Pepe Jeans opens three upgraded Bengaluru stores, targets 100 more outlets in 18 months
Pepe Jeans London has opened three upgraded stores in Bengaluru and says it plans to add 100 outlets across India over the next 18 months. The apparel brand currently operates more than 200 stores nationwide.
The opening
Pepe Jeans London opened three upgraded stores in Bengaluru on September 25 and plans to add another 100 outlets across India over the next 18 months. The brand operates more than 200 stores nationwide.
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Store and format facts
- three
- September 25
- 100 feet
- 200
- 100
- 18 months
- 1973
What it means for the format
Pepe Jeans’ aggressive India footprint build-out could increase its appeal as a distribution, real-estate or retail-partnership target while raising competitive pressure on apparel brands seeking premium mall locations.
Next on the rollout
- Announcement of franchise-partner appointments, new mall lease signings or city-by-city opening calendars.
- Quarterly count of net new stores versus the roughly 5-6 openings per month needed to achieve 100 additions in 18 months.
- Evidence that upgraded Bengaluru stores deliver higher conversion, average transaction value, repeat visits or sales per square foot.
- Store-format mix: standalone outlets versus mall stores, shop-in-shops and franchise locations.
- Changes in discount intensity, inventory clearance activity and gross-margin commentary across India’s denim and casualwear market.
- Competitor expansion by Levi’s, Jack & Jones, United Colors of Benetton, Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop and value-fashion chains.
- Sign franchise and lease agreements in additional Bengaluru micro-markets, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi NCR and fast-growing tier-2 cities.
- Convert selected legacy stores into upgraded experiential formats with broader denim, casualwear and accessory assortments.
- Increase mall-led promotions, localized digital campaigns and loyalty/customer-data capture to drive traffic to new locations.
- Expand supply-chain capacity, regional replenishment and merchandise planning to support a materially larger store network.
- Use shop-in-shop, multi-brand and smaller-format stores where standalone mall economics are unattractive.
The counter-case
The Bengaluru openings are upgrades rather than net-new locations, so they provide limited evidence of incremental demand. Adding 100 outlets in 18 months would be an aggressive expansion pace relative to an existing base of 200-plus stores and could create cannibalization, raise occupancy and staffing costs, and dilute store-level economics if executed through lower-quality sites or franchise partners.