ BLACKBERRYS

✔ DOCKERS

✔ GIOVANI

✔ INDIAN TERRAIN

✔ JOCKEY

✔ JUST NATURAL

✔ KASHISH

✔ LEE

✔ LIFE

✔ LOUIS PHILLIPE

✔ MARIO ZEGNOTI

✔ MUFTI

✔ PARK AVENUE

✔ PEPE

✔ PROVOGUE

✔ SHAPES

✔ SPYKAR

✔ STOP

✔ STORI

✔ TANTRA

✔ TOMMY HILFIGER

✔ VAN HEUSEN

✔ VETTORIO FRATINI

✔ WARRIOR

✔ WRANGLER

✔ ZODIAC

Frangrance Brands:

✔ DKNY

✔ DAVIDOFF

✔ BVLGARI

✔ ADIDAS

✔ ARAMIS

✔ CALVIN KLEIN

✔ FERRAGAMO

✔ NAUTICA

✔ RALPH LAUREN

Cosmetics:

✔ CHAMBOR

✔ MAYBELLINE

✔ L’OREAL

Home segment

✔ CORELLE

✔ IVY

✔ MAGPPIE

✔ ARTD’INOX

✔ SERVEWELL

✔ PROGRESSIVE INTNL FNS

Watch brands:

✔ CASIO

✔ DKNY

✔ ESPRIT

✔ FASTRACK

✔ FOSSIL

✔ GIORDANO

✔ KENNETH COLE

✔ PIERRE CARDIN

✔ POLICE

✔ SKAGEN

✔ TITAN

✔ TOMMY HILFIGER

Westside, the lifestyle store by the Tata’s that caters to the upper middle class segment, has built its customer base through its USP of affordable style. There are 23 Westside stores in 14 cities Price is crucial in the Indian retail scenario and Westside’s focus on this factor is part of the reason. If customers are looking for style, they will probably go to Westside and buy something for Rs 400 rather than go to Mango (a UK-based chain). Another issue is convenience of parking space. Almost everyone in major metros has

a car and doesn’t want to go through the hassle of finding parking space. Westside has worked on molding its outlets along the snazzy, well-designed, hands-on ambiences and coffee shop displays typical of Lacoste, Nike and Switch retail stores in the West,and personalized its offerings by offering style and accessory guides to its customers.Westside houses a collection of the finest merchandise for the entire family. There are spacious shopping areas for the various sections - women’s wear, men’s wear and the children's and the household sections occupy the floor level. Café West from the Taj group on a level above is an ideal place for a coffee break on a shopping spree. Westside offers customers the very best and latest international shopping experience. Westside has a team of dedicated stylists, merchandisers, helpful and courteous store staff and talented in-house designers. The combination of the very latest in-style fashion with affordability is highlighted in all of West side’s merchandise. Westside stands out from the competition for a variety of reasons. One is that a majority of the brands the chain stocks and sells are its own, unlike retailers who store multiple labels. About 90per cent of West side’s offerings are home-grown, and they cater to different customer segments. The other 10 per cent includes toys, cosmetics and lingerie. However, recently Westside has recently expanded its range of merchandise by offering outfits from some of India’s best-known fashion designers, among them Wendell Rodericks, Anita Dongre, Krishna Mehta and Mona Pali. This is an interesting marketing shift, since it means moving away from the chain’s only-our-own-brands concept. The designers create collections exclusively for the store, and the prices for these are hardly eye-popping (the Wendell Roderick’s range starts at Rs 600). Westside has managed to obtain this exclusivity at a lower price because it has multiple outlets.

CLUBWEST:

It is an extraordinary rewards program designed exclusively for Westside regulars. It is a two-tier program, which comprises Club west Classic and Club west Gold. A purchase of Rs 2000 on the same day entitles you to a complimentary membership into Club west Classic. Alternately, you can enroll by paying a nominal one-time fee of Rs 150. A purchase of Rs 5000 on the same day entitles you to a complimentary membership into Club west Gold. Earn points every time you shop at Westside. These points can be

