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In-store media: Nimbler and more versatile than traditional advertising
Advertising is generally used as a type of sales pitch for products or services in the retail and private sectors. These days, retailers are adopting various means of advertising any product through print, broadcast, online, outdoor, etc...
Advertising is generally used as a type of sales pitch for products or services in the retail and private sectors. These days, retailers are adopting various means of advertising any product through print, broadcast, online, outdoor, etc...
Selling fashion affordably?
‘Fast Fashion’, the term that defines clothing collections which are based on the most recent fashion trends, are very much popular in the West. These trends are captured in designs and manufactured quickly to allow the mainstream consumer to take advantage of current clothing styles at an affordable price...
‘Fast Fashion’, the term that defines clothing collections which are based on the most recent fashion trends, are very much popular in the West. These trends are captured in designs and manufactured quickly to allow the mainstream consumer to take advantage of current clothing styles at an affordable price...
Survival of the fittest
By how much has the consumer’s pocket been impacted by the economic crisis? This is a question that has been troubling consumer goods manufacturers and retailers over the past few months. Thoughts on how to emerge...
By how much has the consumer’s pocket been impacted by the economic crisis? This is a question that has been troubling consumer goods manufacturers and retailers over the past few months. Thoughts on how to emerge...
For the love of the neighbourhood
While the Indian market is appealing to national and international majors as well as to manufacturers, well-entrenched neighbourhood general and speciality stores continue to pose challenges to modern retail companies. Transition appears quite complicated in the current situation, underscoring the maxim...
While the Indian market is appealing to national and international majors as well as to manufacturers, well-entrenched neighbourhood general and speciality stores continue to pose challenges to modern retail companies. Transition appears quite complicated in the current situation, underscoring the maxim...
The mystery of the shopper
The sustainability of any business depends – to a large degree — on loyal customers who come back again and again for more shopping and organised retail is not an exception to that. This is a part of strategic management where the retailer has to think on the pointers of his business model...
The sustainability of any business depends – to a large degree — on loyal customers who come back again and again for more shopping and organised retail is not an exception to that. This is a part of strategic management where the retailer has to think on the pointers of his business model...
Liberalising retail – the 'Right' expectation sans the 'Left'
The expectation is clear and so is the mandate. The new government has been vested with the power to form a stable government, especially so with no dependence on the Left party alliance. Thomas Varghese, CEO, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd. (ABRL) and also the chairman, CII National Committee, Retail, says...
The expectation is clear and so is the mandate. The new government has been vested with the power to form a stable government, especially so with no dependence on the Left party alliance. Thomas Varghese, CEO, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd. (ABRL) and also the chairman, CII National Committee, Retail, says...
Decoding consumer behaviour
As the Verdict 2009 brings India back to sanity, extinguishing the hate politics and evaporating the caste talk into thin air, the talk shows in which psephologists and journalists would pour out caste figures and percentages where all like to be appearing as an excel sheet ready at the click of a computer command...
As the Verdict 2009 brings India back to sanity, extinguishing the hate politics and evaporating the caste talk into thin air, the talk shows in which psephologists and journalists would pour out caste figures and percentages where all like to be appearing as an excel sheet ready at the click of a computer command...
Will a single nodal agency help Indian retail?
Estimated to grow at 13 per cent annually from USD 322 billion in 2006-07 to USD 590 billion in 2011-12, according ICRIER estimates, retail accounts for over 10 per cent of India’s GDP. Fuelled by increasing customer base, rising disposable income, changing lifestyles...
Estimated to grow at 13 per cent annually from USD 322 billion in 2006-07 to USD 590 billion in 2011-12, according ICRIER estimates, retail accounts for over 10 per cent of India’s GDP. Fuelled by increasing customer base, rising disposable income, changing lifestyles...
Discounted price equals discounted brand value?
Rakesh Kumar, a Delhi-based software engineer, is a happy man. Last week, he paid a visit to home town Agra and decided to pick up some apparel for his wife. Interestingly, he ended up shopping for self as well...
