Retail outlets in India are growing at a tremendous rate. There are over 2000 retail outlets that are currently operating in our country.
Some are hugely successful and some are not.
Right now the retail business in India is over $600 billion. However, in next the 5 years, it is expected to double and will touch $1 Trillion mark.
Currently, in India, retail selling accounts for the 25% of the GDP. So there is a huge scope for new retail companies to emerge.
Here in this article, we look at the top 10 retail outlets which are already present in the country.
Top 10 Retail Outlets in India 2019
1. Reliance Retail
Reliance Retail is a subsidiary of Reliance Group and was established in the year 2006.
It is one of the largest retail chains in India with over 3 million customers shopping every week.
Right now Reliance Retail has over 1800+ stores across the country in 40 different cities.
Reliance Retail deals with all kinds of product like consumer goods, Reliance fresh, electronics, clothing, home décor, fashion and accessories.
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2. Pantaloons
Pantaloons is the second largest retail outlet in our country with a market capitalization of Rs 4400 Crore. It was established in the year 2007 and is part of Future Group.
Pantaloons sell products under the brand name like Big Bazaar or Food Bazaar with thousands of malls all over India.
They also sell products under the brand names like Ezone for electronics goods, Home Town for Furniture, Planet Sports for sportswear etc.
It has over 36,000 employees with retail outlets spread across 100 cities in the country.
3. Shoppers Stop
Shoppers Stop was established in the year 1991 under the K Raheja Group. Right now it has over 70 stores all across the country in 34 different cities.
These stores are of all kinds like for consumer goods, mother care stores, food and beverage shop etc.
The current market capitalization of Shoppers Stop is over Rs 3200 Crore.
Its first store was started in Andheri Mumbai.
4. Trent
Trent another retail outlet owned by Tata Group was established in the year 1998.
Trent sells its products under the various popular brand names like Westside, Star Bazaar a hypermarket, Landmark for music and books, Fashion Yatra for clothing etc.
The market capitalization of Trent is all most Rs 4000 Crore.
Trent has over 80 stores in 50 different cities with over 30,000 employees.
5. Aditya Birla Retail
Aditya Birla Group decided to launch its own chain of a retail outlet in the year 2006-07.
You easily identify some of its most popular brand names like Allen Solly, Peter England, Van Heusen, Louis Phillipe under which it sells clothing and other accessories.
Aditya Birla Retail also offers a wide range of products from groceries to home care.
Right now it has over 490 supermarkets and 15 hypermarkets spread all across the country.
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6. ITC Lifestyle
ITC is one of the largest FMCG companies in India. It has many retail outlets under the name ITC Lifestyle.
The most important brands are Wills Lifestyle and John Players.
Both of these brands sell clothing and other accessories targeting youth demographics.
7. Provogue India
Provogue India was launched in the year 1998 and it sells mainly apparels and other accessories.
Provogue outlets are known for their high-end products. There are at least 350 Provogue outlets spread across 70+ different cities in India.
The market capitalization of Provogue India is around Rs 70 Crore.
8. Titan
Titan is owned by Tata Group and it was started in the year 1984. Titan outlets are known for two things generally. One is Jewelry and another one is watches.
Titan has over 200 stores across the country selling Jewelry and watches. One of the most popular jewellery brands of Titan is Tanishq.
One more thing to add here Titan is the fifth largest watch manufacturer in the world.
9. Kewel Kiran Clothing
Kewel Kiran sells only clothing and other accessories. It was established way back in 1971 and now it has over 120 stores all over India.
Some of the most popular brand names under which Kewel Kiran sells its clothing are Killer, Integriti and Lawman PG3. Kewel Kiran is one of the oldest clothing companies in India.
10. V Mart Retail
Last Retail Company in our list is V Mart.
V Mart was launched in the year 2003 with just one store in Ahmadabad but now it has over 120+ spread across 100 different cities in the country.
V Mart is one of the fastest growing retail outlets in India with a market capitalization of over Rs 1000 Crore.
They fashion garments, footwear, bags, kids accessories etc and V Mart has also departmental stores in smaller cities.
So these were the top 10 retail outlets in India. There are many other retail outlets like Prozone Intu, Cantabil, Landmark Group, Fab India etc that we missed out in this article.