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Spencer’s Retail opens store at iconic Park Street in Kolkata

By Nabamita Chatterjee | October 18, 2017

This is the 23rd Spencer’s Retail store in Kolkata and 126th store pan India. The store décor has an old-world charm with a specially designed colonial look and feel to complement the rich legacy and architecture of the iconic Park Street.

Spencer’s Retail recently announced opening of its much awaited 4,000 sq. ft. store at the colonial building Stephen Court, beside Flury’s at Park Street in Kolkata. This is the 23rd Spencer’s Retail store in Kolkata and 126th store pan India. Speaking about the launch, Shashwat Goenka, Sector Head – Retail at RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, said that with the addition of the new store at Park Street, Kolkata, Spencer’s Retail is looking to extend its unique shopping experience to the heart of the city in Park Street. According to Sashwat, Spencer’s has over the years, received overwhelming customer patronage from Kolkata and he is optimistic about the future of the newly launched Park Street store as well. He added that there are plans to further increase the number of stores in Kolkata with three new stores in pipeline for launch before the end of this year. The retail chain is already spread over 3.6 lakh square feet across West Bengal and garners a footfall of about 1.2 million on a per annum basis.

The highlight of the store is Spencer’s unique ‘Gourmet section’ in the new Park Street store which will house a considerable range of the exciting products such as cookies, sauces, chocolates and various cusine based products for Thai, Mexican and Continental food lovers. According to him, Spencer’s sources its authentic Gourmet product assortment from over 15 countries.

The click and brick retailer, last year also ventured into omni-channel retailing with the launch of its online shopping facility through their website. According to Goenka, the online retail arm of Spencer’s Retail has received tremendous response from the customers and is already a differentiator for them in the business. Currently, the online shopping facility is available in Kolkata, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Gaziabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Lucknow and Vishakapatnam. Currently, Spencer’s runs 126 stores including 39 large-format stores across 35 cities in India.

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