Reliance Retail Limited launches "RelianceTimeOut", in Bangalore

PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 10, 2007 – Bangalore,Reliance Retail Limited (RRL) announced the launch of a new specialty store "Reliance TimeOut" on Cunningham Road in Bangalore today. This store houses Books, Music, Stationery, Toys and Gifts. After the successful launch of Reliance Fresh, Reliance Mart, Reliance Digital, Reliance Trendz, Reliance Footprint, Reliance Wellness and Reliance Jewels, this is the 8th format of stores from Reliance Retail to be launched in India.
Spread over 21,000 sq feet and with over 56,000 products, Reliance TimeOut offers the customers an extensive range of merchandise in Books, Music, Stationery, Toys and Gifts. Reliance TimeOut is all set to revolutionize this business with its unique combination of wide product range and an exciting customer experience.
Commenting on the launch of Reliance TimeOut, Mr. Bijou Kurien, President and Chief Executive Lifestyle said "In today's world, with all the pressures, stress and workload at office, home and school, we need a place where we can unwind and relax, where we can browse, buy a book, sample some music, choose a gift, buy a toy, or some exclusive stationery for ourselves. At Reliance Timeout, we offer a comprehensive range of products in these categories along with a fascinating customer experience in a warm, lively ambience".
In Books, Reliance TimeOut has over 30,000 titles, sourced from National & International publishers. Recognizing customer preference for self-help and professional development the store has an impressive range of non-fiction books. Reliance TimeOut also has a range of Academic and Professional books and Vernacular books in 6 languages, apart from fiction, popular genres and a huge children's section. To help enhance this experience the store has a kid's wall, where kids can cuddle-up with a book. In Music and Movies Reliance TimeOut has over 12,000 titles sourced from leading international and national music companies. Listening pleasure is enhanced by the imported sound domes which provide hygienic sampling of music. Reliance TimeOut also has a Karaoke Studio where the customer can sing-along with a song of their choice and record it in a professional quality recording studio. There is also a cafe at the store, which makes Reliance TimeOut a wonderful hangout for youth and adults alike.
Searching for your favourite music and books is efficiently handled by a search engine and complemented by knowledgeable and energetic staff, so that customers can easily find what they want in a store of this size. The Stationery section with over 7000 products is a wonderland for children, students and working people. For the first time in India, Professional Artists too have an exciting range of products to buy their art supplies from. The professional series from Pebeo and Canson from France, Vinciana and RGM from Italy and Koh-i-noor from the Czech Republic and the Hobby Art products are truly exceptional. The Toy section with over 3,000 toys in an environment that is a lot of fun for the children will definitely make every outing to Reliance TimeOut, great fun for the family. The store also has over 4,000 products in gifts, watches, sunglasses and fragrances.Reliance TimeOut is truly a wonderful space to simply take time out! A wonderful world where a customer can Explore, Create, Imagine, Play, Unwind and truly call their own.




Reliance Retail Limited

Reliance Retail Limited, a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited started rolling its stores in November last year and today operates over 418 stores in over 17 cities spanning 1.5 million Sq ft. The formats that RRL operates in are Reliance Fresh, Reliance Digital for consumer durables and information technology, Reliance Mart, a Hyper Market, Reliance Trendz - the apparel store, Reliance Wellness - offering wellness products, Reliance Footprint -a footwear store & Reliance Jewels -a jewellery store.

Reliance Industries Limited

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is India's largest private sector company on all major financial parameters with turnover of Rs1,18,354 crore (US$ 27.23 billion), cash profit of Rs17,678 crore (US$ 4.07 billion), net profit of Rs11,943 crore (US$ 2.75 billion) and net worth of Rs63,967 crore (US$ 14.72 billion) as of March 31, 2007.

RIL is the first and only private sector company from India to feature in the Fortune Global 500 list of 'World's Largest Corporations' and ranks amongst the world's Top 200 companies in terms of profits. RIL is amongst the 25 fastest climbers ranked by Fortune. RIL also features in the Forbes Global list of world's 400 best big companies and in FT Global 500 list of world's largest companies.