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  • Pantaloon wears passion this World Cup

    MUMBAI: Keeping World Cup fervour in mind, Pantaloon has launched Passion Wear, a specially designed range of World Cup apparel and accessories. Pantaloon Retail India is the sole retail for ICC World Cup merchandise in India. These rights allow Pantaloon to use Dazzler, the ICC World Cup mascot as well as to design, manufacture, distribute and market the World Cup Cricket 2003 merchandise.
     

     
    The apparel range includes Replica T-shirts (exact replica of T-shirts worn by Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag and Saurav Ganguly and others from the Indian cricket team), Message T-shirts (having amusing anecdotes of cricket & films, one-line jokes on cricket etc.), Dazzler T-shirts (Officials Mascot of the ICC World Cup), sweatshirts, sweat pants, track pants, socks and select designs for ladies like short tops etc.

    The accessories range includes bats – memorabilia, crazy balls, stress relief balls, key chains, Dazzler key chains- Flat & 3 D Caps Ties-with ICC logo. Hankies, mugs etc. also form part of Pantaloons ICC collection, which have the image of the mascot printed on them. The apparel and accessories are available at all Pantaloon Retail outlets.

    Director, Pantaloon Retail India Rakesh Biyani said, “ The two things Indians are most passionate about are films and cricket. Cricket is not a game in India it is a religion hence our World Cup range is known Passion Wear. We have chosen the World Cup to launch our cricket accessories and apparels. The range caters not only to children and men but also to women.”

    Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited has over 15 superstores in the country.

  • Channel [V] to launch VJ hunt on 19 November

    Channel [V] to launch VJ hunt on 19 November

    MUMBAI: Channel [V] is all set to launch, [V] VJ Freshers, a search for the channel’s next new VJ, on 19 November at 12 pm.

    The hunt is presented by Pantaloon and styled by Maybelline New York.
    This six-episode series will capture the entire drama, fun and tribulations experienced by all the contestants. The first episode will see the four city auditions that took place in New Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai, asserts an official release.

    From students, architects, doctors to animated individuals; the auditions witnessed a gamut of performances, desperate attempts and die-hard efforts by contestants to impress the [V] team judging them and make it to the final eight.

    Some of the contenders are Farhad from Pune who did a pole dance, Ram Menon from Mumbai who imitated Laloo campaigning for votes, Neel from Mumbai who feels his sense of humour is like his faithful dog Tommy, Tulika from Pune and Akshat from Delhi.

    Accompanying the contestants through their trip is VJ Juhi, who will host the series and take viewers through their journey on [V] VJ Freshers, adds the release.

  • Cartoon Network Enterprises unveils ‘Galli Galli Sim Sim’ merchandise

    Cartoon Network Enterprises unveils ‘Galli Galli Sim Sim’ merchandise

    MUMBAI: Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE), the global licensing and merchandising division of the Network has announced the launch of consumer products featuring the Galli Galli Sim Sim characters including Elmo, Biscuit Badshah, Bharat, Ernie across four categories. In their efforts to extend the magic of the series, Turner International wants to give children a chance to touch, feel and own the characters outside of their TV sets.

    The first phase of the Galli Galli Sim Sim merchandising programme will commence with the launch of an entire range of apparel, publishing, plush and home furnishing for which CNE has partnered with Liliput, Euro Kids, Scholastic, Mattel and Portico.

    Cartoon Network Enterprises – India and South Asia director Jiggy George said, “The objective of Cartoon Network Enterprises is to mirror the success of the channel off-air. The fabulous response received for the revolutionary pre-school series Galli Galli Sim Sim along with the instant popularity being enjoyed by the show’s Muppets are reasons enough for us to offer kids’ merchandise centered around these new stars of kids’ programming.”

    “We are bullish about the Indian market and endeavour to consistently expand our products portfolio by constantly adding newer characters, brands, categories and retail partners.”

    Targeted at 2 – 8 years old, the Galli Galli Sim Sim range of apparel merchandise will be manufactured and distributed by Lilliput and will be available in 60 Liliput stores across India and multi-brand outlets.

    Euro Kids will offer eight storybooks across 25 cities while Scholastic will offer six titles across the Book Club catalogue to be sent to 2200 schools across 500 cities as well as various book fairs.

    Mattel will manufacture and distribute non-toxic Classic Sesame plush across multi-brand outlets and toy stores in over 20 cities. The range will introduce a Hindi-speaking plush for the first time in the country.

    Home furnishing merchandise will be manufactured and distributed by Portico and will include bedsheets, pillow covers, duvets and quilts featuring the Galli Galli Sim Sim Indian Muppets.

    Priced between Rs. 70 to Rs. 1399 across categories, the products will be available in multi-brand retail chains such as Lifestyle, Shoppers’ Stop, Pantaloon, Piramyd, Landmark and Hypercity. Galli Galli Sim Sim branded merchandise will be launched across several other categories in 2007.

    With this, Cartoon Network Enterprises continues to strengthen its retail presence with over 700 products currently available in over 13 categories such as apparel, plush, home furnishings, home décor, party products, stationery across 3000 plus counters and 20 cities, including branded in-store Cartoon Network corners in retail chains such as Lifestyle, Piramyd, Pantaloon, Shoppers’ Stop, Liliput, and others.