exchanged against subsequent purchases made in the store. A dedicated Club west desk for a member's assistance is at each of the stores. There are exclusive shopping hours only for members during sales. Customers also have unprecedented access to ahost of privileges and services through their exclusive tie-ups from time to time. They provide advance intimation of all in-store promotions and special offers through direct mailers. Also Special discounts on dining at select restaurants round the year.Once a store enters a good catchment area, its competition loses that advantage. Trent would agree: When Westside first entered Mumbai in 2000, it opened shop in elite south Mumbai. At the time, the suburbs were ruled out because Shoppers' Stop cast a long shadow over the western suburbs. And even when Westside finally moved northwards into Andheri (where the first Shoppers' Stop outlet is located), in end-2004, it chose Link Road, which is away from Stop's line of vision. Being a quick mover and expanding fast brings in another advantage – of size. And size brings bargaining muscle and, hence, economies in sourcing. During 2005-06, the company witnessed a rapid expansion with the opening of six Westside stores across the country. From 16 outlets in 10 cities across 2,20,000 sq.ft of space, the chain today runs 23 stores with a total retail space of 5,50,000 sq. ft. Westside was one of the first retail companies to position itself as a 100 per cent private label retail store. Its in-house brands include Too Fast For You, Richmond, Urban Angels, etc, besides the store brand Westside and Westport. The contribution from these private labels is to the tune of respective segments.

What Is Marketing?

Marketing is the process of identifying the consumers' wants and needs and making the product to satisfy these.

“Customer ko kya chahiye – unki jarurat/aakanksha??? – who becho”

Ya phir………

“Hamare pass jo hai who customer ke rang roop mein dhal kar becho”

Hypothetical Examples:

What customers want – Designer Jeans – we need to make it for them

What we have – Simple Jeans – we made it a designer jeans with NIFT students

We will know through Research/Feedback

MARKETING KE 2 BADE KAM

Naye customer ko pehchano

E.g. Hoardings at new places like Morvi,gondal,surendranagar…

Purane customers Ko retain kar Unse rista aur mazboot karo

E.g. Green card promotions, different activities & workshops….

What Is Marketing? Pantaloons view point

Done for Branding..awareness..reaching to the masses…common for the entire country/Zone

Done for emotional connect…reaching to a niche…differs from city to city

Pantaloons & Marketing

ATL –Above The Line activities BTL –Below The Line activitiesStore decides ZO & HO decides

What is ATL & BTL?

The 4 Ps of Marketing

1. Product – Kya bech rahe ho? (depends on needs & wants)

2. Place – Kaha bech rahe ho?

3. Price – Kitne rupee mein bech rahe ho? (depends on what is exchanged for the product or services, e.g. time, energy, psychology or attention.

4. Promotion - Kis tarah se bech rahe ho?

The 3 new Ps of marketing – Retailing related

1. People - Kon bech raha hai? (well trained/motivated)

2. Process – Kis tarah se bech raha hai? (employee behaviour/process involved in selling)

3. Physical Evidence – SABUT!!!! (customer feedback forms/book)

Brand AwarenessProduct ke bare mein batana

Eg Pantaloon kapde bechta hai

Brand KnowledgeProduct ki jankari dena

Eg Pantaloons cotton,wool,crape..bechta

hai

Competitor KnowledgeEg A Shopper Stop ad/Westside

Ad

Foot FallEg Fyiers/Posters/banners at

restaurants,gym,clubs

SaleEg Different offers like denim exchange, sona heera….push

sales

Brand RecallApne product ke bare mein yaad dilate

rehnaEg Zaid Bipasha Ad –Last

diwali..Emphasis on Fresh Fashion

Advantages of Marketing

Top 10 Retailers India (2OO7)

Rank Company/Name Retail Outlets Store TypesNumber of Outlets

Turnover, Mio $

1 Bata Bata Textiles 1,600 152

2 Pantaloon Retail Food Bazar, Pantaloons, Big Bazaar

Supermarkets, Hypermarkets, Department stores

60 149

3 RPG Group Foodworld, Spencer, Health & Glow

Supermarkets, Hypermarkets, Health and Beauty

150 123

4 Shopper‘s Stop Shopper‘s Stop Department stores 17 113

5 Lifestyle Lifestyle Department stores s 7 62

6Subhiksha Trading Services

Subhiksha Supermarkets, Health and Beauty

183 61

7 Raymond Raymond Textiles 304 59

8 Apollo Hospitals Apollo Pharmacy Health and Beauty 135 47

9 Madura Garments Madura Garments Textiles 300 45

10 Viveks Viveks, Jainsons, Premier

Electronics 51 44

Pantaloon Retail India Ltd is offering a co-branded credit card with ICICI Bank exclusively for women customers at Big Bazaar stores.

According to sources in the company, the card carries no fee and comes with a credit limit of Rs 5,000. "Customers would enjoy 50 days' credit period," they said.

