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Vol. 2 Issue 3 - March 2007
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International
Sure, Wal-Mart is still much talked about, but there are others quietly investing in India to carve themselves a slice of the pie. Over the next 5 years, international investment in the sector will be to the tune of nearly 40% of total investments in the sector.
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 France’s Auchan keen on opening in India
HAS keen on tying up with Reliance for retail venture in Yemen
Tata and Woolworths might partner for retail
Wal-Mart not to use its name for retail stores?
International retailers to account for 40% or retail investors
Home Retail to expand to India and Ireland
Carrefour talks with HDFC for retail tie-up
HR News
As industries develop, there will be a regular and near-routine movement of people across firms. So also with the retail sector, where increasingly and without exception, several retail majors have seen high profile personnel defect to greener pastures.
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Countrywide’s CEO joins Reliance Retail
HR chief at Aditya Birla Retail might be leaving
Wal-Mart faces HR upheaval at the top level
Top retail executives leaving wholesale
Food Bazaar merchandising head resigns to join AV Birla Group’
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Editorial
We need no crystal ball to predict interesting times ahead for Indian Retail. The influx of international players continues…France’s Auchen is keen to set up shop here, as is Woolworth’s, Carrefour and Home Retail. Global brands rub shoulders with growing numbers of store brands and private labels, while the Indian consumer, whose latent demand is far from satiated, hollers for more.
Even today, there are many around the world that simplistically typecast India as an agrarian economy complete with camels, elephants and cows, plus the resident snake charmer. With the tech boom, India became the call center country. Pursuing this train of thought, we think we are well on our way to become a nation of malls.
On a more serious note, development of the sector must be dealt with care, allaying doubts and fears along the way. For instance, Wal-Mart’s entry into India continues to disturb smaller players. This month saw the protest staged by the Federation of Association of Maharashtra (FAM), which opposed the global major’s entry into the country, as they believed it would negatively impact their livelihood.
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Big players – Plans and Investments |
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Will they? Wont they? The big question this month is about whether the Wal-Mart name will be used in India, and if so, in what format. Its business as usual for the other big players – expansions, new formats and so on.
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Big Players...
 Wal-Mart to use new formats for Indian operations
Future Group likely to split business to raise funds
Bharti to invest up to $2.5 billion by 2010 for retail venture
Bharti aiming for launch in August
Wal-Mart CEO checks out the local competition, faces protests
Reliance Retail to increase number of stores in Andhra Pradesh
Bharti-Wal-Mart might use different brands
Reliance Retail plans to focus on large format stores
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Unique Formats |
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Reliance, Food Bazaar and Bharti / Wal-Mart may be receiving more media attention, but there is money to be made behind the scenes as well, and some like DCM are cashing in on this. And to prove that India is a unique market, we define Dollar stores as those that sell goods for Rs. 99 ($2)- after all, what’s in a name!
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Unique Formats...
Dollar store boom in India
DCM to increase its agri shops
Reliance to offer car servicing
DSCL plans to tie up with retailers
Feedback
We continue inching forward; always learning more about the sector that has India interested and excited. Our Retail Newsletter, is being downloaded nearly through the month…more importantly, we have an increasing number of readers posting a query on our site India Reports (www.india-reports.com). This is feedback of another kind; it keeps us on the roll, thinking and analyzing as we answer these queries, and prepares us to move on to the next level with new reports and analysis.
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General Trends & Information |
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In a bid to achieve happy co-existence, it is likely that the biggies will work together with kirana stores to create a win-win situation. Meanwhile, organized retailers are focusing efforts on building in-store and private labels, spelling a bout of trouble for established brands – visibly in apparel, grocery, processed foods and even luggage!
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General Trends & Information...
Big retail likely to undermine known brands
Private labels key to profitability
Mandis lose out but farmers are the winners
Malls will not harm mom-and-pop stores
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Strategy |
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This is one section we watch with a little extra interest – and here are some moves that have us thinking. Financial services – retail style, kirana store brands… whatever next? Watch this space for more news.
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Strategy...
Retailers add finances to their store services
Kirana stores keen on brands too
Reliance hoping to convert local kirana stores into its own stores
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Support Industries |
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Of all the support industries, realty has been the one to fly up, up and away. Land has become dearer across the country, with prices skyrocketing in major cities. We sure hope spiralling costs don’t turn some players away..
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Support Industries...
Retail boom pushing up prices of warehouses
Retail sector to set off boom in realty
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Apparel & Footwear |
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While some retailers are focused on digging deep in tier 1 cities, there are others who choose to spread their net wider, charting tier 2 and 3 cities with branded apparel. Meanwhile, footwear majors are making big plans for growth.
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Apparel & Footwear...
Max Retail readies for major expansion to tier III cities
Nike targeting sales of $1 billion for next five years
Puma launches denim line
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