New store openings in India
New store openings in India: Apparel Group opens Carrefour's second India store at ANSA City Centre, Ghaziabad, spanning 2,000 sq m (16 Oct 2026). RetailIntel filed 818 stories on new store openings in India in the 90 days to 17 Oct 2026 (403 in the last 30 days). The names most often at the centre of these stories were PVR INOX (18), Carrefour (10) and Lemon Tree Hotels (10). Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi were the most-cited cities.
What is the latest on new store openings in India?
The most recent story, filed 16 Oct 2026: Audi India Plans 40 Showrooms by End-2027 as Luxury Car Sales Head for a Record 58,000 Units in 2026. Before that: Friyo opens frozen Greek yogurt and acai soft-serve bar in Bengaluru's Indiranagar (16 Oct 2026) and StayVista to double boutique hotels to 30 by end-FY27, targets 100+ within three years (16 Oct 2026).
Who features most in new store openings in India?
Counted by stories in the last 90 days where they are the main subject: PVR INOX (18 stories), Carrefour (10 stories), Lemon Tree Hotels (10 stories), Radisson Hotel Group (10 stories) and Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) (9 stories).
Which cities come up most in new store openings in India?
Mumbai (155 stories), Bengaluru (152 stories) and Delhi (100 stories), counted over the last 90 days.
Who reports on new store openings in India?
52 publishers in the last 90 days; the most frequent were The Hindu BusinessLine (85 stories), IMAGES Business of Fashion (72 stories) and ET Hospitality (55 stories). Every RetailIntel story links to the original report.
Most corroborated this month
- VinFast signs 50+ dealers across 15 states and UTs for its first e-motorcycle retail network in India
- Royal Enfield's Flying Flea opens four Hyderabad touchpoints, pricing the C6 electric motorcycle at Rs 2.79 lakh
- Banaraswala raises $2 Mn from Prax Impex to grow from 3 Delhi outlets to 50 by March 2027
- ASICS reaches 150 India stores with 1,508-square-foot Jaipur outlet at Pacific Mall
- IHCL signed 47 hotels in H1 FY2027 (to 30 September), taking portfolio to 670 with 280 in pipeline
- KIKO Milano opens Mumbai flagship at Jio World Drive, plans to double India footprint by end of 2026
- Adani Airport opens 80-room Swirl Transit Hotel at Navi Mumbai airport; 21-room Guwahati unit next
- Amazon Now doubles footprint to 120+ cities in two weeks ahead of October 8 Great Indian Festival sale
- Libas to open nine stores in five cities during Navratri, targets Rs 1,000 crore revenue in FY27
- IHG signs 130-key voco hotel in Vrindavan, set to open in Q1 2031
Signals in New store openings in India
- Nitori opened its second India store at Sky City Mall in Mumbai's Borivali on 8 October, its 1,093rd worldwide
- Libas to open nine stores in five cities during Navratri, targets Rs 1,000 crore revenue in FY27
- The Fern Hotels & Resorts opens 64-room Amritsar hotel, taking its North India operational count to 36
- UNIQLO opens first Thane store at Lake Shore, a roughly 18,000 sq ft outlet
- Omaxe signs MoU with Lemon Tree's Carnation Hotels for 10 hotels, 4,000 keys, about ₹4,000 crore
- ITC Hotels signs 104-key Welcomhotel in Manesar, expanding its NCR footprint under its asset-right strategy
- Apparel Group opens Carrefour's second India store at ANSA City Centre, Ghaziabad, spanning 2,000 sq m
- Rolls-Royce opens Chennai showroom with Bespoke atelier as younger buyers drive double-digit India growth
- Hotelivate-Savills: India's branded hotels to add 161,074 rooms in five years, nearly 80% outside tier-1 markets
- EBG Group plans 100+ Tarzan Jungle Cafes in three years, with first Hyderabad outlet by March 2027
- IHCL signs 215-key Gateway hotel in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar, taking its Uttar Pradesh portfolio to 64 hotels
- Sanatanam opens vegetarian restaurant in Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta present
- PPS Motors opens 25,400 sq ft Mahindra service centre in Saswad, Pune
- Domicil Sleep targets 50 experience stores in India over three years, mainly through franchises
- Banaraswala raises $2 Mn from Prax Impex to grow from 3 Delhi outlets to 50 by March 2027
