Essar Hypermart is a steel retail chain headquartered at Mumbai, India.
With its origins in India, Essar Steel sought to eliminate the role of intermediaries in the steel-buying process.
Since then, its network has grown to include smaller franchisees and the 100th Essar Hypermart opened in Ranchi in 2010.
[citation needed] Essar Hypermart is a part of the Essar Group – a multinational conglomerate in the sectors of Steel, Oil & Gas, Power, Communications, Shipping Ports & Logistics, Construction, and Mining & Minerals.
With operations in more than 20 countries across five continents, the Group employs 65,000 people, with revenues of US$15 billion.