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Thank you for your reply hope i did answer your query for studying in uk.i will giv eyou more information when i get free , well can you give me some research articles regarding indian retail sector and can you inform me more on pestal analysis of indian retail sector. Thanks again for you reply, awaiting your reply.
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here is some more info.


Organised retail to cross INR 1000 billion mark by 2010
INR 200 billion investment in the pipeline

New Delhi, India, 26 th February 2005 - The retailing industry in India estimated at INR 930,000 crores (2003-04) is expected to grow at 5% p.a. and the organized retailing is well on its way to become an INR. 350 billion market by 2005 according to INDIA RETAIL REPORT 2005 : An IMAGES-KSA Technopak study released at the KSA Retail Summit 2005 here on Friday by Mr. Kishore Biyani, Manging Director of Pantaloon Retail, India's largest retailer. “ The size of the organized retailing market stood at Rs. 280 billion in 2004 , thereby, making up a mere 3% of the total retailing market. Moving forward, organized retailing is projected to grow at the rate of 25%-30% p.a. and is estimated to reach an astounding INR 1000 billion by 2010. Further, its contribution to total retailing sales is likely to rise to 9% by the end of the decade,” said Mr. Arvind Singhal, Chairman, KSA Technopak.
Share of Organised Retail

Total Retail in INR Billion
1999 2002 2005
7000 8250 10000

Organized Retail (in billion INR)

1999 2002 2005
50 150 350

% Share of Organized Retail
0.70% 1.80% 3.5%


According to Mr. Amitabh Taneja, Group Head, IMAGES & Director, International Council of shopping Centres (ICSC - India) and Indian Retail School, currently the fashion sector in India commands a lion's share in the country's organised retail pie. This is in line with the retail evolution in other parts of the world, where fashion led the retail development in the early stages of evolution and was followed by other categories like Food & Grocery, Durables etc. The report covers major sectors like Apparel, Footwear & Sportswear, Jwellery, watches, Health & Beauty (including services), Food & Grocery, Consumer Electronics, Mobile handsets & peripherals, Books, Music & Gifts, Home, Entertainment, and oil.

Detailing reasons why Indian organized retail is at the brink of Revolution the IMAGES-KSA report says that the last few years have seen rapid transformation in many areas and setting scalable and profitable retail models across categories. Indian consumers are rapidly evolving and accepting modern formats overwhelmingly. Retail Space is no more a constraint for growth. India is on the radar of Global Retailers and suppliers / brands world-wide are willing to partner with retailers here. Further, large Indian corporate groups like Tata, Reliance, Raheja, ITC, Bombay Dyeing, Murugappa & Piramal Groups etc and also foreign investors and private equity players are firming up plans to identify investment opportunities in the Indian retail sector. The quantum of investments is likely to sky-rocket as the inherent attractiveness of the segment lures more and more investors to earn large profits. Investments into the sector are estimated at INR 20 – 25 billion in the next 2-3 years, and over INR 200 billion by end of 2010.

Stocks in the retail sector are also becoming increasingly attractive from an investor's point of view. Successful development of value based concepts as well as development of retail space in smaller cities and towns shall drive the organized retail into the next levels of cities. Retailers have responded to this phenomenon by introducing contemporary retail formats such as hypermarkets and supermarkets in the new pockets of growth. Prominent ‘tier-II' cities and towns which are witnessing a pick-up in activity include Surat, Lucknow, Dehra Dun, Vijaywada, Bhopal, Indore, Vadodara, Coimbatore, Nasik, Bhubaneswar, Varanasi and Ludhiana among others.

With consumption in metros already being exploited, manufacturers and retailers of products such as personal computers, mobile phones, automobiles, consumer durables, financial services etc are increasingly targeting consumers in tier II cities and towns. In addition, petro-retailing efforts of petroleum giants scattered through out the country's landscape have also ensured that smaller towns are also exposed to modern retailing formats.

On the supply side, mall development activity in the small towns is also picking up at a rapid pace, thereby, creating quality space for retailers to fulfill their aggressive expansion plans. Thus, the ‘retail boom', 85% of which has so far been concentrated in the metros is beginning to percolate down to smaller cities and towns. The contribution of these tier-II cities to total organized retailing sales is expected to grow to 20-25%.

