Sumit K Lal, Director, Ecco Shoes India, believes in the power of 'Mystery Shopping' as an effective tool for 'Retail Audit' and also rues the lack of trained manpower in retail...

Chain of Command
Wal-Mart is a supply chain driven company obsessed with lowering costs. The widening of Panama Canal is just another opportunity to lower costs to protect their razor-thin profit margins...

Evolving Times
Traditional trade’s biggest strength is also its biggest weakness. We are some time away from becoming a modern trade dominant market, even with the healthy growth rate that this channel is seeing in today’s times...

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