Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited

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Type	Public (BSE: 523574)
Industry	Retail
Founded	India
Headquarters	Mumbai
Area served	India
Key people	Kishore Biyani, (MD & CEO)
Products	Discount Stores Supercenters
Revenue	60.190 billion (US$1.2 billion) [1]
Employees	14,000
Parent	Future Group
Website	pantaloonretail.in, Pantaloon.com

Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, is a large Indian retailer, part of the Future Group, and operates in multiple retail formats in both, value and lifestyle, segments of the Indian consumer market. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has over 1,000 stores across 71 cities in India and employs over 30,000 people,^[2] and as of 2010, it was the country's largest listed retailer by market capitalization and revenue.^[3]

the company separated its discount store business, which includes the Big Bazaar hypermarket and the Food Bazaar supermarket businesses, into Future Value Retail Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary, so that the company may be listed independently.^[3][4][5]

The company’s brands include Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets, Big Bazaar, a hypermarket chain, and Food Bazaar, a supermarket chain. Some of the company's other regional brands include Depot, Shoe Factory, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, aLL, Top 10 and Star and Sitara.

A subsidiary company, Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited, operates Home Town, a large-format home solutions store, Collection i, selling home furniture products and E-Zone focussed on catering to the consumer electronics segment.

Lines of Business[link]

The Pantaloons store at South City Mall, Calcutta.

The company is present across several lines of business which have various formats (stores) Plywood, The Dollar Store (JV)

• Fashion - Pantaloons, Central, aLL, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, Top 10, Fashion Station, Big Bazaar, Lee Cooper (JV)
• General Merchandise - Big Bazaar, Shoe Factory, Navras, Electronics Bazaar, Furniture Bazaar, KB'S FAIR PRICE, Food Rite
• Electronics - eZone, Electronic Bazzaar, STAPLES (JV)
• Home Improvement - Home Town
• Furniture - Collection i, Furniture Bazaar, Home Bazaar
• E-tailing (online shopping) - www.futurebazaar.com
• Books and music - Depot
• Leisure and entertainment - Bowling Co., F123, TGIF (Thank God it's Friday!)
• Wellness - Star & Sitara, Tulsi
• Telecom and IT - Gen M, M Bazaar, M-Port, ConvergeM, Future Axiom, T 24, One Mobile (in alliance with TATA Teleservices)
• Consumer durables - Koryo, Sensei, IPAQ
• Service - E Care, H Care , Design & Service
• Malls - Central (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai,Kochi, Vadodara, Gurgaon, Indore, Ahmedabad, Thane)
• Investment and savings - Insurance: ULIP, Pension, Endowment, etc.

Stock Information[link]

• Listed on: Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange
• Stock Code:523574

Company Timeline[link]

• 1987 Company incorporated as Manz Wear Private Limited, launch of Pantaloons trouser, India’s first formal trouser brand
• 1992 An initial public offer (IPO) was made in the month of May.
• 1997 Pantaloons, India’s family store, launched in Kolkata.
• 2001 Big Bazaar, Is se sasta aur accha kahi nahin, India’s first hypermarket chain, launched.
• 2002 Food Bazaar, the supermarket chain, is launched.
• 2007 Future Group crosses the $1 billion turnover mark.

References[link]

• Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd, Stocks The Economic Times
• Pantaloon Online shopping at Future bazaar

External links[link]

• pantaloonretail.in
• http://www.pantaloon.com
• http://www.ezoneindia.com
• http://www.koryoworld.com

Kishore Biyani
File:Kishore Biyani.jpg
Born	(1961-08-09) August 9, 1961 (age 50) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	CEO of Future Group, Managing Director of Pantaloon Retail
Spouse	Sangita Biyani

Kishore Biyani is an Indian businessman. He is chief executive officer (CEO) of Future Group, and Managing Director of Pantaloon Retail.^[1][2]

Awards[link]

• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award^[3]
• CNBC Indian Business Leaders Awards 2006 The First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year^[4]
• Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National Leadership Awards 2006 Young Business Leader^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kishore Biyani

