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INDIAN RETAIL INDUSTRY
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Industrial Analysis. We would like to thank, Dr. Ramanna
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issue. This experience has enriched our knowledge in the
concerned subject.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................9
1 Introduction:...........................................................................................................................11
2 OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................................28
3 Industry Analysis...................................................................................................................30
5.1.1 Profitability:...........................................................................................73
5.2.2 Pricing:..................................................................................................92
5.2.3 Advertising:...........................................................................................94
6.3 Conclusion:..................................................................................................98
Bibliography:.........................................................................................................................100
List of Figures
Figure 1.1 Global Retail Scenario............................................................................................12
Figure 5.20 Net Profit Graph for all Major Companies in (crs)..............................................75
Figure 5.25 Sales Trend Graph for all major companies (crs).................................................84
Figure 5.26 Profit Trend Graph for all Major Companies in (crs)..........................................85
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List of Tables
Table 1.1 Share of organised Retail sector...............................................................................13
Table 1.2 World Total Retail sector and Percentage in organized sector.................................14
Table 3.4 TOP Major Players in retail in India with respect to No. of stores, Formats and
Brand names ............................................................................................................................40
Executive Summary
The Indian Retail industry is a significant contributor to the GDP of India. It also provides
many employment opportunities in the country. It adds to the fashion quotient and lifestyle of
the people. The industry earlier comprised of unorganized retail. The kirana stores and the
local mom and pop stores were very popular among the consumers. Now organized retailing
is slowly emerging in the form of malls and hypermarkets. The industry is in a
transformational form as there is a shift from unorganized retailing to organized retailing.
Emergence of key players like Shoppers’ stop, Pantaloon, Vishal, etc. has changed the face of
retailing in India. These outlets have a huge advantage over the next door kirana stores in
terms of better financial position and superior technological facilities. Through this report, an
attempt is made to study the growth and sustainability of organized retail both from the
customer view point and the industry viewpoint. The study provides an insight into the factors
propelling the growth of organized retail in India, pricing strategy, Advertisement and Market
leader of the Retail sector in India. Even this study focus on the role of FDI in India and what
are the challenges facing by this industry. The analysis of this industry, by both quantitative
and qualitative aspect.
CHAPTER- 1
INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction:
Retailing includes activities accompanying to selling to ultimate consumer for their personnel
family and household use, from a fixed location such as a department store or kiosk, in small
or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. It is an interface between the
producer and the individual consumer buying for personal consumption.
Retail is one of India’s largest industries, contributing to about 12 per cent of the GDP and
providing employment to 8 per cent of the nation’s workforce. The retail sector is expanding
and modernizing rapidly in line with India’s economic growth. The Retail sector in India is
worth USD 394 billion and is growing at the rate of 30% annually. The industry which
traditionally comprised of mom and pop stores spread hither and thither is in the
revolutionary phase in the present era. It has come a long way with the emergence of modern
retail outlets such as malls, speciality stores, etc. There are major players like Shoppers Stop,
Pantaloons, etc. who, even though very small in number have changed the face of retailing
India. These organized retailers have posed a threat to the traditional retail stores. They also
have an upper hand in case of financial and technology support as compared to the
unorganized retail outlets. According to AT Kearney, India is the next favourite foreign
investment destination currently, as markets like China become increasingly saturated. India
has the 4th largest economy with respect to the GDP (in PPP terms) and is expected to rank 3rd
by 2010 just behind US and China. Over the past few years, the retail sales in India are
hovering around 33-35% of GDP as compared to around 20% in the US. This can be
attributed to the penetration of organized retailing in India. It has not only modernized the
economy but also contributed to middle class’ savings. Middle class is the dominating income
group in the entire population. The opportunities in organized Indian retail sector are also
expected to grow over the next few years.
Courtesy: www.fibre2fashion.com
The U.S retail industry is one of the largest industries in the world. It is the second largest
among other industries in the US. It generates about 22 million jobs. It is worth US$ 9 trillion
(figures as of 2007) and is still growing. The fact that 47 of the Global Fortune 500
companies & 25 of Asia’s Top 200 companies are retailers is a matter of pride to the Retail
sector.
The growth in retail sector is not only evident in the U.S, but also in other developed
countries like U.K, European Union and Japan. Economies of countries like Singapore,
Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, etc. are also greatly dependent on the retail sector.
Retailing all over the world can be divided into two basic categories:
• Organized retail
• Unorganized retail
Unorganized retail refers to the Local Mom and Pop stores. Hypermarkets, Supermarkets,
Malls, etc. constitute the organized retail segment. The percentage breakup of organized and
unorganized retail varies from country to country all over the world. Actually this percentage
breakup can even be an indicator of the level of economic development of a country.
Developed countries have more organized retail than unorganized retail. In the developing
countries, the trend is vice – versa. Unorganized retail dominates developing countries.
Nevertheless, organized retail is steadily growing.
The above table indicates the growth of organized retail in the world as a percentage of the
total retail.
The breakup of organized retail among the developed and developing countries is as shown
below. Developed countries like the US, European Union and Japan together constitute 80%
of the total organized retail in the world. But, the developing countries are not to be
neglected. Growth of organized retail in these countries is at a much faster pace than that in
developed countries. This is because in the developing countries, there is more scope for
future expansion as against the developed countries which may suffer from saturation.
Table 1.2 World Total Retail sector and Percentage in organized sector
The above table shows organized retail as a percentage of total retail in different countries. It
is evident that developed countries like USA and UK have a higher percentage of organized
retail than the developing countries like Brazil, China and Russia. India and Pakistan have to
go a long way to match the other countries. Pakistan has the least percentage of organized
retail as compared to the other countries mentioned above (1%) while India is no better off at
4%. The graphical depiction of the above table is as shown below. Here, the organized retail
is given in terms of US$ rather than as just a percentage of total sales.
In short, there is a lot of scope for growth of organized retail in developing countries. India
and China are the targets. Growing population, increasing incomes and higher purchasing
power in these countries will drive the growth of this sector. Some top retailers in the world
are:
5. Metro GERMANY
The Indian Retail industry was worth US $511 billion at the end of 2008. It is expected to
post a Compounded annual growth rate of 13.2% which will place it at US $640 billion in
2010.
Indian economy is the 4th largest in the world in terms of GDP. It is expected to become the
3rd largest by the end of 2010 by ousting Japan. With the saturation of the Chinese market,
India is the next favorite destination for Foreign Direct Investment. Retail sales in India
constitute around 33 – 35% of the GDP where as in US, retail sales makes up for 20% of the
GDP. US has more of organized retail than unorganized. China is on the path of progress in
terms of organized retail. India on the other hand, has about 2- 3% of organized retail while
the rest is just filled with unorganized retail.
The above diagram shows the position of various countries with respect to market potential
for retail and the risk involved in the country. The risks involved include economic and
political risks. India has the highest market potential, even ahead of China, Brazil and Russia.
It also involves lesser risk than China and Russia and almost on par with Brazil. In short,
India is the most favourite destination for future retail investments.
According to the A T Kearney study on Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), India is
rated as the most attractive Investment destination in Retail for three consecutive years 2005,
2006 and 2007. According to GRDI 2008, India has maximum retail potential among the
Top-5 attractive retail destinations. India has topped the study that ranks 30 Emerging
countries on parameters like Country risk, Market potential, Market attractiveness, etc.
