Article: India: Biyani sees 5-fold rise in Aadhaar revenues.

Byline: pinto03

Kishore Biyani's Future Group is expecting a revenue of Rs 400 crore (USD93mn) by 2010 from its rural retail venture Aadhaar nearly five times more than what it earned in FY08. The group is also planning to set up 15 Aadhaar stores this year and 50 stores next year, taking the total number to 130 from 65 now. The group plans to invest nearly Rs 30 crore (USD7mn) for expansion. Aadhaar's new stores and fresh categories are expected to bring higher revenues for the group, which is expecting Rs 30,000 crore (USD7bn) from its retail ventures such as Big Bazaar, Pantaloon among others by 2011.

"We have increased productivity of the venture and ...

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