GROUP NO. - 11

THE PIONEERS

Name Roll No. Contribution GunjanKhanuja 26

MahendraChauhan 28

HimanshuKhurana 18

Imran Thara

KamleshMahajan

Manpreet Bhatia 30

INDEX Topic Page no. Abstract 1 Main Body 1- 1. About the Founder 1-2 2. Company·s Profile 2 3. Vision 3 4. Verticals of group 3-5 5. Future Retail 5-7 6.Pantaloon Retail 7. Services 8. Future planning Conclusion Recommendation Refrences

ABSTRACT

y Future Group is India·s largest retailer and one of the leading business houses with a strong presence in retail. y Its founder and Group CEO is Mr. Kishore Biyani. y It has multiple businesses spanning across the consumption space. y Its flagship company is Pantaloon Retail India. y It operates through six verticals. y Retail forms the core business activity of the group.

MAIN BODY 1. ABOUT THE FOUNDER ² Mr. KishorBiyani Kishore Biyani is an entrepreneur who has been credited with changing the face of modern retailing in India, with the introduction of innovation designed discount hyper markets and forming the concept of destination malls.His company, Future Group operates 3 million square feet of retail space spread across 25 cities in India. He has been called India's own Sam Walton. He also is a visionary who minted the opportunity to introduce big bazaar in India.BloombergBusinessweek listed him among India's 50 Most Powerful People in 2009.Author of the book- ´IT ALL HAPPENED IN INDIAµ

2. COMPANY·S PROFILE Established in 1994 in India. Group subsidiaries :- 1. Consumer finance 2. Capital 3. Insurance 4. Leisure and entertainment 5. Brand development 6. Retail real estate development 7.Retail media 8.Logistics.

3. VISION

WE SHALL DELIVER EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE EVERYTIME FOR EVERY INDIAN CONSUMER In the most profitable manner.

4. VERTICALS OF THE GROUP y Future Retail ² Covering retail business.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.The group·s speciality retail formats include supermarket chain ² 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. y Future Capital ² 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. y Future Brands ² Managing all the brands owned & managed by group companies.

y Future Space ² Managing real estate business

y Future Logistics ² Managing supply chain &distribution

y Future Media ² Developing & managing retailmedia space.

y Future Generali -Future Generali, the group·s insurance venture in partnership with Italy·s Generali Group. y Leisure & Entertainment -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.

5. FUTURE RETAIL Retail forms the core business activity at Future Group.Future Group·s retail network touches the lives of more than 200 million Indians in 73 cities and 65 rural locations across the country.The group currently operates around 1,000 stores spread over 16 million square feet of retail space.

The retails businesses of Future Group in India are divided into three main categories: a) Pantaloon Retail India Limited The leading retail formats under this include: Pantaloons Stores Big Bazaar Central Food Bazaar Home Town E Zone Depot Health & Beauty Malls Online retail through futurebazaar.com b) Joint Ventures with International Brands Indus League Clothing that owns leading apparel brands like Indigo Nation, Scullers and Urban Yoga .Galaxy Entertainment Limited - operates Bowling Co, Sports Bar, F123 and Brew Bar .French retailer ETAM group, US-based stationary products retailer, Staples and UK-based Lee Cooper. Franchisee of international brands like Marks & Spencer, Next, Debenhams and Guess in India. c) Indian Joint Venture Partners y Manipal Healthcare y Talwalkar's y Blue Foods y Liberty Shoes.

6. PANTALOON RETAIL (INDIA) LIMITED Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, is a large Indian retailer, which is part of the Future Group, and operates multiple retail formats in both the value and lifestyle segment of the Indian consumer market. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has over 1,000 stores across 71 cities in India and employs over 30,000 people, and as of 2010, it was the country's largest listed retailer by market capitalization and revenue.

The company is present across several lines of business which have various formats a) Fashion - Pantaloons, Central, aLL, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, Top 10, Fashion Station, Big Bazaar, Lee Cooper. b)General Merchandise - Big Bazaar, Shoe Factory, Navras, Electronics Bazaar, Furniture Bazaar, KB'S FAIR PRICE. c)Electronics - eZone, Electronic Bazzaar, STAPLES. d)Home Improvement - Home Town. e)Furniture - Collection i, Furniture Bazaar, Home Bazaar. f)E-tailing (Online Shopping) - http://www.futurebazaar.com/ g)Books& Music - Depot h)Leisure & Entertainment - Bowling Co., F123 i)Wellness - Star &Sitara, Tulsi. j)Telecom& IT - Gen M, M Bazaar, M-Port, ConvergeM, Future Axiom. k)Consumer Durables - Koryo, Sensei, IPAQ l)Service - E Care, H Care , Design & Service m)Malls - Central (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Vadodara, Gurgaon, Indore, Ahmedabad) n)Investment & Savings - Insurance: ULIP, Pension, Endowment etc.

7. SERVICES Security Management: a.Access Control System b.Time Attendance System. c.CCTV. d.Alarm Management System.

Construction: a.Leasing b.Landscaping

8. FUTURE PLANNING OF FUTURE GROUP y Targeting ¶NETIZENS· by e-retailing.

y Expanding in North Eastern States.

y Planning to sell its private labels to kirana stores in rural & sub urban areas.

y Planning to enter into wholesale distribution business.

CONCLUSION The group has played a major role in giving a the country a new face in retail segment. The founder, MrKishorBiyani is a visionary in true sense. The group is constantly acclaimed critically for its innovative steps. Its also one of the most customer admired brand.Its not only working for itself as a business house but overall benefit of the customer as well as the whole country.

RECOMMENDATION Future group has appreciable plans, for eg. Expanding in North Eastern states which is an untapped opportunity and need for development can be seen; so the group should continue working towards implementing its plans.

REFRENCES www.futuregroup.com www.wikipedia.com