Indore is known as "The Commercial Capital" of the state. Trade & Commerce at Indore has a close resemblence with Mumbai. Being well connected to Mumbai by Rail/Road/Air every business trend be it new fashion , technology or just the business culture, comes in very fast to Indore. Hence sometimes also called "Mini-Bombay".Apart from having big shops & showrooms of all the national & international brands (Company outlets), a big cloth market industry has flourished at Indore. Indore is also known for its leather toys and Maheshwari & Chanderi are some very interesting ornate sarees and brocades to offer. There is a lot of zari work coming out of Madhya Pradesh, and the Maheshwari sarees have particularly gained in popularity of late. Besides the fabrics, there is a variety of local carving crafts to choose from. For shopping in Indore there are main places as under.
- MT Cloth Market for Clothings specially in wholesale
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- Sitlamata Bazar for retail clothings and sarees
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- Kothari Market, A paush market with all big showrooms like Louis Phillipe, Raymond, Bombay Dying etc.
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- Topkhana having big showrooms for readymade garments like Agrawal stores, and Fantasy a big and popular backery shop
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- Heritage Market, Palasia for big Show rooms loke Nike, Lee, Arrow, Van Husain, Allen Solly, Grasim, Woodlands etc.
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- GLOBUS, A huge departmental store by Raheja's on MG Road
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- M.T.H. Compound, a big Electronic home appliances market.
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- Card Galleries like Archies at Palasia and Hallmark near Madhumilan cinema
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- R.N.T. Marg for Big Departmental stores like Avani, Sanskar Dress materials,
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- Bada & Chota Sarafa Market near rajbada for All kind of jewellery, delicious sweets,chaat, namekeen shops.
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- Readymade garments (Moolchand) market specially for children (manu./ retail.) near Rajbada.
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- Siyaganj, A whole sale market for hardwares , paints and food items. This area is having branches of almost all the banks.
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- Dawa Bazar, A huge market for medicines & medical products opp..M.Y. Hospital.
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- Raymond Retail shops at AB road near palasia, at MG road near gandhi hall, at Tower chouraha khatiwala tank
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- Jail Road, A place mainly for Electrical items & Tailors
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- Jawahar Marg, A big road with wooden & steel Furniture shops.
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- Marothia Bazar : Shops for art & craft , grosseries.
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- Bartan Bazar for Utensils
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- Chhawni : Anaj Mandi , small departmental stores, sweets, Namkeen shops.
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- Loha Mandi : for building material
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- LOTUS : Sapna Sangeeta Road, Palasia. A big departmental store for electronic household goods.
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- PAKEEZA at Regal Square & MT Cloth Market : A huge showroom for readymade garments , dress material & other textile items.
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- Khajuri Bazar : A big market for all types of Books , stationery items.
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- 56 Shops : A popular area for 'chaat' , sweets , 'lassi/jiuce' , big showrooms of Titan, HCL, Internet Parlours.
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