Big Bazaar

Big Bazaar Pvt., Ltd
	Big Bazaar logo
Type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	2001; 17 years ago;
Founder	Kishore Laxminarayan Biyani
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Number of locations	256 stores nationwide (August 24, 2017)
Area served	India
Key people	Kishore Laxminarayan Biyani (Founder); Sadashiv Nayak (President & CEO); Rakesh Biyani (Director);
Products	Electronics; Movies and music; Home and furniture; Home improvement; Clothing; Footwear; Jewellery; Toys; Health and beauty; Pet supplies; Sporting goods and fitness; Auto; Photo finishing; Craft supplies; Party supplies; Grocery;
Services	Future Pay;
Parent	Future Group
Website	bigbazaar.com

Big Bazaar is an Indian retail store that operates as a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. The retail chain was founded by Kishore Biyani under his parent organisation Future Group, which is known for having a significant prominence in Indian retail and fashion sectors. Big Bazaar is also the parent chain of Food Bazaar, Fashion at Big Bazaar (abbreviated as fbb) and eZone where at locations it houses all under one roof, while it is sister chain of retail outlets like Brand Factory, Home Town, Central, eZone, etc.

Founded in 2001, Big Bazaar is one of the oldest and largest hypermarkets chain^[7]^[8] of India, housing about 250+ stores in over 120 cities and towns across the country.^[9]

History

Big Bazaar was founded in 2001 by Kishore, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the parent company, the Future Group.

Popular Indian actress Asin and the then-Captain of Indian cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni have previously endorsed for the fashion vertical of Big Bazaar.^[10]

Controversy

A tribal girl from Tripura, Barkathal was mentally harassed of being theft by Big Bazaar, Agartala in front of many people which led the girl to commit suicide at her home. Many Youth wings are protesting in front of the mall in Agartala demanding justice.^[11]