Bharti Wal-Mart to open stores

Besides opening a store in Amritsar, Bharti Wal-Mart Pvt Ltd is exploring the possibility of opening wholesale, B2B and cash and carry retail stores in southern and western region of the country.

Another store is also expected to come up in Punjab by December.

''After north, the discussion is really south or west. We believe southern markets are much more growth oriented,'' vice-chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises, Rajan Bharti Mittal said at a press conference.

Ecosystem (in the south) is far better than the north when the company started operations there, he added. The company wants to be a pan-India company hence is concentrating on expansion.