Renowned as the textile capital of South India, Coimbatore city has got more than 30,000 small, medium and large industries and Textile mills. It is the main shopping area for textiles and one could purchase different types of South Indian sarees like the Kanchipuram silk, Mysore silk etc. During festival seasons such as Deepavali, Pongal, and Aadi, almost all the shops offers great discounts.

Town Hall Area, located near to the Coimbatore railway station contains many shopping areas like Oppanakara Street, Raja Street and Big Bazaar Street. Oppanakara Street is a major shoppers paradise with big textiles shops such as Chennai Silks, Sree Ganapati Silks, and Crocodile Gallery. One could purchase accessories and jewels from the Raja Street.

Some of the other shopping areas are :
Sukravar Pettai - This Street, known for Coimbatore cotton and is good for handloom saris collection. Nalli, Poompuhar and Tansi textile shops have wonderful silk sari collection
100 Feet Road - One of the major textile showroom namely Kalyan silks known for silk saris is located here.
RS Puram (DB Road/CB Road): The well shopping and residential area of Coimbatore city, RS Puram has branded outlets such as Fabindia.
Gandhipuram (Cross Cut Road): Gandhipuram, another shopping region of the city has many known textile shops like Mahaveers, PSR, Shree Devi Textiles and Trouser Town.