Pantaloon Retail may expand Into India's rural areas

Pantaloon Retail India Ltd., the country's biggest publicly traded retailer, may expand into rural areas where about three-fifths of the nation's 1.1 billion people live.

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Retail growth glory continues to escape rural markets

The new wave of investments in organised retail will further widen the gap between urban and rural retailing as most of these new investments will be concentrated to counted major cities. While, the semi urban and rural areas which house 70% of total population of the country will have to depend on the spill overs.

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Pantaloon Retail denies talks with Godrej group for a stake in Godrej Aadhaar

Refuting the reports in media that Pantaloon Retail India Ltd planned to pick a 70% stake in Godrej Aadhaar, the retail major has clarified that ‘it is neither in discussion nor intends to go ahead with any such steps’.

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Big retail's changing lives in small villages

There's definitely more than what meets the eye. At least that is what came out from an on-the-field endeavour by DNA Money to discover how the dynamics between farmers and retailers are changing as modern retail evolves in the country.

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ITC to go slow on Choupal stores

ITC has pushed the pause button on expansion of its rural and urban food and grocery retail formats — Choupal Sagar and Choupal Fresh.

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Major players in rural retail

India is a diverse country home for four of the top 10 global billionaires and also home millions of people under poverty line. Retailers are not just embracing the Urban Indians, we have ITC, Godrej-Future Group, DCM and others active in the rural Indian market. We compare the primary business goals of each of these rural retailers here

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Hatsun Agro Product ventures into rural retail segment

Hatsun Agro Products, a leading Milk & Dairy products company is venturing into Rural retail segment. Currently, the company has 5,000 rural logistics centers for milk collection and related activities.

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Demand for FMCG products rises 25 pc in rural mkt

FMCG product sales in the non-essential premium segment have grown at a rate of 25 per cent annually in the rural market during 2004-07, said a top official of a global consultancy company.

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