SPAR International may launch large kirana stores in India

BANGALORE: The $37-billion Dutch retail giant SPAR International, which has tied up with the Landmark Group for its hypermarket foray in India, may bring in large format ‘kirana store’ under its fold. This could happen in SPAR’s second phase of expansion beginning 2009.
Along with its India master licensee, Max Hypermarkets, the Dutch behemoth plans [...]

Videocon to enter lifestyle, grocery cash & carry retail

MUMBAI: Consumer durables heavyweight Videocon Industries is venturing into the grocery and lifestyle retailing space through cash & carry format across the country. The company has hired several senior expats with global retail experience, headed by an Italian Marco Padella who has worked with Carrefour and Metro AG in Italy for the cash & carry [...]

Carrefour may partner with Reliance in retail

NEW DELHI: French retail giant Carrefour has been trying to enter the Indian market for a while with little success so far. Numerous attempts to enter into partnerships with Indian companies have gone nowhere. But for two weeks now, industry has been abuzz with talks of a possible deal between two giants — the French [...]