Future Retail Ltd Company History

The company is incorporated under the name of Manz Wear Private Ltd.

Pantaloons, one of India's first formal trouser brands, is launched.

Company's name changed to Pantaloon Fashions (India) Limited

BARE, an Indian denim brand is launched.

Initial Public Offer (IPO) of shares by the Company

The Pantaloon Shoppe, our exclusive menswear store in a franchisee format is launched across the nation. The company starts distribution of branded garments through multi-brand retail outlets across the nation.

Pantaloon Retail enters modern retail with the launch of the first 8000-sq. ft. store Pantaloons in Kolkata.

Pantaloon Retail launches three Big Bazaar stores within a span of 22 days in Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Food Bazaar, the supermarket chain is launched.

Big Bazaar entered Tier II cities with the launch of its store in Nagpur

Pantaloon Retail launches India's first seamless mall, Central, in Bangalore.

Big Bazaar launched a unique shopping program: the Big Bazaar Exchange Offer, inviting customers to exchange household junk

Big Bazaar launched India's most popular shopping festival: Sabse Sasta Din on 26th January

Big Bazaar launched Shakti, India's first credit card program tailored for housewives

Navaras – the jewellery store launched within Big Bazaar stores

Home Town, the home building and improvement products retail chain, is launched along with consumer durables format Ezone and furniture chain Furniture Bazaar.

Big Bazaar launched its 50th store in Kanpur

Big Bazaar partnered with Futurebazaar.com to launch India's most popular shopping portal

Big Bazaar initiated the Power of One campaign to help raise funds for the Save The Children India Fund

Pantaloon Retail wins the International Retailer of the Year award at US-based National Retail Federation convention in New York, and Emerging Retailer of the Year award at the World Retail Congress held in Barcelona.

Big Bazaar dons a new look with a fresh new section, Fashion@Big Bazaar

Big Bazaar crosses the 100-store mark, marking one of the fastest expansions of the hypermarket format anywhere in the world.

Big Bazaar initiated Maha Annasantarpane program at its stores in South India – a unique initiative to offer meals to visitors and support local social organizations

Big Bazaar captured almost one-third share in food and grocery products sold through modern retail in India

Pantaloon Retail celebrates its first Shopping Festival across all retail formats in key Indian cities.

Future Value Retail Limited is formed as a specialized subsidiary to spearhead the group's value retail business through Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar and other formats

Pantaloons opened its 50th flagship store in New Delhi on 27th November 2010

Pantaloons embarked on its "next gen" journey with the launch of its new 'avatar' stores

Big Bazaar introduced Family Centre in Kolkata on 27th March 2010

Big Bazaar opened its first store in Jalandar and Amravati

Pantaloons forayed in Allahabad,Bhopal and Aurangabad

Future Group launched 'The Great Indian Shopping Festival'

Future Group announced the launch of mobile telephony services under the brand name T24 on the GSM platform

Future Group entered elite gourmet retailing with the launch of its first gourmet food chain Foodhall in Mumbai on 26th May 2011

Future Innoversity introduced MBA in Supply chain Management

Pantaloons launched its revamped Green Card Loyalty Programme

Pantaloons forayed in Coimbatore, Durgapur and Vizag

Big Bazaar completed 10 glorious years and came up with a new brand identity and tagline Naye India ka bazaar

Big Bazaar celebrated its 10 years of existence

Big Bazaar opened its first store in Himachal Pradesh on 21st May 2011

On 1st May 2012, the company introduced a new retail initiative – Public Holiday Sale

Foodhall the premium lifestyle food destination launched its second store in Bengaluru on 4th May 2012

Big Bazaar redefined the concept of customer service with the launch of the Rajajinagar Family Centre in Bengaluru with its unique Seva initiative on 24th February 2012

Future Sharp Skills Ltd. launched its first skill centre in Kolkata with a vision to train and provide sustainable livelihood to five lakh youth of West Bengal by 2022

Pantaloons became the first retailer to introduce a reality hunt as it set out on a countrywide search for their next Fresh Face

Pantaloons launched its first store in Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Bilaspur

Future Group started Aadhaar Franchise

Future Supply Chains Express Logistics business became the fastest profitable Express Business in India

Keeping pace with the ongoing trends Fashion@ Big Bazaar decided to reposition itself as fbb

Pantaloons joined hands with PAYBACK . Being India's largest and one of the strongest loyalty programs in Europe, PAYBACK offers were made available to all Pantaloons customers

Big Bazaar launched its home delivery services in Mumbai

Foodhall, the premium lifestyle food destination launched in Pune.

