Retail Articles
Will retailers have a 'Merry Christmas' this year?

Retailers face challenges this holiday season due to economic uncertainties and cautious consumer spending. A Reuters survey reveals 27 per cent of Americans plan to cut holiday spending, while 55...

Promotional Analysis

Promotional analysis assesses the impact of marketing efforts like discounts, advertising, and campaigns using past data to refine strategies for profitable results. Promotions are essential for...

Choosing a better retail format: EBOs Vs MBOs

Retailers must adapt to changing trends and customer preferences by enhancing their value proposition and innovating retail formats. While malls once dominated middle-class shopping, single-brand...

Evolution of Online Retail

Competing in a high-pressure business scenario has become a challenge for retailers. As an effective alternative sales channel sellers are looking at the internet, which gives them direct access to...

Fashion Retail in Apparel Sector

Retailing involves planning, developing, and presenting product lines for target markets, considering pricing, assortments, styling, and timing. Fashion retailing, a key sector, has emerged as the...

"Dazzling the customer" lighting takes new turn in retail

Lighting in retail enhances in-store experiences, influences customer perception, and drives sales. Types include ambient, accent, shelf, valance, and perimeter lighting, each serving specific...

Mobile Retailing with Smart Phones and Tablets

Smartphones and tablets are transforming retail by enhancing customer shopping experiences. With growing mobile usage, customers expect seamless, integrated services. Retailers must adapt by offering ...

Prospects of FDI in Multi-brand Retailing

India's approval of 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail is attracting global retail giants, offering market potential in over 36 cities. FDI could boost retail infrastructure, reduce wastage, and...

New Retail Mantra: Expansion Strategies for Retailers

Retailers are expanding via new markets, larger stores, product diversification, and stronger branding. Strategies include geographic, ownership models (single, chain, licensed), and market...

Retail Demand Forecasting: panacea or just a possibility?

Understanding future demand is vital for every business. It is always easy to find a model that fits into the past data. But it is difficult to decide a model that will fit into the future data, as...

Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
Posted by
Aseem Prakash