Big Bazaar hypermarket comes to Raipur in Chhattisgarh | INRnews

Raipur, India, July 19, 2007 - Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, a part of the Future Group, today
announced its entry in the State of Chhattisgarh with the opening of it’s largest chain of
hypermarket store – BIG BAZAAR – in Raipur city. Widely known for it’s unbelievable pricing
and unmatched offers throughout the year, the popular Big Bazaar will cater to the entire
household needs of the citizens of Raipur city.
Spread over an area of 51,000 sq.ft, Big Bazaar located at City Mall 36, is Raipur’s first &
biggest hypermarket store and promises to offer a never before shopping experience. With
today’s launch, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. now has a total of 60 Big Bazaar and 91 Food
Bazaar stores across the country.
Trusted by millions of family across the country, Big Bazaar will bring value to customers
shopping, with its unmatched offers, discounts and unbelievable round the year promotions on
all categories be it personal care products, garments, footwear, toys, home décor, home utilities,
kitchen utilities, packed food, pulses, fruits or vegetables, groceries and many more.
Says Mr. Sandeep Marwah, Business Head, East Zone, Pantaloon Retail (I) Ltd., "Big Bazaar
will bring convenience plus rich shopping experience to the people of Raipur. We are a
consumer-driven company and this is evident in every aspect of Big Bazaar. We ensure that all
our Big Bazaar stores will fulfill the needs of the entire household under one roof.
“Big Bazaar maintains stringent procurement norms and quality control measures to ensure
quality products sold at every Big Bazaar stores. We are confident of our offerings both in
quality and competitive pricing, which has earned us the trust of millions of family across the
country, added Mr. Marwah.”
The Raipur Big Bazaar will also have following categories/section devoted to specific products:
Food Bazaar: All food items, pulses, grains, fruits, vegetables
M-Bazaar: A mobile shop offering latest and affordable handsets.
Star & Sitara : Unique beauty products for men and woman
Depot : Book shop offering novels, cassettes & CDs, stationeries, books.
Tulsi: One stop shop for allopathic, ayurvedic and homeopathic medicinal products.
Navaras: A fine 22 carat pure gold & diamond jewellery brand shop.
Apparel : For Ladies, Mens, Kids for all season. Western, ethnic, casuals & formals
Appliances: All Kitchen Appliances like Mixer Grander, Toster, Microwave, Juicer etc
GM-Home: Entire range of kitchen need, Utensils, Plasticswear, Home-linen
GM-Fashion: Accessories, Luggage, Gift items and many more…
Furniture Bazaar: Offers an entire range of Home Furniture at affordable pricing.
Electronic Bazaar : Offers the best deals in branded electronic goods & appliances.
About Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited is a leading retailer with a turnover of Rs. 2,019 crore for the
financial year 2005-06. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company operates through primarily the
‘Lifestyle’ and ‘Value’ formats through multiple delivery mechanisms and lines of business —
some of them being, fashion, food, general merchandise, home, leisure and entertainment,
financial services, communications and wellness.
The company has about 331 stores in over 40 cities across the country, constituting 5 million
square feet of retail space. The company caters to the ‘Lifestyle’ segment through its 31
Pantaloons Stores and 4 Central Malls, as well as its other concepts. In ‘Value’ retailing it is
present through 51 Big Bazaar hypermarkets, 77 Food Bazaars and 5 Fashion Stations, and other
delivery formats.
About Future Group
Future Group is the country’s leading business group that caters to the entire Indian consumption
space. It operates through six verticals: Future Retail (encompassing all lines of retail business),
Future Capital (financial products and services), Future Brands (all brands owned or managed by
group companies), Future Space (management of retail real estate), Future Logistics
(management of supply chain and distribution) and Future Media (development and management
of retail media spaces).
The group’s flagship company, Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited operates over 5 million square
feet through 400 stores in 40 cities. Some of its leading retail formats include, Pantaloons, Big
Bazaar, Central, Food Bazaar, Home Town, EZone, Depot, Health & Beauty Malls and online
retail format, futurebazaar.com.
Future Group companies include, Indus League Clothing, that owns and retails brands like
Indigo Nation and Scullers and Galaxy Entertainment that manages Sports Bar, Brew Bar and
Bowling Co. Future Capital Holdings, the group’s financial arm, focusses on asset management
and consumer credit. It manages assets worth over $1 billion that are being invested in
developing retail real estate and consumer-related brands and hotels.
The group’s joint venture partners include Italian insurance major, Generali, French retailer
ETAM group, US-based stationary products retailer, Staples and UK-based Lee Cooper and
India-based Talwalkar’s, Blue Foods and Liberty Shoes.
Future Group’s vision is to, “deliver Everything, Everywhere, Everytime to Every Indian
Consumer in the most profitable manner.” The group considers ‘Indian-ness’ as a core value and
its corporate credo is - Rewrite rules, Retain values.

