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RETAILING IN INDIA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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parameter for consumers in their selection process for products, channels and brands was
convenience. Indian consumers, primarily millennials with higher disposable incomes, did not
mind paying more for a retailing experience which was more convenient than the cheapest
option. This was prevalent across both grocery and non-grocery retailing. Consumers in
metropolitan cities preferred to order their groceries online, even if the price was marginally
higher than kirana stores. This was driven by the convenience that the online channel offers,
which kirana stores do not. Similarly, for non-grocery products, consumers preferred retailers
which had a presence across both online and offline channels, as it allowed them to have a
more seamless experience, and more options from which to choose in terms of delivery,
products and payment.
Second- and Third-tier Cities Become the New Target for Expansion for
Modern Retailers
One of the primary challenges that retailers face in India is a lack of good real estate locations
at reasonable prices in urban areas of the country. The presence and expansion of organised
retailers is very dense in urban areas. Metropolitan cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,
Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore are amongst the most sought-after for retail presence and
location. However, real estate prices are consistently high, which is a major cause of concern for
retailers. As a result, retailers started to look at second- and third-tier cities. Apart from real
estate prices, another reason why second- and third-tier cities have become lucrative for
expansion is the rising demand from semi-urban consumers for brands. The lack of presence of
most international brands and a major proportion of national brands in these areas led
consumers to resort to the online channel. Retailers have realised this new market, and
naturally plan to tap into it. A few retailers who have already expanded in these areas are D-
Mart, one of the fastest growing hypermarkets in India, which opened a new store in Zirakpur, a
satellite town in Mohali, Punjab. Similarly, BigBasket.com, a leading online grocery retailer,
delivers to Huskur Village, which is outside Bangalore, and H&M opened a store in Mohali,
Punjab.
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Informal Retailing
Informal retailing continued to be dominant and flourished in India in 2017. Informal retailing
continued to account for a considerable proportion of retailing in India in terms of value sales,
because of its easy availability and the low prices offered by such retailers.
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Non-grocery retailers, especially electronics and appliance specialist retailers, apparel and
footwear specialist retailers and health and beauty specialist retailers, are the most affected
by informal retailing. The products available range from fake products, to grey market
products to black market products. Consumers who cannot afford to buy original brands, e.g.
Nike, Reebok, adidas, Zara, Forever 21 and many others, prefer to buy them from an informal
retailer due to their aspirational desires. This has led non-grocery specialists to suffer the
most from informal retailing.
The concept of informal retailing is popular in India because of the large rural population. The
majority of the rural population in India continues to live under poor economic conditions, as a
result of which informal retailing is preferred, purely due to the low prices.
Informal retailing primarily attracts consumers from the lower economic strata, as generally
the price and the quality are both low. Middle-income and affluent consumers do not tend to
use informal retailing.
Opening Hours
Retail opening hours in India tend to vary between rural and urban areas of the country. In
India’s rural areas, opening hours for retail outlets are generally between 07.00hrs and
19.00hrs. However, in urban areas retail outlets are generally open for longer. Retail outlets in
India’s major metropolitan cities tend to be open between 08.00hrs and 22.00hrs. These
times, however, vary from city to city, and depend to a substantial degree on the commercial
laws of the state in which the city is located. However, in smaller Indian cities, such as
second- and third-tier cities, retail outlets are generally open between 08.00hrs and 20.00hrs.
On national holidays, including Republic Day on 26 January, Independence Day on 15 August
and Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October, retail outlets are usually closed until 16.30hrs, at which
point they generally open as normal. However, there are no strict laws in place in India
governing the number of days per year that retail outlets can remain open.
In India, 24-hour retailing is common mainly amongst chemists/pharmacies, although this is
generally limited to major cities and metropolitan cities. A limited number of convenience
stores in India are open 24 hours a day; however, the number of such stores remains quite
low, and again, the spread of these outlets is restricted to India’s major cities. This is likely to
change during the forecast period, however, as increasing numbers of Indian retailers,
especially modern grocery retailers, are expected to remain open 24 hours a day, as
changing lifestyles and more intense and irregular working schedules are creating demand for
24-hour retailers in the country.
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specialists
Independent No 11.00hrs- 11.00hrs- 11.00hrs- 11.00hrs-
small grocers 22.00hrs 22.00hrs 22.00hrs 22.00hrs
Other No 09.00hrs- 09.00hrs- 09.00hrs- 09.00hrs-
grocery 19.00hrs 19.00hrs 19.00hrs 19.00hrs
retailers
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Access to membership is given to the card holder on the account. Whoever has the card can
walk in and shop in any cash and carry store under the same brand in India.