The Indian Retail industry has grown tremendously in the past few years. There are many
drivers of this growth. Some of them are:
Credit availability
Improvement in infrastructure
Technological innovations
Unorganized retail
Unorganized retail grabs a major share in Indian retail while organized retail accounts for a
mere 5%.
Indian retail industry is characterized by the widely dispersed retail outlets situated at every
nook and corner all over the country. Large, medium and small grocery stores and drug stores
constitute the unorganized retail sector. The paanwalas, kirana stores and the street hawkers
are also a part of the unorganized retail in India. The presence of a large number of small
players has made the Indian retail industry one of the most fragmented industries in the world.
Organized retailing in the form of malls and supermarkets is finding its way into the Indian
markets. But it is still largely confined to the metropolitan cities. The rest of India still
remains an untapped segment for organized retail.
The concept of organized retail is new to India and is slowly catching on. People still prefer
the age old kirana stores located next to their house rather than the huge malls or
supermarkets which offer all products under one roof. Nevertheless, the mall culture is
growing in India. The youth are the main propellers of this growth. The plethora of brands on
display at these malls and hypermarkets attracts today’s brand conscious customer.
Source: Sinha Piyush Kumar and Uniyal Dwarika, Retail Management - An Asian
Perspective, 2005, Angel Research
The Indian retail industry can therefore be broadly divided into organized and unorganized
retailing. Unorganized sector constitutes of the local kiranas, hand cart, the vendors on the
pavement etc. Unorganized retailing is still the backbone of the Indian retail industry
contributing to over 95 per cent of total retail revenues. The organized sector on the other is
hand trading undertaken by the licensed retailers who have registered themselves to sales as
well as income tax. They constitute of corporate backed hypermarkets and retail chains. This
modern retail has entered India as seen in sprawling shopping centres, multi-storeyed malls
and huge complexes offer shopping, entertainment and food all under one roof.
1. Potential to be the third largest economy in terms of GDP in next few years .
2. It ranks high amongst the top 10 FDI destinations of the world .
3. Fastest growing tourist market in Asia.
4. World bank states, India to be worlds second largest economy after China by the year
2050.
5. Stable and investor friendly Central Government at the helm of affairs.
6. Introduction of Value Added Tax or VAT and tax reforms.
7. High degree of professionalism and corporate ethics.
8. Excellent Investment opportunities in Indian retail sector and in allied sectors; sure and
high returns on investments.
9. To invest US $130 billion for the development of infrastructure, by year 2010.
10. Bullish stock markets.
11. Hordes of foreign investors are thronging in to invest in Indian retail markets.
12. Highly educated English speaking young workforce.
13. Vibrant and multi cultured cities.
14. Huge opportunity exists, especially in semi-rural and rural areas.
15. Till date the second largest employer after agriculture sector, for the huge semi-skilled
Indian population.
16. Offers highest shop density in the whole world.
17. Having almost 1, 20,000 shops, across the length and breadth of the country.
The Organized Retail Industry in India is estimated to be around US $25.4bn at the end of
CY2008, which only around 5% of total retail market. Among the BRIC countries only in
India the share of organized retail is low. The share of organized retail in other BRIC
countries is, Brazil (36%), Russia (33%) and China (20%). Globally, Organised Retail
accounts for around 52% of Total Retail. It is seen that the organized sector in India still has a
long way to go because the unorganized retail still continues to dominate the retail market.
But the organized retailing is growing at a fast pace. The organized retail market is presently
~5 percent of the total retail, that is around Rs 67,310 crores and is expected to compound at
27 percent per annum, aggregating to Rs 1,75,103 crores (7.44 percent of the total retail) in
2010-11. The organized Share of retail sector is expected to increase to 8-9 percent in 2010-
11 as compared to 4 percent in 2007.However due to urban rural divide the growth is likely to
concentrate more on metros and large cities. Kamal Nath, India‘s minister for Commerce &
Industry was quoted as saying ―The India Retail Report 2009 is a well researched and
professionally presented document that brings forth several opportunities that could benefit
the Indian consumers. I look forward to the Indian retail sector continuing on its
developmental growth path and spreading its benefit to all.‖
In the present the Indian retail sector provides employment to 8 per cent of the nation's
workforce which is expected to augment in the future. The food and grocery constitutes the
highest retail volume and this share has shown a tremendous growth over the years. This is
the largest vertical of 74.4 percent of retail size that compromises of fruits and vegetables,
milk and milk products, staples, cereals and other eatables. According to NSSO 60th round,
54 percent of the rural and 42 percent of urban expenditure was on food.
The second largest share is commanded by the apparels. Clothing and textile is a large
organised vertical and is dominated by big retailers like Pantaloon, Pyramyd, Koutons. This
owes to the increasing disposable incomes and change in the lifestyle.
The organized retail is attracting and will continue to attract the entry of new players both
domestic and foreign as can be observed by the variety of domestic and international brands
available in stores.
Private labels.
Items sourced from the Indian small sector (manufactured with technology
provided by the foreign collaborator).
Food world
Mc Donald’s
2. Better lifestyle
4. Tourism Development
Up-gradation of agriculture
CHAPTER -2
OBJECTIVE
2 OBJECTIVES
CHAPTER-3
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
3 Industry Analysis
Retail Industry one of the top most growing industry. the Indian retail though largely
dominated by the unorganised retailers has witnessed a massive transition in the last decade.
Of the total retail sales, the food & grocery segment constitutes the major chunk. However in
case of organised retail, the apparel & footwear segment stands as the major contributor. With
varied segments of retailing i.e. Food & Grocery, Clothing & Footwear, Furniture &
Furnishing, Jewellery, Beverages etc.
cities. But all this does not make us forget or ignore the traditional formats of retailing
(hawkers, grocers and tobacconist shops, etc.). They continue to co-exist with the modern
formats. Modern retailing has helped companies to increase consumption and thus demand
for their products in the market.
For example,
Indian consumers would normally consume the rice sold at the nearby kiranas viz. Kolam for
daily use. With the introduction of organized retail, it has been noticed that the sale of
Basmati rice has gone up by four times than it was a few years back; as a superior quality rice
(Basmati) is now available at almost the same price as the normal rice at a local kirana.
Thus we can see that the way a product is displayed, talked about and how it wins consumers’
heart and mind influences its sales. If the consumption continues to grow this way it can be
said that the local market would go through a metamorphoses of a change. This means that
the unorganized retail would suffer a severe setback due to obsolete technology, poor supply
chain, inadequate marketing, etc. As a result, the local stores would soon become things of
the past or restricted to last minute unplanned buying.
An analysis conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute revealed that the retail sector .The
segment-wise analysis of the Organized Indian Retail
The apparel industry also makes a major contribution to retail industry. The ready-mades and
western outfits are growing at 40-45% annually. This can be attributed to the fact that the
Indian retail market has teamed up with international brands. As a result of new entrants
entering this segment an Rs.500 crore market has been created for the premium grooming
segment. The past few years has seen the sector aligning itself with global trends with
retailing companies like Shoppers' stop and Crossroads trying to attract the middle class who
constitute the majority of Indian population. However, it is estimated that this segment would
grow to Rs. 300 crore in the next three years.
The book industry is estimated at over Rs. 3,000 crore. Here again the total sales generated by
the organized retail is very low or only 7% (at Rs.210 crore)of the total. This segment is seen
to be emerging with text and curriculum books accounting to about 50% of the total sales.
The gifting habit in India is making rapid strides as many have made book reading their
hobby. Thus this sector is expected to grow by 15% annually.
