FUTURE GROUP
COMPANY PROFILE:
Future Group, led by its founder and Group CEO, Mr. Kishore
Biyani, is one of India’s leading business houses with multiple
businesses spanning across the consumption space. While retail forms the core business activity
of Future Group, group subsidiaries are present in consumer finance, capital, insurance, leisure
and entertainment, brand development, retail real estate development, retail media and logistics.
Led by its flagship enterprise, Pantaloon Retail, the group operates over 16 million square feet of
retail space in 73 cities and towns and 65 rural locations across India. Headquartered in Mumbai
(Bombay), Pantaloon Retail employs around 30,000 people and is listed on the Indian stock
exchanges. The company follows a multi-format retail strategy that captures almost the entire
consumption basket of Indian customers. In the lifestyle segment, the group operates Pantaloons,
a fashion retail chain and Central, a chain of seamless malls. In the value segment, its marquee
brand, Big Bazaar is a hypermarket format that combines the look, touch and feel of Indian
bazaars with the choice and convenience of modern retail.
In 2008, Big Bazaar opened its 100th store, marking the fastest ever organic expansion of a
hypermarket. The first set of Big Bazaar stores opened in 2001 in Kolkata, Hyderabad and
Bangalore.
The group’s speciality retail formats include supermarket chain – Food Bazaar, sportswear
retailer - Planet Sports, electronics retailer - eZone, home improvement chain - Home Town and
rural retail chain, Aadhaar, among others. It also operates popular shopping portal
-www.futurebazaar.com.
Future Capital Holdings, the group’s financial arm provides investment advisory to assets worth
over $1 Billion that are being invested in consumer brands and companies, real estate, hotels and
logistics. It also operates a consumer finance arm with branches in 150 locations.
Other group companies include, Future Generali, the group’s insurance venture in partnership
with Italy’s Generali Group, Future Brands, a brand development and IPR company, Future
Logistics, providing logistics and distribution solutions to group companies and business partners
and Future Media, a retail media initiative.
The group’s presence in Leisure & Entertainment segment is led through, Mumbai-based listed
company Galaxy Entertainment Limited. Galaxy leading leisure chains, Sports Bar and Bowling
Co. and family entertainment centres, F123. Through its partner company, Blue Foods the group
operates around 100 restaurants and food courts through brands like Bombay Blues, Spaghetti
Kitchen, Noodle Bar, The Spoon, Copper Chimney and Gelato.
Future Group’s joint venture partners include, US-based stationery products retailer, Staples and
Middle East-based Axiom Communications.
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Future Group believes in developing strong insights on Indian
consumers and building businesses based on Indian ideas, as
espoused in the group’s core value of ‘Indianness.’ The
group’s corporate credo is, ‘Rewrite rules, Retain values.’
Future group has several private labels retailed through Food Bazaar outlets. These brands were
first introduced under the Food Bazaar brand. Having realized the potential of these products, we
have taken away the store's name from the main label and have maintained only at the back, so
as to give these products a treatment of proper FMCG product line.
Private Labels from Future group in this category are:
Fresh-n-Pure - Dairy products - Butter and Ghee
Tasty Treats - processed food - Jams, Snacks, Namkeens, Pickles
Care Mate - Home care products
Clean Mate - Cleaing products from diapers to dish washing bars
The idea is to promote these brands and develop them like independent FMCG products. The
biggest consumer attraction factor is pricing 8-10% below the prices of competitors.
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GROUP COMPANIES:
Pantaloon Future Capital Holdings Limited
Retail (India) Limited
Home Solutions Retail India Limited Future Generali India Life Insurance
Company Limited
Future Brands Limited Future bazaar India Limited
Future Media (India) Limited Weavette Texstyles Limited
Future Supply Chain Solutions Limited Winner Sports Private Limited
Converge-m Communication (India) Staples Future Office Products Private
Limited Limited
Pantaloon Food Product (India) Limited Talwalkars Pantaloon Fitness Private
Limited
Future Knowledge Services Limited Indus League Clothing
Galaxy Entertainment Corporation Ltd Future Consumer Products Limited
Future Ventures India Limited Foot Mart Retail
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited (PRIL), is India’s leading retailer that operates multiple retail
formats in both the value and lifestyle segment of the Indian consumer marker. Headquartered
in Mumbai, the company operates 16 million square feet of retail space, has over 1,000 outlets
(including shop-in-shops) across 73 cities in India and employs over 30,000 people.
The company’s leading formats include Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets, Big Bazaar, a
uniquely Indian hypermarket chain, Food Bazaar, a supermarket chain, and Central, a chain of
seamless destination malls. Some of its other formats include Depot, Brand Factory, Blue Sky,
Star and Sitara.
Pantaloon Retail is part of the Future Group which has presence in multiple businesses in the
consumption space including consumer finance, capital, insurance, retail media, mall
development, logistics and brand development.
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Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited
Future Group’s business offers complete retailing solutions
for all products and services related to home building and
home improvement. The key product categories are CDE (Consumer Durable & Electronics),
Furniture, Home Furnishing & Decor, Home Improvement and Home Services. HSRIL
operates retail format Collection i, Furniture Bazaar, Electronics Bazaar, Home Town and
eZone.
