Retail Articles
Organized retailing in India

The recent years have witnessed rapid transformation and vigorous profits in Indian retail stores across various categories. This can be contemplated as a result of the changing attitude of Indian...

Retail sales of November

As per the report of the U.S. Commerce Department, there is a bounce in the Retail sales by 1.2 percent during the month of November which is comparatively 1% higher than '07 October and 3.2% higher...

The retail world and store displays

Major department stores spend millions of dollars each year developing effective strategies for marketing and displaying their items so that the customers find them irresistible, opening their...

Retail shrinkage

Retail shrinkage is the difference in the value of stock as per the books and the actual stock available in the shop. A survey in 118 retail chains in the US states that the country has lost $31...

FDI in Retailing

FDI can be defined as a "cross border investment", where foreign assets are invested into the organizations of the domestic market excluding the investment in stock. It brings private funds from...

Study on retailers' plans for the festive season

What are the things that come to mind when you think of festivals? Fun, colors, gaiety, cheer, excitement, happiness and……… SHOPPING!!! The festive season is the time for promotional offers. Come...

Indian retail landscape undergoes sea-change

Organised retailing with modern technology can guide the economy along, cut costs, curb avoidable losses, increase production and employment as well as make available products to consumers at...

The art of visual merchandising

Visual Merchandising is the art of displaying merchandise in a manner that is appealing to the eyes of the customer. It sets the context of the merchandise in an aesthetically pleasing fashion,...

The customer's perception

Customer perception is an important component of our relationship with our customers. Given that 90% plus of our orders at some point involve the phone, how we handle the telephone is essential to...

Customer relationship management software

Customer Relationship Management Software also known as CRM is software that allows a company to manage their relationships with their customers by capturing, analysing, and storage of customer,...

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
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
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
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
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo