The Chennai Silks
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder | Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar |
Area served | Southern India |
Key people |
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| Products | Textiles, ready-made, silk sarees |
Number of employees | 50000 |
| Parent | SCM Group |
| Website | www |
The Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in South India.[1][2]
History[edit]
Its founder Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar, who was living in a village near Avinashi, entered the business in 1962.[3] However its first textile shop was started in Tirupur in 1991 as "Kumaran Silks" 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[edit]
It is the largest textile chain in Tamil Nadu.
| S.No | Branch | Opening Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiruppur | 12-Sep-1991 |
| 2 | Coimbatore 1-Oppanakara Street | 16-Sep-1996 |
| 3 | Erode | 01-Sep-2000 |
| 4 | Chennai | 21-Aug-2001 |
| 5 | Thiruchirappalli | 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 | Chittoor | 30-Sep-2016 |
| 18 | Thoothukudi | 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[edit]
In 2007, a Guinness world record - "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks.[5][dead link] 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 Raja Ravi Varma's Galaxy of Musicians. It took around 4760 hours to complete the design.
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Soft Silk".
- ^ Venkatesan, Radha (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.
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