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PROJECT REPORT ON AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE RETAIL BOOM IN INDIA WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON PANTALOONS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of

PGP (Specialization) SEPTEMBER, 2013

Submitted By Name of the Student University Roll No Batch July 2011-2013

Under the Guidance of Name of Faculty

DECLARATION
I, Name of the Student, a bonafide student of PGP at the IILM BUSINESS SCHOOL, New Delhi, hereby declare that the project entitled Topic Name under the supervision of Name of FACULTY is my original work. I also declare that the content of this project report has not been submitted to any other university or institute either in part or in full for the award of any degree, diploma or fellowship. Further, I assign the right to the College, to use the information and contents of this project to develop cases, case leads, and papers for publication and/or for use in teaching.

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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the Project entitled TOPIC is submitted for the Partial fulfillment of PGP (POST GRADUATE PROGRAM) in SUBJECT awarded by IILM BS, NEW DELHI. NAME OF THE STUDENTS has worked under my supervision & that no part of this report has been submitted for the award of any degree, Diploma, Fellowship or other similar titles or prizes and that the work has not been published in any journal or magazine.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take this opportunity to express my gratitude towards IILM Business School and all Staff who gave me their valuable guidance, encouragement, and support in completing this project.

This Research Work owes much of its works to their generative suggestion, illuminating comments, encouragement and ceaseless patience.

I am thankful to FACULTY NAME, IILM Business School, New Delhi, for his/her valuable Guidance and support throughout my project report.

Name of the Student

ABSTRACT

Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, is Indias leading retailer that operates multiple retail formats in both the value and lifestyle segment of the Indian consumer market. Headquartered in Mumbai (Bombay), the company operates over 10 million square feet of retail space, has over 1000 stores across 61 cities in India and employs over 30,000 people. The companys leading formats include Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets, Big Bazaar, a uniquely Indian hypermarket chain, Food Bazaar, a supermarket chain, 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, Depot, Shoe Factory, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, Fashion Station, aLL, Top 10, m Bazaar and Star and Sitara. The company also operates an online portal, futurebazaar.com. A subsidiary company, Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited, operates Home Town, a largeformat home solutions store, Collection i, selling home furniture products and E-Zone focussed on caterng to the consumer electronics segment. Pantaloon Retail was recently awarded the International Retailer of the Year 2007 by the USbased National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Emerging Market Retailer of the Year 2007 at the World Retail Congress held in Barcelona.

Pantaloon Retail is the flagship company of Future Group, a business group catering to the entire Indian consumption space.

TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTER III RESEARCH OBJECTIVE & RESEARCH METHODOLOGY CHAPTER - IV DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION CHAPTER - V FINDINGS CHAPTER -VI RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSION REFERENCES ANNEXURE QUESTIONNAIRE