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Vol. 2 Issue 9 - Sept. 2007
In this Issue
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International
International majors might have put their plans to enter India on hold, but they are still enthused about sourcing from India.
Chillibreeze Research Team
 Marks & Spencer keen to increase sourcing from India
Steve & Barry's likely to set up shop in India
e-Commerce
Online ticketing is firmly entrenched in urban India. But the festival season brings on a fresh wave – it means that sales will be brisk for online marketers of rakhis, gifts, sweets, greeting cards and more.
Chillibreeze Research Team
Future Group to tie up with Cleartrip
Celebrating festivals, the e-commerce way E-ticketing yet to catch on with A-I, Kingfisher scores a perfect 100% New chapter opens for online retail Logix rolls out car sale portal
Lifestyle & Luxury
The spotlight is truly on the growing luxury retail segment. From Italian kitchens and home décor to designer wear, wealthy Indian customers demand more.
Chillibreeze Research Team
HCL’s Chennai digital lifestyle store
Timbor Home bets on growing market for modular kitchens
Genesis Colours to form luxury retail JV
Dollar millionaires fuel luxury furniture market
Government
While the UP government’s stand on large retailers is a dampener, experts say that it is par for course and the large retailers had better be prepared for resistance.
Chillibreeze Research Team
Farmers seek reopening of retail chains in UP
Big retail seeking farmers’ help in UP
Left, Reliance keep mum on retail row in West Bengal
Forward Bloc warns of bloodshed over Reliance's entry
Reliance Fresh, Spencer’s told to shut shop in UP
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Editorial
India celebrated 60 years of freedom and the retail fraternity rode that wave. Customers never had it so good, with offers and sales galore.
There is so much happening in this sector that can be researched, analyzed and written about. We have been getting a lot of enquiries for more detailed or researched reports on the newsletter. After over a year of monthly editions, we felt the time was right to introduce a premium section in our Newsletter, featuring one researched and original report for a nominal price each month. Do avail yourself of this month’s special report on Luxury Retailing.
One other trend we wanted to focus on is how firms are looking to India-Reports blogs for first account feedback from customers. Our blog has a section on consumer feedback. We welcome you to post your experiences – both good and bad – on our blog. We will also feature the pick of these posts in our newsletter soon.
 Chillibreeze Research Team
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Big players - Plans and Investments |
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Nearly all big players have announced plans to grow across the length and breadth of the country. Investments range from more of the same in different cities to newer formats, joint ventures and new areas for growth.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Big Players...
 Biyani warms up to tie-up with US chain Coffee Bean
Infiniti to open 40 stores, invest Rs 900 crore
Trent plans Rs 65-crore capex
RIL enters strategic partnership with Concor RPG scouts for foreign partner in new venture
Spencer's talking to global retailers for joint venture
Pantaloon to Sell Shares; Plans IPO of Finance Unit (Update2)
Reliance Retail to pump in Rs 2,700 cr for AP expansion
Wal-Mart keen to enter front-end retailing if allowed in India
Reliance's Retail Unit Plans to Open 500 Hypermarkets by 2010
Trent may help Benetton’s Sisley into India
Spencer’s plans foray into garment retailing
Rahejas to invest Rs 1,500 cr in hypermarkets
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Unique Formats |
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While organized retailers fret over the home delivery and credit facility format, HyperCity Argos is considering the catalogue route to increase customer base.
Chillibreeze Research Team
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Unique Formats...
HyperCity Argos unveils plans for catalogue retailing
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Apparel & Footwear |
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New brands and latest fashion, Indians are lapping it up. In focus this month is the lingerie segment, a sizable if largely an unorganized market in India, which is attracting international players.
Chillibreeze Research Team
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Apparel & Footwear...
Foreign lingerie makers plan to tap Indian market
Italian brand Tod’s plans to enter India
Primus Retail buys Weekender for Rs 95 crore
Wills Lifestyle planning 60 new look stores
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.
You can help us by sending your suggestions how do we become the preferred newsletter in the Retail space?
Write to us:
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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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 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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General Trends & Information |
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Reliance and a host of other retail majors are set to roll out their chain of hypermarkets. Metrics to measure performance are getting more precise and challenging – from footfalls and traffic, the focus has now shifted to earnings per sq. ft.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
General Trends & Information...
Apparel makers go window dressing to draw buyers
Big retail gets negligible FDI: Commerce ministry
Food retailers go down different streets to one destination
Retailers to set up multiple services kiosks
Organised retailing needs Rs 3 lakh cr investment: IACC
Retail biggies testing local flavours
Retail majors bet on mobile phone mart
Hype over for hyper
Retailers’ home runs
Women setting up franchisee outlets
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Support Industries |
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A number of players offering support services are showing interest in India. Local players in the support sectors are seeing strong growth too, backed by investments, advice and lucrative business from the retail majors.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Support Industries...
Gazeley plans India foray thru partnership route
Garment-on-hanger providers save costs, lend better display for retailers Brothers in arms
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Regional Trends |
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Chennai is set to see a host of multiplexes. Other cities are seeing a surge in new outlets. These are not only new outlets from the Reliance or Future group stables, but also lifestyle retailers for products like jewellery, watches and cellular phones.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Regional Trends...
RPG Cellucom opens 4 outlets in Kolkata
Milleret opens 2 outlets in Pune
It is raining malls, multiplexes in Chennai
Odyssey’s new store at Hyderabad
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Food & Grocery |
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Indians always took their food seriously and it is visible. Thickening waistlines notwithstanding, this sector is serving it out in style – the spread is interesting, from pizzas to vada pavs, and coffee breaks to fine dining.
Chillibreeze Research Team |
Food & Grocery...
Indians consuming 3 million pizzas a month
More coffee breaks in Punjab
Dominoes focus on dine-in model
Fast food chain Jumbo King plans 500 outlets by March 2010
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