Kishore Biyani is 'International Retailer of the Year'

New Delhi, Jan 18: Pantaloon Retail Managing Director Kishore Biyani has been honoured as the 'International Retailer of the Year' by National Retail Federation (NRF) of the United States.

NRF, the world's largest retail trade association, gave away the award at its 96th Annual Convention and Expo held at the Jacob Javits Convention Centre, New York.

The award has been given for the company's ''creative genius, inspirational leadership and distinguished service to the retail industry'', the association said in a statement.

''It would have been more appropriate if we (India) had got the award after global retailers have stepped into India,'' Mr Biyani said.

The previous recipients of this award are Metro AG (Germany), Carrefour (France), Ito Tokada Group (Japan), Zara (Spain) and Boticario (Brazil).

UNI