Easy Bill to increase outlets to 20k by 2012-end

Hero Group-promoted Easy Bill today said it will increase its retail outlets by over three times to over 20,000 by the end of 2012.

The company, through which provides a one-stop shop for paying pay telephone, general insurance or credit card bills, has at present over 6,000 retail outlets across 70 locations in the country.

It is now planning to get into move ticketing business by rolling out the service in South India next month.
    
"We are going at a rate of adding nearly 500 outlets in a month, which is further going to increase. So, achieving a target of 20,000 retail outlets in the next two years won't be a problem," Easy Bill Limited MD Rahul Munjal told PTI.
    
The company, which started its operations in 2003, plans to roll out facility to buy movie tickets from its outlets from November.
    
The firm, which charges a fee of Rs 5 per bill and around Rs 10-15 for each credit card from customers, said it plans to roll out the move ticketing service in South India and then launch it in northern parts of the country.
   
"As the southern part of the country has more density of cinema halls, we will roll out the ticketing facility from there in the next one month," Munjal said.
    
The company gives its easy bill franchise to retailers who wants to add some extra money to already established business.
    
"Anybody with an established business can be our retailer. We have people like grocery shop owners, chemists working as our retailers," Munjal said.
    
In order to train retailers, the company has employed a 100-people strong team, responsible for maintaining and training retailers across the country.