Mr. Sanjeev Agrawal, President, Marketing, Pantaloon Retail India, confirmed that the exclusive card for women was being offered at Big Bazaar stores, but refused to give details as "we would like to make a joint announcement with the bank soon," he told Business Line.

In October last year, Pantaloon launched the Central-ICICI Bank card for its Central Mall customers.

This card offers benefits such as reward points and a zero per cent EMI option

Some strategies and future plans of pantaloons:

Big Bazaar unveils ‘My World’ magazine for customers

This brand new English magazine for women will be circulated amongst 210,000

Big Bazaar-ICICI Bank co-branded credit card holders…

LARRA DUTTA and BOBBY DEOL to endorse Pantaloons

'Fresh Fashion

The youth icons will communicate that Pantaloons represents 'Fresh Fashion'.

Pantaloons stores to offer new 'lifestyle retailing and fashion experience'

2nd Food Bazaar opens in Bhubaneswar :

The new 7,000 sq. ft. Food Bazaar outlet is located in Patiya. The biggest

departmental store in Bhubaneswar. The store offers a wide choice of 10,000

products at wholesale prices

Pantaloons opens its third store in New Delhi at West Gate Mall, Rajouri Garden :

The new Pantaloons store will project the 'fresh look, feel & attitude' theme of Pantaloons collections in men's wear, women's wear, kids' wear, sports, ethnic and fashion accessories

Pantaloon Retail posts an outstanding YOY growth of 57.80% for the month of July 2006 :

Value Retailing grows by 66 % YoY growth with sales of Rs. 140.62 crores for the month of July 2006. Life Style Retailing grows by 43 % YoY growth with sales of Rs.64.55 crores for the month of July 2006.

Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited Announces Strategic Alliance With Ruchi Soya Industries Limited :

Pantaloon Retail is to partner Ruchi Soya Ind. Ltd. for premium brand development, private labels and positioning Ruchi brands in its Retail formats.

Pantaloon Organizes A Unique Vendor Initiative In Delhi; Signs Multiple Strategic Tie-ups :

PRIL organized a unique three-day vendor meet in the capital for SME’s and smaller consumer goods manufacturers to help them access national markets. On the occasion it also announced strategic tie ups with Fun Foods, Chaudhary Group and SR Foils.

Pantaloon In Tie-up To Launch Tashan Merchandise:

Pantaloon Retail India has tied up with Yashraj films, the makers of the movie Tashan, to launch a special range of merchandise.

PRAMOTIONAL ACTIVITY OF PANTALOONS :

1. FREE SET

2. SALWAR KAMEEZ

EXCHANGE OFFER

3. HOLI SCRATCH & WIN OFFER

4. END OF SEASONS SALE

5. CELEBRATION OF VARIOUS DAYS

6. HELTH BEAUTY WORK SHOP

7. FASHION SHOW

8. SPONSERSHIP & TIE-U

PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS :

DRESSING TIPS ;

A person will be hired or from staff only can be trained to tell customer if they have any confusion regarding which can best suit them.

CELEBRATION OF VARIOUS DAYS ;

Pantaloons will introduce with celebration of various days like Children Days, Mom Day, Woman Day, Valentine’s Day etc. on that day special outfits can be presented or something special an be put in Pantaloons.

FOR YOUTH :

For young where most of them were brand conscious, among them Personality contest will be conducted. And the winner will be given one free dress.

BY: HOARDINGS

BY: EVENTSWomen's Day Celebrations

BY: VISUAL MERCHANDISING

STORE EXTERIORS

.OThe exteriorappearance of astore silentlyannounces whatcustomers canexpect inside.OGood exterior visualmerchandisingattractsattention,createsinterest,and invitesthe customer intothe business

Types of exterior presentations

Exterior signs:-

OA sign is a silent salesperson , a part of ashopper’s first impression of a store.

OAn effective sign must communicate whattype of business is being conducted.

M a r q u e e s : -

O A special type of sign is used to display the name of the store.

O An effective marquee must stand out from the other businesses to attract customers.

O It can be used to announce a change in season, sale, a special event or a promotion.

Banners:- O These are used increasingly as an

inexpensive but colorful , eye-catching means of promotion.

O Banners can be hung from flagpoles , projected from the building or hung flat against the exteriors.

O Where many signs compete for customer’s attention , design and logo become more important . They should be unique, noticeable and readable.

Walk Ways And Entries:-

O Approximately 75 % of first time customers remember a store’s entrance , which provides the first and last view of the store’s interior.

