LOTS to invest Rs 10 bn in 5 yrs, launch e-commerce platform in 3 weeks

LOTS Wholesale Solutions, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Thailand-based Siam Makro PCL, will invest Rs 10 billion over the next five years. The company, a part of $50-billion Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, opened its first store in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The company, which plans to take on Walmart and Metro Cash and Carry, will launch its e-commerce platform within three weeks.

LOTS plans to open 15 wholesale distribution stores in the next three years and follow the mixed model of leasing and buying commercial spaces for its stores and cold chain network. It will also lease farm land for growing