Retailers embark on new destination
Economic Times
With the economy on revival path, Indian retail majors are once again in experimentation mode. And this time it's destination shopping. An extremely successful format in the West, destination shopping stores are set up on the outskirts of the city and positioned as weekend shopping getaways.
New Year may ring in big business for retail realty cos
Economic Times
A number of developers postponed mall projects in 2009 but with a revival of demand in the end of the year, 2010 is expected to see a number of mall projects getting back on track.
Emotion loos
Business Standard
It's a measure of how important a "growing" economy like India is becoming to premium brands across the world that 73-year-old Von Boch, CEO for a long 20 years and now honorary member of its supervisory board, should himself fly down to India to kickstart V&B's latest retail thrust in the country - a series of exclusive V&B "bath and wellness" stores in the metros.
Grabbing a bite, Indians are lovin' it!
Economic Times
Amit Burman, vice-chairman of Dabur India, never thought that a casual stroll down one of south Delhi's upcoming localities would provide an idea for a unique business opportunity. "Franchising Subway began as a hobby," Burman said. "We intend to become a restaurant chain with 200 outlets, including 30 QSRs (Quick Service Restaurants), in three years," he added.
Retail Trends
2009 round-up FMCG and retail a study in contrast
Moneycontrol.com
2009 has proved to be a turning point for the retail industry. Mindless expansion brought trouble knocking on their doors. But the FMCG space has a different story - one where they managed strong growth despite a recessionary environment.
India: Managing food and beverage demand in an emerging market
FnBNews.com
In order to achieve long-term success, food and beverage companies in India must take control of their supply chains by shifting away from a purely transaction-based supply chain to one that's more demand driven.
Private label presents unique challenges to minimizing out-of-stocks. For example, supply shortages cannot be resolved by redirecting product from another chain since the product is unique to a specific retailer. Substituting branded products will yield equivalent, if not higher sales, but perhaps impact customer satisfaction and certainly lower profit margins.
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