Raipur was once the capital city of all the powerful kingdoms. But this faded during the time
where the reigning dynasty has lost to a very strong force against them. This is then the time that
came that the Raipur has been in the state of Chattisgarh. The visitors are usually business
travelers to look for possible room for expansion and other potentials for profitability. It could be
a business with the government or to other private industries
Only a few leisure travelers come in the city. The ones that stay in the place usually tell stories
about how glorious the past of the city was. They say stories about how the people of Raipur
have been so accommodating. They even talked about the temples and the lakes that they have
visited during their stay in the place. They also talked about how the people lived.
Raipur is highly commercialized and industrial with many manufacturing companies around. It
has become the next perfect venue for the Big Bazaar hypermarket.
The Big Bazaar Hypermarket is a very well known company all over India. They have decided to
put up a store in Raipur because they have seen the financial potential of the city. This is the
largest chain of stores in Raipur now. They offer the best prices that competitors find difficult to
match. They aim to cater the entire needs of the people of Raipur.
They are in a lot of 51,000 sq ft. This only means that this store is the biggest in Raipur. Many
people have trusted the name because they have over 60 big bazaars and 91 food bazaars all over
India. They bring customer a value shopping, discounts and promotion all over the year, and all
kinds of products in all categories. These products range from personal care, clothing, footwear,
decorations at home and offices, utilities, toys and foods like vegetables, fresh meat, groceries
and packed foods.
The management of the Big Bazaar states that they provide not only shopping convenience, they
also provide great shopping experiences to the locals and tourists. They can surely provide
fulfillment for the needs of every people. Big Bazaar makes sure that all their products are only
of the highest quality. They categorize their products to make shopping easier for their
customers. The Food Bazaar is the food section. It sells all kinds, from raw meat to processed
foods and drinks also.
The M - Bazaar sells all the latest mobile gadgets including accessories. The Star and Sitara is
where you will go to for bath and beauty products. The Depot is the right section to find books,
cassettes, novels and other related things.
Tulsi has allopathic, ayurvedic and homeopathic products. Navaras is a jewelry shop mostly of
22 karats gold. The Apparel section is for the clothing needs of clients. The Appliances corner
sells home and office equipment and devices like television and stereos. GM Home carries a
complete line of kitchen needs. Gm Gm Fashion is like the Apparel section but carries more
fashionable clothes.
Furniture Bazaar sells a variety of furniture pieces at very low prices. The Electronic Bazaar has
the branded electronic gadgets.
Words can not fully describe Big Bazaar. You have to see and experience it for yourself to
realize that shopping for your needs is more than just a chore. Shopping in Big Bazaar is a
lifestyle.

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Big Bazar, is the chain of retail stores of the big banner Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd., which in turn is a segment of
the Kishore Biyani, regulated Future Group of Companies. Moreover the customer friendly ambiance and the
organized retailing of products also makes Big Bazar one of the successful retail companies in India.

Big Bazar : Overview

Big Bazar, a part of the Pantaloon Group, is a hypermarket offering a huge array of goods of good quality for all at
affordable prices. Big Bazar with over 50 outlets in different parts of India, is present in both the metro cities as well
as in the small towns. Big Bazar has no doubt made a big name in the retail industry of india, moreover shopping
here is further made a memorable experience with the varied rates of discounts on products as well as discount
vouchers available in a variety of amounts, like INR 2000, INR 3000, INR 4000, INR 5000 and INR 10000 on all Big
Bazar products and accessories.

The variety of product range in Big Bazar :

This large format store comprise of almost everything required by people from different income groups. It varies from
clothing and accessories for all genders like men, women and children, playthings, stationary and toys, footwear,
plastics, home utility products,cosmetics, crockery,home textiles, luggage gift items, other novelties, and also food
products and grocery. The added advantage for the customers shopping in Big Bazar is that there are all time
discounts and promotional offers going on in the Big Bazar on its salable products.

The significant features of Big Bazar :

Shopping in the Big Bazar is a great experience as one can find almost everything under the same roof. It has
different features which caters all the needs of the shoppers. Some of the significant features of Big Bazar are:

• The Food Bazar or the grocery store with the department selling fruits and vegetables

• There is a zone specially meant for the amusement of the kids

• Furniture Bazar or a large section dealing with furnitures

• Electronics Bazar or the section concerned with electronic goods and cellular phones

• FutureBazaar.com or the online shopping portal which makes shopping easier as one can shop many
products of Big Bazar at the same price from home

• Well regulated customer care telecalling services