The consumer durables market can be divided into (1) consumer electronics and (2)
appliances. Consumer electronics comprise of TV sets, audio systems, VCD players and
others. And appliances comprise of washing machines, microwave ovens, air conditioners
(A/Cs). The existing size of this sector stands at an estimated USD 4.5 Billion with organized
retailing being at 5%.
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, is a large Indian retailer, which is part of the Future
Group, and operates multiple retail formats in both the value and lifestyle segment of the
Indian consumer market. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has over 1,000 stores
across 71 cities in India and employs over 30,000 people, and as of 2010, it was the country's
largest listed retailer by market capitalization and revenue. With effect Jan. 1, 2010, the
company separated its discount store business, which includes the Big Bazaar hypermarket
and the Food Bazaar supermarket businesses, into Future Value Retail Ltd., its wholly-owned
subsidiary, so that the company may be listed independently. The company’s brands include
Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets, Big Bazaar, a hypermarket chain and Food Bazaar, a
supermarket chain. Some of the company's other regional brands include, Depot, Shoe
Factory, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, aLL, Top 10 and Star and Sitara.
Big Bazaar is a chain of hypermarkets in India, with more than 100 stores in operation. It is a
subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd's, Future Group, and follows the business model of
United States-based Wal-Mart.
Central is a shopping mall brand, which has malls all over India. It has a food chain with 3
Amigos, Slambay, Baskin Robbins among many others and has three main restaurants like
Bombay Blues and Copper Chimney. It is owned by Pantaloon Retail that also owns the
Indian Big Bazaar supermarket chain.
Spencer's Retail is one of India’s fastest growing retail stores based in Mumbai. It has
multiple formats for retailing food, apparel, fashion, electronics, lifestyle products, music and
books. It is owned by the RPG Group, a major business house. Established in 1996, Spencer’s
is one of the popular destination for shoppers in India with supermarkets, hypermarkets and
dailies spread all over India.
Books & Beyond, a new vertical of Spencers Retail, is positioned as a “community engaging
store”, that offers a wide selection of reading options, a comprehensive selection of toys and
the entire gamut of art and stationery related merchandise for home school and office use.
Books & Beyond offers an internationally designed, vibrant and engaging store environment
with consumer activation events like author appearances, music releases and children’s
activities that ensure that customers have a complete shopping experience.
Shoppers Stop is an Indian department stores promoted by the K Raheja Corp Group
(Chandru L Raheja Group), started in the year 1991 with its first store in Andheri, Mumbai
Shoppers Stop Ltd has been awarded "the Hall of Fame" and won "the Emerging Market
Retailer of the Year Award", by World Retail Congress at Barcelona, on April 10, 2008.[3]
Shoppers Stop is listed on the BSE. With the launch of the Navi Mumbai departmental store,
Shoppers Stop has 27 stores in 12 cities in India.
Lifestyle is a well-defined retail concept that imbibes the essence of a woman. It offers a
wide range of exclusive products that celebrate the free spirit of today’s woman. From an
exquisite variety of home décor, home furnishing & bath decor to home fragrance, make-up,
perfumes, fashion accessories, fashion bags, spa products and teen gifts, the Lifestyle woman
is spoilt for choice. So when a woman visits Lifestyle, she is sure to indulge herself in a world
which truly reflects her femininity and understands exactly "What a woman wants"
Westside is one of India’s largest and fastest growing chains of retail stores. Trent Ltd.
established in 1988 as a part of the Tata Group, operates Westside. The Westside stores have
numerous departments to meet the varied shopping needs of customers. These include
menswear, women’s wear, kid’s wear, footwear, cosmetics, perfumes and handbags,
household accessories, lingerie, and gifts. The company has already established 41 Westside
departmental stores (measuring 15,000 - 30,000 square feet each) in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,
Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad & Noida (to be considered as 1 city), Hyderabad,
Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune,
Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara and Jammu. The company hopes to expand rapidly with similar
format stores that offer a fine balance between style and price retailing
Star bazaar provides an ample assortment of products made available at the lowest prices,
aptly exemplifying its ‘helping you spend less’ motto. At present star bazaar has 4 stores in 3
cities located in ahmedabad, mumbai and bengaluru. This store offers customers an eclectic
array of products that include staple foods, beverages, health and beauty products, vegetables,
fruits, dairy products, consumer electronics and household items at the most affordable prices.
Star bazaar also includes a large range of fashionable in-house garments for men, women and
children, exclusively available at the store.
Land mark: At present landmark have 12 big stores , 7 hotel bookstores and 4 airport stores,
varying in size from 12,000 sq. Ft. To 45,000 sq. Ft in chennai, bengaluru, gurgaon, mumbai,
vadodara, gurgaon, pune, lucknow, ahmedabad and hyderabad. Until 1996, landmark’s
product portfolio comprised books, stationery, and greeting cards. It was later that music was
added to it. Landmark also sparked the trend of stocking curios, toys and other gift items.
What separates landmark from other stores of its kind is the range and depth of its stock.
Vishal is one of fastest growing retailing groups in India. Its outlets cater to almost all price
ranges. The showrooms have over 70,000 products range which fulfills all your household
needs, and can be catered to less than one roof. It is covering about 29, 90, 146 sq. ft. in 24
states across India. Each store gives you international quality goods and prices hard to match.
The cost benefits that is derived from the large central purchase of goods and services is
passed on to the consumer
Total
Retail
Existing Brand NO. Of
Space
('000
Retailer Formats Names Stores Sq.ft)
Pantaloon Retail India Department Store Pantaloon 13 1,948
Hyper markets Big Bazaar 450 5000
Seamless Malls Central 12 1200
RPG Retail Hyper markets Spencer's 400 6000
Music stores Music world 225 230
Book stores Books & beyond N/A 1000
Shopper's Stop Ltd. Department Store Shopper's stop 20 N/A
Book & Music stores Crosswords 33 N/A
Home Furnishing Home stop N/A N/A
Landmark Department Store Lifestyle 8 370
Trent India Ltd Department Store West side 19 350
Hyper markets Star India Bazaar 1 N/A
Books & music stores Land Mark 4 N/A
From the graph we can say that Pantaloon holds the Maximum amount of share with 60.69%
as a market leader, followed by Shopper’s stop with 12.75%, Vishal by 12.68%, Brand house
by 5.05%, Trent with 4.6% Share, Provogue with 3.2% and others with 1.03% amount of
shares in organised retail sector.
1. Threat of New Entrants. The retail industry has seen the growth of its organized sector in
the recent years. Even though the growth has not been by leaps and bounds, it still has been
significant enough to affect the unorganized retailers. This trend started over a decade ago
and has been a decreasing number of independent retailers. If we walk through any mall we
can notice that majority of them are chain stores and there exist a just a hand full of stand-
alone stores. While the barriers to start up a store are not impossible to overcome, the ability
to establish favourable supply contracts, leases and be competitive is becoming virtually
impossible. Their vertical structure and centralized buying gives chain stores a competitive
advantage over independent retailers.
2. Power of Suppliers. In the 1970s, when Sears were dominating the household appliance
market, they set high standards for quality. Suppliers that didn’t meet these standards were
dropped from the Sears line. In this way retailers have tried to exploit relationships with the
suppliers. This can be attributed to the fact that in the retail industry, suppliers tend to have
very little power. We can also take the example of Wal-Mart which places strict control on its
suppliers. A contract with a large retailer such as Wal-Mart can make or break a small
supplier
3. Power of Buyers. Individually, customers have very little bargaining power with retail stores.
Prices offered by the mall-stores are usually not negotiable. They come with a tag attached
saying ‘fixed price’. This warns a customer from even entering the store if he wants
discounted prices. It is very difficult to bargain with the clerk at Safeway for a better price on
grapes. But as a whole, if customers demand high-quality products at bargain prices, it helps
keep retailers honest.
