Titan Industries, which has established its mark in the watches and jewellery industry, is now keen to make its presence felt in the prescription eyewear business, which is the latest venture of the company.

Titan Industries will open more than 100 retail centres under the brand Titan Eye + in the next five years.

Talking to Business Standard, Regional Sales Manager (North) Krishna Aggarwal said Titan Eye + had opened four retail centres in Bangalore and one each in Chennai, Hyderabad and Nagpur.

"The response the company got in these places was excellent and so the company is planning to open more such stores in the country," Krishna said.

Commenting on the northern region, he said Titan Eye + stores would come up in Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Lucknow this year.

Meanwhile, Krishna Aggarwal also announced launching the new watch collection by Titan named Octane.

The watches, in 35 different styles, have been priced at Rs 5,000-7,500.

Krishna said the company would open another 103 retail centres of Titan Watches in the country by the end of June, taking the total to 333.

Also 12 new retail centres of Titan will be opened in North India this year.