RDB Industries Limited works in the real estate. Its real estate business includes the development and construction of residential units and commercial complexes.

The company also makes and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Trent has 30 company-owned Wesbside stores in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Baroda, among other cities. The stores, which sell womenswear, menswear, kidswear and cutlery, range from 15,000 to 30,000 sq ft each in size.

The company plans to open nearly 30 stores under franchisee route in the next couple of years in smaller cities, such as Allahabad, Patna, Guwahati, Madurai, Aligarh and Jammu. The franchise-run stores will be half the size of the company-owned stores at 8,000 to 12,000 sq ft, a Wesbside release said.

Neeti Chopra, head of marketing, Trent, said, “The company will own stores in top 30 cities and open stores under the franchise route in the rest of the cities. The franchise route will help us to overcome the property challenge in these cities and scale up our operations quickly. We will also get the first mover advantage in these cities, which do not have much retail presence”.

Trent and franchise holders will share profits from the stores at an agreed percentage. The company is expecting Rs 6 crore to 10 crore sales per store from the franchise stores.