| According to Joydeep Basu Roy, deputy general manager - marketing, of Khadim India Limited, "At Howrah, there is no organised retail giant except Big Bazaar. However, Big Bazaar is a value chain while Egaro caters to the lifestyle segment." |
| Egaro at Howrah, however, plans to expand its store in order to give it more visibility and take on competition. |
| At present, the Howrah store is only 17,000 sq ft. |
| In the next six months it would be a full-fledged 26,000 sq ft store. |
| "The Howrah store was inaugurated on June 1 and since then we have noticed 7,000 footfall per day. Sales, too, have been up to our expectation," Basu informed. |
| Egaro's next stop would be Asansol where it would inaugurate its store within this fiscal. |
| "At Asansol, again, there is no big retail giant, except for Bazaar Kolkata. So we see good business," Basu added. |
| Khadims is investing Rs 50 crore in phases over the next two years to set up close to three departmental stores this financial year. |
| Each store would require an investment of Rs 12 crore. |
| Egaro launched its Puja collection today, which it claimed reflected the latest trends and colours. |
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