5. Competitive Rivalry. There is no market without competition and there are no better ways
than existence of competing forces in the market to improve upon quality, price, supply chain
management, inventory control, etc. Retailers always face stiff competition. The slow market
growth for the retail market means that firms must fight each other for market share. More
recently, they have tried to reduce the cutthroat pricing competition by offering frequent flier
points, memberships and other special services to try and gain the customer's loyalty.
Given the relatively weak financial state of unorganised retailers and the physical space
constraints on their expansion prospects this sector alone will not be able to meet the growing
demand for retail. Hence organised retail, which now constitutes a small 4% of total retail
sector, is likely to grow at a much faster pace of 45-50% per annum and quadruple its share in
total retail trade to 16% by 2011-12.The major market players in the Indian context i.e
• Shoppers' Stop
• Vishal Mart
• Westside (Trent)
• Lifestyle
• Crossword
• Wills Lifestyle
• Globus
PEST analysis is concerned with the environmental influences on a business. Acronym for
this is Political, Economical, social, technological. Political factor like government policies,
tax policy, labour law, environmental law, trade restrictions, tariffs, and political stability.
Economic factors include economic growth, interest rates, exchange rates and the inflation
rate. These factors have major impacts on how businesses operate and make decisions. Social
factors include the demographic and cultural aspects of the external macro environment.
These factors affect customer needs and the size of potential markets. Some social factors
include: health consciousness, population growth rate, age distribution, career attitudes,
emphasis on safety. Technological factors can lower barriers to entry, reduce minimum
efficient production levels, and influence outsourcing decisions. Some technological factors
include: R&D activity, automation, technology incentives, rate of technological change.
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ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
Retail markets consist of purchasing power as well as people. Total purchasing power is a
function of current income, prices, savings and credit availability. Marketers should be
cognizant of major trends in the economic environment.
The changes in economic conditions can have destructive impacts on business plans of a firm.
Economic forecasters looking ahead through the next decade are likely to find their
predictions clouded by the recurrent themes of shortages, rising costs and up and down
business cycles. These changes in economic conditions provide marketers with new
challenges and threats. How effectively these challenges could be converted into
opportunities depend on well-thought-out marketing programmes and strategies.
Further, no economy is free from the tendency of variation between boom and depression,
whether it is a free economy or controlled economy. In any event, economic swings affect
marketing activity, because they affect purchasing power.
Retail marketing firms are susceptible to economic conditions, both directly and through the
medium of market place. For example, the cost of all inputs positively respond to upward
swing of economic condition - which will affect the output price and consequently affect the
sales. The effect on consumers also influences the marketing through changes in consumer
habits. This is an indirect influence.
For example, in the event of increase in prices, consumers often curtail or postpone their
expenditures. Conversely, during time of fall in prices, consumers are much less conscious of
small price differences and would buy luxury and shopping products.
TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
The most dramatic force shaping people's lives is technology. Advances in technology are an
important factor which affect detail marketers in two ways.
First, they are totally unpredictable and secondly, adoption of new technology often is
prevented by constraints imposed by internal and external resources. At the same time, it
should be remembered that technological progress creates new avenues of opportunity and
also poses threat for individual firms. Technology has helped retailers to measure the products
with modern weighing machines. Earlier, they have used balances which could not measure
the merchandise correctly.With the help of weighing machine, products can be measured with
the result customer satisfaction can be enhanced. In the following areas where technology
have been extensively used.
Technological change faces opposition from one group of people-telling that it may lead to
retrenchment of employees. But in the long run, this argument may not sustain, retail
marketers need to understand the changing technological environment and how new
technologies can serve human needs. They need to work closely with research and
development people to encourage more consumer oriented research. The retail marketers
must be alert to the negative aspects of any innovation that might harm the users and create
consumer distrust and opposition.
STRENGTHS
2. Sufficient stock: The Organized retailers- supermarkets, departmental stores, etc. stock on
an average 5000 SKU’s as against few hundreds of stock stored by the average unorganized
retailer
3. Savings for consumers: Consumers have definitely gained from organised retail on
multiple counts. Overall consumer spending has increased with the entry of the organised
retail. While all income groups saved through organised retail purchases, the survey revealed
that lower income consumers saved more. Thus, organised retail is relatively more beneficial
to the less well-off consumers
4. Employment: Organized retailing brings many advantages to producers and also to urban
consumers, while also providing employment of a higher quality.
WEAKNESSES
1. Poor warehousing facilities and storage: The Organized retailers also suffer from lack of
proper warehouse and storage facilities in case of stocking up inventories. This results in
uncertainty in the amount of stocks purchased by the retailers for fear of poor maintenance.
This in turn affects their sales of goods when demand fluctuates suddenly especially if the
sales are seasonal in nature. Failure to supply products to customers, when demanded, would
mean loss of firms’ sales to competitors.
2. Less Conversion level: It can be seen that the actual conversions of footfall of sales for a
mall outlet is approximately 20-25% as against the high street store of retail chain which has
an average conversion of about 50-60%. As a result the ROI (return on investment) of a
stand-alone store is 25-30% but that of the retail majors is only 8-10%. Thus we can see that
despite high footfalls, the conversion ratio has been very low in the retail outlets in a mall as
compared to the standalone counter parts
3. Customer Loyalty: Retail chains are yet to come out with proper merchandise mix for
their mall outlets. The organized retail is a new term in India. It is the stand-alone stores that
have been near and dear to the Indian customers for a very long time. Therefore they already
stand stabilized in terms of footfalls & merchandise mix and thus have a higher customer
loyalty base.
OPPORTUNITIES
1. Single window clearance: Recently ‘Single window clearance’ was demanded recently by
Retailer Association of India(RAI) in order to reduce the number of licenses needed for
setting up a retail outlet chain. Under the single window clearance system, it will be possible
to get an application cleared within seven days and those already having an existing store in
the state will be able to get a licence for opening a new one by merely applying and taking an
extension. This will help retailers to set up retail outlets without much hassles.
2. Growing middle class population: The Indian middle class is expected to double by 2010
and is projected to grow to over 60 Cr and thus making India one of the largest consumer
markets of the world. Many studies reveal that India will have over 55 Cr people under the
age of 20 - reflecting the enormous opportunities possible in the kids and teens retailing
segment.
3. Organized retail is only 3% of the total retailing market in India. It is estimated to grow at
the rate of 25-30% p.a. and reach INR 1,00,000 Cr by 2010.
3. Untapped cities: It has been found that the top 6 cities contribute for almost 66% of the
total organized retailing. Now with the metros being already been tapped, the focus now shifts
towards the tier-II cities. The 'retail boom', has to percolate down to these smaller cities and
towns because out of the total organized penetration 85% has been restricted only to the
metros. The contribution of these tier-II cities to total organized retailing sales is expected to
grow to 20-25%.
4. Rural Retailing: India has a huge rural population which is still out of reach by the
organized retailers. This segment shows huge potential if tapped in the right way.
For Example:
ITC launched India's first rural mall "Chaupal Saga" offering a diverse range of products from
FMCG to electronic goods to automobiles, attempting to provide farmers a one-stop
destination for all their needs.
