Companies that work within the food and grocery supply chain face some pressing issues on sustainability. These have been well documented, from securing future energy supply, land quality and availability, water quality and quantity, whilst improving biodiversity. They require a…
Malls and retailers: A reve-new model
If you go to any Mall, you will see several small stores. These vanilla stores, as they are called, easily form the majority of tenants in Malls. They are the ones who pay the highest rents too. They are taking the…
A Retailers wish list to Mr. Modi
Congratulations on the massive and over powering mandate for development and progress which has created a lot of expectations in the minds of the majority of Indian citizens. I take the opportunity to write to you as a Retailer to…
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…