Marks & Spencer Reliance India Opens Its New Store In Bengaluru
Bengaluru: March 11, 2010: Marks & Spencer Reliance India today opened its new store at Mantri Square, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru. The opening of this large store is a further step towards expanding the presence of the brand in India. Marks & Spencer already has its store in Garuda Mall in the city.
Spread across 15,000 sq feet space, the new Marks & Spencer store will offer an international shopping experience with an extensive range of apparel including womenswear, menswear, kidswear, lingerie and beauty in addition to high-quality home products all at a great value.
Speaking at the launch, Mark Ashman CEO, Marks & Spencer Reliance India said: “It is a pleasure to launch our new store in Bengaluru. With this new larger store, we are able to offer a much wider range of our products to our customers.”
He further added, “Marks & Spencer has an unrivalled reputation for offering quality products at great prices, including a growing number of products sourced from local Indian suppliers.”
The new store showcases the latest Spring Summer 2010 collection. Catering to the Global Indian, the new range uses fabrics and styles that are synonymous with style and comfort. With something for everyone the collection also includes some new product categories like luggage, men’s footwear, kids’ toys and books.
Notes to editors
Marks & Spencer Reliance India Pvt Ltd is the joint venture formed in April 2008 between Marks & Spencer and Reliance Retail. Marks & Spencer Reliance India operates 15 stores in India including the new store at Mantri Square, Bengaluru.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the UK’s leading retailers, offering high quality, great value clothing, as well as home products and outstanding quality food. M&S employs over 75,000 people and has over 600 stores in the UK over 341 stores in 41 territories around the world.
Reliance Retail Limited (RRL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited opened its first retail store in November 2006 and today operates over 1000 stores in over 86 cities spanning over 4 million Sq ft.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is India's largest private sector company and the first and only private sector company from India to feature in the Fortune Global 500 list.
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