The Godrej group has launched the concept of 'agri-stores' named "Adhaar" which offers
agricultural products such as fertilizers & animal feed along with the required knowledge for
effective use of the same to the farmers.
Pepsi on the other hand is experimenting with the farmers of Punjab for growing the right
quality of tomato for its tomato purees & pastes.
THREATS
1. Underdeveloped supply chain: Indian retailers suffers from poor supply chain
management. The supply chain is still not efficient enough to account for reduced lead time or
JIT facilities. The intermediaries are not timely in their supply of goods especially during
peak demand period. This leads to heavy costs suffered by the manufacturers as well the
retailers.
2. Lack of a strong cold chain: The temperature-controlled logistics industry is very poor in
keep up its core competency-maintaining proper temperatures. Even with improved
international standards and intense public scrutiny, the integrity of the cold chain in not
maintained efficiently. This in turn affects the quality and safety of the product delivered to
the customer.
4. The unorganized retailers put together are equal to a large number of supermarkets with no
or little overheads. Not only this, they also have high degree of merchandise flexibility,
display, prices and turnover.
5. Shopping Culture: Shopping culture has not developed in India as yet. Even now malls
are just a place to hang around with family and friends and largely confined to window-
shopping. Plus malls are usually perceived to sell goods at hiked prices as compared to stand-
alone stores.
Herfindahl index ranges from a low of 0, indicating perfect competition, to a higher of 10,000
indicating the complete monopoly.
No concentration: The number of firms is so large that sum of the square of the market share
is 0. Herfindahl index means perfect competition or at the very least monopolistic competition
that are Extremely competitive at the low end.
Total Concentration: At the high end, 10,000 Herfindahl index means Monopoly. This value
is only achieved if one firm has a market share of 100 percent.
As we have taken sales of the major players in organised sector. Market share is calculated by
dividing sales of the individual company by Total sales of the all companies. Market share as
follows:
Assumption made that all the above mentioned companies contribute to 100% of the market
share in India Organised retail market.
H= 60.692+5.052+3.202+12.752+4.62+12.682+1.032
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H= 4064.58
Since the value of the index is between 1800 t0 10,000 percent therefore organised retail
sector is highly concentrated. It has few significant players like Pantaloon Retail, Shoppers
stop limited.
Lack of trained workforce- While investment in human resource is essential for running the
retail business, ensuring a continuous supply of trained workers is proving to be a big
challenge for employers.The retail industry, which is growing at a double digit pace, has been
facing an acute shortage of trained personnel. The increasing emphasis on providing more
value-added services is creating the demand for trained people.
Human resource crunch- There has many times where concerns regarding insufficient
manpower in the retail industry have been in the news. But in general this fear is groundless.
The retail industry according to recent reports is growing at a rate of 100 percent. Kishore
Biyani's Future Group (i.e.) the Big Bazaar chain of retail outlet alone provides employment
to more than 18,000 people which would expand to accommodate 34,000 by June 2008.
Along with this if we consider the expedition by mega players like Reliance and Bharti-
Walmart then the fear can surely turn into a misperception. Retailing mainly deals with hard-
selling of space, trade of stocks and building of relationships. It does require higher degrees
of educational qualifications. Since most of the openings are for front line shop people, a
graduation will be good enough. Nowadays many institutes also provide post-HSC and post-
graduate retail-specific courses.
Government hindrances- Retailers also have to consider the political parties interests before
opening their outlets. Some political parties want the government to amend laws and improve
ceilings so that the mega players can't openly destroy the unorganized retail sector. This is
due the short-sighted view by the parties and should be adjusted to focus on a long term
strategy. The megastores will provide employment to the less educated masses and also
provide savings for the middle class. It also true that they would reduce the profit share of the
unorganized retailers but the organized retail taking business away especially from small food
vendors is more easily said than done. Instead the limiting move will send wrong signals to
the investors and will ward off investments when the country needs it most. Permitting 51
percent retail FDI in single brand retailing is a greeting move in this direction. It is also
expected that in the near future the government will create further opportunities for the
organized retail to come up as home grown investment is always sweeter than foreign
investment.
The advent of organised retailing in an economy where spending power is growing fast and
with the Tier II as well as Tier III town dwellers becoming more and more brand aware and
conscious is sure to bring a revolution and new look to the retail sector
CHAPTER-4
COMPANY PROFILE
4 Company Profile:
To study in detail about the Retail industry we are considering the major players in the market
such as Pantaloon, shoppers stop, Trent and Vishal Retail. So, here is their detail company
profile which covers the aspects like establishment, owner, Retail format vision, and sister
stores and many more as follows.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
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E-mail investor@shoppersstop.co.in
Website http://www.shoppersstop.com/
BSE Code B
Bloomberg SHOP IN
Market Lot 1
Listing Mumbai,NSE
Registrar's Name & Karvy Computershare Pvt Ltd, Plot No 17-24, Vittal Rao
Address Nagar, Madhapur, Hyderabad-500081. 91-040-23420815/6/7
VISION
"To be a global retailer in India and maintain its No. 1 position in the Indian
market in the Department Store category."
VALUES
SISTER STORES
Crossword bookstores
Homestop
Brio
Desicafe
Hypercity
M.A.C
Arcelia
MotherCare
Naunce Group
Hypercity-Agros
Timezone
First Citizen is a loyalty program by Shoppers Stop. In order to create more loyal customers
for shoppers stop, the company came forward with a product called FIRST CITIZEN. For
getting the benefits of First Citizen, the customer need to take a membership card by paying
Rs.200.
Product Details
As a first citizen, the shopping experience of the customers becomes more enjoyable with:
Reward points for each shopping at shoppers stop. Reward points can be redeemed for
a wide variety of merchandise at company’s stores.
Updates on what customers can look forward to shop for at shoppers stop.
Exclusive cash counters at shoppers stop so people can spend more time shopping
than waiting in a line.
Technology Initiatives:
E-Com Portal:
Your company launched its online shopping site in July 2008. This portal will help our
customers access our merchandise 24 x 7. Currently the site also offers books from
Crossword in addition to Shopper’s Stop merchandise and has a country wide delivery foot
print. First Citizens can earn and redeem all their points online.
Your company has deployed a mobility solution at all its Distribution Centers (DC). This
application has automated all the activities at the DCs in addition to providing an online
monitoring system to the central logistics team. Deployment of this application has resulted in
increased availability of merchandise at all our stores
The Company has deployed a web security solution to protect its network perimeter against
spyware and a wide variety of web-based threats. This solution further strengthens the
network security arrangement by helping both securing and controlling web traffic at
Shopper’s Stop.
The Company is one of the early adopters of Virtualization technologies. This has helped
reduce up to 50% of our physical servers count, operating in our data centre. Most
importantly it has ensured optimal usage of available computing resources and made it easier
to address the growing requirements. With the help of Virtualization, we now have an agile
provisioning process that has reduced the time to create new IT infrastructure from 4-6 weeks
to a few days.
Steps towards ‘Green IT’:
The Company has managed to lower the carbon footprint at its computing facilities by
effectively implementing virtualization technologies and also thru various other measures,
such as implementing power management features at user computing devices with the help of
Microsoft Windows Group Policies. These initiatives have resulted in lowering power
consumption while ensuring efficiency.
