Mr. Kamal Pareek
Store Manager of Pantaloon.

Tell us something about yourself?
My name is Kamal Pareek I am 40 years of age and a Commerce Graduate and at present am working for Pantaloon as the Store Manager.

Tell us something about this venture of yours?
Well Pantaloon is a part of Pantaloon Retails (I) Ltd. It is India's largest chain of stores. We cater to the needs of the entire family offerings good quality merchandises at affordable rates. We give our customers complete freedom and a good ambience, which is so essential for our shoppers. On an Average we have a customer entry of 750 to 1000 people on weekdays and about 1200 to 1500 on weekends.

Since from when are you involved into this business?
Business is in my blood. My father was a very successful businessman himself, and I too followed in his footsteps.

How do you manage your shop, as there is lots of competition in the business?
At present we have firmly placed ourselves as the market leader in Thane, and this hasn't been easy. We have tried our best to make the customer feel at home with us. We have organized events from time to time like children day festivals; we have fancy dress competition, drawing competition and dance competitions. We try to involve the customers with us. We recently celebrated Pantaloons birthday by cutting cakes. We also send invitations to our esteemed customer from time to time explaining about our schemes and our events. We have tried to position ourselves as a family store by catering to the needs of all age groups.

How satisfied are you in this business?
I am fully satisfied in this business. More so because we have established ourselves as the market leader in this highly competitive market

What is your future plans?
We are always on the look to bring new varieties for our customers and in the future too we would continue doing this. Our main aim is to give "VALUE FOR MONEY" to our customers.

Any message to Thaneites?
We have received excellent support from Thaneites. We look forward for their support in the same manner in the future too. I an behalf of Pantaloon promise every Thaneites, complete value for their hard earned money.

As told to Thaneweb.com