O A cluttered entryway causes shopper’s to indefinitely postpone entering a store, while an attractive ,well designed entrance is inviting to the customers.

Store interiors

Store interior is an important element of a storeconcept.

The industry, product selection, price segment,customer group and company vision form thefoundation of the concept.

There are many problems face by Retail industry in Indian Market. They are following:-

The format does not suit rural India:

While the format suits the urban areas, it does not suit the rural areas in a country like India. Today, in Indian, organized retailing is confined to class A cities, the 23 largest cities. About 82 per cent of organized retailing comes form the top six cities and another 12 percent from the next four. Thus, the top 10 cities account for 94 per cent of all organized retailing in India. The scattered location of consumers has been the main deterrent to the rapid spread of the idea in the rural areas.

Purchasing patterns not very conducive:

Even in urban centers, the purchasing patterns of the Indian consumers differ form those of westerners. Whereas in the west, the purchases are spread better over the month, in India. Purchases are by and large made in the first week of the month. Theirs perhaps has a correlation to patterns of payment of wages; Purchasing patterns differ also because of the difference in the eating habits of people.

Inadequate growth of brands:

Inadequate growth of brands is another factor, In India, branding was almost not-existent in convenience products until recently; this has naturally inhibited retailing through sophisticated chains. Supply chain problems: As suppliers are not properly organized in the country, replenishment of stock poses problems for large chains. Source development also poses special problems.

Being family businesses, retailing enterprises have limitation in expansion;

Yet another reason for the slow pick up of mega retailing idea in India is that all along retail enterprises have been family concerns. And, family businesses usually have a limitation in expansion,Example of Vivek’s; The Vivek’s (Formerly Vivek’s & Co. ) of Chennai, is an example. For the past several years, it remained rather small because of its family character. During the three decades from 1965 to 1995, it had just three showrooms. It was a family concern and remained for a long time, a single store outfit, managed by the father and assisted by his three sons. Once the father grew old, the sons started managing the business, and because there were three sons engaged in the business, the enterprise went in for three showrooms. In recent years, however, it has emerged as a major chain, as it has shed its family business character, now it is actually the largest consumer durable chain in the country. It has big sales volumes and multiple locations.Real estate problems; Real estate is an integral requirement of large scale chain store operation. One needs a large number of stores in each city to achieve optimum scale. Also, big chains have to operate in several cities. Real estate thus becomes crucial. That is why groups that have been in real estate and hotel businesses are more comfortable in branching off into retailing. Fro other firms, real estate development are a problem; they don not command property in prime locations.

Other Limitation of Retail Industry

The organized retail industry in India is faced with stiff competition from the unorganized sector.

There is a shortage of quality real estate and infrastructure requirements in our country.

Opposition to Foreign Direct Investment from small traders affects retail industry.

A very high stamp duty on transfer of property affects the industry. Shortage of retail space in central and downtown locations also

hinders the growth of retail industry. Presence of strong Pro-tenancy laws makes it difficult to evict tenants

and this is posing problems. Land-use conversion is time consuming and becoming complex. For settling property disputes, it consumes lot of time. Non residents are not allowed to own property except they are of

Indian origin. Inadequacies in infrastructure such as lack of high quality road

networks, power shortages and insufficient storage spaces The retail industry loses to the tune of US$120 to US$130 million

every year in frauds ,thefts and employee pilferage, shop lifting, vendor frauds or inaccurate supervision despite using standard and modern security features.

SOURCE OF DATA

Data’s are the useful information or any forms of document designed in a systematic and standardize manner which are used for some further proceedings. One of the important tools for conducting marketing research is the availability of necessary and useful data. Some time the data are available readily in one form or the other and some time the data are collected afresh. The sources of Data fall under two categories, Primary Source and Secondary Sources.

Primary Data- the primary data was collected through the following activities:

Filled the Retail Industry related questionnaire to managers of a select group of companies And Paper Conversation

Secondary Data- the secondary data was collected through the following:

Online Research material of the Various Institution/Outlets directly or indirectly involved with Retail Industry, Secondary Data used in External Source of Information Like internet, magazine, paper cutting

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OTHER SOURCE

Information SourcesInformation has been sourced from namely, books, newspapers, trade journals, and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations, monitoring industry news and developments, and through access to access to more than 3000 paid databases.

Analysis MethodThe analysis methods include the following: Ratio Analysis, Historical Trend Analysis, Linear Regression Analysis using software tools, Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect Analysis etc.