Rakesh Kumar, a Delhi-based software engineer, is a happy man. Last week, he paid a visit to home town Agra and decided to pick up some apparel for his wife. Interestingly, he ended up shopping for self as well...
What the arrival of SOA means for retail
PRIL (Polaris Retail Infotech Limited) in partnership with IBM, recently launched its integrated store management package, called 'Intellect Store.' The SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) infrastructure-based solution was long awaited in India...
PRIL (Polaris Retail Infotech Limited) in partnership with IBM, recently launched its integrated store management package, called 'Intellect Store.' The SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) infrastructure-based solution was long awaited in India...
E-retail — the future of a cash-crunched industry?
“Online shopping is not only more convenient for consumers with hectic lifestyles, but also gives a better deal for their money," says Veer Kaul CEO of Art d'nox, the premium stainless steel home décor chain from Jindal steel...
“Online shopping is not only more convenient for consumers with hectic lifestyles, but also gives a better deal for their money," says Veer Kaul CEO of Art d'nox, the premium stainless steel home décor chain from Jindal steel...
Painkiller strategies
ICICI Property Services unveils a new report that outlines some possible paths out of the tangle many Indian retailers and real estate companies find themselves in. The past year has been one of extreme turbulence...
ICICI Property Services unveils a new report that outlines some possible paths out of the tangle many Indian retailers and real estate companies find themselves in. The past year has been one of extreme turbulence...
Indian retail Q3 results’ takeaways
After most of the public listed retail companies disclosed their quarterly results for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, a slowdown...
After most of the public listed retail companies disclosed their quarterly results for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, a slowdown...
Netbook — Is small really beautiful?
India's climb on the growth chart is followed by it's successful tech-story. Technology, as they say, remains evolving. At no point of time, one can rest assured that s/he has the best of it. Innovation lies at the core of it. Computers: earlier desktop PCs...
India's climb on the growth chart is followed by it's successful tech-story. Technology, as they say, remains evolving. At no point of time, one can rest assured that s/he has the best of it. Innovation lies at the core of it. Computers: earlier desktop PCs...
Will December blockbusters score over economic and terror catastrophe?
The ripples of the economic crisis have reached Bollywood. Distributors are hesitant to pick up movies because they are wary of theatrical attendance while on the other side producers have delayed their projects, holding back releases...
The ripples of the economic crisis have reached Bollywood. Distributors are hesitant to pick up movies because they are wary of theatrical attendance while on the other side producers have delayed their projects, holding back releases...
Food industry ads in print media register 39 pc decline
The growing food processing industry is dependent to a large extent on advertising for its success. And advertising to the right target audience in case of food industry, ie women and children, is what most brands manufacturers and marketers...
The growing food processing industry is dependent to a large extent on advertising for its success. And advertising to the right target audience in case of food industry, ie women and children, is what most brands manufacturers and marketers...
Doing business : The gaming way
Solitaire on a PC, Mario on the Nintendo or Snake on an old Nokia cell phone, a person must have played one or the other format of video games at some point of time in his/her life. Underneath it all, every single person is a gamer...
Solitaire on a PC, Mario on the Nintendo or Snake on an old Nokia cell phone, a person must have played one or the other format of video games at some point of time in his/her life. Underneath it all, every single person is a gamer...
FDI in retail: The tussle carries on!
Retail sector in India is predominantly unorganised, having one of the highest density of retail outlets per capita in the world and lowest per capita retail space. Only 2 per cent of the Indian retail sector is organised while this has been...
Retail sector in India is predominantly unorganised, having one of the highest density of retail outlets per capita in the world and lowest per capita retail space. Only 2 per cent of the Indian retail sector is organised while this has been...
Challenges before the food ingredient sector
The Indian food ingredient industry has a big scope for growth, since India is an agro based country and has a huge base for raw materials required for this industry...
The Indian food ingredient industry has a big scope for growth, since India is an agro based country and has a huge base for raw materials required for this industry...
