Articles about Indian retail consumer (0-50 of 188)
Gifts To India: Cutting Distances To Build Stronger Bonds By: brianwarren | - The picture of Indian families moving out beyond the geographical boundaries of the country looking for brighter prospects is not new to the subcontinent. A concept, which started ages back, has only become stronger with globalization. Today, besides people settling down comfortably in different parts of the world, there are innumerable executives, top of the line managers and professionals who are part of the global workforce, globetrotting everyday as a part of their business meetings, deals, ... Tags:gifts to India, online shopping, online gift
The report titled India Gems and Jewelry Industry Outlook to 2015 provides a comprehensive analysis on the gems and jewelry industry in India, covering various aspects such as market size of the gems and jewelry sector on the basis of revenue generated from retail sales, market segmentation on the basis of retail sales of gold jewelry, diamond jewelry and other precious stones jewelry segments, major gems and jewelry import and export market size and segments ... Tags:Gems, Jewelry, Jewelry Retail Sales, Gold, Diamond
Retailers Deploy Mobile Loyalty To Track Customer Behavior By: Mloyal | - Indian retail industry is going through a sea change. There are new brands coming in, existing brands increasing number of outlets and ever changing consumer is adding to the excitement. With all the visible growth, retention of existing customer is a key challenge for retail companies.
Customer Loyalty has been used by many international brands over the years. The communication channels have exploded. Physical addresses have got replaced by mobile phones, social media and Internet ... Tags:Mloyal, Mobile Loyalty, Loyalty Programs, Customer Loyalty
Shopping Is Not That "easy" With Retail Outlets By: Dinesh | - With the Indian retail sector growing with full surge whats going wrong with customer satisfaction is the moot question to understand. As organized retailing in the metro cities in the country is increasing the hectic scene at the retail outlets gives clear indication of many troubles that the retailing in going to face in India.
The AT Kearneys eighth annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), in 2009 rated the Indian retail market, as the fifth largest retail hub in the inte ... Tags:consumer complaints, consumer complaaints forum
The Banking Status In India By: Dinesh | - The global picture of Indian banking system is very lucrative. India is the second most populated country in the world and because of the immense growth potential it has shown it has become the apple of the eye for the world now. Ever since the Narshima Committee introduced 1991 reforms of liberalization, globalization and privatization the world economies started getting attracted toward it as the economy had a market which showed immense possibilities. It seems like with the robust increase ... Tags:Complaint Against Banks, consumer complaint forum
Keep Waiting For Couriers In India By: Dinesh | - There was a time when people in India use to grumble about the services of Indian Postal services. Then came the bloated era of privatization and globalization and customized area and courier companies came to India. Some time back the worth of the India logistics market was is $14 billion the projected trend is at a rate of 7-8 per cent. The logistics companies in India are fulfilling the needs of millions of retailers and are providing their services approximately to a billion people. Today th ... Tags:complaint against courier services, consumer complaint forum
Indian Brands Deploy Mobile Loyalty Platform By: Mloyal | - Increasing activity in the Indian Retail Sector is invoking brands to take note of customer preferences and build their own loyal customer base. Indian consumer is becoming savvy, is conscious about his preferences and is ever more demanding.
Brands are willing to go that extra mile to acquire new customers and to retain, engage their existing customers. Marketers want to know the customer, track customer behavior and manage customer expectations by giving targeted offers. Tags:Mloyal, Mobile Loyalty, Mobile Coupons, Mobile Promotions, Loyal
Reliance Retail To Roll Out Multiple Cash-and-carry Formats Across The Country By: Chintan Shah | - Reliance Retail, a subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani run Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), plans to roll out multiple cash-and-carry format stores for wholesale business across the country, after getting an encouraging response from the first such store launched in the city of Ahmedabad. With this initiative, Reliance Retail hopes to offer numerous national and international brands to small traders across the country and, at the same time, propel the growth of its consumer-focused business in the co ... Tags:Mukesh Ambani, Reliance, Reliance Industries, RIL
Are Consumers Brand Conscious By: Divya Sharma | - Style has now become a necessity rather than mere luxury. It was considered only as a luxury few years back. Nowadays, Indian population have become brand conscious and we can see people flaunting branded clothes and shoes. Mostly everyone is able to afford buying branded clothes and accessories; whereas it was only a handful of people who used to wear branded clothes.