- Rolls-Royce opens new Chennai showroom with Bespoke Commissioning Atelier, run by dealer KUN Exclusive
- Chor Bizarre opens in Jaipur at InterContinental Jaipur, 36 years after its first Delhi restaurant
- ITC Hotels signs 227-key Mementos resort in Karjat with Arihant Super Structures
- Ed-a-Mamma opens eight exclusive stores across seven cities in 2026, taking its India network to 12 outlets
- BYD India opens second Pune showroom in Baner, taking its network to 49 outlets across 40 cities
- Party Propz opens its first dedicated retail format at Reliance Smart in Bengaluru's Rajajinagar
- Lulu Group opens its first Chennai hypermarket, a 1 lakh sq ft store at Shenoy Nagar metro
- HEYDUDE opens its first India store at Countryside in Amritsar
- Sterling Holiday Resorts opens Leopard Haven Jawai, a 19-unit wilderness resort in Rajasthan
- Michelin India opens two Michelin Tyres & Services stores in Delhi, at Dwarka and Karol Bagh
- Lemon Tree Hotels signs 52-room Keys Select hotel in Bareilly, lifting Uttar Pradesh portfolio to 26 properties
- The Big Chill adds Cakery and Creamery next to its Brasserie at Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj
- DailyObjects raises $34.3 Mn Series C at ₹1,050 Cr valuation to build 150 EBOs over five years
- Merino Industries grows Studio Merino network to 250 outlets across 70+ cities in India
- Victoria's Secret opens first Jaipur store at Pacific Mall, taking its India network to 20 stores
- Läderach opens first India chocolaterie at Jio World Plaza, Mumbai, via Khimji Ramdas Group franchise
- Roseate Hotels opens Mithai by Roseate, an Indian dessert atelier and cafe, at Worldmark 6 in Aerocity
- Dilli Mithai Co. opens Punjabi Bagh outlet in Delhi, with mithai boxes starting at Rs 240
- Group 108's Grandthum opens first retail phase in Greater Noida West with Indriya, BlueStone and Blue Tokai
- Hilton debuts luxury LXR Hotels & Resorts in India with 226-room The Den Bengaluru
- Ben's Cookies opens seventh India store at Mumbai's Kala Ghoda, its first in South Mumbai
- KIKO Milano opens Mumbai flagship at Jio World Drive, plans to double India footprint by end of 2026
- Malabar Gold & Diamonds opens 1,734 sq ft showroom at Nexus Seawoods Mall, Navi Mumbai
- IHCL signed 47 hotels in H1 FY2027 (to 30 September), taking portfolio to 670 with 280 in pipeline
- Converse opens its first India factory outlet at Pacific Outlet Mall in South Delhi, with discounts of up to 70%
- River Mobility opens first international store in Kathmandu, plans 400+ India stores by March 2028
- Sayaji Hotels adds seven properties in April-August 2026, targets 140 hotels and 11,000 rooms by 2030
- IHCL opened Brij Tara in Ranthambore in October: a nine-acre resort with 17 villas, cottages and residences
- KISAH raises ₹35.9 Cr Series A led by Fireside Ventures, plans to grow from 12 stores to around 100
- UNIQLO reopened expanded Ambience Mall Gurugram store on 2 October as India's second Super Large Format outlet
- Royaloak Furniture opens 15,000 sq. ft. four-floor store in Bengaluru's Bommanahalli
- ASICS reaches 150 India stores with 1,508-square-foot Jaipur outlet at Pacific Mall
- Tesla opens Noida Experience Centre, taking its NCR sales network to three locations
- PNG Jewellers opens 81st store in Ayodhya, its fifth in Uttar Pradesh, and launches Ram Katha collection
- Bellona Hospitality targets 100 restaurants and Rs 600-650 crore revenue by FY30
- KIKO Milano to nearly double India stores to 19 by end-2026, eyes top 3-5 global market in five years
- Speciality Restaurants opens southern Italian restaurant Siciliana in Pune, led by chef Sabyasachi Gorai
- Tesla opens third NCR outlet with Noida experience centre at Skymark One, after Delhi and Gurugram
- De Beers plans 100 Forevermark stores in India by 2030, up from 10 today
- Monarch Networth sees Aditya Vision stores rising from ~210 to 318 by FY29E, sets Rs 720 target
- Tathastu Resorts expands Tathastu Pench to 84 rooms with 23 new keys, targeting corporate offsites and social events
- Bengaluru Cafe opens first Mumbai outlet on Juhu's Gul Mohar Road after eight years in its home city
- Faasos to open its first physical outlet at Pune's Aeromall on October 10