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Vol. 2 Issue 11 - Nov. 2007
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Unique Formats
When there are able and willing consumers, marketers devise several ways to reach them. Catalogue marketing is not new as a concept but it is relatively new to India; in-flight retailing too seems to gain popularity and then there is airline ticketing through SMS.
Chillibreeze Research Team
 Catalogue retail pilot at Shoppers' Stop
In-flight retailing takes off with no air pockets
Kingfisher, PayMate tie up for SMS-based ticketing service
e-Commerce
The Diwali so a lot of e-shoppers online, Assocham estimates that over 30 lakh customers will opt for the Internet. Interestingly, the early birds on the second wave of e-commerce – the travel service providers – are opting to go for a click-cum-brick format for the personal touch.
Chillibreeze Research Team
Diwali e-shopping rising
eBay expects e-commerce users in Gujarat to double Bus ticket bookings take real-time route Online mart full of shoppers this Diwali
Online travel portals going in for brick and mortar stores
Lifestyle & Luxury
Leading luxury brands from around the world want to enter India – the one big hurdle as they see it is India’s poor high street options. Bangalore is set to see a luxury setting worthy of the big names that will open their stores there.
Chillibreeze Research Team
UB and Prestige Group announce luxury retail destination
Arvind Mills to set up chain of lifestyle retail formats
Luxury brands' wish list
Government
Protests against retail majors in food and grocery continue – and they seem targeted at the most aggressive player, Reliance Fresh. While the protests and opposition have been, until now, a public thing, the TRS is the first political party to enter the fray.
Chillibreeze Research Team
TRS to intensify protest against Reliance Fresh
Anti-retail protests mainly target Reliance Retail
Small traders declare war on big retail
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Editorial
Diwali came and went in a whirlwind of color and sound – for the retail sector this was a great time as Indian shoppers really let go of their purse strings.
Protests over the entry of organized retail in grocery and food segment continue, and we now have a political party taking a stance on the issue too. The customer continues to remain silent – for not all of them are affected by the entry of the retail majors professionally. But as consumers, they stand to gain a whole lot - lower prices, better ambience and lots of job opportunities.
There is a lot happening in retail this month and the next, with the festive season carrying retailers and shoppers in a whirl. We, at Chillibreeze, are simply happy to see the good cheer flowing all around.
 Chillibreeze Research Team
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Big players - Plans and Investments |
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Retail majors are going full steam ahead with their plans – the only course correction being that they have shifted focus from the grocery sector. Reliance for instance is looking to specialty stores – jewellery, wellness and so on. Metro has some exciting plans too with private labels for mom-and-pop stores.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Big Players...
 Pantaloon to increase private label brands in Big Bazaar
Vimal to re-launch, expand its stores
RPG to invest Rs. 1000 crore to expand its mobile and laptop retail chain
Reliance Retail to increase staff to 1 million in four years Reliance Retail could be split into 34 companies
Titan Eye+ to open 250 stores
Reliance plans makeover for shuttered stores in UP
Reliance Retail to launch 'Reliance Jewelry'
Metro to set up cash-and-carry shop in Mumbai
Metro unveils private label business for mom 'n' pop shops
Vishal to open speciality store chain for apparel, FMCG
Reliance enters wellness format; opens outlet in Hyderabad
Reliance Retail turns to speciality formats
Spencer's to reduce its retail formats
Reliance Retail opens fashion apparel format ‘Trends’
Mahindra joins the retail bandwagon
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Apparel & Footwear |
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Apparel was always a winner in India – Levis plans to expand the number of stores in India while luggage manufacturer Samsonite will create a line of travel clothing to complement its luggage and travel accessories.
Chillibreeze Research Team
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Apparel & Footwear...
Samsonite plans to create line of travel clothing
Planet Sports to separate its sports and fashion business
Levi`s to add 800 stores in India by 2011
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Food & Grocery |
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Aloo Tikki Burger takes on the mighty idli – with McDonalds set to expand its footprint in South India. Quick service formats seem to grow the fastest in the food and beverage segment - Dabur is also looking at investing in food courts.
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Food & Grocery...
Dabur's Amit Burman forays into food retailing
McDonald's to spread footprint in South
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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In an effort to build our retail bouquet of information on India Reports, we have initiated a Consumer Reports section, where you can put up your views of and experiences at retail outlets…the good and the bad (http://www.india-reports.com/biz-buz.aspx.). We plan to feature some of these contributions in our future issues.
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 Franchising Opportunities in Indian Retail
Luxury Retailing in India
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General Trends & Information |
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A bulging middle spells cheer for the retail sector – a McKinsey study reveals that India’s middle class will grow from 50 million to 583 million in the next two decades – boosting retail sales. The festive season started with a bang and most retailers have planned big spends on advertising and promotions.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
General Trends & Information...
Is our lack of infrastructure holding back the retail sector?
Indian consumers will spend $5.08 per day by 2025
Margins soar at retail companies as shoppers loosen purse strings
Farmers reap benefits from organized retail
India to emerge as sourcing hub for global retailers: Report
Festival Tunes: Retailers to spend Rs 100 cr on promotion
Small retailers embrace IT to boost operations
 Buy our just published reports on the Cheese and Wine Industry in India.
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Support Industries |
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DLF plans more shopping malls across the country. Firms are also set to address the weakest link in the retail success story – supply chain and logistics.
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Support Industries...
Adani plans to invest Rs. 1000 crore to create supply chain
Future Group forms JV for logistics arm DLF to build 20 malls for Rs 16,000 crore
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Regional Trends |
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Tanishq strikes a century with its 100th store at Patna. Meanwhile wellness stores are getting branded with by players entering different price points of the service – Medicine Shoppe is looking to address the needs of the urban poor with pharmacy-cum-clinic stores.
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Regional Trends...
Tanishq unveils 100th store at Patna
Medicine Shoppe eyes Hyderabad, Pune markets
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About Luxury Retailing Report: Indian consumers are a happy lot, with so much activity on to woo them. Companies are vying to design, develop and deliver the products and services their consumers want. One segment that has suddenly come into focus is luxury and lifestyle retail. View it against a backdrop of traditional Indian thrift, and you will see why the interest it is garnering is grabbing more eyeballs than other retail segments. This report looks at the industry, key concerns and what luxury marketers need to do to leverage this huge opportunity. |
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