Budget
M.G. Road.
Any items such as shoes, clothing, pots, pans, electronics, stationary, furniture, kitchen sinks etc. can be found at mahatma gandhi road, known to locals simply as m.g. road.
Laxmi Road.
A very huge market selling gold jewelry and clothes.
Hongkong Lane.
Located in deccan near the garware bridge,the lane has a blink-and-you-will-miss-it entrance. you will be surprised to find all that this tiny lane has to offer, including some very good bargains on bags,clothes,accessories,books and footwear.
Vishram Baug Wada
There is a shop inside vishram baug wada where you get variety of decorative as well as daily use items. the highlight of this shop is all the goods are created by small groups of women mahila bachat gata. most of the items are handmade and exclusive variety. we must support such groups of women who are fighting against all odds to become independent.
All the places listed here are places where you can bargain hard and get some good stuff off the pavement for rock-bottom prices.
Tulshi Baug.
Located on the bajirao road, near maharashtra bank. it is a must visit and also a favourite middle-class family market. very cheap ladies garments, footwear and other items required for daily use are available at low prices.
Fashion Street.
Located in the pune camp area near m.g. road. a special market where you can easily bargain your way to lots of inexpensive readymade garments, footwear, leather items and fashion accessories.
Juna Bazar.
Located near the pune railway station en route to the pune municipal corporation. the market is held every wednesday and sunday on the street. it is sort of a flea market and you could get your hands on a variety of interesting objects for throw-away prices including old rare coins, gramophone records and other such unique paraphernalia.
Koregaon Park
One of the several boutiques on north main road and its by lanes in koregaon park. these are small exclusive boutiques and have a good collection, so expect to pay for your clothes, but you may find the occasional great bargain.
Books
Popular Book Shop
Deccan gymkhana.
Puneites are crazy about books. This shows in the number of excellent bookshops scattered throughout the city. The area known as 'Appa Balwant Chowk' is famous for various big and small book shops. Some of them specialize in special subjects like Law books,management books,religious books,computer books,music books etc.
Birds of Pune available from Centre for Environment Education (http://government.wikia.c...) and Kalpavriksh (http://www.kalpavriksh.org)
The Crossword
Chain of bookshops has 8 branches in pune.
The WORD bookshop
Boottee st, camp.
Book World
Basement, sagar arcade, fc road.
Book Space
593, ganesh peth.
Manney's Book Centre
Molendina rd, pune camp area.
Utkarsh Book Depot
Deccan gymkhana, near garware bridge.
Laxminarayan Best Chiwda they are famous for their Rice flakes Chiwda, Cornflakes Chiwda, Potato chiwda, Chitales's Bakarwadi and Mango Barfi.
Pune is a city where you will find an excellent range of streetside shops as well as a few outstanding malls. Pune is a good place to pick up some Indian slippers made of rubber. Kolhapuri chappals can also be bought off the pavement. They tend to be soft and comfortable, and are manufactured in the Maharashtrian town of Kolhapur a few hundred miles south of Pune.
electronics
Pune is a technology hub and is home to IT/ITES/BPO professionals. Pune also has one of the highest densities of Engineers and Management graduates pursuing studies. Sony World, House of Laptops, Croma are electronics chains dishing out the goodies.