Future Brands Limited
Future Brands Limited (FBL) has been incorporated on November, 2006 and is involved in the
business of creating, developing, managing, acquiring and dealing in consumer-related brands
and IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights).
Future Media (India) Limited
Future Media (India) Limited (FMIL) was incorporated as the Group’s media venture, aimed
at creation of media properties in the ambience of consumption and thus offers active
engagement to brands and consumers. FMIL offers relevant engagement through its media
properties like Visual Spaces, Print, Radio, Television and Activation.
Future Supply Chain Solutions Limited
Future Supply Chain Solutions Limited (FSCS) has been incorporated as a separate entity and
is involved in the business of providing logistics, transportation and warehousing services for
all group companies and third-parties.
Convergem Communication (India) Limited
Convergem Communication (India) Limited (CCIL) (formerly known as Convergem Retail
(India) Limited) was incorporated to set up a chain of retail outlets for dealing in areas of
communication, data & voice storage and other related products. The company operates
mBazaar, mPort and GenM, among other retail formats.
Pantaloon Food Product (India) Limited
Pantaloon Food Product (India) Limited (PFPIL) was incorporated with the object of sourcing
and backward integration of food business of the company. PFPIL has sourcing and
distribution bases at all key cities across the country.
Future Knowledge Services Limited
Future Knowledge Services Limited (FKSL) was incorporated on January, 2007 and is
engaged in the business of business process outsourcing and knowledge process outsourcing.
Future Capital Holdings Limited
Future Capital Holdings Limited (FCH) was formed to manage the financial services business
of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited and other group entities. FCH is one of the fastest growing
financial services company in India, with presence in Asset Advisory, Retail Financial
Services and Proprietary Research. The company operates a consumer finance retail format,
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Future Money and manages assets worth over US$ 1 Billion
through its various funds including Indivision, Kshitij,
Horizon and Future Hospitality. FCH subsidiary companies
include Kshitij Investment Advisory Company Ltd., Ambit Investment Advisory Company
Ltd., and Indivision Investment Advisors Ltd.
Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited
Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGIICL) was incorporated on October 30,
2006 to undertake and carry on the business of general insurance. The approval for carrying on
General Insurance Business has been received from the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India (IRDA) on September 4, 2007.
Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Limited
Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Limited (FGILICL) was incorporated on
October 30, 2006 to establish and conduct the business of life insurance in India, which
comprises of whole life insurance, endowment insurance, double benefit and multiple benefits
insurance etc. The approval for carrying on Life Insurance Business has been received from
the IRDA in September, 2007.
Futurebazaar India Limited
Futurebazaar India Limited (FBIL) is set up as the e-Retailing arm of the Future Group for
providing on-line shopping experience. Futurebazaar.com was launched on January 2, 2007,
and has emerged as one of the most popular online shopping portals in India. It was awarded
with the “Best Indian Website” award, in the shopping category, by the PC World Indian
Website Awards.
Weavette Texstyles Limited
Weavette Texstyles Limited was incorporated on December 8, 1994 and is involved in the
business of designing, manufacturing, buying and selling, importing, exporting, spinning etc of
various types of textile fabrics.
Winner Sports Private Limited
Winner Sports Pvt. Limited caters to the Sports and Lifestyle consumer space. Winner Sports
is the exclusive India Licensee for retailing and marketing leading international brands
including Converse, Speedo, Wilson, Prince, Spalding and Callaway. It has over 57 stores
across 23 locations.
The company operates:
Multi-brand sports specialty stores - Planet Sports
Value-based sports lifestyle format - Sports Warehouse
Mono brand stores - Adidas, Converse, Puma
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The company's flagship format, Planet Sports, is a leading
name in multi-brand sports and lifestyle speciality retail space.
It has one of the largest collection of international sports and
lifestyle brands and has an extensive offering for sportswear and equipment across all categories
including running, training, fitness, swimming, tennis, golf, basketball, soccer as well as other
lifestyle products across categories like footwear, apparel, accessories and sports equipments.
The company aims to be among the most admired sports player in a multi-sports, multi-product
format and to augment India’s sports culture. Winner Sports strives to provide integrated,
reliable and cost efficient sports offerings to Indian consumers.
Staples Future Office Products Private Limited
Staples Future Office Products Private Limited (SFOPPL) was incorporated on January, 2007
and is involved in the business of dealing in all kinds of office supplies, office equipments and
products. SFOPPL is a joint venture between the Company and Staples Asia Investment Limited
(a subsidiary of Staples Inc USA). The company’s first retail outlet opened in Bengaluru in
December, 2007.
Talwalkars Pantaloon Fitness Private Limited
Talwalkars Pantaloon Fitness Private Limited (TPFPL) was incorporated on December 19, 2006
and is involved in the business of setting up gymnasiums and dealing in fitness equipments and
other health products. TPFPL is a 50:50 joint venture between the Company and Talwalkars
Better Value Fitness Private Limited.
