Written by Natasha Jog | Updated: November 05, 2016 11:20 IST source: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-indias-online-startups-are-turning-offline-1621583 Why India's Online Startups Are Turning Offline NEW DELHI: Online shopping may be getting more popular by the day but the lack of a "touch and feel" experience gnaws at them. This is one of the few key reasons why companies that exclusively have been selling online so [...]
New policy aims to revive retail biz Paul John| TNN | Updated: Nov 4, 2016, 06.44 AM IST Ahmedabad: Till a few years ago, Ahmedabad and Pune were considered to be 'graveyards' for malls in the country. But circumstances may change, says the state's urban development department. Gujarat plans to resurrect retail businesses with its own Retail Trade Policy. The [...]
Alibaba urged to take exporters online source: http://retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/e-commerce/e-tailing/alibaba-urged-to-take-exporters-online/56131712 The idea behind the intended partnership is to deliver endto-end solutions for exporters, especially the smaller ones who can't keep huge inventory.Kirtika Suneja December 23, 2016 India is in talks with China's leading e-commerce firm Alibaba.com to help domestic garment exporters market their products online and educate them about payment gateways, security and [...]
source:http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/retail-tainment-the-new-sunshine-sector/480049/ Retail-tainment: the new sunshine sector There is huge potential for businesses opting to provide commercially-designed experiences to customers, effectively combining retail and entertainment Retail-tainment is not a new sector, but a developed concept from the West, which is present in India too, though negligibly. Going by the definition, retail-tainment means a commercially-designed experience intended to combine [...]
source: http://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/2016-saw-highest-levels-of-pe-realty-investments-since-2008-anshul-jain-cushman-wakefield/56153316 2016 saw highest levels of PE realty investments since 2008: Anshul Jain, Cushman & Wakefield The year 2016 ushered a new high since 2008 in private equity investments into the realty sector. December 24, 2016 By: Anshul Jain, Managing Director, India, Cushman & Wakefield
Source: http://www.livemint.com/Companies/LL52dCwraEI6qf831jsyDN/Shopping-malls-catch-the-fancy-of-realty-investors.html Shopping malls catch the fancy of realty investors Investors in 2016 either acquired malls, or partnered with firms to build new ones Mon, Dec 26 2016 madhurima.n@livemint.com Bengaluru/Mumbai: Investors across the globe shopped for some of the best malls across Indian cities this year, signalling an increasing interest in retail real estate as they bet [...]
Source: https://hbr.org/2016/12/doing-business-in-india-requires-a-mobile-first-strategy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20harvardbusiness%20(HBR.org) Doing Business in India Requires a Mobile-First Strategy Vijay Govindarajan Gunjan Bagla DECEMBER 23, 2016 If you want to see how mobile technology can disrupt the very basics of business models and habits established over hundreds if not thousands of years, look at what’s happening in India. A telecommunications revolution, towards fourth generation (4G) mobile [...]
Source: http://www.adageindia.in/marketing/news/post-demonetization-plastic-transactions-jump-25-per-month/articleshow/56199936.cms Post Demonetization, Plastic Transactions Jump 25% Per Month By Pratik Bhakta, Published on Dec 27, 2016, Plastic transactions have jumped around 25% per month since November 8 in the wake of demonetisation and the government's aggresive push -led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi -for a predominantly cashless society . While card payments grew the most in [...]
Source: http://www.businessinsider.in/five-trends-that-are-reshaping-retail/articleshow/56201126.cms Five trends that are reshaping retail GUEST AUTHORDEC 27, 2016, 04.26 PM Retailers are going through the biggest transformation ever in the industry. Here are five major trends I believe are reshaping the retailindustry and forcing retailers to reimagine their businesses. 1. Mobile devices are becoming the only devices for a large segment of consumers. [...]