With the Government allowing foreign participation in retail, this opens up opportunities for local companies to access cheaper foreign capital which will allow them to simultaneously build front end retail space as well as back end infrastructure. While the proposal is cleared now, it will (more…)
Year: 2011
TTK Prestige Rides on Tier – 2 /3/4 Cities Boom
The Inflationary Pressure in the Indian Economy is taking its toll on the Consumption of Consumer Durables. For instance, consumer products like fans have seen a drop in sales momentum. In this context, we have tried to find out how the sales of small consumer products like cook-ware and kitchen appliances is holding (more…)
Titan Gets Favre Leuba on Time
Titan has signed a binding agreement with Spain’s Valfamily S.L. and Switzerland’s Maison Favre Leuba, S.A. for the acquisition for Favre Leuba for ~INR138mn with no royalty charges. The transaction will give Titan the global rights to trademarks (more…)
Best Price Modern Wholesale – Lucknow Sushant Golf City
Bharti-Walmart operating in India in the Cash & Carry Segment opened Best Price Modern Wholesale Store in Sushant Golf City, Lucknow.
This is Bharti-Walmart’s first cash and carry store in Uttar (more…)
Wine & Women in India Industry Outlook
In our last post we introduced you on how Wine Retailing has picked up in India. Today we will have a look on the emerging class of Wine Consumers [Purely Wine, not any other alcohol] – Women and Youth along with the outlook for the Industry.
Wine & Women in IndiaIndian Women are increasingly becoming financially independent with increased participation in social events and occasion. As they join Global Workforce their is an increasing preference by her due to international influence. They also indulge in wine due to its health benefits and the sophistication (more…)
State of Indian Wine Industry – Part -1
We’d like to cover the Indian Wine Industry [Not Alcohol] just 100% Wine – the Current State, Major Players, Consumers and the outlook for the same.
What has Wine got to do with Retailing in India ?
More than 30% of wine was sold via organized modern retail trade system in FY-2010. It is expected that retail trade will increase in the future as people will start gaining awareness and knowledge of wine types, brands and its food pairing attribute. Thus we thought we will enlighten you on the same.
Wine is yet at the transition (more…)
Shoppers Stop – Expansion + First Citizen Members Big Shoppers
Govind Shirkhande-Customer care associate and MD of Shoppers Stop addressed a conference call on the state of its Retail Business at the end of Sept-2011. Here is an excerpt from the same for your Case Study / Information.
The company has operated in more than 3.93 million sq ft area across 20 cities as on (more…)
Cosmos MegaMall Siliguri – Review
The Cosmos Megamall Located on Sevoke Road in Siliguri is the only mall in North East India. Spread over 4,00,000 sq.ft of shopping area, the mall showcases more than 60 brands — both national and inter (more…)