Current global economy scenario - similar to market crash of 1929
The main cause of the 1929 Great Depression was the expansion of liquidity in the 1920s that led to a credit-driven boom which was not sustainable. The American government's...
The main cause of the 1929 Great Depression was the expansion of liquidity in the 1920s that led to a credit-driven boom which was not sustainable. The American government's...
India imports more products from China to fight inflation
Indian importers are looking to Chinese manufacturers more and more to fight rising costs, according to dual surveys released by trade publisher and trade show organiser Global Sources. The surveys, conducted in July and August, tracked...
Indian importers are looking to Chinese manufacturers more and more to fight rising costs, according to dual surveys released by trade publisher and trade show organiser Global Sources. The surveys, conducted in July and August, tracked...
First class prospectus for second rung cities
Small is really big. The real growth in Indian retail seems poised to come from some of the so called second rung of cities, beyond the four metros and other megacities. Consider this: Surat, Kanpur, Jaipur, Lucknow...
Small is really big. The real growth in Indian retail seems poised to come from some of the so called second rung of cities, beyond the four metros and other megacities. Consider this: Surat, Kanpur, Jaipur, Lucknow...
Retailwire: Checkout Time Limit around Four Minutes
A survey from M/A/R/C Research found that four out of five shoppers are satisfied with wait times at stores in most cases. But it also found that 10 per cent were exasperated enough to leave a checkout line if the wait becomes too lengthy...
A survey from M/A/R/C Research found that four out of five shoppers are satisfied with wait times at stores in most cases. But it also found that 10 per cent were exasperated enough to leave a checkout line if the wait becomes too lengthy...
Chhattisgarh, a new definition of growth and success
Born on November 1, 2001, Chhattisgarh, a 21st Century State is the richest State in mineral resources. Good governance is the highest priority in this fast track state, thanks to the State Executive. There is both policy stability as well...
Born on November 1, 2001, Chhattisgarh, a 21st Century State is the richest State in mineral resources. Good governance is the highest priority in this fast track state, thanks to the State Executive. There is both policy stability as well...
» Retailwire: 2007: Shades of Retailing Green
The weak dollar makes the United States a good place to shop for foreign consumers, and now those that don't have the time or resources to jet over can buy from American retailers that are opening up their online operations...
The weak dollar makes the United States a good place to shop for foreign consumers, and now those that don't have the time or resources to jet over can buy from American retailers that are opening up their online operations...
Experience Vs Convenience, as the retail melee goes
This is India(ns) talking. Where, once upon a time, anything to everything could, would, and had to be bought from the nearest kirana shop (mom-and-pop store) - the same shop wherefrom our grandfathers went to buy...
This is India(ns) talking. Where, once upon a time, anything to everything could, would, and had to be bought from the nearest kirana shop (mom-and-pop store) - the same shop wherefrom our grandfathers went to buy...
Retailwire: Of Sense and Sentimentality in Store VM
Visual merchandising has taken a turn for the comfortable this holiday season as stores attempt to help put shoppers more at ease and into a state where they'll be more likely to spend their money.
Visual merchandising has taken a turn for the comfortable this holiday season as stores attempt to help put shoppers more at ease and into a state where they'll be more likely to spend their money.
Retailwire: Study Predicts Major Share Gain for Store Brands
A McKinsey & Co. study presented at the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) Annual Conference in Chicago revealed that $55 billion in annual sales could shift...
A McKinsey & Co. study presented at the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) Annual Conference in Chicago revealed that $55 billion in annual sales could shift...
Retailwire: Europe's Food Halls Coming to America
Although it is 300 years since Fortnum & Mason first opened in London, the notion of a food hall is far from dated, in England at least. The store recently increased not only the floor space devoted to food...
Although it is 300 years since Fortnum & Mason first opened in London, the notion of a food hall is far from dated, in England at least. The store recently increased not only the floor space devoted to food...
No mixed signals, please.
Late last month, Finance Minister P Chidambaram assured us that FDI in retail will eventually be allowed, and that big retail does not really drive small retailers out.
