I recently read the “It Happened in
India” book. It is the story of Kishore
Biyani, the man who created Pantaloons, Big Bazaar,
Bangalore/Hyderabad Central, EZone, and much much more – effectively,
the one person who made retailing a roaring success in India and who
had envisioned it much before anyone else dared to even think about
it.
I had first known about the book when glancing over Ashish’s book
and so when I happened to see it in a book store, I had to buy it.
I was most surprised to see the price of just Rs.99. Later, I realized
that this was true to the philosophies behind all the businesses that
Kishore Biyani has built till now – “value for money”.
I have to admit that I found the first half of the book to be boring.
I mean listening to ten different people eulogizing Kishore Biyani can
get really tedious.
The second half gets really interesting – about how KB (that’s Kishore
Biyani for the rest of us) takes pride in doing things in an
India-centric manner and creating strategies that are derived from the