Khadim India Limited, doing business as Khadim's, is an Indian multinational footwear company based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is involved in the manufacture and retail of footwear products and accessories, primarily in eastern and southern parts of India.

Khadim India Limited
Company typePublic
NSEKHADIM
BSE540775
IndustryFootwear
Founded1981
FounderSatya Prasad Roy Burman[1]
Headquarters,
India
Key people
  • Siddhartha Roy Burman
    (Chairman and MD)[2]
Number of employees
3000
Websitewww.khadims.com

Khadim's traces its roots to KM Khadim & Company, a footwear store in Chitpur, Kolkata, which was acquired by Satya Prasad Roy Burman in 1965. Khadim's was incorporated in 1981 and remained a wholesale business until 1993 when it opened its first retail store in Kolkata. The company expanded operations in east and northeast India, before opening its first store in south India in 2000.[3][4][5] At the time of its initial public offer in 2017, the company had 853 retail stores,[6] and ranked second on the list of footwear companies by number of store locations in India.[7][8] It has two manufacturing locations, in Kolkata and Kanpur.[6]

In 2019, Khadim's established a wholly owned subsidiary in Bangladesh called Khadim Shoe Bangladesh Limited.[9]

In 2022, Khadim India Limited onboarded cricketer Shardul Thakur as brand ambassador.[10]

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  1. ^ "Khadim India: Taking Steps Towards A National Presence". Forbes India. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Khadim India Ltd - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ Basu, Sreeradha D. "Khadim's establishing a firm footprint in the market". The Economic Times. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Khadim's founder dead". Business Standard India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. ^ Raghunathan, Anu. "Footwear Retailer Khadim's Focuses On 'Affordable Fashion'". Forbes. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Khadims to maintain asset light strategy". Outlook. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  7. ^ "From the house of Khadim's: A shoe for Mr. Biswas!". Economic Times. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Khadim to premiumise sub-brands to spur growth, margins". Economic Times. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Khadim India stock up 15 per cent on opening of unit in Bangladesh". The Indian Express. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Khadim ropes in Shardul Thakur as the face of the brand". Financial Express. Retrieved 23 February 2023.