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Retail boom fuelled by IT in India and China

During the last twenty years, the global trend towards outsourcing, first for production within China and more recently for services within India, has been the engine of spectacular growth

Retail opportunities in a world of extremes - Understanding today's teens and boomers

Understanding the diversity in shopping styles and attitudes is important in today’s consumer marketplace. To gain greater insight, a recent IBM study focused on two groups – teens and boomers. We...

Choosing the right franchise

Growth can also be defined in terms of whether it is in the same line of business or in a related field. An example could be that of a fabric manufacturer either ramping up capacity to produce more...

Report: Retail instore environment

50% of respondents did not like in-store media at all. 10% had actually left a shop because they found it offensive or too distracting. 20% said that music was often too loud and had put them off...

Strategies for discount apparel shopping online

After years of effort, experimentation and some reflection, I've come to some conclusions about how to save money shopping for clothing online. I recommend three avenues if you want to browse from a...

Make sure your display stands out in retail stores and exhibitions

Presenting your promotional products on a glass shelf display is more than just about the arrangement of the products. First impressions of prospective customers and maintaining high standards for...

Investors eye India's retail potential

The $250 billion retail market in India, which remains vastly under penetrated by organised retailers, could be set for a huge transformation as the government looks at relaxing mles on direct...

Customer service techniques: Five secrets to showing your customers you really care

During our recent online poll, we asked the following question: What upsets you the most when receiving poor customer service? Eighty percent of the poll participants said the "I don't care attitude" ...

Control your business with POS software

Business has become competitive and complex these days. The branding, positioning, patronizing and believing are all aspects of a product which any business can scarcely ignore. However the controls...

Retail accounting helps your retail store flourish

Any time you walk into your favorite store, be it for weekly groceries or maybe for a shopping spree, you notice a sea of humanity floating in and out of the shop. This often causes one to wonder the ...

Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
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
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo
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
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta