The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes.

CII is a non–government, not–for–profit, industry led and industry managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. Founded over 116 years ago, it is India's premier business association, with a direct membership of over 8100 organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 400 national and regional sectoral associations.

CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialised services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes. Partnerships with over 120 NGOs across the country carry forward our initiatives in integrated and inclusive development, which include health, education, livelihood, diversity management, skill development and water, to name a few.

CII has taken up the agenda of “Business for Livelihood” for the year 2011–12. This converges the fundamental themes of spreading growth to disadvantaged sections of society, building skills for meeting emerging economic compulsions, and fostering a climate of good governance. In line with this, CII is placing increased focus on Affirmative Action, Skills Development and Governance during the year.

With 64 offices and 7 Centres of Excellence in India, and 7 overseas offices in Australia, China, France, Singapore, South Africa, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with 223 counterpart organisations in 90 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.

Confederation of Indian Industry
The Mantosh Sondhi Centre, 23, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 (India)
T: 91 11 24629994-7 • F: 91 11 24626149
E: ciico@cii.in • W: www.cii.in

Reach us via our Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-91-99104 46244
CII Helpline Toll free No: 1800-103-1244 Retailers Association of India (RAI) is the unified voice of retailers in India retailers. RAI works with all the stakeholders towards creating the right environment for the growth of the modern retail industry in India. RAI is the body that encourages, develops, facilitates and supports retailers to become modern and adopt best practices that will delight customers. RAI has a three charter aim of Retail Development, Facilitation and Propagation.

The country’s key retailers have been spearheading the growth of RAI.

RAI’s Governing Board comprises leaders of the retail revolution in India.

Retailers Association of India (RAI) always strives to bring best practices to the retail industry and it’s stakeholders. RAI’s efforts center around advocacy and government representations, bringing best practices to the industry, fostering retail learning and training, creating a reservoir of information through retail research, disseminating communication through magazines, newsletter, website, etc. for the benefit of it’s members and the industry. NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Founded in 1982, NRAI is one of the leading Associations of the Restaurant Industry. The aim of the association is to represent, educate and promote exclusively the Independent Restaurant Owners and Operators in India. The Indo French Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a business organization with 500 members. Our goals are to facilitate networking within the French Indian business community, play a role of economic influence for this community, provide services to companies to develop their business in France or in India. Inorbit Malls today finds itself on the throes creating Indian retailing history by becoming the only company to announce projects across the complete spectrum of categories. Inorbit’s professional expertise helps ensure that our consumers and retailers Live a Million Experiences.

Inorbit offers varied experiences to shop, to see things, to meet people, to have a bite, to eat & spend time and do something different every time. We are committed to setting benchmarks in retailing in India and provide an excellent walk through experience for customers. Our mall has a carefully thought out mix of Retailers providing optimum choice to the consumer in shopping, entertainment, food & leisure. We also have to our credit 31 awards across categories like Design, Operations, Marketing & CSR. AT INFINITI MALL, joy has no limits! Whatever you desire – formal and casual clothes, shoes, jewellery, furnishings, artifacts, books, electronics, home appliances, groceries, toys, games – all are on offer in infinite array.

To tickle your palate are an endless variety of cuisines in the Restaurants and Food Court, The amusement center, Planet Infiniti, has a unique set of rides and video games. Frequent events & contests are held to delight you in a festive, ever new, theme ambience in the atrium. A relaxing foot–massage or a movie in plush Red Lounge seats can round up a fulfilling day.

At Infiniti Mall, the shopping, eating and entertainment experience is a revelation. Come discover it – The INFINITI way. ! The Coca–Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company, refreshing consumers across 200 countries. In India, Coca–Cola refreshes millions of consumers throughout the country with an exciting range of beverages including Coca–Cola, Diet Coke, Thums Up, Fanta, Limca, Sprite, Maaza, Minute Maid, Georgia, Georgia Gold, Kinley and Kinley Club Soda through a network of more than one million outlets.

