Retail stalwart BS Nagesh shares some of his simple yet effective management principles – you won’t find these in management books Starting TRRAIN was the first time when I was trying to do something where there was nothing in our…
365 Days of Business
Maharashtra has taken a big step in the direction of enabling retail in the state. The Maharashtra government has allowed the shops and other establishments in the state to stay open seven days a week throughout the year. This will add up…
Kongu Retail Summit: Coimbatore Ahoy!
STOrai profiles the inaugural edition of the Kongu Retail Summit at Coimbatore on March 18 2014. Southern India is the home of both retail and organized trade and RAI’s Southern council has long been of the view that networking events…
Retail CFO Summit: Maintaining Health and Creating Wealth
STOrai profiles the 5th edition of Retail CFO Summit held in Mumbai on March 21, 2014. Globally, in every market, retail companies form part of the top 10 richest, most valuable companies. Retailers (e.g. Walmart) are part of the Fortune…
Retailing in Emerging Market
STOrai profiles the top ten key insights from the Retail Leadership Summit held on Feb 5 and 6, 2014 at Mumbai. The event was attended by 850 retailers from India and other markets. Highlights of the event included the release…
‘Eka’sclusively yours
STOrai profiles – EKA (pronounced “Aeka”) which originates from the Sanskrit word ‘EKAM’ – and means “one of a kind”. Or “Ek Prakaar ka” in Hindi. The promoter of EKA – Kimiko Thakur – is as passionate about retail as…
The last frontier: PwD – an Untapped Source of Manpower for Retail
STOrai profiles the recently released Accenture / TRRAIN report “Breaking new ground: Empowering persons with disability to work in Indian Retail”. PwD constitute a population of 70 million, of which less than 1% is gainfully employed. The report, which is…
Through the LENS of the Retail CFO
STOrai profiles the RAI – EY report on “Pulse of Indian Retail” – released at RAI’s CFO Summit in March 2014. The objective of the report was to map the views and concerns of CFOs on the performance of organized…