Big Retail Businesses - Creators Of Jobs In India Or Destroyers Of Small Enterprises By: Alexander Christian | - India boasts of 12 million shopkeepers, though for how long it can boast of it is anyone's guess. Times are a-changing and the customers are ready to give up the pleasure of bargaining and matching their wits with a sometimes-indignant-sometimes-pleading shopkeeper, in exchange of a real bargain and rock-bottom prices of quality, branded goods.
The ball started rolling the day Manmohan Singh presented the budget in 1991 that proposed widespread economic reforms. Combined with globalization ... Tags:Retail Business
What Are The Major Distinctions Between B2b And B2c Marketing? By: Mick Denny | - There are several clear distinctions that can be between the B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) marketing platforms. Although these two categories make use of the somewhat similar marketing programs that include internet marketing, direct customer marketing, advertising, among other media, however, B2B and B2C differs in the execution of these programs and the result of the marketing activities. Both these marketing techniques employ the same initial steps in developing a ... Tags:indian manufacturers, b2b marketing, importers
Venture Capital Intevestments For Consumer Brands Development By: Adithya T Mohanakrishnan | - Venture capital will be ordinarily offered from the venture capitalists and also the professionals who invest money inside young, speedily developing companies that have the possibilities to be able to come to be considerable economic contributors. Its best option intended for businesses along with great up-front capital prerequisites which often cannot be financed by simply cheaper alternatives such as debt. These types of venture capital firms are actually the private close ties that are fun ... Tags:venture funds, consumer product venture fund
Any business in it's early stages requires money for getting out of. No matter if it is pertaining to launch or maybe pertaining to brand development business requires monetary support pertaining to almost everything. Personalized savings, bootstrapping plus bank loans would be the most popular solutions of having money pertaining to business. However most of these solutions get a bunch of limitations unless you ... Tags:Venture capital firm, venture funds, venture capital funds
The Rise And Rise Of Retail In India By: Sharon Burns | - The Indian Retail industry is all set to travel to the next level. In step with the report prepared by global consultancy Northbridge Capital, the retail market, which is currently worth $400 billion, is clocking an annual growth rate of thirty%. "The market is predicted to grow to $700 billion by the tip of 2010.
Of the entire retail market, the share of organised retail in 2008 is 7.five%, valued at $300 million," Although most of the Indian Retail trade continues to be charact ... Tags:Retail Business
The rugged fabric is desperately seeking female attention. With women constituting only 8% of the '4,700-crore Indian denim markets, the fabric is keen to drape the fairer sex. Denim makers say men led the 10- fold jump in consumption over the last 15 years and now, it is over to women to lead the next growth phase. At present, for each 100 men who own a pair of jeans, there are 15 women. This ratio w ... Tags:Denim, Denim Blues, Denim Jeans, Denim Fabrics
Trade In A Modern World By: Consumer Friend | - Nowadays you will never find more spread or any more popular part of modern world than trade. It is really touches every part of our moder life. Taking to consideration everything we live in or with, or use in everyday life is connected with trade and its services. We do not pay anymore attention to it, accepting it just like an ordinary thing but in reality it is the main part of our life that we have to meet alsmost every day, even if do want it or no. Trade is a huge world brand today without ... Tags:Consumer complaints, Client complaints, indian consumber com
The Indian telecom sector witnessed a total telephone subscriber base of 621.28 million and a wireless subscription of 584.32 million, according to Telecom Subscription Data released by TRAI as on 31st March 2010. The overall tele-density and Broadband subscription base in the telecom sector touched 52.74 and 8.75 million respectively, as on 31st March 2010.The Indian telecom sector saw number of telephone subscribers in India increase to 621.28 million at the end of March- ... Tags:Information Technology, telecom industry in india, retail, real estate industry, india economic, retail in india, brand India, financial services in i
Us Consumer Confidence Up But Consumer Spending Down By: Pete Migz | - This is not a comedy of errors, but a real life scenario, where the Consumer Board survey suggested a strengthening of the consumer confidence in November, but US GDP growth took a beating on the back of constrained consumer spending.
While, suggesting stronger consumer confidence for November, the Conference Board also suggested that US consumers continue to be anxious about the state of the US economy and are in a frugal spending mood.
Retail Industry Of India By: Kamal Poria | - Retailing is the process of selling a product or service to the end consumer and is the last leg in the product supply link. The Indian retail industry is growing tremendously. It's the biggest sector next to agriculture in terms of employment and turnover.
