Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited

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2008
Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2008 Most Admired Food & Grocery Retail Visionary of the Year: Kishore Biyani Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year – Supermarkets: Food Bazaar Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year - Hypermarkets: Big Bazaar Most Admired Retailer of the Year - Dynamic Growth in Network Expansion across Food, Beverages & Grocery: Future Group Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year - Consumer's Choice: Big Bazaar The Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2008, were given away for the first time as a culmination of the ‘Food Forum India 2008’ – a two day convention which saw the participation of leading brands, retailers & retail support organizations from across the globe. The awards were presented to honour enterprise, innovation and achievement in the food retailing business as a benchmark of excellence. The Reid & Taylor Awards For Retail Excellence 2008 Retail Leadership Award: Kishore Biyani Retail Best Employer of the Year: Future Group Retailer of The Year: Home Products and Office Improvements: HomeTown The Reid & Taylor Awards for Retail Excellence are an important feature of the Asia Retail Congress - Asia’s single most important global platform to promote world-class retail practices - and are aimed at honouring the best, in Asian Retail scenario. India played host to Asia Retail Congress 2008.
2007
Images Retail Awards Most Admired Retail Face of the Year: Kishore Biyani Most admired retailer of the year: Large format, multi product store: Big Bazaar Most admired retailer of the year: Food and Grocery: Food Bazaar Most admired retailer of the year: Home & office improvement: HomeTown Most admired Retail Company of the year: Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. Images Retail Forum followed strict international benchmarks in deciding the top honours for Images Retail Awards ’07, with IRIS as knowledge partner and global consulting firm AT Kearney as the Process Approver. National Retail Federation Awards International Retailer for the Year 2007 – Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd The National Retail Federation is the world’s largest retail trade association with over 1.4 million members in the US and across the world. Some of the past winners of the award include Metro AG (Germany), Carrefour (France), Zara (Spain), Boticario (Brazil) and Ito Yokado (Japan). The award was presented at the Retail’s Big Show held in January 2007 in New York. World Retail Congress Awards Emerging Market Retailer of the Year 2007 – Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd The inaugural World Retail Congress held in Barcelona, Spain in March 2007 attracted over one thousand retail professionals from over sixty countries. The awards were decided by a multinational Grand Jury. Winners in other categories included Inditex, Mall of Emirates, Marks & Spencer and IKEA. Hewitt Best Employers 2007 Best Employers in India (Rank 14th) – Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd Leading human resources consultancy, Hewitt Associates conducts an annual survey of the best employers in India, as part of its global initiative. It is based on CEO interview, People Practices Inventory and Employee Opinion Surveys. Pantaloon Retail became the only retailer to feature among the twenty-five best employers in India. PC World Indian Website Awards Best Indian Website In The Shopping Category - Futurebazaar.com PC World, a leading consumer technology magazine selected the best Indian websites in various categories based on use of technology for delivering solutions, information being presented in an intuitive and concise manner and overall experience aided by design. Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Platinum Awards Trusted Brands Platinum Award (Supermarket Category) – Big Bazaar The Reader’s Digest awards are based on surveys done among consumers by independent research agency, Nielsen Media Research. This is the second consecutive time Big Bazaar has won this award.
2006
Retail Asia Pacific Top 500 Awards Asia Pacific Best of the Best Retailers – Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd Best Retailer in India – Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd The Retail Asia publication in association with EuroMonitor and KPMG honours the best retailers in 14 countries across the Asia Pacific region. The awards were presented in Singapore in October, 2006. Asiamoney Awards Best Managed Company in India (Mid-cap) – Pantaloon retail (India) Ltd. The Asiamoney publication conducts a poll among fund manages and investors and does a quantitative analysis of financial performance to select best managed companies in Asian countries. Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Services) – Kishore Biyani Considered to be one of the most prestigious business awards in India, a jury comprising leading names in Indian business selected the winners based on courage, creativity, passion, endurance and vision. CNBC Indian Business Leaders Awards The First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year – Kishore Biyani Organized by CNBC-TV18, the twelve awardees in various categories are decided by a high profile jury, along with research partners - The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Development Dimensions International (DDI) and AC Neilson ORG MARG. Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National Leadership Awards Young Business Leader – Kishore Biyani The award recognizes and honors individuals who have contributed consistently to the betterment of our country through their pursuit of excellence. The awards were presented in New Delhi by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in December, 2006. Images Retail Awards Best Value Retail Store – Big Bazaar Best Retail Destination – Big Bazaar Best Food & Grocery Store – Food Bazaar Retail Face of the Year – Kishore Biyani The Images Retail Awards are decided through a nationwide consumer & industry poll and nominations followed by performance assessment by team of analysts and jury. Readers’ Digest Awards Platinum Trusted Brand Award - Big Bazaar The Reader’s Digest awards are based on surveys done among consumers by independent research agency, Nielsen Media Research. CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards Most Preferred Large Food & Grocery Supermarket – Big Bazaar Conducted in association with AC Nielsen-ORG Marg across 21 major cities, nearly 10,000 consumers were asked to choose their most preferred brands. Reid & Taylor Awards for Retail Excellence Retail Entrepreneur of the Year – Kishore Biyani