Trent Limited (portmanteau of Tata Retail Enterprise) is an Indian retail company, which is part of the Tata Group and based in Mumbai. Started in 1998, Trent owns and operates fashion and lifestyle retail formats such as Westside, Zudio and Utsa. The company also runs retail chains like Star Bazaar and Zara through joint ventures.
History
In 1998, the Tatas sold off their 50% stake in Lakmé Cosmetics to Hindustan Lever for inr 2000000000, and created Trent with the proceeds from the sale. Simone Tata, the chairperson of Lakmé, went on to head Trent. The company began operations in 1998, after acquiring the only store of Littlewoods in Bangalore and renaming the store "Westside".[5]
Trent operated only Westside stores until 2004, when it opened its first Star Bazaar hypermarket in