A Comparison and Contrast with the Emerging Cities of Asia “ NCR-Delhi and Mumbai continue to remain lucrative markets” – Shubhranshu Pani, Joint MD – Retail, JLL RAI JLL Report “Retail Realty in India: Evolution & Potential” explains the trends…
Emerging Trends in Retail Spaces
Challenges in Retail Spaces “To cut down the occupancy cost, something has to be done with electricity cost. There should be more effective use of open spaces” – The challenge lies in finding retailers with right productivity mix – who…
Emerging Trends in Sustainability in Retail
Panel discussion on Sustainability in Retail From L to R: Surender Gnanaolivu, Executive Vice President and Head – Marketing, Brand Experience and Store Development, Mahindra Retail Pvt Ltd; Siddharth Bindra, MD, BiBa; Sudhir Soundalgekar, CCA & Head Lifestyle & Specialty…
“E-Merging” Indian Retail
Retailers around the globe are attempting to build the right strategy that helps reap success in emerging markets. Kedar Mehta, from TCS’s Global Retail Consulting Practice describes this ‘E-Merging’ Indian retail model. The model combines the best of offline &…
Emerging Markets: “And still….Opportunity”
At the same time, the appetite for expansion has been recalibrated. For example, retailers are looking at creating a number of ‘scouting options’ through low risk entry options such as franchising and converting into JV’s or owned operations based on…
Emerging Consumer Segments in India
A combination of economic factors and changing consumer preferences has led to the emergence of new consumer segments in India. KPMG describes the drivers behind emerging consumer segments in India. STOrai features: The retail industry in India has been growing…
Building brands in emerging markets
For global brands, the challenge of emerging markets is analogous to the ‘classic’ centralize v/s decentralize debate. Growth for most of the top 20 global consumer product brands (Coco Cola, Pepsi, Gillete, Kellogs, Nestle etc) will be driven by emerging…
Driving Pace of Change in Retail
Rajeepan Raguneethan’s (Director- Asia Region, Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.) keynote presentation at ReTechCon 2013 on “Driving the Pace of Change in Retail” was focused and bristled with facts. Sample this: 56% of consumers research a brand on FB before…