Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Introduction


8 ELEVEN Group deals with Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in Thimphu Bhutan. It has a total of three outlets. One of them is a Super Market with a floor size of 9000 sq ft. The Group has a base in Phuentsholing (Gate Way To Bhutan). The base in Phuentsholing is responsible to receive imported goods from India and the third countries. For eg they receive goods from Thailand, Singapore besides India. They receive the goods, clear and dispatch to Thimphu. The base has a light vehicle and truck for their routine work.
The formation of group started in 02 Oct 2006 with the first retail shop at Changlam. The second shop was started in 2009 and the Super Market in Jan 2011. The three shops are as under:
8 ELEVEN GROCERY:It is a retail store located at Chang Lam adjacent to The Zone. Has two way road and very good parking space. The store is 1200 sq ft in size and open 9 AM to 9 PM all days. The store is a one stop shop for the grocery items. The store has about 9000 inventories. It has computerized billing system with two POS. The store was opened in 2002. Contact no 00975-02-333007.
8 ELEVEN:It is a whole sale store located at Changlam adjacent to hotel Wangchuk. It has computerized billing system. It is open at 9 am in the morning and till 8 pm in the evening. It has a ware house of 5000 sq ft at Motithang from where the door service is organized. The store was opened in 2009. As of now we have got distributorship of Tiger Beer from Singapore, Hindustan Uniliver Ltd from India and Himalaya cosmetics from India. We have been promised distributorship from Colgate Palmolive and Garnier Loreal from India in February 2012. The store has three marketing vehicles and one truck. Contact No 00975-2- 339902.
8 ELEVEN EXPRESS:It is a super market opened in January 2011. It has a space of more than 9000 sq ft which boasts of more than 10000 inventory. We work on continuous basis to increase our inventory by taking feed back from our clients and going online and carrying
out research. When we started our retail store in 2006 our inventory was only 600. From there we have grown to 10000 today. As per the inventory we are organized to take on the requirements of hoteliers, bakers, marriage ceremonies, big events and homes. The
super market has huge parking space. In February 2012 we are likely to have the road going through the City Corporation Office which will facilitate movement of traffic through our outlet thus increasing the foot falls in our super market. Besides grocery we also have house
hold items like stationary, utensils, pots and pans, under garments, blankets, bed sheets, toys etc. The goods are displayed item wise in racks imported from international market and the floor is done so well and it will not stand second to any international super markets in
ambiance backed by soft music all the time. Shoppers enjoy shopping in the super market. It has four POSs with computerized billing system.