The rapid expansion is being experienced due to the entry of both the Indian corporations as well as the global players. Further, the hike in the purchasing power, evolving consumer needs, attitude, and lifestyle are making it a very pr ... Tags:Retail Industry of India, Investments in Retail Sector, FDI in Indian Retail Industry, Investment in India
Booming Business Sectors In India By: Jajati Patro | -
The information technology IT spend in India is expected to touch US$ 67 billion in 2010, an increase of 14.1 per cent from 2009, according to the research firm Gartner Inc. By 2013, the IT market in India is expected to grow 11 per cent from 2009-levels. The growth will be driven by IT services, telecommunications, software and computing hardware. The domestic IT services sector, at US$ 6.1 billion, accounted for more than 10 per cent of the overall domestic information, communication an ... Tags:indian telecom sector, automobiles, science & technology, healthcare sector in india, fmcg, Business opportunities in India
Beauty Industry Allres With Its Charisma By: Franchise India | - It is often said that beauty lies in th eeyes of the beholder, well not any more. Beauty is a relative term and anyone can beautify with the apt use of make up. It enhances our appearance and helps to get the stunning look. We check out this glamourising industry.
The cosmetics industry is valued at Rs 712 crore (Approx.) at present, and is expected to grow to Rs 1,514 crore by 2012. India, along with China, is one of Asia's largest cosmetics markets, and has had a growth of about 60 per c ... Tags:retail business opportunity, retail franchise opportunities
Beleaguered Textile Industry Uncertain Times Ahead By: F2F Author | - The Vibrant Indian Textile Industry, A Major Foreign Exchange Earner And One Of Tl Employers In The Country, Is Now Confronted With The Bleak Prospects Of Massive. Following Rising Cotton Prices, Robbing The Indian Garment Export Of Its Competitive
"The High Prices Of Cotton Have Pushed The Cost Of Fabric And Its End Product. We Situation Where We Are Forced To Reject The Repeat Orders As We Can't Justify The H Foreign Buyers," Regrets The Apparel Export Promotion Council (A ... Tags:Beleaguered Textile Industry, Indian Textile Industry, India
Hsbc's Indian Ops Post 44% Drop In Profit By: Dealfor Loans | - The Indian operations of HSBC has reported a 44% drop in its net profits for the year ended December 31, 2009, to $374 million from $666 million a year earlier. The drop comes on the back of a loss of over Rs 1,000 crore in retail banking. The bank has also recorded a loss in commercial banking and lower profits in global markets. However, the groups profits from non-banking sources like brokerage and asset management have improved.
Planning The Retail Revival: Optimistic Visions For 2010 By: Fibre2fashion | - With a positive upturn after a harsh recession, what would be the retail scenario for the coming year 2010?
New Year is likely to give new hopes for everyone. The same applies to the retail sector as well. Retailers are buoyant about their revival in the coming year, 2010. Plausible revival signs for retail are on the horizon in big cities like Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai. Estimates state that the shopping fever would soon spread to the other cities revitalizing the retail sector. Industr ... Tags:Global fashion, fashion accessory, hot fashion collection
Banks Put A Break On Retail Loan By: Dealfor Loans | - The Flow of personal loans declines 0.1 per cent in the year to October 2009.
The reduction of credit norms for unsecured loans is showing. According to statistics, flow of personal loans declined 0.1 per cent in the year up to October 2009, as against a 15 per cent rise a year ago. The Reserve bank of Indias (RBIs) explanation of personal loans includes loans for housing, credit card outstanding, and consumer durables finance by banks, education loans and advances against fix ... Tags:Retail loans, Loans, personal loans, credit cards, RBI Bulle
Over View On Packaging And Labeling Business By: Andy Dicosta | - In the olden times, packaging simply meant containment of goods. But today, packaging has acquired the status of a science, art and technology for protecting goods; goods that are eventually meant for distribution, storage, sale and use. Today, packaging also covers design, evaluation and production of packages . In other words, packaging contains preserves, protects, transports, informs and sells.