• In India, a Retailer Finds Key to Success Is Clutter
• Retailer Kishore Biyani: 'We Believe in Destroying What We Have Created'
• The Times, London, 14 January 2008, In India, giving the customers what they want means offering the art of chaos
• Outlook Business, 4 April 2009, The Atheist Turns to Mythology
• The Global Post, 22, January 2009: The Wal-Mart of India
• Bloomberg Businessweek, 17 April 2009 :India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009
• The National, October 15, 2009: The making of India's retail King
• The Economic Times, August 16, 2010: How Kishore Biyani hooks India Inc's top talent
• Forbes, 14 September 2010, Pantaloon's Retail Redo

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Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik (born December 11, 1970) is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology,^[1][2] and also management. He has written a number of books related to Hindu mythology, including Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, a novel, The Pregnant King, and Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata (2010).^[3]

He is the Chief Belief Officer of Future Group, one of India’s largest retailers,^[4] bringing the wisdom of Indian mythology into Indian business, especifically in human resource management.^[5] He also writes a column for the newspaper MiD DAY.^[6]

He has also written a novel based on a tale from the Mahabharata titled 'The Pregnant King' published by Penguin Books India.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education[link]

Born and brought up in Mumbai, he spent his childhood and student life in Chembur, Mumbai. His father was an MBA.^[6] He graduated in medicine (M.B.B.S.) from Grant Medical College, Mumbai and subsequently did a course in Comparative Mythology from Mumbai University.^[7]

Career[link]

He worked in the Pharma and Healthcare industry for 14 years before starting to write books and columns about mythology and delivering lectures on the subject. He worked as a consultant in Ernst and Young and has illustrated most of his own books.^[8]

He was a speaker at the first TED Conference in India held in November 2009.^[9][10]

On August 2010, he was invited by the ICCR to Colombia. He presented a paper at a conference on "Subjective World or Mythology of Identity " to an audience of 400 people, including members of the Indian community in Colombia, members of the Association of Friends of India, special guests, and the academic community. The illustrated lecture served to explain the cultural differences between East and West.^{[citation needed]} On 27 August Dr. Pattanaik gave a similar talk at EAFIT university in Medellin.

He has done a television show on CNBC-TV18 with host Maneka Doshi called Business Sutra. The shows draws business lessons from Hindu Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. All the videos of this show are available on YouTube.

Personal life[link]

Dr. Pattanaik currently resides in Mumbai.

Works[link]

• Shiva: an introduction. Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd., 1997.
• Vishnu: an introduction. Vakils, Feffer and Simons, 1999. ISBN 81-87111-12-7.
• Devi, the Mother-Goddess: an introduction. Vakils, Feffer, and Simons Ltd., 2000. ISBN 81-87111-45-3.
• The Goddess in India: the five faces of the eternal feminine. Inner Traditions / Bear & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-89281-807-7.
• Hanuman: an introduction. Vakils, Feffer and Simons, 2001. ISBN 81-87111-47-X.
• The Man Who Was A Woman and other queer tales of Hindu lore. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 1-56023-181-5.
• Vināyaka: the first god. Shakti Art and Cutlure Foundation. 2002.
• Indian mythology: tales, symbols, and rituals from the heart of the Subcontinent. Inner Traditions / Bear & Company, 2003. ISBN 0-89281-870-0.
• Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and fortune: an introduction. Vakils, Feffer and Simons, 2003. ISBN 81-87111-58-5
• Book of Kali. with Seema Mohanty. Penguin Books India, 2004.
• Myth=Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology. Penguin, India. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-309970-3.
• Shiva to Shankara: decoding the phallic symbol. Indus Source, India. 2006. ISBN 81-88569-04-6.
• The Book of Ram. Penguin Group, 2009. ISBN 0-14-306528-9.
• 7 Secrets From Hindu Calendar Art. Westland India, 2009. ISBN 81-89975-67-6.
• Hanuman's Ramayan. Tulika Publishers, 2010. ISBN 81-8146-752-3.
• Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, Penguin Books, 2010 ISBN 978-0-14-310425-4.
• The Pregnant King, Penguin Books, 2008 ISBN 978-1-4306-3472-0

References[link]

• On a mythical tangent (Interview) The Hindu

External links[link]

• Devdutt Pattanaik, website
• Devdutt Pattanaik talks at TED
• Videos of Devdutt Pattanaik in Colombia at Asociación Amigos de India

Jonathan Tasini
Jonathan Tasini speaking at a 2009 campaign fundraiser on Staten Island.
Personal details
Born	Jonathan Yoav Tasini 1956 (age 55–56) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic Party
Residence	New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University
Occupation	strategist, organizer, activist, commentator and writer
Religion	Jewish

Jonathan Yoav Tasini (born 1956 in Houston, Texas) is a strategist, organizer, activist, commentator and writer, primarily focusing his energies on the topics of work, labor and the economy. On June 11, 2009, he announced that he would challenge New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for the 2010 U.S. Senate special election in New York.^[1] However, Tasini later decided to run instead for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2010.