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WESTERN RETAILERS IN INDIA

The retail industries in the western countries have reached a point of saturation and there is no way of expanding. In this backdrop the retail giants are trying to make their mark in the retail market of countries that still have untapped potential of expansion. India happens to be one of them. AT Kearney has constructed the Global Retail Development Index which has helped the western retailers to identify the countries in which investments could be made. Opportunities in India have attracted the western retailers like Wal-Mart, Euro set, and Supervalu who have plans to enter as single branded retailers. In gauging whether to enter, the companies keep into account the timing factor that is whether the consumers are ready to accept the products that are offered by them. It is highly possible that there are potentials in the market but the consumer preferences are skewed against the products that are offered.

CONTRIBUTION   OF   ‘FDI’   IN   RETAILING

Permitting Foreign Direct Investment in the retailing sector can have immense benefits. It can generate huge employment for the semi-skilled as well as illiterate population which otherwise can't be employed in the already confined rural and organized sector. The retail sector is highly dependent on the rural sector. Thus it can facilitate the improvement of the standard of living of farmers by purchasing commodities at a reasonable cost. It also stems out an indirect employment generation channel by training and employing people in the transportation and distribution sectors such as drivers, mechanics etc. It is also evident that real estate is a genuine challenge for organized retailing. Traditional retailers can use this situation in their favor by taking franchisees of the mega players of this industry. On the other hand, the consumer gains from the wide variety of choices and a more diversified basket of prices available under one roof. Secondly the indirect benefits like better roads, online marketing, expansion of telecom sector etc. will give a 'big push' to other sectors including the rural one itself. Last but not the least the huge tax revenue generated from these retail biggies and collected in government coffers will gradually wipe out the ugly looking fiscal and revenue deficits. Besides the transaction in foreign currencies by these MNCs will create a balance in exchange rate and will bring in stable funds in the economy as opposed to FII's hot money. This will in turn act as a boost to the developing (or 'transforming', as suggested by the USAID) economy of India.

MAJOR   FINDINGS

(1) The Retail Sector in India can be split up into two, the organized and the unorganized. The organized sector whose size is expected to triple by 2010 can be further split up into departmental stores, supermarkets, shopping malls.

(2) In terms of value the size of the retail sector in India is $300 billion. The organized sector contributes about 4.6% to the total trade.

(3) The retail sector in India contributes 10% to the Gross Domestic Product and 8% to the employment of the country.

(4) In terms of growth the FMCG retail sector is the fastest growing unit and the retail relating to household care, confectionery etc, have lagged behind.

(5) The foreign retail giants were initially restricted from making investments in India. But now FDI of 51% is permitted in India only through single branded retail outlets. Multi brand outlets are still beyond their reach. Again they can only enter the market through franchisees,. This was how Wal- Mart had entered joining hands with Bharti Enterprises.

(6) On line retailing is still to leave a mark on the customers due to lacunae that we have already mentioned.

(7) Cultural and regional differences in India are the biggest challenges in front of retailers. This Factor deters the retailers in India from adopting a single retail format.

(8) Hypermarket is emerging as the most favorable format for the time being in India

CONCLUSION

For a start, these retailers need to invest much more in capturing more specific market. Intelligence as well as almost real-time customer purchase behavior information. The retailers also need to make substantial investment in understanding/acquiring some advanced expertise in developing more accurate and scientific demand forecasting models. Re-engineering of product sourcing philosophies-aligned more towards collaborative planning and replenishment should then be next on their agenda. The message, therefore for the existing small and medium independent retailers is to closely examine what changes are taking place in their immediate vicinity, and analyze Whether their current market offers a potential redevelopment of the area into a more modern multi-option destination. If it does, and most commercial areas in India do have this potential, it would be very useful to form a consortium of other such small retailers in that vicinity and take a pro-active approach to pool in resources and improve the overall infrastructure. The next effort should be to encourage retailers to make some investments in improving the interiors of their respective establishments to make shopping an enjoyable experience for the customer.

As the retail marketplace changes shape and competition increases, the potential for improving retail productivity and cutting costs is likely to decrease. Therefore, it will become important for retailers to secure a distinctive position in the marketplace based on value, relationships or experience. Finally, it is important to note that these strategies are not strictly independent of each other; value is function of not just price, quality and service but can also be enhanced by Personalization and offering a memorable experience. In fact, building relationships with customers can by itself increase the quality of overall customer experience and thus the perceived value.

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