Founded in 1987, Pantaloon Retail forayed into modern retail in 1997 with the opening up of a chain of department stores, Pantaloons. In 2001, it launched Big Bazaar, a hypermarket chain, followed by Food Bazaar, a supermarket chain. It went on to launch Central, a first of its kind, seamless mall located in the heart of major Indian cities. Some of it’s other formats include, Collection I (home improvement products), E-Zone (consumer electronics), Depot (books, music, gifts and stationaries), aLL (fashion apparel for plus-size individuals), Shoe Factory (footwear) and Blue Sky (fashion accessories). It has recently launched its etailing venture, futurebazaar.com.

Pantaloon Retail is the flagship enterprise of the Future Group, which is positioned to cater to the entire Indian consumption space. The Future Group operates through six verticals: Future Retail (encompassing all retail businesses), Future Capital (financial products and services), Future Brands (management of 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).

Future Group’s vision is to, “deliver Everything, Everywhere, Everytime to Every Indian Consumer in the most profitable manner.” One of the core values at Future Group is, ‘Indianess’ and its corporate credo is – Rewrite rules, Retain values.

India is one of the youngest nations in the world with more than half the nation’s population below the age of 25 years! High aspiration levels and optimism of this young India has been a key driver for consumption in India today. The next phase of economic development in India will be consumption led. With the sustained and strong rates of economic growth, retail sales is expected to cross USD 400 billion by 2010 , turning India into the biggest retail market in the world!

Today, Pantaloon is one of the leading multi format retailer in India with presence in food, fashion, home solutions and consumer electronics, books and music, health, wellness and beauty, general merchandise, communication products, E-tailing and leisure and entertainment. As per the company projections, Pantaloon’s businesses would grow manifolds in the next few years, both in terms of new formats as well as the new locations that they are planning to venture into. Hence, they are looking for bright, young people to partner them in our growth journey.

THE RETAIL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

The Retail Management programmes have been designed with the intention of inspiring and preparing young graduates to be leaders in the field of modern retail. This course will combine the best of academic excellence and the necessary practical training and corporate exposure that Pantaloon will provide. 

At the end of programme, students will receive certificates jointly issued by IIAS and Pantaloon. At the end of the programme specified students will have the option of joining Pantaloon or any other retail organisation.