Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Retail insight on 1st September 2009

Sep 1, 2009News and Analysis for the retail industry
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Bata: Putting the best foot forward
Rediff
Footwear retailer Bata is reinventing itself to get back into the fast track. The company has a three-pronged strategy: setting up 60 large-format stores every year, closing down the unviable ones and increasing its focus on institutional business.

Vishal Retail asks banks to reduce rate
mydigitalfc
Reeling under a debt burden of Rs 730 crore, New Delhi-based Vishal Retail is talking to its bankers to slash interest rates to half from the present 11.5 to 12 per cent being paid by the company.

Some whiskey with my coffee
The Times of India
Coffee giant Barista plans to offer beer and wine at their retail outlets in Delhi soon. In a first, the coffee chain will serve beer, Irish coffee and Indian Made Foreign Liquor.

Retail Trends
The hightailing of retailing
Hindu Business Line
For four annoyingly noisy years between 2005 and 2008, Urban India was subject to a new sort of din from the Government: Let us allow large foreign shopkeepers (known as retail chains) to enter the Indian market.

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Demand intelligence is about leveraging data/information for more efficient and effective business decision making. Utilizing demand intelligence improves the precision of pricing, product assortments, channel/store placement, and promotion, which are all essential for sustainable revenue management performance.

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