The session “How smart ideas translate into profitable business: successful innovation in Indian retailing” obviously revolved around innovation in the Indian retail. A report on successful innovation, a collaboration by Retailers Association of India (RAI) and market research organization, Booz…
Institutionalizing Innovation
“Innovation is more than creativity” – stated Harsh Mariwala, chief managing director of Marico India, at the Keynote address of the Retail Leadership Summit 2013. , where he used Marico’s journey as a design blueprint to the process of creating…
Retail excellence revealed
The Retail Operations and Benchmarking Excellence Survey 2013 (ROBES) is a first of its kind in India. After 2 decades of high growth, and at a time when the Industry is focusing on profitability, dealing with the disruptive innovation of…
“We’re Women – we don’t do it like that!”
To be really successful, every conference deserves a session like the panel discussion on “Women, empowering retail – Leading Innovation” – it provided a dash of spice and humor – just the right touch to liven up proceedings and add…
Your on air co-passenger is …. ‘A crate of fruit’!
This could be the ‘new normal’ if Jet Airway’s prototype of “Cargo on Seats” reaches commercial scale. The design of the model was presented to at the Retail Leadership Survey 2013. Much has been written about India’s logistical problems – …
FDI in retail : Clear Policy, cloudy implementation.
The panel discussion on FDI in retail was one of the highlights of the Retail Leadership Session 2013, and attracted a ‘standing room only’ audience. Panelists included Ajit Joshi, CEO & MD, Inniti Retail Limited, Arpita Mukherjee, Professor, ICRIER, Delhi,…
How green is your store?
The sessions on sustainability in retail bristled with facts, and made a powerful case for retailers to use the “carrying capacity” of the planet wisely. Sample this: Global balance is based on the equation that Population * Consumption = Carrying…
Innovation is beyond creativity.
“Innovation is beyond creativity” – stated Mr Harsh Mariwala, CMD of Marico India, at the Keynote address of the Retail Leadership Summit 2013. , where he used Marico’s journey as a design blueprint to the process of creating and sustaining…