After agreement between the two companies early this year, the joint venture of Trent-Tesco has planned to open stores in January-February 2015 and stores will be located in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru. The stores signed are between 2000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft and for its large format Star Bazaar, mid format Star Market and small format Star Daily. Trent Hypermarkets’ current stores are in Maharashtra and Karnataka, and it plans to open three to five more in those states, Trent said in its annual report. Such forward move of the JV will offer a fresh business opportunity for the signage companies dealing in in-shop designs, displays and related activities.
