THE DISCOVERY OF

INDIA

Annual General Meeting

2007-2008
INDIA
has always been discovered by
others!
CHINESE MUGHALS PORTUGUESE FRENCH BRITISH…
INDIA
TOMORROW…
Is all about INDIANS
discovering INDIA!
INDIANS
Re-discovering the
SONE KI CHIDIYA
INDIANS
Discovering OPPORTUNITIES…
And that is precisely what we
DISCOVERED
Right here in INDIA
DISCOVERY #1
LIFE IN INDIA LIES BEYOND THE
METRO (IT’S ABOUT THE MANY
INDIAS THAT LIVE IN INDIA)
Our RETAIL FOOTPRINT
6 MILLION SQ.FT
ACROSS 48 CITIES
OUR TWO PRONGED STRATEGY
Dominate where you are present
Add modern RETAIL in cities like
Mangalore, Palakkad, Surat, Udipi,
Anand, Kanpur, Haldia, Agra,
Coimbatore, Jaipur & Panipat.
DISCOVERY #2
MULTIPLY & RULE
(MULTIPLY EXISTING FORMATS/
MULTIPLY NEW FORMATS)
a. PANTALOONS
India discovers Fresh Fashion
In 8 cities 11 Pantaloons stores opened
& 7 of them opened in March 2007.
That makes it 35 stores, over
1 million sq.ft .
And we propose to add 15 more stores
and an additional 0.5 million sq.ft
during FY 2008.
b. CENTRAL
Happiness in the heart of the city.
Now 5 Centrals in Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Pune & Vadodara
Covering about 0.80 million sq.ft
Plus 3 more Centrals in FY 2008!
c. BRAND FACTORY
BEST BRANDS @ Smart Prices.
6 Brand Factory stores operational in
Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune & Ahmedabad,
spread over 335,000 square feet
Plus 4 more in FY 2008.
With footfalls in excess of 2 million &
nearly 30% of customers at each store
were repeat customers.
d. BIG BAZAAR
(Becomes BIGGER & BETTER)
Is se Bada aur Behtar koi nahin!
75 Big Bazaars in 45 cities
Including 5 Big Bazaar Super centers
measuring over 100,000 square feet.
Going through the fastest ever expansion
of a hypermarket format.
Big Bazaar Is About to Hit A Century
This Financial Year
120 Big Bazaar by June 2008.
e. FOOD BAZAAR
New partnerships. New Initiatives.
Has acquired a new look, touch and feel,
keeping in pace with the Indian consumer.
107 stores across the country, including
25 Independent outlets
PLUS
Private Labels performing better than
national/ International brands.
Private Labels in nearly 50 merchandise
categories.
A new format Big Bazaar wholesale
club.
And tie-ups with companies like ITC, Adanis,
DCM Group, US Aid and other farm groups in
Maharashtra/ M.P .
And by FY 07/08 the total number of
Food Bazaars would be around 200
f. FUTURE IDEAS
(Our Force Multiplier)
Unique initiative in corporate India.
To ‘protect & preserve’ the soul of a small
business/ enterprise in a large organization.
Through scenario planning, alternate
approaches, varied outcomes & solutions
and INCUBATION until success parameters
are satisfied.
Successfully INCUBATED
formats like TOP 10, Depot, Star
& Sitara and Talwalkars Fit &
Active.
g. FUTURE BAZAAR.COM
Click to enter the world of retail
Successfully reaching customers where
our formats don’t exist.
Customers clicking in from Asansol,
Rajamundry, Bhatinda & Ludhiana.
In a market which is likely to grow 150%
from Rs 2300 crores in 2006-2007 to
Rs 5500 crores in 2007-2008.
Plus click & mortar shopping
combining on-line portal with
catalogue/ kiosks located in malls
and high streets.
DISCOVERY #3
PARTNERSHIPS POWER PROGRESS
a. LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT
Through its affiliate company, Galaxy
Entertainment and its equal JV company
with Blue Foods & Pan India Food
Solutions Ltd.
i. GALAXY
