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- Vishal Mega Mart Ltd. operates as one of India's leading offline-first diversified retail chains, offering apparel, general merchandise, and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) to middle- and lower-middle-income consumers through a network of hypermarkets and an e-commerce platform. The company retails a broad portfolio of products, including men's, women's, children's, and infants' apparel such as t-shirts, shirts, denim, athletic and leisure wear, nightwear, innerwear, western wear, formal wear, and ethnic wear; general merchandise encompassing home appliances, crockery and utensils, home furnishings, toys, stationery, travel products, footwear, electronics, and home essentials; and FMCG items like groceries and household products, sourced from both owned brands—19 of which generate over INR 1,000 million in annual sales—and third-party brands. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, it conducts operations across 414 cities in 28 states and 2 union territories, supported by 645 stores, a hub-and-spoke distribution model, and direct hyper-local delivery serving 6.77 million registered users via website and mobile app. In recent developments, the company listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange through an initial public offering in December 2024, expanded to 696 stores by adding 85 new outlets in FY25, forayed into quick commerce with two-hour express delivery, approved the grant of 40.25 lakh stock options to employees under its 2019 plan in November 2025, and saw promoters sell a 19.6% stake for INR 10,220 crore in June 2025.