Hypermarket Trent will hire over 4,000 people at its Star Bazaar stores over the next 14 months, a top company official today said.
"We will be hiring 300-400 people per Star Bazaar store. That is the number we usually require and employ in Star Bazaar," Trent Managing Director Noel Tata told PTI on the sidelines of a retail summit today.
The company is planning to open 11 stores by the end of next fiscal taking the total to 18.
Tata also said the company is primarily focusing on the southern and western regions for grocery and FMCG items at present. Going forward, the company will look at options in the eastern region as well, he said.
"On the grocery side, we are concentrating on the western and southern markets. However, we cannot ignore the eastern region. We have three Westside stores there and plan to open more of them. Similarly, we also have plans to open a few more Landmark stores selling books and music by FY12," he added.
At present, there are 41 Westside and 12 Landmark stores pan-India.