Favorable demographic and psychographic changes relating to India's consumer class, international exposure, availability of increasing quality retail space, wider availability of products and brand communication are some of the factors that are driving the retail in India. Over the last few years, many international retailers have entered the Indian market on the strength of rising affluence levels of the young Indian population along with the heightened awareness of global brands and international shopping experiences and the increased availability of retail real estate pace.

Development of India as a sourcing hub shall further make India as an attractive retail opportunity for the global retailers. Retailers like Wal-Mart, GAP, Tesco, JC Penney, H&M, Karstadt-Quelle etc stepping up their sourcing requirements from India and moving from third-party buying offices to establishing their own wholly owned / wholly managed sourcing & buying offices shall further make India as an attractive retail opportunity for the global players. Buying volumes for many of these players are already in the range of INR 10-20 billion per year, with reported plans to step up to INR 100-150 billion within the next 3-4 years.

Manufacturers in industries such as FMCG, consumer durables, paints etc are waking up to the growing clout of the retailers as a shift in bargaining power from the former to the latter becomes more discernible. Already, a number of manufacturers in India, in line with trends in developed markets, have set up dedicated units to service the retail channel. Also, instead of viewing retailers with suspicion, or as a ‘necessary evil' as was the case earlier, manufacturers are beginning to acknowledge them as channel members to be partnered with for providing solutions to the end-consumer more effectively.

Though lucrative opportunities exist across product categories, food and grocery, never-the-less, presents the most significant potential in the Indian context as consumer spending is highest on food. Further, ‘wet groceries' i.e. fresh fruits and vegetables is the most promising segment within food and grocery as very few organized retailers have tapped this opportunity inspite of wet groceries being the preferred choice of most Indian households.

The next level of opportunities in terms product retail expansion lies in categories such as apparel, jewellery and accessories, consumer durables, catering services and home improvement. These sectors have already witnessed the emergence of organized formats though more players are expected to join the bandwagon. Some of the niche categories like Books, Music and Gifts offer interesting opportunities for the retail players.

The IMAGES-KSA projections indicate that by 2015, India will have over 550 million people under the age of 20 – reflecting the gargantuan opportunities possible in the kids and teens retailing segment.
Wholesale trading is another area, which has potential for rapid growth. German giant Metro AG and South African Shoprite Holdings have already made headway in this segment by setting up stores selling merchandise on a wholesale basis in Bangalore and Mumbai respectively. These new-format cash-and-carry stores attract large volumes from a sizeable number of retailers who do not have to maintain relationships with multiple suppliers for all their needs.

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hi mandir,

I am doin Phd in Retailing in India. I can help you for ur research work.

regards.

sanjay
sanjaygahlot@rediffmail.com

hi maximaus can u plz send me the report dat u wer 2 mail mandar plzzz i need really urgently waiting for ur reply
regards
shruthika

Hi Shruthika,
Send your mail id I got many article on Retail as myself doing PHd in Retail and if you have some mail me to mbakumaraditya@rediffmail.com
Hi Maximumus,
Plz send me article and websites address As I am pusue my PHD in retail Oppurtunities in India.I will greatful to u.
My mail id is mbakumaraditya@rediffmail.com
With regards
Aditya Gupta

Hi Shrutika,

I am pursuing a Master's in IBM frm the University of Nottingham, UK and have based my dissrtn on the strategies used in the Indian retail sector..if you could give me ur mail id ..i cud frwrd all the reports tht i have ..on The Indian business scenario n retail....I would also appreciate if you n the others could also frward pertinent info on the same...

Regards
Nishtha

hey ppl,
i m currently persuing my postgrad in a uk uni. and i m doing my dissertation on impact of MNCs on organised food retailers in india. can anyone help me out with some valuable informations.
plz fwd your articles or suggestions to Sindhujaramesh@gmail.com
Thanks.

Hi

I am Ham Kumar doing my MBA-Marketing in UK and i selected Retail Sector in India as my Dissertation topic and i am really confused and not moving further could you please help me out by giving your suggestions and mailing your work and further materials what you have ASAP....please.... please... help me .................
Thanks in Advance

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Ham Kumar Muvalla
hamkumar.m@gmail.com