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Globus is a retail clothing store chain, based in Mumbai, India. Its part of the Rajan Raheja Group. As of April 2012, the chain has 35 locations in 22 cities in India.〔(4 April 2012). (Pune gets its third Globus store ), ''IndiaRetailing.com''〕 Globus was founded in January 1998. Its first location (at 35,000 square foot store) opened in Indore in June 1999, followed by two locations in Chennai. Its Mumbai flagship location opened in November 2001. By May 2008 the chain had expanded to 24 stores, and started a push to greatly expand the number of locations.〔Madaan, K.V.S. (Fundamentals Of Retailing ), p. 288 (2009)〕〔Lamba, A.J. (The Art Of Retailing ), p. 104-05 (2003)〕〔(1 November 2001). (Globus unveils in-house brand in Mumbai store ), ''The Hindu''〕 The chain has previously announced bold plans to expand to a much larger number of stores, such as 150. The chain was run by Ved Prakash Arya from its founding until March 2004.〔Sabarinath, M. (8 March 2004). (Globus chief Arya quits, is COO of Pantaloon ), ''The Economic Times''〕 Currently, it is run by Vinay Gajanan Nadkarni, who serves it as the Managing Director and CEO. Nadkarni, who took over from Arya in 2004, opened the 36th store in February 2013. Kareena Kapoor became the brand ambassador in 2008, and planned to launch her own clothing line with the store. In 2007, Globus created the world's largest Christmas stocking, which was 111 feet tall. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Globus (clothing retailer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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