One of the early investors in India, the Coca–Cola system has invested more than US$ 1 billion in its Indian operations. The Coca–Cola system provides direct and indirect employment to more than 1, 50,000 people. Coca–Cola in India is also the largest domestic buyer of sugar and one of the top buyers of mango pulp. The Coca–Cola Company has always placed high value on good citizenship. At the heart of business is a mission statement called the Coca–Cola Promise - “The Coca–Cola Company exists to benefit and refresh everyone that it touches.” This basic proposition entails that the Company’s business should refresh the markets, protect, preserve and enhance the environment and strengthen the community. Ambuja Realty is one of the more prominent and respected corporate houses headquartered in Kolkata with its forte in real estate and recent forays into hospitality, healthcare and education. The company, under the stewardship of
Mr. Harshavardhan Neotia has been responsible for landmark projects in and around Kolkata. Magnet Mall, a retail project of the Neptune Group, is Mumbai’s largest shoppertainment destination spread over 10,56,000 sq.ft. Situated in the central suburbs of Mumbai in Lower Powai, LBS marg, Bhandup, Magnet Mall boasts of four themed atriums, a 10 screen multiplex, Mumbai’s biggest two level food court with a FEC and two levels of dedicated parking making it the ultimate destination to meet, eat, shop and enjoy. The state–of–the–art MARG Junction Mall is slated to be South Chennai’s biggest retail opportunity for business, leisure and entertainment. Coming soon on the strategic IT corridor and spread over 1.83 million sq. ft. on bustling OMR, the mall will be Chennai’s largest ‘mixed use’ development with a Traders Hotel by Shangri–La.

Providing the best in ‘comfort, convenience & entertainment’ , MARG Junction Mall will have a 900 seater food court, 6 fine dining restaurants, a 20,000 sq ft gaming zone and a 7 screen-1700 seater multiplex.

With 4 floors of dedicated retail, the mall has partnered with leading brands like PVR, Shoppers’ Stop, HyperCITY. Expression of Interest has also been obtained from Levis, Adidas, Reebok, Madura Garments & Arvind Brands to offer best–in–class entertainment and value to all sections of the society and age groups. MARG Junction mall is carefully planned as a ‘social asset’ with a unique Chennai DNA.

Among other facilities, there will be atrium space stretching over an area of 24,000 sq. ft., parking space for 1300 four wheelers and 1800 two wheelers, 18 escalators, 23 high speed lifts and 6 travelators for superior circulation. Jones Lang LaSalle, the Indian operations of Jones Lang LaSalle, is the premiere and largest real estate professional services firm in India. With an extensive geographic footprint across ten cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Chandigarh and Coimbatore) and a staff strength of over 2900, the firm provides investors, developers, local corporates and multinational companies with a comprehensive range of services including research, consultancy, transactions, project and development services, integrated facility management, property and asset management, capital markets, residential, hotels and retail advisory.

For further information, please visit www.jllm.co.in Established in August 2009, Beyond Squarefeet is the first boutique Mall advisory company in India, providing complete end–to#8211;end solutions, from Mall conceptualization to Mall Management and even Mall Re#8211;orientation. Mr. Susil Dungarwal Founder & Chief Mall Mechanic, Beyond Squarefeet recognised the gaps in the mall management industry, and hence developed the idea of complete Mall solutions which he terms as ‘Mall Mechanics’. Beyond Squarefeet is currently involved in more than 40 million sq. ft. of Mall Space Development.

The Company provides complete end to end solutions for Mall Management and involves itself at a green field or brown field stage in Retail / Mall development. Right from the conceptualizing of a mall to the maintenance and house#8211;keeping once the Mall is up and running, BSF is a one#8211;stop#8211;shop for Mall Management. The company acts more as an “In#8211;house Advisory Team” to the Developer / investor, rather than a consultant.

Beyond Squarefeet™ manages the entire spectrum of any Mall project including Mall Conceptualization, Mall Positioning, Mall Marketing & Leasing, Asset & Facility Management, Mall management and Mall Re–orientation, among others.

The experienced management of Beyond Squarefeet™ has been associated with some of India’s most successful Retail & Mall projects & developers including the Hiranandani Group, K. Raheja Corp, UB Group, Prestige group, Emaar MGF, Shoppers Stop, Nirmal lifestyle and Ishanya among many others.

