Sarvana Store, Ratna Fan House, Ramraj, and Joyalukkas are major retailers located in T. Nagar, Chennai. T. Nagar is known as the shopping district of Chennai and is home to over 185 textile shops and 65 jewelry stores spread over millions of square feet. It sees millions of visitors during weekends and festivals due to its variety of product options at competitive prices.

1. Sarvana Store
Sarvana Store
Ratna Fan House
Ramraj
Joyalukkas
Nalli

2. And they all are from one place

3. T.Nagar, Chennai

4. Thyagaraya Nagar ( T Nagar)
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5. Introduction
• Thyagaraya Nagar , better known by its abbreviated form T. Nagar, is the Heart
of Chennai, India.
• Though conceived as a residential locality, it is now one of the principal shopping
districts of the city.
• Thyagaraya Nagar was constructed between 1923 and 1925 by the Madras
Presidency government of the Raja of Panagal .
• The area was named after Justice Party leader Sir P. Theagaraya Chetty.
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6. T .Nagar “ Open Mall “ of 800 meter radius
• 185 + Textile / Garments Shops spread over 5.5 lakh sq.ft.
• 65 +Jewellery Stores spread over 2.5 lakh sq.ft
• Every year, at least 50,000 sq. ft. of retail space is being added
• Footfalls
– More then 5 L during normal weekday
– More then 2 million during weekends
– 10 Million + during Diwali and other major festivals
• During the festival season, sales in big textile retail shops crosses
Rs 1.5 crore in a day

7. T.Nagar then and Now

8. T Nagar Snapshot on Weekends

9. T Nagar in pictures

10. Retailers In T NAGAR
Tanishq
Nalli The Chennai Silks
Kalanikatan
Pothys Raymonds
Naidu Halls
Prince Jewellery
Mustafa Jewelers Wood Lands
Saravana Stores
John Players Kerala Jewellers
Mega Mart
Adyar Ananda Bhavan Malabar Jewellers
RMKV
GRT Shahs Viveks Vansanth & Co
Saravana Jewellers Jeychandran Textiles
Bata OKJ Yamaha
Titan Khazana
Joyalukas Sri Kumaran Stoers
VIP
ZIMPSON Max Croma
WITCO Ratna Fan House
Metro Shoes Textile India

11. Geography
• Thyagaraya Nagar is located about 10 km from the Chennai Airport and 8 km
from Chennai Central. It is well connected by local train and bus services.

12. Economy
• T Nagar is one of the busiest shopping districts of Chennai.
• T Nagar contributes to about 70 to 80 percent of the gold sold in Chennai, the
most important gold market in South India
• Though T.Nagar sells literally everything from jumbo flat-panel TVs to
handkerchiefs, the area is better known for apparel and jewellery
• Usman Road is the costliest commercial stretch in Chennai. As of 2006, the real
estate prices were 11,500 per sqft and currently estimated @14,000 per sqft
• In 1930, T Nagar Social Club registered its 14 grounds of land for mere Rs 200
per ground. Today, the same property is worth Rs 8 crore to Rs 10 crore per
ground (one ground is 2,400 sqft)

13. Economy
“This ‘Golden Furlong’, dubbed so because of the scores of
jewellery stores on the street, could well be generating
revenues of Rs 10,000 crore a year, says the owner of a
prominent retail chain on this street, who does not wish to
be quoted. “It’s a very conservative estimate,” adds
another”
“What the cashier at one of the multi-level apparel retail
stores on this stretch says of a day’s sales. After minutes of
cajoling, Mr Subramani (name changed), says, “It was a little
over Rs 84 lakh, and that’s only credit-card transactions.”

14. Why Consumers choose T Nagar
• Biggest shopping area in Chennai for over 50 years
• Public connectivity of more than 95 bus routes
• Proximity to Mambalam Station
• Cheaper than other shopping areas
• Bargain satisfaction
• Something for everyone
• Thousands of varieties
• Hundreds of shops for same product category
• Thousands of offer on all goods even on Gold Jewels and Diamonds
• Easy access to food/water/tea/soft drink thanks to innumerable eateries
• Most of the national and international brands are at one place

15. Government’s contribution
• Since the government knows well that T.Nagar is the preferred destination during
any celebration/festival , police and traffic police are always on high alert.
• The flyover of around 1.5 km length to ease traffic congestion at the busy
Panagal Park junction and also along Usman Road, Venkatnarayana Road and
Thyagaraya Road. The total project cost is about Rs 19.8 crore.
• The Chennai Corporation Council has passed a resolution approving a 25 crore
project to build a multi-level parking facility on Bashyam Road.
• Chennai city bus transport corporation MTC operates 74 routes, 359 services and
4,380 trips everyday from the T.Nagar bus terminus.
• An additional eight routes, 23 services and 124 trips are operated during the
festival season every year.

16. Some of the giants in T Nagar

17. Saravana Store
• The biggest family-owned retailer in India.
• Offers utensils, clothes, FMCG, gold, and home provisions.
• Business mantra is to make Sarvana Store as the shopping place where ‘prices
are the lowest in town.' They have managed to maintain this since 1970 when
the family started with a single stainless steel shop on Ranganathan Street,
T Nagar, in Chennai.
• Today Saravana Stores has 61 outlets.
• Kishore Biyani, founder of the Future Group that manages Big Bazaar, has said
in his autobiography that his inspiration to start his retail venture was
Saravana Stores.
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18. The Chennai Silks Group
• Leading textile chain, the Chennai Silks Group, has ventured into Jewellery
business,
• Turnover stood at Rs 800 crore at the end of 2011-12 fiscal.
• Plans to open four new jewellery showrooms by April 2013 in Madurai, Vellore,
Udhagamandalam and Tuticorin