Shopper‘s Stop has launched co-branded credit cards with Citibank with a meaningful
proportion of sales already on credit cards, it would only increase going forward
The company’s leading formats include Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets, Big Bazaar, a
uniquely Indian hypermarket chain, Food Bazaar, a supermarket chain, blends the look, touch
and feel of Indian bazaars with aspects of modern retail like choice, convenience and quality
and Central, a chain of seamless destination malls. Some of its other formats include Brand
Factory, Blue Sky, aLL, Top 10 and Star and Sitara. The company also operates an online
portal,futurebazaar.com.
Future Value Retail Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail (India)
Limited. This entity has been created keeping in mind the growth and the current size of the
company’s value retail business, led by its format divisions, Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar.
The company operates 120 Big Bazaar stores, 170 Food Bazaar stores, among other
formats, in over 70 cities across the country, covering an operational retail space of over 6
million square feet. As a focussed entity driving the growth of the group's value retail
business, Future Value Retail Limited will continue to deliver more value to its customers,
supply partners, stakeholders and communities across the country and shape the growth of
modern retail in India.
A subsidiary company, Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited, operates Home Town, a large-
format home solutions store, Collection i, selling home furniture products and eZone focussed
on catering to the consumer electronics segment.
Pantaloon Retail is the flagship company of Future Group, a business group catering to the
entire Indian consumption space.
FUTURE GROUP
Future Group, led by its founder and Group CEO, Mr. Kishore Biyani, is one of India’s
leading business houses with multiple businesses spanning across the consumption space.
While retail forms the core business activity of Future Group, group subsidiaries are present
in consumer finance, capital, insurance, leisure and entertainment, brand development, retail
real estate development, retail media and logistics.
Led by its flagship enterprise, Pantaloon Retail, the group operates over 16 million square feet
of retail space in 73 cities and towns and 65 rural locations across India. Headquartered in
Mumbai (Bombay), Pantaloon Retail employs around 30,000 people and is listed on the
Indian stock exchanges. The company follows a multi-format retail strategy that captures
almost the entire consumption basket of Indian customers. In the lifestyle segment, the group
operates Pantaloons, a fashion retail chain and Central, a chain of seamless malls. In the value
segment, its marquee brand, Big Bazaar is a hypermarket format that combines the look,
touch and feel of Indian bazaars with the choice and convenience of modern retail.
The group’s speciality retail formats include supermarket chain - Food Bazaar, sportswear
retailer - Planet Sports, electronics retailer - eZone, home improvement chain -Home Town
and rural retail chain - Aadhaar, among others.
Future Group believes in developing strong insights on Indian consumers and building
businesses based on Indian ideas, as espoused in the group’s core value of ‘Indianness.’ The
group’s corporate credo is, ‘Rewrite rules, Retain values.’
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Incorporation Year 1987
E-mail investorrelations@pantaloon.com/sanjay.rathi@panta
Website http://www.pantaloonretail.in/
BSE Group A
Bloomberg PF IN
Reuters PART.BO
Market Lot 1
Listing Mumbai,NSE
Registrar's Name & Address Link Intime India Pvt Ltd, C-13 Pannalal Silk, Mills
Cmpd LBS Road, Bhandup West, Mumbai - 400 078.
91-022-25963838
VISION
Future Group shall deliver Everything, Everywhere, Everytime for Every Indian Consumer in
the most profitable manner.
MISSION
We share the vision and belief that our customers and stakeholders shall be served only by
creating and executing future scenarios in the consumption space leading to economic
development.
We will be the trendsetters in evolving delivery formats, creating retail realty, making
consumption affordable for all customer segments – for classes and for masses.
We shall ensure that our positive attitude, sincerity, humility and united determination shall
be the driving force to make us successful.
AFFILIATE COMPANIES
Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited (HSRIL) offers complete retailing solutions for all
products and services related to home building and home improvement. The key product
categories are Consumer Durable & Electronics (CDE), Furniture, Home furnishing & decor,
Home improvement and Home services. HSRIL operates retail format Collection-i, Furniture
Bazaar, Electronics Bazaar, Home Town and e-zone
Future Brands Limited (FBL) has been incorporated on November, 2006 and is involved in
the business of creating, developing, managing, acquiring and dealing in consumer-related
brands and IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights).
Future Media (India) Limited (FMIL) was incorporated as the Group’s media venture, aimed
at creation of media properties in the ambience of consumption and thus offers active
engagement to brands and consumers. FMIL offers relevant engagement through its media
properties like Visual Spaces, Print, Radio, Television and Activation.
Future Supply Chain Solutions Limited (FSCS) has been incorporated as a separate entity
and is involved in the business of providing logistics, transportation and warehousing
services for all group companies and third-parties.
Future Axiom Telecom Limited is a Joint Venture with Axiom Telecom LLC, UAE. The
Company has a 50% stake in Future Axiom Telecom Limited (FATL) which is a joint
venture Company with Axiom Telecom LLC, UAE. The Company would be engaged in
sourcing and wholesale distribution of mobile handsets, accessories and in setting up service
centres for mobile handsets in India.
Pantaloon Food Product (India) Limited (PFPIL) was incorporated with the object of
sourcing and backward integration of food business of the Company. PFPIL has sourcing
and distribution bases at all key cities across the country.
Future Knowledge Services Limited (FKSL) was incorporated on January, 2007 and is
engaged in the business of business process outsourcing and knowledge process outsourcing.
Future Capital Holdings Limited (FCH) was formed to manage the financial services
business of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited and other group entities. FCH is one of the
fastest growing financial services company in India, with presence in Asset Advisory, Retail
Financial Services and Proprietary Research. The company operates a consumer finance
retail format, Future Money and manages assets worth over US$ 1 Billion through
Indivision, Kshitij, Horizon and Future Hospitality Funds. FCH subsidiary companies
include Kshitij Investment Advisory Company Ltd., Ambit Investment Advisory Company
Ltd., and Indivision Investment Advisors Ltd.
Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGIICL) was incorporated on October
30, 2006 to undertake and carry on the business of general insurance. The approval for
carrying on General Insurance Business has been received from the Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority of India (IRDA) on September 4, 2007.
Futurebazaar India Limited (FBIL) is set up as the e-Retailing arm of the Future Group for
providing on-line shopping experience. Futurebazaar.com was launched on January 2, 2007,
and has emerged as one of the most popular online shopping portals in India. It was awarded
with the “Best Indian Website” award, in the shopping category, by the PC World Indian
Website Awards.
Staples Future Office Products Private Limited (SFOPPL) was incorporated on January,
2007 and is involved in the business of dealing in all kinds of office supplies, office
equipments and products. SFOPPL is a joint venture between the Company and Staples Asia
Investment Limited (a subsidiary of Staples Inc USA). The company’s first retail outlet
opened in Bangalore in December, 2007.
Vishal Retail Limited is a humble one store enterprise in 1986 in Kolkata (erstwhile,
Calcutta) is today a conglomerate encompassing 180 showrooms in 100 cities / 24 states.
India’s first hyper-market has also been opened for the Indian consumer by Vishal. Situated
in the national capital Delhi this store boasts of the singe largest collection of goods and
commodities sold under one roof in India.The group had a turnover of Rs. 1463.12 million
for fiscal 2005, under the dynamic leadership of Mr.Ram Chandra Agarwal .
COMPANY BACKGROUND
The group’s prime focus is on retailing. The Vishal stores offer affordable family fashion at
prices to suit every pocket.
