(T.E.T)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) will set up its own chain of multi-channel retail stores at its petrol pumps as the nation’s third-largest fuel retailer looks to give a push to non-fuel retailing. As part of this, HPCL has opened two more convenio stores under the brand name ‘HaPpyShop’, the company said in a statement. “The new HaPpyShop stores have been opened at the company’s Auto Care Centre, Bandra West in Mumbai and Millennium Retail Outlet in Visakhapatnam,” it said. The first retail store under the brand name HaPpyShop was opened at the company’s petrol pump at Nepean Sea Road in Mumbai in September 2021 and the store has been a huge hit among the residents of the locality. In addition, the online store at Madurai was also inaugurated marking the entry of HaPpyShop in purely online format also, the statement said.