Fast Moving Consumer Goods By: Jajati Patro | - Driven by the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and apparel segments, the Indian retail market which is currently estimated to be around US$ 350 billion is expected to witness growth by nine per cent annually touching US$ 521 billion by 2012. Bharti Retail President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Vinod Sawhny, speaking during an industry event, said, "FMCG and apparel sectors contribute the maximum to the growth of the retail market in India." He added, "FMCG in particular has a huge potent ... Tags:fmcg, indian banking industry, food industry
Believe it or not, but a movie has helped rekindle the dashed hoped of Indian exporters. And the film in question is none other than Oscar winning movie, Slumdog Millionaire. There were reports doing rounds that this movie has helped India reclaim its lost glory, in the field of apparel and jewellery exports. In fact, according to a popular e-commerce site, the movie has bolstered demand for Indi ... Tags:indian exporters, made in india, indian exports
Shopping Malls Take A Beating In Organized Indian Retail By: Mark Stepen | -
Shopping malls have mushroomed all over the major metros of India, spreading its tentacles far and wide, like the proverbial hydra. Gurgaon, Noida, and a few other satellite townships in the NCR (national capital region) of Indias capital city Delhi, have been standing witnesses and silent partners to this mall mania. Called as the Shopping-mall capital of India, Gurgaon has been a focal point of the this rising tide, with monolithic glass structures, colossal trade towers and a ... Tags:Retail India, Indian Retail Industry, Retail companies in India
The Changing Face Of The Indian Retail Consumer By: Mark Stepen | -
The face of the Indian retail consumer has undergone total transformation. They have come a long way from those days of yore, before the liberalization of the Indian economy, when saving was the mantra, and anything that diverts away from it was frowned upon, and looked at with dismay. Globalization and the media have brought the world closer, opening doors to cultures, trends and lifestyle that were considered taboo, alien and unknown to them. And with the spiraling Indian economy, the b ... Tags:Retail India, Indian Retail Industry, organized retail, Indian retail consumer
Retail Opportunity Across Metro Cities In India By: Mark Stepen | - India has some of the fastest growing metros in the world, making it a preferred destination for leading retail giants from across the globe. As the organized retail industry in India undergoes an unprecedented growth trajectory, buoyed by the strong economy, many Tier II and Tier III are on an ascending curve, making great strides, parallel to the development in the retail segment. India has an interesting mix of maturing metros, metros on the growth lane and metros in the making, providing amp ... Tags:Retail India, Indian Retail Industry, Luxury Retail, Retail Verticals and Formats
The Right Mix For Seamless Distribution In Indian Retail By: Mark Stepen | - In retail business, distribution plays a key role, as it decides the where, how, whom and when for products to reach their ultimate destination. Manufacturers and retailers need a number of distribution models, channels and intermediaries at varying degrees of importance and priority, depending on the consumer, product or region. Retailers have to zero down on a right mix of distribution model and network that can enact the balancing act to the fullest, profiting everyone involved in the entire ... Tags:Retail India, Indian Retail Industry, Retail market in India, Indian Retail companies
Indian Luxury Retail Booming In The Midst Of A Global Economic Slowdown By: Mark Stepen | - As they say, there are good and there are bad times; and well, these are bad times, as the government goes bonkers with its austerity drive, to show its solidarity to the farmer suicides, and the aam admi brigade jumping into the bandwagon without much ado, in the midst of a global economic recession. Yet, they say, the luxury retail sector in India is at an all time high; hey you got to be kidding! But, the fact and figures loudly say, the Indian luxury retail is booming, and that for onc ... Tags:luxury retail, Retail India, Indian Retail Industry
Retail Entertainment Zones By: Mark Stepen | - As the organized retail juggernaut literally bulldozes its way towards market domination, a number of retail formats and categories are in the offing, ready to capitalize on the flourishing Indian market. Malls, hypermarkets and supermarkets have become familiar landscape to the average Indians, dotting the entire horizon of today"s urban jungle. Retail economic zone (REZ) is the latest entrant to the India retail jargon. According to the Financial Chronicle, in the very near future Retail ... Tags:Retail Entertainment zones. Retail India, Retail In India, Indian Retail
CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards 2009 felicitated India's most consumer centric brands sponsored by OSS Retails and ICICI Bank
Mumbai : CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards 2009 felicitated India's most consumer centric brands which was held last week. Some of the dignitaries who made this event special were honorable politician Digvijay Singh - General Secretary, All India Congress Committee, Chanda Kochhar - MD & CEO, ICICI Bank, Nitin Paranjpee - MD & CEO, Hindustan Unilever and ... Tags:CNBC consumer awards 2009,
Career In Retail- Courses And Overview By: Geetika Jain | - Retail sector in India has come to be known as the sunrise sector of the country with the promising opportunities that it has opened up. The sector is expanding at a rapid speed. It suffered a temporary blow with the global economic downturn but the tide is back to normal now and retail sector is looking up again. With the growth, the job opportunities n the sector also rose and so did the demand for retail management courses. To become a retail executive or retail manager, there were not many s ... Tags:shiksha, education, career, career options, career prospects
Baroda"s Personal Loans Help People"s Finances By: David H Urmann | - Personal loans of Baroda are very convenient to the Indian residents. They may purchase products and services they want as long as they were approved by the banks for these personal loans.
