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Future Group is one of India’s leading business houses with multiple businesses spanning across the consumption space. The Future Group operates through multiple verticals including Future Retail (encompassing all lines of retail business), Future Capital (consumer finance, insurance and investment advisory), Future Brands (all brands owned or managed by group companies), Future Space (development and 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 enterprise, Pantaloon Retail, is India’s leading retail company and has multiple retail formats that cater to a wide cross-section of the Indian society. With its width and depth of merchandise, it aims to capture almost the entire consumption basket of the Indian consumer.

Headquartered in Mumbai (Bombay), Future Group operates through 10 million square feet of retail space, has over 1,000 stores, is present in 61 cities and 65 rural locations in India and employs over 30,000 people. Some of the leading formats operated by the company and its subsidiaries include Big Bazaar, Pantaloons, Food Bazaar, Central, Planet Sports, Ezone, Collection I, Brand Factory and Home Town. The group’s recent foray into capital services is led through Future Capital Holdings, focusing on asset management and consumer credit. It provides investment advisory services to assets worth over US$ 1 billion and operates its consumer finance arm through Future Money. Other group companies include Future Generali, the group’s insurance venture in partnership with Italy’s Generali Group; Future Brands, a brand development and IPR company; Future Logistics, providing logistics and distribution solutions to group companies and business partners and Future Media, a retail media initiative.

Future Group’s joint venture partners include, US-based stationery products retailer, Staples, French womenswear retailer, Etam, UK-based Lee Cooper, Middle East-based Axiom Communications and India-based Blue Foods, Liberty Shoes, Talwalkars’ and Asian Electronics. Future Group’s vision is to, “deliver Everything, Everywhere, Every time to Every Indian Consumer in the most profitable manner.” What has helped the group to emerge as a front runner in retail is its corporate credo – Rewrite rules, Retain values.