Late last month, Finance Minister P Chidambaram assured us that FDI in retail will eventually be allowed, and that big retail does not really drive small retailers out.
Ethical fashion! Is it existent?
There are ethical clothes – baggy, beige t-shirts made in Third World worker co-operatives from organic Fairtrade cotton – but not proper fashion. That's not to say the fashion world is totally devoid of conscience.
There are ethical clothes – baggy, beige t-shirts made in Third World worker co-operatives from organic Fairtrade cotton – but not proper fashion. That's not to say the fashion world is totally devoid of conscience.
Unorganised, but selling
We all wish to stock brands, but there are no brands that our customers can afford. So, we have to compromise on locally made products, else fakes are the only option we are left with.
We all wish to stock brands, but there are no brands that our customers can afford. So, we have to compromise on locally made products, else fakes are the only option we are left with.
Wipro applying thought for FMCG?
Azim H Premji, chairman, CEO and MD of Wipro Group, believes in legendary Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's philosophy – “It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.
Azim H Premji, chairman, CEO and MD of Wipro Group, believes in legendary Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's philosophy – “It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.
The next big thing for corporate retailers
Chennai-based discount retail chain Subhiksha, currently the largest retailer in the country with 780 stores across nine states, recently pledged to be the largest national retail chain for mobile phones.
Chennai-based discount retail chain Subhiksha, currently the largest retailer in the country with 780 stores across nine states, recently pledged to be the largest national retail chain for mobile phones.
One Step at a Time
With a US$200 billion retail market being open to foreign direct investment, India is seeing a plethora of foreign brands entering the country. The Rs 2,000 crore footwear market in India seems to be attracting a lot many foreign brands...
With a US$200 billion retail market being open to foreign direct investment, India is seeing a plethora of foreign brands entering the country. The Rs 2,000 crore footwear market in India seems to be attracting a lot many foreign brands...
Punk Fashion
Basant Lok Community Centre is a shopping paradise for many in Delhi, be it college goers or school teenagers. There are many fashion outlets from where people can buy cheap...
Basant Lok Community Centre is a shopping paradise for many in Delhi, be it college goers or school teenagers. There are many fashion outlets from where people can buy cheap...
The Chinese Way
Gone are the days when the nearest Chinese restaurant was located at a distance of about 10 kilometres from your place. The growing awareness of Chinese cuisine in India has effectuated a revolution in catering services.
Gone are the days when the nearest Chinese restaurant was located at a distance of about 10 kilometres from your place. The growing awareness of Chinese cuisine in India has effectuated a revolution in catering services.
"South India Retail & Realty Report" lays out directional parameters
The Shop at Bangalore concluded on May 31 with the release of “South India Retail & Realty Report: 2015 and Beyond” by HE Sri Triloki Nath Chaturvedi, the governor of Karnataka.
The Shop at Bangalore concluded on May 31 with the release of “South India Retail & Realty Report: 2015 and Beyond” by HE Sri Triloki Nath Chaturvedi, the governor of Karnataka.
Retail Theft and Crime: The Universal Woe
Theft, fraud and crime are issues that face all retailers in every country. Some retailers in certain countries may be fortunate: their crime losses are lower than elsewhere. Retailers in the countryside tend to suffer from lower crime...
Theft, fraud and crime are issues that face all retailers in every country. Some retailers in certain countries may be fortunate: their crime losses are lower than elsewhere. Retailers in the countryside tend to suffer from lower crime...
Nirula’s: The charge of the old brigade
For many an adult Delhiite, Nirula's is a part of the growing-up years – indeed, so much a part that the memories all merge and fade into one another. Perhaps just one of those things that one loves...
For many an adult Delhiite, Nirula's is a part of the growing-up years – indeed, so much a part that the memories all merge and fade into one another. Perhaps just one of those things that one loves...
Bharti retail back on the block
Bharti Retail announced its foray in the retail sector recently. The company seems to have overcome the political tempest created over its joint venture with Wal-Mart. Rajan Bharti Mittal, Joint MD, Bharti Enterprises, explains the entire strategic retail roadmap of his company.
