Globus Stores Private Limited is a retail clothing store chain, based in

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. It is part of the Rajan Raheja Group. As of June 2021, the chain has more than 35 locations in 22 cities in India.(4 April 2012)
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, ''IndiaRetailing.com'' Globus was founded in January 1998. Its first location (at 35,000 square foot store) opened in

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in June 1999, followed by two locations in

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. 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
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'' 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)
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'' 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.

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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

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, which was 111 feet tall. it has chains in Kanpur, Pune, Lucknow, Mumbai, etc.

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