  • Channel [V] kicks off reality VJ hunt ‘VJ Freshers’

    Channel [V] kicks off reality VJ hunt ‘VJ Freshers’

    MUMBAI: Channel [V] has invited aspiring VJs to register for a reality cum talent hunt show VJ Freshers – the class of 2006.

    At present, the channel has nine VJs on board. In search for a new face, the channel is calling for potential VJs from Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. The quest will be lead by the old VJs of the channel, Ranvir and Vinay.

    Channel [V] head honcho Amar K Deb says, “We are in the mood to shake things up again and we are looking for some freshers who have got what it takes to make the world sit up and take notice. We are going to find them, train them and hone their talent and attitude and then we are going to let them lose on television audience.”

    Interestingly, this is the first time the musi arm of Star India is running a VJ hunt.

    To create the buzz on the arrival of VJ Freshers and the opportunity it offers, the present VJs will visit various colleges in the cities and provide tips on careers. The channel will be also be using Star’s website indya.com to pull in more contestant to register.

    The VJs will be fanning out to various colleges to pick out those they believe have potential. The selected ones will be put through a series of interviews and tests to shortlist the best from each city. The contestants will have to face some verbal jousting with the jury and some action in front of the camera as well.

    The jury will select eight finalists who will spend a week in Goa wherein they will be put through tests, leading up to the selection of the winner. The whole process is expected to take three months. The television audiences will also be able to participate through six episode series that will be on air.

    Channel [V] has roped in Pantaloon and Maybelline as the main sponsors along with eight associate sponsors, which include Brylcreem, Moto Slvr, HP, 7UP, Scooty Pep+, McDonalds, Mrs Marino and Colgate Max Fresh.

    Pantaloon and Channel [V] are cross-marketing their respective brands through the VJ Freshers – the class of 2006. Pantaloon Retail, last year changed its positioning from a family-oriented store to a fashion store, sporting the baseline ‘Fresh Fashion’.

    According to Pantaloon president marketing Sanjeev Agrawal, “Pantaloon stands for fresh fashion. Channel [V] is a channel, which the youth identify with and Pantaloon Fresh Fashion also addresses youth.”

    The programme will be promoted through various Pantaloon outlets across the country. The customers will be awarded with special offers –‘cut the queue’ – in order to participate in the job hunt. At various outlets also, the VJ’s will interact with the customers. The outlets will run contests and will create the buzz through radio spots as well as through other media.

  • Pantaloon organises unique Vendor Initiative in Delhi; signs multiple strategic tie ups

    — Initiative enables SME’s and smaller consumer goods manufacturers to access national markets
    — Multiple product categories represented
    — Strategic tie ups with Fun Foods, Chaudhary Group and SR Foils

     

    New Delhi, 22nd July 2006: Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited , a leading retail chain in India ( and a part of the Future Group) has organized a unique business initiative, at Pragati Maidan, Hall No7 ABC, New Delhi from 21st July – 23rd July.

     

    This is a three-day event, where hundreds of small and medium sized enterprises are showcasing and displaying their product lines. The objective of the event is to review, assess and find manufacturers who can meet the Pantaloon standard of quality, category and product parameters with a view to giving those that meet them a national distribution footprint across various formats like Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Pantaloons, e-Zone, Furniture Bazaar, Central, Depot etc…

     

    The categories being showcased at the event include fabrics, apparel, fashion, home furnishings, books, gift and stationery, music & multimedia, furniture, white goods, food, beverages, agro commodities etc..

     

    Pantaloons Retail (India) Limited, as an organization has always sought to innovate in everything that it does. This has led to different initiatives, most of which are designed to project and promote the intrinsic strengths of India in the field of retail.

     

    The event in Delhi is an initiative in keeping with this spirit, as indeed re-emphasising a core value of the group…Indian-ness! This initiative , will, among other things, mean a definite increase in the turnovers of the vendors selected, and consequently, an increase in the employment generating capabilities of the SME’s as well.

     

    Speaking on the scope of this new initiative, Mr Damodar Mall, President, Food Business, Pantaloon Retail, stated, ‘Today, it is very difficult for smaller players to get into the national level markets. But given the entrepreneurial spirit of India, we at Pantaloon believe there is a huge business opportunity to be tapped here. With this initiative we have taken the much-needed first step to explore this potential.’

    Significant new strategic tie ups
    Pantaloon Retail also announced some significant strategic tie ups on the occasion of the vendor meet. These include tie ups with Fun Foods, Chaudhary Group and SR Foils. Details of these initiatives are given in a separate note, being distributed with this release.

     

    About Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited:
    Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited is a leading retailer with a turnover of Rs. 1073 crores for the financial year ending June 2005 . It is expected to cross the Rs 2000 crore in revenues for the financial year ending June 30, 2006.Headquartered in Mumbai, the company operates primarily through the Lifestyle and Value formats through multiple delivery mechanisms and lines of business including Fashion, Food, General Merchandise, Home, Leisure & Entertainment, Financial Services, Communications and Wellness. The company has stores in 30 cities across the country, constituting 3.5 million square feet of retail space. The company caters to the Lifestyle segment through its 21 Pantaloons Stores and 3 Central Malls. In Value Retailing it is present through 30 Big Bazaar hypermarkets, 47 Food Bazaars and 5 Fashion Stations.