Retail Chronicles Issue 4 (1 to 15 October)

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THE 180° FLIP segmentation, targeting and positioning is the Market strategies brands follow in order to comprehend the key consumer behavior towards the current market current Retail industry is booming as it has become a situation. share of revenue generation pool for Indian great Backed by robust economic growth and rising economy. incomes, consumer spending in India is household to touch $3.6 trillion (about Rs.240 trillion) by expected increasing India’s share in global consumption to 2020, than twice its current levels. 5.8%—more at this it is evident that everyone wants their Looking of pie. Retail sectors are taking a shift into every share possible market that they can target. With news other the corner of Wal-mart’s apparent stake buying around in flipkart has turned the market into fumes. USbased process retail corporation Wal-Mart Stores Inc is in talks to a minority stake in Flipkart, two sources familiar with buy matter said, as the world’s biggest retailer aims to the a slice of a fast-growing online retail market. get to a leading journal US retailer was looking to According between $750 million and $1 billion in Flipkart, invest the final value and size of the stake would depend but the outcome of talks about the e-tailer’s overall on valuation. on that ,Wal-Mart and Flipkart were also More a collaboration that would see them contemplating each other’s expertise in retail and supply leverage in India.A deal would pit Wal-Mart against US chains Amazon, which has been expanding rapidly in the rival retail market and is now Flipkart’s biggest India’s Wal-Mart only operates wholesale stores in competitor. India. Amazon’s stint on online movie and TV shows After business, they are planning music streaming streaming to broaden the market segment. The race is on service get more consumers hooked on amazon ahead of the to is the latest lure. Company is about to launch holidays details about it pretty soon but for now they will new up with a price tag of $5 a month , which is quite come bummer on the competing channels. a just retailers or e-tailers, the shift is quite prominent Not the service industry as well. Uber is making an in drive into meal delivery, backed by a wave of aggressive recruitment, with the firm gearing up to enter at staff 22 countries and take on local rivals. With news like least note 7 catches fire in the market amongst new which is currently dominated by players such as market, Metro, Mochi and Reliance Footprint, and the Bata, has opened its first store under the brand company of 'Stride' in Bengaluru. Food processing minister name that Big retail chains and food brands from the U.K., said and Brazil are eyeing an entry in the Indian market Italy the government opened up foreign investments up after 100 per cent in processing, marketing and retailing of to India being the hot pool of green notes flying With nobody is going to leave any stone unturned. We allover, BY NEETI NARAIN GUPTA and xiaomi debuts iphone rivals, it’s consumers that every rival product is coming for each apparent other. conglomerate Arvind Group has readied Textile-to-retail to step into India's $5.2-billion footwear retail plans food made in India. have to see whose going to take the biggest flip. just 11
RETAIL NEWS AT A GLANCE Marks & Spencer pens deal to supply food to British Airways. Godrej Interio to launch e- commerce platform by April 2017. MedPlus on retail expansion in TN, to set up 200 stores. Lite Bite to invest Rs 30 crore on expansion. Zippo, William Penn tie-up to strengthen its footprint in India. OPPO overtakes Apple by sales value in India. Zara owner Inditex profits and sales rise as store expansion rolls on. O2 Spa to invest USD 15 mn for biz expansion. Aditya Birla Retail appoints Mohit Kampani as CEO SPOTLIGHT Aditya Birla's brand 'Abof' makes debut with Amazon Fashion. Resident angels jazz up Pepperfry with Rs 210 cr. Samsung delays latest flagship Galaxy Note 7 again JJ Valaya launches its first gifting store ‘The Home of the Traveler’ in Mehar Chand market 12
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