Future Group
Heritage Group in advanced talks to sell retail business to Kishore Biyani’s Future Group
19 Sep 2016
Future Group to take Nilgiris supermarket store count to 1,000
22 Aug 2016
Nilgiris is also one of the oldest supermarket chains in India with origins dating back to 1905, and sells its own products among other brands
Future Group completes all-cash buyout of FabFurnish
06 Apr 2016
The all-cash transaction will see the Future Group bring its entire portfolio of home furnishings and decor business under the FabFurnish brand, while also mixing e-business with brick-and-mortar
Future Group hitches wagon to Tata’s Star
04 Mar 2016
Retail meets yoga: Future Group ties up with Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali
10 Oct 2015
Blurring the lines between the spiritual and the commercial, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will market a range of his Patanjali-branded products through Future Group outlets
CCI nod for Bharti Retail-Future Group merger
28 Aug 2015
Future Generali Life fined Rs50 lakh for violation of business norms
13 Jun 2015
Future Generali has been penalised for failure to settle group insurance claims, extension of corporate agency beyond licence expiry, utilising unlicensed entities for procuring business and distributing group company Big Bazar’s vouchers
Future Retail and Bharti Retail announce merger
04 May 2015
The merger will create one of India’s foremost retail networks with a national footprint of over 570 retail stores in multiple formats across 243 cities
RIL in JV pact with SBI for payment bank
02 Feb 2015
Reliance seeks to leverage state-run State Bank of India’s nationwide network and risk management capabilities and RIL’s retail and telecom businesses for entering the banking space
Biyani’s Future Group buys out Nilgiris supermarket chain
21 Nov 2014
Nilgiris operates a franchisee-operated convenience store chain with 140 outlets in key urban centres in the four southern states and also owns a portfolio of brands in dairy, bakery, chocolates and staples along with their manufacturing facilities in Bangalore
Future Group chief Biyani reveals worries over e-competition
18 Nov 2014
Kishore Biyani, founder, Future Group, one of India's largest and most established brick-and-mortar retail groups, says retailers are unable to keep up with online sellers in spending money to entice shoppers
Future Group enters strategic partnership with Amazon
13 Oct 2014
Amzon and the Future Group have proposed to introduce new brands and explore co-branding opportunities in categories that are currently not served by retailers
Future Retail looks to raise Rs2,000 cr through preferential issue
12 Jun 2014
Heavy debt at around Rs 5,500 crore and the resulting interest outgo has impacted the bottomline of Future Retail, which reported net profit of Rs1.62 crore on net sales rose to Rs2,295 crore in the quarter ended March 2014
L&T, Future Generali call off insurance JV plan
22 Apr 2014
The two said in separate statements that they were calling off their joint venture because of "inordinate delay" in finalisation of the deal
Big Bazaar moves ahead with ‘virtual franchisee’ plan
14 Jan 2014
Big Bazaar, the retail chain owned by the Kishore Biyanis’ Future Group, is going full steam ahead with its ‘virtual franchisee’ programme under the Big Bazaar Direct label
Future Retail not tying up with foreign supermarkets: Kishore Biyani
09 Jan 2014
Future Group managing director Kishore Biyani has scotched rumours that Future Retail Ltd, India’s largest retail company, is looking for a possible tie-up with a large foreign supermarket chain
Future Group sells 22.5% in life insurance business to IITL for Rs1,500 crore
18 Dec 2013
The divestment leaves Future Group with a majority 52 per cent stake in Future Generali India Life Insurance
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