At Beyond Squarefeet, the focus remains on providing complete end to end solutions, with special emphasis on the economic viability of the project, both to the developer & Retailer. Beyond Squarefeet™ is a member of Middle East Council of Shopping Centers and International Council of Shopping Centres. EEstablished in 1999 Entertainment World Developers Limited (EWDL) is poised to become the largest owner–operator of shopping malls, hotels and residential townships in emerging India. EWDL is developing projects worth 820 million US dollars of 25 mn sq.ft. EWDL is the frontrunner in development and management of urban city centers, shopping malls, and residential townships/consumption cities, under the brand name ‘TREASURE’. Focusing on the Tier II and emerging cities, EWDPL ensures that all its managed properties stack up to the international standards of maintenance and functionality. With several ‘Treasures’ currently under construction and many more on the drawing board, EWDPL currently has over 25 million sq.ft. of development through 17 projects, spread across 11 cities in 7 states. Ambience group has successfully delivered two malls back to back in Delhi/ NCR. At Ambience, we believe in delivering not just shopping malls but complete lifestyle centres with a fine integration of shopping, entertainment, dining and just malling. We strive to introduce freshness in the mall by bringing new international and premium brands.

Ambience Mall, Gurgaon has been conceptualized as a second generation mall and positioned as a ‘Destination Mall’. The mall is successfully completing 4 years of operations and the average footfall figures have crossed the mark of 1.7 million per month. Strategically located on the NH-8, it is part of the group’s integrated township Ambience Island comprising Leela Kempinski – 5 star deluxe hotel, service apartments, corporate office tower, Lagoon – residential apartment complex comprising of 345 high end apartments with 100% occupancy and Caitriona – super luxury residential condominiums adept with a golf course and ready to ‘move and live–in’ with international features. Spread over an area of over 1.8 million sq. ft., the mall has almost 1 km of shopping experience on each floor, grand lobbies & corridors and landscaped huge atriums. The mall is designed on the lines of International Standard Shopping Malls and is fully devoted to complete indoor family pleasure with an entertainment center, lifestyle boulevard, kidzone, fitness centre, restaurants, exclusive food court, bar, pub, discotheque, bowling alley, virtual golf area, beer garden, night club and other exciting formats like the Ice Skating Rink opening soon.

Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj is a mix of modern, sophisticated, youthful, and aspirational brands catering to the young opinion leaders in the forefront of their generation. Located in the posh South Delhi area of Vasant Kunj, it is in close proximity of neighborhoods such as Vasant Vihar, Chanakyapuri, WestEnd, Anand Niketan, Shanti Niketan, etc. The mall is a 1.1 million sq. ft. development and targets the uber–trendy fashion influencers, a YST generation (young, savvy, trendy) that makes sure “whatever is in”, is here & whatever is here is ‘in’! In a short period of operations, it has crossed the mark of 0.7 million for average monthly footfalls and is a one stop destination with great options for entertainment, food, shopping and malling. Unitech Ltd – India’s leading Real Estate Developer Established in 1972, Unitech is today a leading real estate developer in India. Known for the quality of its products, it is the first developer to have been certified ISO 9001:2000 in North India and offers the most diversified product mix comprising residential, commercial/IT parks, retail, hotels, amusement parks and SEZs.The well–recognised brand was yet again conferred with the title of “Superbrand” by Superbrands India in 2009. The Company is also the recipient of the CW Architect and Builders Award, 2008 for being one of India’s Top Ten Builders.Unitech has long partnered with internationally acclaimed architects and design consultants including SOM (USA), BDP (UK), Maunsell AECOM (HK), MEA Systra (France), Callison Inc. (USA), FORREC (Canada), SWA and HOK (USA) for various projects.It has an enviable clientele for commercial projects including Fidelity, McKinsey, Bank of America, Ford Motors, Nike, EDS, Hewitt, Amdocs, Ernst & Young, Reebok, Keane, Seagrams, Perfetti, Exxon Mobil and AT Kearney.Unitech Scrip is one of the most liquid stocks in the Indian stock markets and was the first real estate company to be part of the National Stock Exchange’s NIFTY 50 Index. The company has over 600,000 shareholders. Prozone is a joint venture between Provogue (India) Limited and Capital shopping centres group Plc of the UK (formerly Liberty International Plc). CSC is one of the Uk’s largest listed property companies, a real estate investment trust (REIT) and a constituent of the FTSE – 100 index of the UK’s leading listed companies and has over 30 years of experience on developing retail infrastructure assets and own and operate 10 of the UK’s top 25 shopping centres.

