But that's not it for Miniso in India.
That explains Miniso's attempt to achieve scale quickly.”.
We're standing inside a Miniso store, the pseudo-Japanese low-cost variety retail
brand that's mushrooming all over India.
Miniso has only four stores in Japan but more than 1,100 in China,
as confirmed by Liu.
Miniso is modelled on the concept of dollar stores,
a market that has largely remained untapped in India.
Multiple news reports, including one on the official website of Miniso says that it is based in Guangzhou.
Miniso identifies itself as a Japanese designer brand, with two
co-founders- Japanese designer Miyake Junya and Chinese entrepreneur Ye Guofo.
Despite claiming to be a Japanese brand,
it is an open secret that Miniso, in fact, is a Chinese company.
Going by the company's claim of Rs 700 crore, Miniso would have had to earn Rs 679 crore(
$96.2 million) in the five months till August 2018.
According to the RoC filings of Miniso's India entity,
sourced from Tofler, the company made Rs 21 crore($2.9 million) in revenue between 22 June 2017(incorporation date) and 31 March 2018.
The plan is to“make Miniso a successful convenience store in India,” said Liu,
adding that India has already become one of Miniso's top five markets by earning Rs 700 crore in just one year.
Miniso may have competition in India in chains like Market99
and Muji or category leaders, but the company is gaining a foothold in India on the back of pricing and its pace of expansion.