F123, kids gaming & entertainment
opened in 9 centers
Sports Bar Express operational in
Mumbai, Indore & Bangalore
Besides capturing a larger share of the
consumption pie, it also helped create a
loyalty factor amongst regular patrons.
ii. BLUE FOOD & PAN FOODS
Together they cover over 100 locations,
spread over 15 brands serving one million
customers daily.
Through strong brands like Copper Chimney,
Cream Centre, Bombay Blue, Noodle Bar,
Spaghetti Kitchen & The Spoon.
To add 150,000 sq.ft in the next 12-18 months.
b. SPECIALITY RETAILING
Through its Joint venture companies
PLANET RETAIL (India) Limited &
FOOTMART RETAIL (India) Limited.
i. PLANET RETAIL
46 Planet Sports stores occupying
approximately 100,00 sq.ft.
Other formats in this segment include
Sports Warehouse, mono brand format
of ADIDAS and The Athlete's Foot.
ii. FOOTMART RETAIL
This JV has launched 21 ShoeFactory
outlets covering 120,00 sq,ft of retail space
A new Format, Pairs launched in the
lifestyle segment
To have 46 Shoe Factory & 6 Pairs outlets
by FY 2008.
DISCOVERY #4
AN EMERGING INDIA IS WAITING
TO DISCOVER GLOBAL RETAIL
SOLUTIONS IN INDIA
INTERNATIONAL JV’S
a) Specialty Retailing with STAPLES
Staples Inc., a $ 20 billion company
with presence in 23 countries - is one
of the largest retailers in USA.
Staples Future Office Products
Private Limited aims to replicate
Staples global success in India.
Staples Inc will provides critical
backend support for the business.
b) JV with Axiom Telecom
Dubai based AXIOM TELECOM is the
largest/ leading distributor for international
mobile brands.
Operates 200 outlets across UAE, Saudi
Arabia, Bahrain, Oman & Kuwait.
Joins hands with CONVERGE M Retail, for
backend expertise in sourcing and distribution.
CONVERGE M which operates 92 outlets
across India as on June 2007.
DISCOVERY #5
HOME IS WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR GROWTH IS…
PROVIDED YOU UNDERSTAND
INDIAN HOMES
a. HOME TOWN
(Ab Ghar banana kitna aasaan)
In India, you don’t do it yourself
The store provides everything, including
services to build, furnish, equip, decorate
the great Indian dream…
First Home Town of 125,000 sq.ft opened
in Great India Mall, Noida in April 2007.
Now also present in Ahmedabad,
Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Appreciated both by customers and trade.
The B2B segment and the country’s
leading real estate companies have
already placed orders.
PLUS
The company’s private labels KORYO &
SENSEI in consumer durables already
have a revenue share of 20%.
And a JV with Asian Electronics, a market
leader in the retail lighting industry for
providing lighting solutions for the retail
consumers home needs.
b. CONSUMER DURABLES
19 new E-ZONE’S in the year under review,
taking the total count in experience/ lifestyle
electronics to 21.
And 68 Electronics Bazaars in the value segment.
The coming year to witness the launch of
20 more E-Zone outlets.
Making your company the largest player in
consumer durables/ electronics retail.
c. FURNITURE
10 Collection I stores opened
during 2006-2007.
Plus 10 independent Furniture
Bazaar outlets and 61 located
within existing formats.
DISCOVERY #6
BESIDES RETAILING OF PRODUCTS &
SERVICES… WE ALSO NEED TO
FACILITATE CONSUMPTION/RETAIL
MONEY
Because the consumer credit to
GDP ratio in India is just 8%.
Compared to 13% in Thailand,
26% in Malaysia, 36% in Taiwan &
58% in Korea.
a. FUTURE MONEY
(The Financial Supermarket)