ConvergeM
The company has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Axiom Telecom LLC, UAE on July 20,
2007 to do sourcing and wholesale distribution of mobile handsets, accessories and setting up
service centres and authorized after sales service centres for mobile handsets in India.
Indus League Clothing
A subsidiary company, Indus League Clothing owns and manages the brands Indigo Nation,
Scullers, Urban Yoga, Urbana and their retail formats.
Galaxy Entertainment Corporation Ltd
It is a group company that operates leisure and entertainment chains, The Bowling Company,
The Brew Bar, The Sports Bar, Sportsbar Express and Chamosa.
Future Consumer Products Limited
FCPL is a subsidiary company of Pantaloon Retail India Limited, incorporated in September
2007. The company has two brands under its
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umbrella - SACH & S Drive, inspired by Sachin Tendulkar.
These brands
operate in categories such as foods, apparels, personal care and
general
merchandize among others, and are available through Future Group formats.
SACH launched with an apparels range for boys between the ages of 9-16
across Big Bazaars in June 2008.
Future Ventures India Limited
Future Ventures seeks to promote and participate in innovative and emerging business ventures
in India. The group intends to play a role in powering entrepreneurship, by promoting or
participating in diverse business activities, primarily in consumption-led sectors in the country,
which will be determined primarily by the growing purchasing power of Indian consumers and
their changing tastes, lifestyle and spending habits.
FootMart Retail India Ltd
FootMart Retail is a joint venture between Liberty Shoes and the group and operates the Shoe
Factory format.
Led by Pantaloon Retail, the group’s flagship company, the group manages some of India’s most
popular retail chains like Pantaloons - a chain of fashion destinations, Big Bazaar - a uniquely
Indian hypermarket chain, Food Bazaar - a supermarket chain that blends the look, touch and
feel of Indian bazaars with aspects of modern retail like choice, convenience and quality
and Central - a chain of seamless destination malls. Some of its other formats
include Ethnicity - India's first concept store, which recreates the experience of a traditional
ethnic market in a modern retail format, Brand Factory, Planet Sports, aLL, Top 10 and Star
and Sitara. The group also operates India’s most popular online shopping
portal www.futurebazaar.com.
Retailing of products and services related to home building and home improvement is led
through the group’s formats, Home Town, a large-format home solutions store, along with
specialized formats for home furniture and home furnishing through, Collection i and Furniture
Bazaar and consumer electronics through eZone and Electronics Bazaar.
The group also operates India’s leading rural retailing chain, Aadhaar that is present in over 65
locations in rural India. Aadhaar, an agri-service cum rural retail initiative, provides a complete
solution provider for the Indian farmer.
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Food Bazaar
Ab Ghar Chalaana Kitna Aasaan
Food Bazaar invites you for a shopping experience, unique by its ambience. At Food Bazaar
you will find a hitherto unseen blend of a typical Indian Bazaar and International supermarket
atmosphere.
Flagged off in April’02, Food Bazaar is a chain of large supermarkets with a difference, where
the best of Western and Indian values have been put together to ensure your satisfaction and
comfort while shopping.
The western values of convenience, cleanliness and hygiene are offered through pre packed
commodities and the Indian values of "See-Touch-Feel" are offered through the “bazaar-like”
atmosphere created by displaying staples out in the open, all at very economical and
affordable prices without any compromise on quality.
The best of everything offered with a seal of freshness and purity will definitely make your
final buying decision a lot easier.
Store Layout:
The store is divided into various sections which help classify the different types of products on
offer in the store. They are:
• Farm fresh- all fresh vegetables
• Chill station- frozen food and beverages
• Golden harvest- food grains like wheat and rice
• Chef zone- ready to eat and canned foods
• Hungry kya- namkeens and wafers
In House Labels
• Food Bazaar also has its own in house private labels as they realize that private labels are
gaining acceptance from the Indian consumers over the years. They currently have private
labels in 58 categories.
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• The private label portfolio of Food Bazaar includes
Food Bazaar Tea
Food Bazaar Salt
Food Bazaar Spices
Food Bazaar Dals and Spices
Food Bazaar Basmati rice
Food Bazaar Namkeens, Chips and Wafers
Food Bazaar Pastes and Chutneys
Food Bazaar Pickles
The Food Bazaar Advantage:-
• Excellent Quality: Offers the best of Indian and a few foreign labels too, vegetables – fresh,
clean and crisp – both regular as well as exotic.
• Down to earth and low prices: The prices of all items are very competitive and
affordable. Food Bazaar prides itself on the savings it helps customers make while shopping
there.
• Competitive Schemes and Offers: Great value for money offers on various products
from time to time help keep the customer happy and his/her budget in check.
• Unmatched shopping experience: The entire shopping experience is a very pleasant
experience for the customer – with air conditioning, soothing music, lighting all contributing
to the excellent service levels.
• Excellent service: Service is quiet, efficient, and helpful in a pleasing way. No pushy
sales people. Only simple smiling sales people ever ready to help the customer when asked
