Kishore Biyani wants to play the core game

He plans to sell and merge Zone with Big Bazaar

The latest plans of Kishore Biyani to sell and merge Zone with Big Bazaar is a continuance of his strategy of shedding the flab and focusing on the core business, say sources close to him.

A person who has closely worked with him said while Biyani sold Pantaloons and Future Capital to pare his debt, he wants to now focus on his core business of food and fashion.

"Earlier he had to be ruthless to sell even a profit making Pantaloons to Birla, now he has to sell Home Town to be competitive and preserve cash," the executive said.

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