Seasonality
Diwali
Shopping season: October-Diwali.
Primary products bought: Consumer electronics and appliances, apparel and footwear and
leisure and personal goods are the leading consumer durables purchased during the Diwali
season sale. Specialist retailers and internet retailers earn the majority of their year’s sales
during these two months.
Retailer strategy: Retailers generally offer big discounts and cash back in order to attract
consumers to their outlets during this season. Almost every retailer and manufacturer slashes
prices during Diwali season, and they advertise heavily via every media possible.
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MARKET DATA
Table 1 Sales in Retailing by Store-based vs Non-Store: Value 2012-2017
INR bn
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
INR bn
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Note 2: Off-price retailing not included in store-based retailing total to avoid double counting as off-price retailing
is a duplicate category already accounted for within apparel and footwear specialists and department
stores.
'000 outlets
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
% unit growth
2016/17 2012-17 CAGR 2012/17 Total
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Note 2: Off-price retailing not included in store-based retailing total to avoid double counting as off-price retailing
is a duplicate category already accounted for within apparel and footwear specialists and department
stores.
INR bn
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Table 9 Grocery Retailers: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space 2012-2017
Table 10 Grocery Retailers: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space: % Growth 2012-
2017
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% growth
2016/17 2012-17 CAGR 2012/17 Total
INR bn
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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'000 outlets
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
% unit growth
2016/17 2012-17 CAGR 2012/17 Total
Table 15 Non-Grocery Specialists: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space 2012-2017
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Table 16 Non-Grocery Specialists: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space: % Growth
2012-2017
% growth
2016/17 2012-17 CAGR 2012/17 Total
INR bn
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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'000 outlets
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
% unit growth
2016/17 2012-17 CAGR 2012/17 Total
Table 21 Mixed Retailers: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space 2012-2017
Table 22 Mixed Retailers: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space: % Growth 2012-
2017
% growth
2016/17 2012-17 CAGR 2012/17 Total
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INR bn
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
'000 outlets
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
% unit growth
2016/17 2012-17 CAGR 2012/17 Total
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Mass Merchandisers - - -
Variety Stores - - -
Warehouse Clubs - - -
Mixed Retailers 14.8 16.0 109.7
Source: Euromonitor International from official statistics, trade associations, trade press, company research,
trade interviews, trade sources
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sites/outlets
Brand (GBO) Company (NBO) 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Note: Vending data captures vending systems installed in public and semi-captive environments only. For
further details refer to definitions.
sites/outlets
Brand (GBO) Company (NBO) 2014 2015 2016 2017
More (Aditya Birla Aditya Birla Retail Ltd 505 500 508 523
Group)
Reliance (Reliance Reliance Retail Ltd 576 480 450 388
Group)
Big Bazaar (Future Future Retail Ltd - - 220 240
Group)
D-Mart Avenue Supermarts Ltd 76 91 117 132
Spencer's (RPG Group) Spencer's Retail Ltd 133 136 129 128
Big Bazaar (Future Future Value Retail Ltd 210 269 - -
Group)
Big Bazaar (Future Pantaloon Retail India - - - -
Group) Ltd
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sites/outlets
Brand (GBO) Company (NBO) 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Bata (Bata Ltd) Bata India Ltd 1,560 1,096 1,100 1,153
Next (Videocon Techno Kart India Ltd - 750 800 850
Industries Ltd)
Samsung Plaza Samsung India 425 430 440 445
(Samsung Corp) Electronics Pvt Ltd
UniverCell Univercell 490 420 380 350
Telecommunications
India Pvt Ltd
Colour Idea Store Asian Paints Ltd (APL) 223 230 300 300
Reliance Footprint Reliance Retail Ltd 170 215 225 255
(Reliance Group)
Tanishq (Tata Group) Titan Co Ltd 171 184 226 251
The MobileStore MobileStore Ltd, The 857 857 610 250
(Essar Group)
Reebok (adidas Group) Reebok India Pvt Ltd 400 250 234 220
Spice Hotspot (S Spice Retail Ltd 455 325 275 190
Mobility Ltd)
Interio (Godrej Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd 145 154 170 180
Group)
Max (Landmark Group) Max Fashion India 107 133 155 179
Croma (Tata Group) Infiniti Retail Ltd 91 97 91 100