The group’s philosophy is integration and towards this end has initiated backward integration
in the field of high fashion by setting up a state of the art manufacturing facility to support its
retail endeavours. Vishal is one of fastest growing retailing groups in India. Its outlets cater
to almost all price ranges. The showrooms have over 70,000 products range which fulfils all
your household needs, and can be catered to under one roof. It is covering about 29, 90,
146 sq. ft. in 24 states across India. Each store gives you international quality goods and
prices hard to match. The cost benefits that is derived from the large central purchase of
goods and services is passed on to the consumer.
During the year 2007-08, the company established five new companies, namely VRL Foods
Ltd, VRL Movers Ltd, VRL Consumer Goods Ltd, VRL Fashions Ltd and VRL
Infrastructure Ltd for diversifying the business operations. Also, they set up their
manufacturing units at Manesar and Dehradun, with production capacities of 1.5 million
pieces each per annum. With this, the company is having three manufacturing facilities.
During the year, the company added 52 new stores, out of which 34 were in Tier-III cities,
two in Tier-II cities and 16 in a Tier-I city. Also, they added 9 warehouses with an area of
581,640 sq ft, taking the total number of warehouses to 29 spread across 1.1 million sq ft of
space. Also, they added a fleet of 40 trucks taking the total number of trucks in the fleet to
98. As on March 9, 2009, the company had 182 stores spread across India.
In March 2008, the company entered into a an agreement with Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd, in which Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd will provide space to the
company for either Retail store or Warehousing at their mutually selected retail outlets. The
company opened two such stores on a trial basis and had plans to increase.
The company plans to open nine new formats two categories in apparel, fashion mart and
separate formats for menswear and women's wear, restaurant & consumer durable as well.
They are intending to open new stores through franchisee model to minimize the companies
cost in opening up stores and minimize the risk. The company is also working in the
feasibility of launching the convenience model (small formats through franchisee). These
stores would have a size of about 800-2000 sq ft.
To compete with its competitors, Vishal Retail follows the strategy of value pricing,
time pricing and discount pricing.
The company also rolls out festive offers like ‗Dhanteras Dhamaal‘ to keep the
customers interested and loyal.
The company is in Tier II, III and IV cities strategically to rech the target customers
that prefer value pricing as done by them.
Vishal promotes heavily through print media and rarely ahs come out with television
or other means of advertisement. Advertisements as offer brochures and pamphlets
along with the local dailies serve them to be in an effective reach for their customers.
The company sports an effective website that displays all the products under Vishal‘s
roof.
Sales promotios like ‗shop and fly‘ and ‗ghar basane ke char bahane‘ offers are also
effective as far as promotion is considered for Vishal Retail Ltd.
Vishal Retail is moving into strategic alliances with the local kirana stores turning
them into their franchise which would help the kirana stores to compete with the
organized sector and observe economies of scale while Vishal would completely take
over the kirana stores which would help them expand fast .
PRODUCTS
Food Mart
Garments
Household
Home Furnishing
Lifestyle
Stationery
Telemart
Travel Accessories
The company has strategically expanded its portfolio, from the flagship Westside apparel and
fashion store, launched in Bangalore in 1998, to acquiring India’s biggest book and music
retailer, Landmark, and then associating, in 2008, with the world’s third-largest retailer,
Tesco, for its hypermarket brand Star Bazaar.
Trent’s expansion has been strongest in the fashion and apparel segment, with a new store
brand, Fashion Yatra, and international brand Sisley, and the imminent entry of Zara and
TopShop, adding to Westside’s offerings. Landmark’s expansion drive has been in the form
of forays into new formats and e-retailing. The hypermarket business, too, has been
registering steady growth, with Star Bazaar looking to set up more outlets in urban India.
“The acquisitions and expansions have been a part of Trent’s overall strategy — apparel,
fashion, footwear, food and groceries are within the same creative sphere,” explains Mr Tata.
The successful implementation of the strategy has been driven by Trent’s focus on two key
factors: customer-centricity and the building of scaleable models. At Trent, the core belief is
that a pragmatic and profit-oriented perspective on expansion is infinitely more preferable to
a scaleoriented, non-profit model of business.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Incorporation Year 1952
Chairman F K Kavarana
Managing Director N N Tata
Company Secretary Mehernosh M Surti
Auditor N M Raiji & Co
Registered Office Bombay House,24 Homi Mody Street, Mumbai-400001.
Maharashtra
E-mail investor.relations@trent-tata.com
WEBSITE http://www.mywestside.com/
Face Value (Rs) 10
BSE Code 500251
BSE Group B
NSE Code TRENT
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Bloomberg TRENT IN
Reuters TREN.BO
ISIN Demat INE849A01012
Market Lot 1
Listing Mumbai,NSE
Financial Year End 3
Book Closure Month Aug
AGM Month Aug
Registrar's Name & Address TSR Darashaw Ltd, 6-10 Haji Moosa, Patrawala
Ind.Estate, DrEMoses Rd Mahalaxm, Mumbai-400011.
Maharashtra, 91-22-66568484
“When starting a new format we try and validate the business in different scenarios,” says
KVS Seshasai, who joined Trent in 1999 and is currently business head for Fashion Yatra and
Sisley. “We start wrapping up the platform only when we are sure it’s going to be rewarding
for both customers and shareholders.” It is this solid foundation that has led to the company
establishing itself as a leading operator in a challenging environment.
While Trent has been learning to craft a sustainable model for growth, it has had to contend
with a rapidly morphing business milieu. “The growth of the mall culture has changed the
way people shop,” says Smeeta Neogi, head of marketing at Westside. “Shopping is now a
form of entertainment, a whole-day event that includes buying, a movie and eating at
restaurants. The mall brings to the table multiple reasons why customers can visit you, so
Westside’s focus is on having a presence there rather than going for stand-alone stores. Malls
have become a hub and a footfall driver.”
AREAS OF BUSINESS
• Westside: With a number of stores across India, this chain offers clothes, footwear
and accessories for men, women and children, along with furnishings, artifacts and a
range of home accessories.
• Star Bazaar: This hypermarket chain offers a wide choice of products, including
staple foods, beverages, health and beauty products, vegetables, fruits, dairy and non-
vegetarian products.
• Landmark: A leader in the books and music category, this chain has a range of over
100,000 titles in books and music, and also stocks movies, toys, gift items and
stationery.
• Fashion Yatra: The stores bring quality fashion at low prices to value conscious
customers in towns across India.
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To properly judge how well a company or investment is performing it is imperative that the
company be compared to the performance of the industry in which it competes. The
performance analysis can look into various aspects like sales, profitability, Ratio analysis and
Trend analysis(i.e.) Quantitative Analysis and qualitative analysis based on pricing,
Advertisement, investment and merger and acquisition.
Shopper’s Stop
Trent
• Profitability
• Ratio Analysis
• Trend Analysis
5.1.1 Profitability:
In this profitability we will take sales, profit and ROCE (Return on Capital Employed) and
RONW (Return on Net Worth) which give as clear picture about the major player in the
market.
5.1.1.1 Sales:
The sales are usually an important measure for those companies in the retail industry. it
measure the amount of product that a company sells relative to its competitors, and can also
reflect consumer spending habits.
Interpretation:
From this graph it is clearly seen that Companies are growing rapidly interms of sales.
Majority of the share is held by Pantaloon followed by Shoppers Stop, Vishal and Tent. This
is because pantaloon has more outlets as compared to other players. If we see the graph
pantaloon had the tremendous growth during 2008, but when seeing the shoppers stop they
had the smooth growth by equal level. Vishal retail is also growing at the good phase .Trent
retail had fall in the sales by nearly 1% from 2008 to 2009 due to some external problems.