Bharti Retail announced its foray in the retail sector recently. The company seems to have overcome the political tempest created over its joint venture with Wal-Mart. Rajan Bharti Mittal, Joint MD, Bharti Enterprises, explains the entire strategic retail roadmap of his company.
India: A Hunting Ground for Benchmark Concepts
And why not? We live in times where the term “benchmark” itself becomes extremely fluid – today you do something out of the routine or ordinary, tomorrow your new becomes stale already. No one lets you sit on a “benchmark” for long.
And why not? We live in times where the term “benchmark” itself becomes extremely fluid – today you do something out of the routine or ordinary, tomorrow your new becomes stale already. No one lets you sit on a “benchmark” for long.
The Shopfit Business
Shopfitting has almost replaced the old and conventional system of shopbuilding. This does not mean the new concept retail designs are generic or mass produced with no character or personality.
Shopfitting has almost replaced the old and conventional system of shopbuilding. This does not mean the new concept retail designs are generic or mass produced with no character or personality.
TechnoVM: The New Edge...
Innovation is making the business of living more effortless and unstrained, whether it is through mobile phones, the Internet or other electronic appliances. But desires are never ending, and customers increasingly need more of handier technologies.
Innovation is making the business of living more effortless and unstrained, whether it is through mobile phones, the Internet or other electronic appliances. But desires are never ending, and customers increasingly need more of handier technologies.
Teamwork, The Need of The...
Sorabh S Tayal, President of Reward Real Estate Co. Ltd., is an Electronics Engineer with a Masters in Finance. In the field of real estate for the last two years, his company is developing an ambitious Rs.400-crore integrated township project christened...
Sorabh S Tayal, President of Reward Real Estate Co. Ltd., is an Electronics Engineer with a Masters in Finance. In the field of real estate for the last two years, his company is developing an ambitious Rs.400-crore integrated township project christened...
Jumbo Saver...
Barely a month into functioning, the Jubilant Group feels that its Jumbo Saver format is performing as per expectations, barring a few expected hitches. Jumbo Saver has been operational since November 2006...
Barely a month into functioning, the Jubilant Group feels that its Jumbo Saver format is performing as per expectations, barring a few expected hitches. Jumbo Saver has been operational since November 2006...
Poweratti Whiffs
From a simple fragrance that epitomised the luxury of the kings and queens of yore, to its emergence as a complete lifestyle label, the premium perfume has defined the success story of many a perfume house.
From a simple fragrance that epitomised the luxury of the kings and queens of yore, to its emergence as a complete lifestyle label, the premium perfume has defined the success story of many a perfume house.
Subhiksha - Spartan, Relentless, Frenzied pace
Hopping across to the nearest super market has ceased to be an inhibition even for an average Indian middle-class as the benefits they offer vis-à-vis a local kirana store are increasing...
Hopping across to the nearest super market has ceased to be an inhibition even for an average Indian middle-class as the benefits they offer vis-à-vis a local kirana store are increasing...
The Online Bubble
One may base argument for the online retail potential on the growing size of the market. But, trying to identify the real size of the online retail industry reveals the obstacles that exist because of the discrepancies that lie...
One may base argument for the online retail potential on the growing size of the market. But, trying to identify the real size of the online retail industry reveals the obstacles that exist because of the discrepancies that lie...
The Modern Retailer - As the Conductor of Supply Chain Management
On the basis of market research and intelligence, retailers have to understand customer needs as well as consumer buying behaviour so that they are equipped to delight their customers.
On the basis of market research and intelligence, retailers have to understand customer needs as well as consumer buying behaviour so that they are equipped to delight their customers.
The Future Real Estate Scenario and Modern Retail
India is the last frontier for modern retail development. Our consumer is emerging from decades of minimal choice, restrictive legislation and stifling cultural concerns. A consumer who has always held high aspirations is now freely...
India is the last frontier for modern retail development. Our consumer is emerging from decades of minimal choice, restrictive legislation and stifling cultural concerns. A consumer who has always held high aspirations is now freely...
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