Big Bazar

Big Bazaar
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|Big Bazaar |
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|Type |Public |
|Industry |Retailing |
|Founded |2001 |
|Headquarters |Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
|Products |Department store |
|Revenue |Rs 6000 crores (in 2011) (Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar |
| |combined) |
|Employees |~ 36000 people [1] |
|Parent |Future Group |
|Divisions |~ 214 |
|Website |[http://www.bigbazaar.com |

Big Bazaar is a chain of hypermarket in India. As of June 2, 2012 there are 214 stores across 90 cities and towns in India covering around 16 million sq.ft. of retail space. Big Bazaar is designed as an agglomeration of bazaars or Indian markets with clusters offering a wide range of merchandise including fashion and apparels, food products, general merchandise, furniture, electronics, books, fast food and leisure and entertainment sections.

Big Bazaar is part of Future Group, which also owns the Central Hypermarket, Brand Factory, Pantaloons, eZONE, HomeTown, futurebazaar.com, KB 's Fair Price to name a few and is owned through a wholly owned subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail India Limited (BSE: 523574 523574), that is listed on Indian stock exchanges.

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The Big Bazaar at Esplanade, Kolkata.

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References: [edit]History Big Bazaar was launched in September, 2001 with the opening of its first four stores in Calcutta, Indore, Bangalore and Hyderabad in 22 days [edit]The Great Exchange Offer On February 12, 2009 Big Bazaar launched "The Great Exchange Offer", through with the customers can exchange their old goods in for Big Bazaar coupons