Prozone CSC primarily focuses on the development of regional shopping centres. In addition to that Prozone is also launching related mixed use development of office blocks, Hotels, commercial and residential developments at Aurangabad, Coimbatore, Indore & Nagpur amongst others. The Prozone Aurangabad mall was successfully launched in October 2010. The centre has already established itself as the shopping and leisure destination for Marathwada. The centre has over 100 outlets operational with some of the best retailers in India with leading anchors including Star Bazaar, Shoppers Stop, Croma, Westside, Pantaloons, Globus, Reliance Trends, Reliance Timeout, Orama Xing III, Satyam Cineplex, Fashion @ Big Bazaar and other well known international and national retailers. Through its unique blend of shopping, leisure & entertainment, Prozone’s Shopping centre holds the promise of creating a new city in its location.

Prozone’s long term strategy is to build a portfolio of a retail centric property assets in prime urban locations pan India to create a leading position as an owner, manager and developer of prime India regional shopping centres through a mix of retail, catering & leisure facilities. We all are aware of instant online mobile recharge, but the advent of ‘Freecharge’ has opened a new avenue for industries to invite huge number of FOOT FALLS into their establishments.

Launched in August 2010 with the idea of increasing FOOT FALLS for partner Retailers/e–tailers across different industries, Freecharge makes mobile recharge virtually free for the customer. Freecharge allows customers to recharge their prepaid mobile and also get equal value discount coupons delivered at their doorstep.

Freecharge is a pioneer in establishing the couponing culture in India.

Our Coupon Partners: McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Café Coffee Day, Dominos, Nirulas, BIG Cinemas, Cinemax, Shoppers Stop, Crossword, Ferns & Petals, Croma and many others....

Need more FOOT FALLS ? Your brand could be the next on the list!

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www.freecharge.in ADT Worldwide, a part of Tyco International Ltd, is the world’s largest provider of electronic security services to nearly 9 million Retail, Small Business, Commercial, Industrial, Government & Residential Customers worldwide. Customers are both small & large, spanning Retail, IT & ITes, Banking & Financial Institutions, Telecom, Industrial & Manufacturing, Hospitality, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Transportation & Logistics including 80% of the world’s top 200 retailers, 90% of Fortune 500 Companies Our stateof–the–art monitoring centers respond to over 200,000 alarm signals globally each day.

ADT is a full service provider with national presence across India. Our dedicated team of account managers, design & engineering professionals, project managers & certified technicians work based on the customer needs & ensure successful integration of security, building management & life safety solutions.

Tyco International Ltd. is a diversified, global company that provides vital products and services to customers in more than 60 countries. With more than 100,000 employees & over $17 billion revenue worldwide in 2010, Tyco is composed of three business segments: Security Solutions, Fire Protection & Flow Control. Cinepolis is headquartered in Morelia, Mexico and is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year. Fourth Largest multiplex chain in the world, Cinepolis operates over 2,500 screens in 11 countries. It is the fastest growing multiplex chain in the world and serves over 100 million patrons annually. In India, Cinepolis has 20 screens operational already and plans to open 500 screens by 2016, out of which, it has already committed to 400 screens. Exclusivity, class, Comfort of transacting, impressive customer delivery. These adjectives fit perfectly with Yebhi.com which has been dedicated in promoting latest fashion trends indirectly by promoting the brands available on their site. Think about any fashion need and Yebhi is the answer to everything. From apparels to bags to jewellery to watches to even a nail clip, Yebhi has everything from necessities to luxuries. Going beyond fashion boundaries, Yebhi has recently introduced Mobile category after receiving overwhelming response for its collection.

Quality and loyalty are the pillars of Yebhi.com. And this precisely are the reasons that set Yebhi apart from others. It has a state of the art warehouse where it stocks the products from all the brands. This way it is able to follow a three check quality process for the products and able to deliver it in their best form to the customers. It is the only brand that buys products first before putting it on display. Yebhi has grown to become India’s Ultimate Online Shopping Mall. Born out of collaboration between a sharp entrepreneurial mind, Alok Aggarwal, and one of India’s most celebrated fashion designers’ Rohit Bal, Veda Restaurant & Lounge Bar has quickly captured the imagination and hearts of the capital’s elite. With its opulent interiors, a throwback to the days of the Maharaja’s, the cuisine is delicately and painstakingly prepared to take you on a gastronomical journey.

