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I’ve not been writing as much here in the recent past, as I’ve been focusing on my other sites. There are lots of great places to find the latest news on retail and Topix is one of them. I am an editor at Topix, sounds really important, right? Topix is a news aggregator site where if you get approved of becoming an editor, you can add stories and news to the site. I am the editor of the Topix Retail page, so look out for news regarding the retail industry out there as well.

UK’s largest retailer Tesco is reportedly close to finalizing a retail tie up with the Tatas. Tesco had earlier been conducting talks with Bharti Enterprises, but these did not work out and the company subsequently tied up with Wal-Mart. The Tatas already have a joint agreement with Woolworths of Austrialia for a consumer durables retail chain called Croma, which has just opened its second store, and is being received very well with consumers. Any joint venture or tie up with Tesco is likely to be done in a manner that will not harm its existing relationship with Woolworths.

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Reliance Fresh opened nine stores in the National Capital Region (NCR) taking the total number of stores to 50. Now the company will be opening 100 additional stores in the NCR in the next 4 months. Fifty of these stores will be in Delhi and the remaining will be in surrounding areas of Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon.

Reliance aims to have 1,000 Reliance Fresh stores by the end of the year in 35 cities, covering a total space of 4 million sq ft. According to Raghu Pillai, President and CEO of Reliance Retail (operations and strategy), “It will be very hectic for us till March. We are planning to open 250 Reliance Fresh stores in Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka (Bangalore), Kerala, Gujarat, and Maharashtra (Pune and Mumbai).”

Between April and June, the company will also launch its hypermarket and specialty store formats. Specialty stores will include consumer electronics, apparel, pharmaceuticals and healthcare items. The first hypermarket is likely to come up in either Delhi or Ahmedabad.

For merchandise supplies, please fill this Vendor Registration Process form.

For real estate enquiries, please fill details of your property in this property registration form.

For jobs, check the career page to see what positions are available and apply online.

Please contact Reliance yourself directly from the forms above or at this Reliance Retail site. I am not related to Reliance Retail in any form, so please contact them yourself.

Phone numbers, emails and web addresses might be changed by Reliance. I am not responsible for changes that take place after this date.