Sony Centre (Sony Sony India Pvt Ltd 300 177 97 97
Corp)
LG Shoppe (LG Corp) LG Electronics India 102 102 100 95
Pvt Ltd
Vijay Sales Vijay Sales Ltd 54 65 68 73
Vimal (Reliance Reliance Retail Ltd 241 122 50 48
Group)
Next (Videocon Next India Retail Ltd 700 - - -
Industries Ltd)
Others Others 2,186,517 2,333,676 2,516,724 2,711,302
Total Total 2,195,961 2,343,735 2,527,531 2,722,354
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trade interviews, trade sources
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Group)
Vimal (Reliance Reliance Retail Ltd 303.7 153.7 63.0 60.5
Group)
Medplus Medplus Health Services 32.5 38.0 41.0 44.9
Pvt Ltd
UniverCell Univercell 26.5 25.2 23.2 22.8
Telecommunications
India Pvt Ltd
The MobileStore MobileStore Ltd, The 72.9 77.1 54.9 22.5
(Essar Group)
Reebok (adidas Group) Reebok India Pvt Ltd 40.4 25.3 23.6 22.2
Sony Centre (Sony Sony India Pvt Ltd 64.2 37.9 20.8 20.8
Corp)
LG Shoppe (LG Corp) LG Electronics India 17.2 17.2 16.9 16.0
Pvt Ltd
Next (Videocon Next India Retail Ltd 206.8 - - -
Industries Ltd)
Home Town (Future Home Solutions Retail 72.5 - - -
Group) (India) Ltd
Others Others 184,162.9 200,403.3 218,063.7 236,729.5
Total Total 186,473.8 202,909.9 220,769.6 239,615.5
Source: Euromonitor International from official statistics, trade associations, trade press, company research,
trade interviews, trade sources
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sites/outlets
Brand (GBO) Company (NBO) 2014 2015 2016 2017
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INR bn
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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INR bn
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
'000 outlets
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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% unit growth
2017/18 2017-22 CAGR 2017/22 Total
INR bn
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Table 54 Grocery Retailers Forecasts: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space 2017-
2022
Table 55 Grocery Retailers Forecasts: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space: %
Growth 2017-2022
% growth
2017/18 2017-22 CAGR 2017/22 Total
INR bn
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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'000 outlets
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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% unit growth
2017/18 2017-22 CAGR 2017/22 Total
Table 60 Non-Grocery Specialists Forecasts: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space
2017-2022
Table 61 Non-Grocery Specialists Forecasts: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space:
% Growth 2017-2022
% growth
2017/18 2017-22 CAGR 2017/22 Total
INR bn
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Appliance Specialist
Retailers
Health and Beauty 1,335.9 1,412.2 1,495.5 1,579.0 1,669.9 1,767.2
Specialist Retailers
Home and Garden 1,571.7 1,619.7 1,673.0 1,730.7 1,799.5 1,880.7
Specialist Retailers
Leisure and Personal 4,199.7 4,691.0 5,247.8 5,878.8 6,614.0 7,471.3
Goods Specialist
Retailers
Other Non-Grocery 50.5 52.6 54.7 56.7 58.4 60.0
Specialists
Non-Grocery Specialists 13,785.6 14,650.1 15,599.2 16,609.3 17,742.3 19,008.1
Source: Euromonitor International from trade associations, trade press, company research, trade interviews,
trade sources
Note: Forecast value data in constant terms.
'000 outlets
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Source: Euromonitor International from trade associations, trade press, company research, trade interviews,
trade sources
% unit growth
2017/18 2017-22 CAGR 2017/22 Total
Table 66 Mixed Retailers Forecasts: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space 2017-2022
Table 67 Mixed Retailers Forecasts: Value Sales, Outlets and Selling Space: % Growth
2017-2022
% growth
2017/18 2017-22 CAGR 2017/22 Total
INR bn
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Warehouse Clubs - - - - - -
Mixed Retailers 205.7 220.1 235.3 250.5 266.4 283.0
Source: Euromonitor International from trade associations, trade press, company research, trade interviews,
trade sources
Note: Forecast value data in constant terms
'000 outlets
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
% unit growth
2017/18 2017-22 CAGR 2017/22 Total
DEFINITIONS
Explanations of words and/or terminology used in this report are as follows:
Kirana stores: Independent small grocers.
Other terminology:
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GBO refers to global brand owner, which is the ultimate owner of a brand.
NBO refers to national brand owner, which is the company licensed to distribute a brand on
behalf of a GBO. The NBO may be a subsidiary of a GBO or it may be a completely separate
company. Share tables at both GBO and at NBO level are provided in the report. Reference
to shares in the report analysis is at NBO level.
SOURCES
Sources used during the research included the following:
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Retailbiz
Retailing 360
Telegraph
The Economic Time
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