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LABEL Issue V offered to individual retailers. According to take advantage of the opening of Asia's the company, this concept would fetch more third-largest economy to foreign operators. shoppers in comparison to the traditional H&M, which plans to spend around 100 fashion street formats. The project aims at million on an initial 50 stores in India, establishing a setup where shoppers can received final approval in December from shop directly from up to 1 lakh varieties the Indian government to invest in the displayed by retailers. country. Lotte India to invest Rs 300 cr Interest in Haryana : Will manufacture Future Retail's profit snack Kishore and confectionery charges swallow Biyani's flagship company, Future Retail, has paid 99.09 per products Lotte India Corporation Ltd, a subsidiary of cent of its profit before interest and taxes Lotte Confectionery Company Ltd of Korea, (PBIT) as interest on its loans in the quarter will invest a sum of Rs 300 crore at IMT ending Rohtak in Haryana for manufacturing snack whatever it earned during the quarter went and confectionery products. into interest payment. The company said The proposed project will generate direct Future Retail paid an interest of Rs 149.3 and indirect employment for 700 people. crore on PBIT of Rs 150.6 in the quarter December 2013. This implies, ending December 31. Pizza restaurant chain Sbarro to close 155 outlets in North America Sbarro, the Italian restaurant chain that's a fixture in mall food courts, is closing 155 of Team its locations in North America. The move is part of a broader plan to boost financial performance management Wednesday. team, the The underperforming under a new company said closings company-owned affect stores and not franchise locations, Sbarro said. Ritika Bramhe Satyajit Gahana Anusha Vasa Kavita Peddinti Aseet Debata Ankit Mehta Harshit Bora Prerana Majumdar Hennes & Mauritz to open first store in India in 2014 Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) will open its first store in India this year. It is the world's second-biggest fashion retailer to 11 | P a g e