SRIVATSA COTTEX PRIVATE LIMITED

Our shop is Number 2 in the Sampada Nagari building, which is right in Somwar Peth. This is an older part of the city and it has a long history of people trading goods. We deal mostly with cotton and textiles. The shop is at number 307 and it gets a bit cramped because we keep so much stock inside the room. Somwar Peth is always full of energy and the streets around here are quite narrow. You have to be really careful when the delivery vans are trying to back into the lane. We have been in this spot for a while now and we have seen the neighborhood change, but the textile business stays about the same. We spend most of our time counting the bales and talking to people who want to buy. It is a very simple business model for us. We buy the material, we store it, and then we sell it. The floor is just plain concrete and the shelves are made of wood. There is nothing fancy about it. Sometimes when it rains heavily, it becomes hard to move the cotton because we have to make sure it stays completely dry. We have a couple of guys who help us with all the loading and unloading. Most of our days are spent checking the quality of the cotton as it arrives. We like being in this part of town because everyone knows each other and it feels more like a community.