new delhi european shoemaker astormueller is charting a course to expand its retail footprint in india a country from where it has been sourcing for its global operations for nearly two decades india has a lot of young population they like fashion and the advantage for us is that we know the country well as we have been sourcing from here for long executive chairman tim mueller told toi in an interviewthe company which makes the bugatti and bagatt brand of shoes and currently runs three retail outlets in new delhi hyderabad and indore plans to scale its presence to the top 10 indian cities in 1218 months given indias size as a market and the scope it presents the firm has not placed any cap on its india investments the opportunity for us in india is big it should be the biggest market for us in the next five years theres no bar on the investment budget for the country said mueller for the brand which positions itself as bridge to luxury it should be fairly easy to establish a following for instance astormueller which has been retailing the shoe brands panindia through online platforms has already found takers in places like dhanbad and siliguri claims sandip kanti baksi coo retail india offline is expected to be a big part of our india sales going ahead we are targeting getting 75 of the sales via the offline channel the challenge here however is to find the right kind of real estate said muellerastormueller runs an office in bengaluru and employs some 500 people in the country we are building capacities in india and have a strong management here the country will also be a hub for managing other countries like the middle east said mueller