He was the president of the National Writers Union from 1990 to 2003. In 2006, he unsuccessfully challenged incumbent U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primary.

He is currently president of the Economic Future Group, a national consulting group in the United States. He also writes frequently for a labor and economy blog Working Life.

Background[link]

Tasini was born in Houston, though he would spend much of his late childhood in Israel. Tasini's late father, Betsalel Tasini, was a computer scientist who was born in Palestine and fought in the Haganah, Israel's pre-state army, and its strike force, the Palmach. Tasini lived with his father and stepmother in Israel for 7 years and speaks fluent Hebrew. He completed high school in Israel and continued his studies there at Tel Aviv University. While there, he was also involved in the powerful labor movement in Israel, Histadrut. He also holds a degree in political sciences from UCLA.^[2]

Career at National Writers Union[link]

From 1990 to April 2003, he served as president of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981). During Tasini's tenure as NWU president, it was discovered that the union's health insurance provider, Employers Mutual Insurance, was a fraudulent operation and had been wrongfully denying claims.

Members were divided over Tasini's leadership during the insurance crisis, with some accusing him of failing to notice the concerns of members and act quickly. Others pointed out that he appointed a committee to address concerns after the fraud was discovered; ultimately the panel released two opposing reports.

Tasini remains the president emeritus of the NWU, which has suffered a decline in membership in recent years. The candidate he supported to replace him as president was defeated.

Tasini was the lead plaintiff in the case of New York Times Co. v. Tasini, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (in June 2001) in favor of the copyright claims of writers whose work was republished in electronic databases without their permission. He is also the president and executive director of the Creators Federation.

Campaign for U.S. Senate 2006[link]

On December 6, 2005, Tasini officially announced his bid to challenge Senator Clinton for the Democratic nomination in the New York 2006 Senate election.^[3] Tasini, who needed to collect 15,000 valid signatures to force a primary with Clinton, submitted approximately 40,000 of them on July 13.

Tasini was endorsed by a number of prominent political activists, including Susan Sarandon, Cindy Sheehan, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Howard Zinn.^[4] On September 7, 2006, The Gay City News endorsed Tasini's Senate candidacy, citing his support for same-sex marriage, and Clinton's stated opposition to legalizing same-sex marriage.^[5] In his campaign, Tasini emphasized his opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and called for universal health care and curbs on corporate power as part of what he termed "New Rules For the Economy". He wrote a book called It's Not Raining, We're Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis in 2010, voicing his opinions about the current debt crises.

Clinton for the most part ignored Tasini's candidacy, refusing to debate him or acknowledge his presence in the race. She won the primary easily with 83% percent of the vote to Tasini's 17%. Afterward, she decided not to have a victory party, which analysts interpreted as a sign of "how she portrayed her opposition as not worthy of serious attention".^[6][7]

Campaign for the 15th District Congressional seat in 2010[link]

On May 13, 2010 Tasini announced that he would now be running for Congress, hoping to win the seat held by Charles Rangel, who has been a representative of the 15th district for 17 years. According to a press release announcing his candidacy, Tasini stated that he plans to "remain entirely energized about our mission to change the country".^[8] Tasini is being heavily endorsed by prominent actors and political activists, such as Richard Dreyfuss and Armand Assante.

On September 14, 2010, Tasini finished fifth in the Democratic primary garnering 2,389 votes, or 5% of the total vote.^[9]

See also[link]

• New York Times Co. v. Tasini
• United States Senate election in New York, 2006

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jonathan Tasini

• Congressional campaign website
• Working Life biography
• The Nation profile of Tasini
• Q&A with Tasini in Guernica Magazine (Guernicamag.com)
• Statement on policy re Israel
• Jonathan Tasini HuffingtonPost archived essays
• Tasini on "The Audacity of Greed: Free Markets, Corporate Thieves and the Looting of America" - video by Democracy Now!