EDEKA-Group Fills Its Shelves with SAP

Germany’s Leading Grocery Retailer Ensures Competitive Edge with SAP® for Retail
HAMBURG, Germany - October 23, 2007 - Strengthening its position as one of the leading solutions providers to retailers around the world, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that German-based EDEKA-Group will implement SAP® for Retail solutions to ensure an integrated merchandise planning process, reduce [...]

Aditya Birla Group plans 1,000 ‘More’ supermarkets in 3 years

After Reliance & Bharti: Rs 9,000 cr investment, 10,000 jobs in a year
Mumbai: Joining the Reliance Group and Wal-Mart/Bharti for a pie in country’s nascent and high potential retail business, the Aditya Vikram Birla Group has announced its entry into the domestic organised retail market with an investment of up to Rs 9,000 crore over three [...]

Aditya Birla Retail to open exclusive electronics store

The consumer durables and information technology (CDIT) segment is witnessing increased participation from the big retail players. After Pantaloon’s e-zone, Tata’s Croma and Reliance Digital, it’s now Aditya Birla Retail that will soon launch a speciaility CDIT store in Pune.
The group has already has a presence in this segment through its Trinethra Hypermarket in Mysore. [...]

Lilliput to open 500 standalone stores

With a revenue target of Rs 700 crore, leading Indian kidswear brand, Lilliput, plans to increase its standalone outlets from the present 112 to 500 by 2009-10, opening one store every fifth day. It also intends to increase its shop in shop presence to 450 by 2010. The mega plans – first-time ever by a [...]

India: 1,500 more Spinach stores to open in four years

Wadhawan Food Retail Pvt. Ltd (WFRPL) will invest Rs1,500 crore in its food and grocery retail venture “Spinach” over four years, to open 1,500 stores in 90 cities.
Currently, the group has 23 Spinach stores in Mumbai and Thane and there are plans to increase the number to 100 in Maharashtra itself by the end of [...]