The Chennai Silks
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1962 |
Founder | Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar |
Headquarters | Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Key people | TK Chandiran, K Manickam, K Sivalingam, P K Arumugam, K Nandhagopal, K Vinayagam, K Paramasivam |
Products | Textiles, ready-mades, silk sarees |
Number of employees | 52000 |
Parent | SCM Group |
Website | www |
The Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in South India.[1][2]
History[]
Its founder Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar.He was lived in the village near avinashi. entered the business in 1962.[3] However its first textile shop was started in Tirupur in 1991 as 'Kumaran silks' with his hard work, later renamed as 'The Chennai Silks' in 2001. They also export clothes for chain stores in the United States and Europe including Decathlon, Carrefour, TESCO and Hanes.[4]
Locations[]
The largest textile kingdom in Tamil Nadu, The Chennai Silks has proven to be a shopper's delight for generations of families. It has a widespread reach with sprawling showrooms across India.
List of Branches |
S.No | Branch | Opening Date |
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1 | Tiruppur | 12-Sep-1991 |
2 | Coimbatore 1-Oppanakara Street | 16-Sep-1996 |
3 | Erode | 01-Sep-2000 |
4 | Chennai | 21-Aug-2001 |
5 | Trichy | 23-Oct-2004 |
6 | Coimbatore 2-Oppanakara Street | 24-Oct-2007 |
7 | Coimbatore 3-Cross Cut Road | 04-Sep-2008 |
8 | Karur | 04-Sep-2008 |
9 | Kochi | 06-July-2009 |
10 | Tirunelveli | 01-Sep-2011 |
11 | Vellore | 30-Sep-2013 |
12 | Salem | 14-Oct-2013 |
13 | Villupuram | 27-Aug-2014 |
14 | Hosur | 12-Sep-2014 |
15 | Velachery | 25-Sep-2014 |
16 | Madurai | 16-Sep-2015 |
17 | Chittor | 30-Sep-2016 |
18 | Tuticorin | 23-Aug-2017 |
19 | Kumbakonam | 24-Aug-2017 |
20 | Dindigul | 01-Oct-2017 |
21 | Thiruvallur | 04-Sep-2017 |
22 | Hyderabad | 15-Sep-2017 |
23 | Thanjavur | 21-Jan-2018 |
24 | Chrompet | 19-Feb-2018 |
25 | Mehdipatnam | 03-Jun-2018 |
26 | Puducherry | 23-Oct-2020 |
27 | Pudukkottai | 02-Aug-2021 |
Records[]
In 2007, a Guinness world record - "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks.[5] It was worth about $100,021; £50,679 (WORTH ₹41 LAKHS) and features reproductions of 11 famous paintings by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The main image is a reproduction of Varma's famous 'Galaxy of Musicians'. It took around 4760 man-hours to complete the design.
References[]
- ^ "The Chennai Silks to expand". The Hindu Business Line. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ "The Chennai Silks to open showroom in Kerala". The Hindu Business Line. 4 July 2009.
- ^ http://www.scmgroups.com/about.php
- ^ Venkatesan, Rjytytytyrtadha (18 December 2008). "Tirupur feels the meltdown pinch". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ "The most expensive silk saree". 2008.
External links[]
- Retailing
- Companies based in Tiruppur
- 1962 establishments in Madras State
- Indian companies established in 1962
- World record holders