Reliance terminates sub-lease of 950 Future stores
The Hindu
Last month, Reliance Retail had taken over store spaces for which the Future Group couldn't pay lease rent.
In a fresh twist in the fight to gain supremacy in the Indian retail market, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail has slapped notices on Future Retail for terminating sub-leases of 950 stores it had taken over previously.
In stock exchange filings, the Kishore Biyani-led debt-laded Future Group firms said they have been served notices to terminate the lease of 835 Future Retail stores and 112 Future Lifestyle stores.
Last month, Reliance Retail had taken over store spaces for which the Future Group couldn't pay lease rent. These were then sub-let to the Future Group for operation.
"The company has received certain termination notice(s) in respect of sub-leased properties from Reliance entities," Future Retail said in a stock exchange filing.
"So far notices have been received in respect of 342 large format stores (such as Big Bazaar, Fashion@ Big Bazaar (fbb)) and 493 small-format stores (such as Easyday and Heritage stores) of the company," it said.
Separately, Future Lifestyle Fashions said it has received termination notices for 34 'Central' stores and 78 'Brand Factory' stores.
"These stores have been historically contributing approx. 55 per cent to 65 per cent of retail revenue operations of the company. As of now, these stores are not operational for stock and inventory reconciliation," it said.
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