The Urban Indians lifestyle is changing fast. The burgeoning Indian middle class is the main target customers of the multinational companies. There have been many changes seen in the expenditure scale with the rise of reusable income in the young Indians hands.
In 1970s, Indian pharmaceutical market was almost non-existent. But today, India has carved a niche for itself in the pharmaceutical domain. In fact, it has a grown in to a big mart for the Pharmaceutical Industry. In the wider world, India pharmaceutical industry ranks fourth in terms of volume and thirteenth in terms of value. Be it formulations, bulk drugs, generics, Novel Drug Delivery Systems, New Chemical Entities, or Biotechnology etc, I ... Tags:India mart, Indian pharmaceutical industry, India pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical products manufacturers, pharmaceutical products exporters
Brace For A Re-rating - India Votes For Stability And Development By: Shyam Kumar | - The Indian voter has thrown the biggest positive surprise in the 2009 General elections. The recent election results are momentous from Indias perspective, because after many years we are getting a stable government at the centre. The number of seats won by the Congress also gives it overwhelming clout within the coalition.
Banking Solutions For Customer Convenience. By: bankbars | - When Banking started of for Independent India, you had Nationalized and regional banks handling the countrys finances. As the years progressed you had more branches opening up. The 80s and 90s saw a whole lot of Global Banks like Standard Chartered, Barclays, Grindlays opening their banks up in India. Still banking didnt seem to be convenient. The modus of transaction was pretty gloomy and boring with people having to wait their turns to visit the tellers counter to compl ... Tags:Business Banking, Online Banking, Online Bill Payment, Banking, Mobile Banking, Mobile Bill Payment, Retail Banking Services, NRI Banking,
An Introduction To Indian Retail Industry By: Achal Arya | - The India Retail Industry is the largest among all the industries, accounting for over 10 per cent of the countrys GDP and around 8 per cent of the employment. The Retail Industry in India has come forth as one of the most dynamic and fast paced industries with several players entering the market. But all of them have not yet tasted success because of the heavy initial investments that are required to break even with other companies and compete with them. The India Retail Industry is gra ... Tags:Retail management delhi, management institute delhi
The Changing Face Of The Indian Retail Industry By: Fibre2fashion | - India is fast becoming the retail destination of the world. According to the international management consultant AT Kearney, India has emerged as the leader in terms of retail opportunities. The retail market in India is anticipated to grow to 427 billion USD by the year 2010.
However, the face of the Indian retail industry is changing. India is passing through a retail boom today. A number of changes have taken place on the Indian retail front such as increasing availability of ... Tags:Indian Retail Industry, Indian Retailers, Face of Retail Industry
The Retailer's Role In Quality Retailing The Emerging Scenario In India By: Fibre2fashion | - The Indian retail industry is thriving today. There is stiff competition among Indian and foreign retailers to attract customers and retain them. In this tug-of-war, quality retailing has emerged as the solution. The retailer who provides quality products and services along with a quality shopping experience succeeds in the long run.
Fast Decision Is Required For Fast Fashion By: Fibre2fashion | - How retailers can come up with quicker, superior resolution in a move to react quickly to shifting shopper demand? The retailers are under noticeable pressure in order to respond continuously evolving fashion trends. The consumer's demands are continuously changing with the fashion trends, whether its design, fabric types, colors or even the modest technology. The major point is to get known about the product that would be saleable in stores and at what time. To cater the most sensitive moods ev ... Tags:Global Fashion Industry, Indian Fashion Industry, Latest Fashion Trends, Fashion Industry Trends, Clothing Industry, Fashion Industry News, Garment In
Stationery Issues By: Karishma Roy | - The Stationery products are a commonly used set of products in homes, offices, and schools. However, the attitude that most stationery consumers have towards stationery products is that of ignorance and there is rarely any desire on the part of the consumer to know what he is purchasing. There is also a lack of awareness about the variety of products available and the consumer settles for whatever the local stationery shop offers at whatever price the shopkeeper quotes. There is no consistency i ... Tags:Stationery, Products, Indian, Imports, The Mumbai Stationery Manufacturers and Dealers Association
Retail Makeovers - It"s Not Just For Reality Tv By: John Stanley | - Switch on the TV and you will be bombarded with reality tv programmes providing makeovers on gardens, homes and lifestyles. The makeover is not something that is unique to the TV screen, it is part of everyday life.
I was recently in the Middle East meeting a retail advisor. One part of the conversation really stuck in my mind. His strategy was that in todays competitive retail market, stores had to reinvent themselves every four years, otherwise consumers would get bo ... Tags:competitive retail market, Many retailers, retail business