Launched in 2005, Veda has the enviable reputation of being included in Traveller’s top 100 restaurants in the world within 12 months of opening. Expansion plans include another fine dining destination, Cibo.

The duo has successfully used their creative forces to design spaces that truly make dining a magical experience. Reasioning Global eApplications Ltd. is the unparalleled player in the space of Digital commerce in India. We focus on developing software solutions that enable retailers leverage the immense capabilities of Internet and Mobile platforms as powerful customer acquisition, customer connection and marketing channels. Our matchless, easy–to–mange, multi–channel digital commerce platform MartJack empowered renowned Indian retailers. We do not believe in one–size–fits–all solutions, and understand that each business is unique on its own; so, made MartJack suitable for different scale of retail operations. Furthermore, we take pleasure in making retailers’ businesses strong through MartJack Exchange, a revolutionary key that gives access to a large customer base beyond their reach.The Statistics that stand by us: 200+ years of aggregated retail experience across the team, 3000+ online stores on MartJack, and 50+ partners. Launched in 2003, IMAGES Retail took on the task of analysing the emerging industry of organised retail, at a time when industry itself had little data to work on. Since then, the magazine has grown in tandem with the business of retail in India, and its broad-based research now covers the gamut of Indian and international movements in technology, logistics, formats, store design, retail real estate , franchising and human resource, besides reporting on siginificant directions within india’s sunrise industry. The Hindi edition of IMAGES Retail extends the magazine’s readership to tier II and tier III towns in a highly effective manner. Published twice a year, the Middle East edition features reports and features from leading commentators in the region. Shopping Centre News, the newest publication from Images Group, is a knowledge resource centre that collects, analyses and disseminates information on the Indian shopping centre industry in all its aspects of operation, and also builds up a body of focused research into the architecture, aesthetic and design aspects of shopping centres around the world. www.indiaretailing.com is an Online Retail Media portal which targets the Retail Community and is a platform to connect all verticals of Retail. The focus is on Daily Retail News, Editorial Analysis, Interactive Features and Database of Retailers, Realtors, Developers, Investors, Support Systems, Retail Solutions and everything else connected to the Retail World. display INTERNATIONAL - the only bilingual magazine for the P.O.P. industry, published in Italian and English is the international picture book for the industry with four coloured printing throughout.It is a visualisation of creative solutions for international P.O.P. with reports on trends and tendencies of the trade and industry, detailed reports about marketing exhibitions. Read by more than 100,000 readers worldwide, display INTERNATIONAL presents display products from all over Europe. TextilWirtschaft is the only trade magazine published in Germanspeaking Europe to cover the entire fashion and textile business on a weekly basis. Our readers are clothing retailers, as well as the textile and clothing industry. With more than 174,000 readers* every week TextilWirtschaft has a reach that is unmatched by any other trade journal in the textile and clothing industry.

The editorial concept - a simple sectioning into NEWS, FASHION and BUSINESS and the biggest job market section in the business - is geared exactly to the demands and needs of our readers. "Lebensmittel Zeitung" is Germany's leading publication for the retail industry in Germany and German-speaking Europe. Up-to-date news, analyses, background reporting, in-depth information on marketing strategies, the range and distribution strategies of both German and international retailers and manufacturers makes Lebensmittel Zeitung an indispensable source of information for the industry's top and middle management. mydala is a unique portal that helps businesses to sell their offerings to the maximum possible customers through matchless promotional choices and internet technology. mydala ensures guaranteed customers and upfront payments by providing wide–ranging deals valued at the most advantageous prices and sizes. Aided by the innovative use of viral marketing and social networking, merchant partners are able to derive optimal profits for their products and services with significantly lower marketing spends. The selling experience is greatly enhanced by mydala’s superlative client service, deal management and payment control. Since 2004, IM Entertainment of Images Group has been a boon to the event management industry. We render 24x7 support to our client’s at the most competitive prices without any compromise towards the quality and dedication. With offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata, well lined up with 40 dedicated professionals, we cater for all types of personal and corporate events.

Please visit our website for further information – www.images-ent.com.