RLS 2014 commenced with the inaugural speech delivered by Mr BS Nagesh, Chairman, Retailers Association of India (RAI). Aligning with the core theme of the summit “Retailing in Emerging Markets”, the speech was focused on the evolution that the Indian…
Keynote address – Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman HUL
“E-tailing is to retail what the steam engine was to horse manure in Victorian England” he said, using an example to demonstrate that Evolution can be both incremental and disruptive. “E-tailing is to retail, what the steam engine was…
Retail Operations Benchmarking and Excellence Survey 2014: A report by RAI & TCS
Retail Operations Benchmarking and Excellence Survey 2014 About the Study • The Retail Operations Benchmarking and Excellence Survey (ROBES) focuses on the state of multichannel retail in India. • Consumers have increasingly taken to e-commerce, and retailers in India have…
Key Note: Emerging People Management Insights – The John Lewis Case Study
John Lewis Model of People Management in Retail. • John Lewis is an employee owned Retail company • It is one of the largest retailers in the UK – sales of 11 bn pounds. • The People management Model is…
Has India come of age for Luxury Retail?
Opening Remarks: Luxury around the World Main segments: Travel / Hotels; Jewellery, Technology. Among the Asian Markets; Luxury in India is ½ the size of China, 1/4th the size of Japan…
Emerging Trends in Lifestyle Retailing
Panelists – from Left to Right: Vasanth Kumar, ED, Max Retail; Rahul Mehta – President, Clothing Manufacturers Association of India; Darpan Kapoor, Vice President, Kapsons Fashions; Vineet Gautam, Country Head, Bestseller India; Vinay Nadkarni, MD & CEO, Globus Stores Pvt…
Emerging Trends in Channels & Marketing
Panelists – from Left to Right: Vikas Choudhary, COO & CFO, AIMIA; Duncan Grant, Multichannel Director, The Entertainer; Latif Nathani, MD, eBay; Manish Tiwary, Executive Director, HUL; Sundeep Malhotra, CEO, HomeShop 18 Opening Remarks by the Moderator Some of the…
Decoding Market Evolution
Where is the Indian consumer today compared to 10 years back? Previously our addressable market was 30 crore Indians. In the last 10 years, another 15 crore new voters have come in. This segment is young,…