First batch of Future India Fellowship program started with 5 selected fellows across the country. The fellowship aims to create thought leaders of tomorrow.

Future Group successfully introduced 'Big Bazaar Direct' an assisted shopping concept where franchises will sell Big Bazaar products through a catalogue on a 'tablet'.

Big Bazaar introduced an exciting occasion for shopping 'April Utsav'.

Future Group officially launched India's largest State of the Art Logistical Distribution Hub at Nagpur.

Big Bazaar introduced a unique customer membership program 'Big Bazaar Profit Club.'

Foodhall, the premium lifestyle food destination launched in New Delhi.

Future Sharp, the Future Group arm that trains and develops the skills of youth opened its new skill centre in Nashik.

Future Group partnered with the Fortune 500 company and one of the largest online shopping destination, Amazon

Future Group partnered with world's leading customer science company, dunnhumby for data analytics services

Future Group announced its strategic tie-up with SAP company hybris, that delivers OmniCommerce™: state-of-the-art master data management for commerce and unified commerce processes to its clients.

India's First Mega Food Park was inaugurated by India's Honourable PM Shri Narendra Modi at Tumkur Karnataka

HomeTown underwent a complete makeover with a new tagline, 'The Art of Better Living', logo and in-store branding.

Future Group's premium food destination Foodhall launched in Saket, New Delhi.

Big Bazaar and Ezone were voted as one of the Top 50 Most Trusted Brands in the country in the Brand Equity Survey 2013 conducted by Nielson. The survey also revealed that Big Bazaar is the 4th Most Trusted Service Brand of the country

fbb ties up with India's largest Beauty Pageant Femina Miss India 2014

A New Generation Big Bazaar, Big Bazaar Family Centre was launched at Alcove in Kolkata on January 6, 2014

fbb became style partner of Asia's largest music festival, Sunburn

Big Bazaar & Ezone made to the Brand Equity's Top Retailer's List

Future Group partnered with India's fastest growing ayurvedic company, Patanjali Ayurved.

The Miss Universe from Columbia, Paulina Vega launched Jealous 21's limited edition Miss Universe Collection at Taj Land's End in Mumbai

First Big Bazaar GEN NXT store designed for smart and easy shopping experience opened in Infinity Mall, Malad, Mumbai

Big Bazaar announced an exclusive tie-up with a leading mobile wallet company, MobiKwik

The UK based Plymouth City College awarded Future Sharp with a title of 'The Best International Business Partner'

T24, Future Group's unique telecom service and loyalty program and of India's first unpaid GSM mobile service completed 5 eventful years

The most affordable fashion destination, fbb signed youth style icons Katrina Kaif and Varun Dhawan as its brand ambassadors

Bharti Retail joins hands with Future Retail

Future Group forays into M-Commerce with the T24 Mobile App

Big Bazaar redefines weekends with the launch of a never-seen-before campaign, 'Crazy Weekend'.

Future Group launched the new age convenience store format, KB's Conveniently Yours.

Future Group associated with Bajaj Finserv to launch India's first retail EMI card

Central @ Residency Road, Bangalore was launched with redesigned to provide hassle free shopping for the customers

Little Foodhall launched in Gurgaon

Bazaar Direct tied-up with Oxigen Services to sell the wide assortment of the franchisees.

Future Group's personal care brand, Kara Wipes associated with the most prestigious beauty pageant of the country; fbb Femina Miss India 2016.

Future Group's People Office team receives ISO 9001: 2015 certification on Jan 5, 2016.

Company name has changed to Future Retail Ltd. from Bharti Retail Ltd

Future Retail Limited has on Acquisition of Hypercity Retail (India) Limited''.

Future Retail Limited has Acquisition of Retail Business of "Foodworld".

Future Retail Limited has ''Partial Award on Jurisdiction