Westside, the flagship store of Tata Group’s retail arm Trent, has opened its 100th store in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The firm is ahead of its peers like Shoppers Stop, which has around 83 stores and Lifestyle International with 56 stores in the country.
Started in 1998, Trent had only Westside stores till 2004. Subsequently, the company entered into hypermarket business and opened Star Bazaar. At present, Westside has 1.86 million sq ft of space in the country with net sales of R8,623 per sq ft. It operates three formats – Westside, Star Bazaar and Landmark.