Retail finance made ‘Simple, Easy &

Convenient’.
65 Future Money outlets already
operational + 400 more in the next 4 years.
And plans for creating some unique
financial products & brands.
b. FUTURE CAPITAL HOLDINGS
Capital as Catalyst
FCH one of the fastest growing financial
services companies in India with asset
advisory, retail financial services and
proprietary research.
Dedicated business intelligence,
transactions, operations teams have been
created in the Private Equity, Real Estate &
Hotel Space.
c. FUTURE CAPITAL HOLDINGS / KSHITIJ

Real Estate space. The final frontier

Kshitij Investment Advisory (KIACL) is the
investment manager of the Rs 350 crore Kshitij
Venture Capital Fund.
Focusing on setting up malls of up to 500,000
sq.ft in Tier 2 cities across India.
And the development of 3 & 4 star design led-
business hotels across India.
DISCOVERY #7
RETAILERS MAKE PRIVATE LABELS.
PEOPLE BUY BRANDS.
(THAT IS WHY ALL OUR PRIVATE
LABELS ARE DESIGNED
LIKE BRANDS)
FUTURE BRANDS
Future Brands will be the licensor of select
brands under apparel, home products,
consumer durables and food & beverages.
Its aim is to build sharp positioning
differentiation for its brands through
360 degree communication.
To begin with Future Brands will manage
Dreamline, DJ&C, Bare, John Miller, Buffalo,
Lombard, RIG, Tasty Treat and Fresh & Pure.
DISCOVERY #8
INDIANS ARE DREAMING BIG, ALL
THEY NEED NOW IS WINGS TO
REALIZE THEIR DREAMS.
FUTURE GENERALI
Future Generali has commenced operations.
India still has one of the lowest insurance
penetration in the world.
Plans include a pan India footprint of 100+
locations leveraging our retail strength in the
next 5 years.
Ranked 30th on the Fortune 500 list, Generali
has more than 3,50,00 shareholders, 70,000
employees and is present in 40 countries.
DISCOVERY #9
TO GROW THE CONSUMPTION
MARKET, WE HAVE TO CREATE OUR
OWN SUPPORT SERVICES
FUTURE MEDIA
Converting high footfalls in our stores into
eyeballs through new media platforms.
Future TV Network now reaches 600
screens across group formats.
Future Activations has created a large
client portfolio with blue-chip companies in
financial services, FMCG and auto.
My World has emerged as one of the most
popular women’s magazine.
FUTURE LOGISTICS
A consumer products led logistics
company to cater to all group
company’s logistics requirements.
FUTURE KNOWLEDGE SERVICES
A KPO & BPO to harness information,
covert into knowledge and act swiftly &
efficiently.
DISCOVERY #10
WHILE WE DISCOVER INDIA, THE
WORLD IS DISCOVERING US.
Your company won the following
international awards last year…
EUROPE THE AMERICAS
Emerging Market International Retailer of the
Retailer of the year 2007, by National Retail
year 2007- World Federation, New York
Retail Congress,
Barcelona

ASIA
Best of the BEST RETAILER
2006 & 2007, by Asia Pacific
Top 500, Singapore
PLUS A HOST OF NATIONAL
ACCOLADES
Business Leadership Award in Retail by
NDTV.
Readers Digest Trusted Brands Platinum
Award.
CNBC Awaaz most preferred Large Food
& grocery Supermarket.
IMAGES Best Retail Destination & Best
Value Retail Store.
… ACCOLADES
PC World – Future Bazaar.com
awarded Best Indian website in
shopping category.
Hewitt International – Among the 15
best employers in India.
ASIA MONEY – Best managed
Midcap Company In India.
… And now for one of our
biggest discoveries last year
DISCOVERY #11
WE ARE NOT JUST ABOUT RETAIL
ANYMORE
Retail is merely a point where all
our businesses converge.
Where all the consumption
opportunities
that will create India Tomorrow
will be discovered.
And the
SONE KI CHIDIYA
will soar,
yet again…
Do continue to be with is in our journey
of discovering new customers, new
markets, new geographies, and new
business possibilities…
THANK YOU