Finally overall situation of the retail industry is good in terms of sales.
5.1.1.2 Profit:
Company’s revenue minus cost of goods sold is Gross profit, which is not the exact profit.
The exact profit of the company is calculated by deducting the cost associated with its
production and sales, even deducting the depreciation and tax.
Profit of the
company 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Pantaloon 140.58 125.97 119.99 64.16 38.55
Shopper’s Stop -63.72 6.97 26.2 27.11 19.03
Trent 26.75 32.86 32.41 24.38 19.06
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Figure 5.20 Net Profit Graph for all Major Companies in (crs)
Interpretation:
From this graph it is clearly seen that Pantaloon has the highest Profit throughout all 5 years
which tells us that the company is in good position followed by Trend, Shopper stop and
Vishal. This is because pantaloon are able to attract much customer when compare with
others through their pricing strategy, advertisement and other strategy. The profit in the 2005
was low because of the fixed cost involvement but pantaloon company had over came the
fixed cost by selling more products, thus they lead to huge profit . That is it had achieved the
breakeven point. But considering the shoppers stop their profit is in negative due to less sales
and opening of new outlets which lead them loss but any how they will have a profit in
upcoming year. Tents retail is next company which had the profit in year 2009 other than
pantaloon. Similar case, with Vishal they are opening many branch in southindia which leads
to huge investment, thus the reason their profit is in negative .Finally Pantaloon had the good
profit and followed by Trent In 2009.
Year/companies Industry
ROCE Pantaloon Shoppers stop Trent Vishal Average
2005 19.87 15.19 9.86 16.11 10.52625
2006 15.9 16.79 13.48 24.02 16.2925
2007 10.59 14.42 10 22.17 9.17625
2008 12.69 5.87 5.87 17.45 9.91125
2009 11.8 0 3.6 0 8.14375
Source: Capitaline
Interpretation:
When Comparing with the industry average in year 2005 Pantaloon takes the lead with
19.87% almost all the other companies are above industry average 10.5% except Trent. In
year 2006 Vishal retail had the highest ROCE with 24.02% and the industry average is
16.2%, the other industry which is above the average is Shoppers stop because of increase in
borrowing, which reduce the shareholders earnings. In year 2007 all the companies are above
the industry average 9.17%, again lead by Vishal retail. In year 2008 ROCE reduced for the
Shoppers stop and Trent to 5.87% because the industry average is 9.9%, vishal retail had
highest return with 17.45%.but when we see the year 2009 Pantaloon takes a lead and its only
company which is above industry average 8.14% and all other companies are falls below the
industry average. Over all ROCE decreased for all the company this because of the increased
capital base.
Return on net worth describes the return generated on the owned funds which represents the
owners of the business.
Table 5.9 RONW Percentage of all Major Companies
Year/companies Industry
RONW Pantaloon Shoppers stop Trent Vishal Average
2005 24.6 21.22 7.12 13.89 11.74
2006 17.21 14.87 10.02 25.44 13.81875
2007 7.4 9.27 8.55 25.86 8.8575
2008 8.57 2.36 5.07 20.43 11.32
2009 6.83 0 3.46 0 4.11
Source: Capitaline
Interpretation:
In year 2005 the RONW for pantaloon is high with 24.6% above the industry average
11.74% this mainly due to the high sales by the company, followed by Shoppers stop, Vishal
and the Trent which is below the industry average. In year 2006 Vishal retail had the high
RONW with 25.44% which tells the rate at which this company is growing and above the
industry average13.81%, followed by pantaloon, shoppers stop and Trent. In year 2007 again
Vishal retail had 25.86% of return above the industry average 8.8%, followed by shoppers
stop, Trent and for the first time pantaloon falls below the industry average with 7.4% of
return. In year 2008 Vishal retail the only industry above the industry average with 11.32%
and all other industry falls below the industry average this is because the companies had
invested much in the retail outlet that they are not able to get return that much. In year 2009
pantaloon takes a lead with 6.83% above the industry average 4.11%, followed by Trent for
other industry data’s are not available so it’s difficult to compare. Over all if we see that
Vishal retail had the good RONW throughout the five years.
of the working of an enterprise. It is the process of analyzing and interpreting the various
ratios for helping in decision making.
But for analysis we are considering only two main ratio like
Debt–Equity Ratio and
Current Ratio
Interpretation:
We can see that the Debt-equity ratio has decreased for Pantaloons from the year 2005 to
2009 from 1.67 to 1.22. This means that the outsiders’ claim was 1.22 times the owners’
claim. This ratio has shown a increase in the following year 2008. The debt-equity ratio for
the years 2006 and 2007 were 1.19 and 1.17 respectively. Again in the previous year this ratio
has shown a slight upswing. By observing the data of the last five years it can generally be
seen that the Debt-equity ratio of Pantaloons is well below the industry standard of 2 and
above the industry average. This implies that the company has a good capital structure. When
we see for shopper stop the ratio has decreased from the year 2005 to 2009 from 0.84 to 0.72
and even below the industry average for the last four years. Debt-equity ratio for Trent was 0
in 2005. This is because the company had negligible debt of Rs.26 lakhs(equity was
Rs.217.14(Cr) in 2005. This ratio has shown an increase in the following two years-2006 and
2007. The debt-equity ratio for the years 2006 and 2007 were 0.14 and 0.2 respectively. In the
year 2008 it again went down to 0.13. This shows that the company funds its investments
mainly through owners’ contributions than borrowings. but in case of Vishal retail it is
opposite they are rising fund for outsider much.
In year 2005 the Pantaloon had high debt equity ratio with 1.67 followed by Shoppers stop
with0.84 and Vishal with 0.71 all this companies are above the industry average of 0.52
which is good for the industry. In year 2006 only two companies are above the industry
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average 0.45 which tells us that companies are using the owners fund instead of borrowing it.
In year 2007 Vishal retail had high ratio with 1.94, followed by pantaloon both of this
companies are above the industry average 0.63. Same in case of year 2008 and 2009 both
pantaloon and Vishal Retail are above the industry average 0.69 and 0.75.
Year/companies
Current Ratio Pantaloon Shoppers stop Trent Vishal Industry Average
2005 1.6 0.9 1.75 2.7 1.6975
2006 1.45 1.39 1.41 1.84 1.95625
2007 1.96 1.54 1.4 1.55 2.06125
2008 1.88 1.11 1.53 1.74 2.16125
2009 1.74 0.96 2.17 1.59 1.8225
Source: Capitaline
Interpretation:
We can see that Pantaloons has rendered efficient operations by maintaining a current ratio of
1.45 and above over the last five years. The current ratio of Pantaloons has come close to
industry standards in the last two years with 1.96 in 2007 and 1.83 in 2008 and below the
industry average in all years. When we see for Trent, it has rendered efficient operations by
maintaining a current ratio of 1.4 and above over the last five years. Since the ratio is started
declining because the current liabilities increased at a faster rate as compared to the current
assets. But in the year 2009 the Current ratio had crossed the industry standards and above the
industry average 1.8 which is not a good sign for the company. Shoppers Stop’s current ratio
was 1.02. In 2005 this ratio slightly went below 1 (i.e.), current liabilities were more than
current assets. In the following years this ratio slightly increased to 1.54 in the year 2007. But
as we see the last five years’ data this company has always been below industry standard and
industry average throughout the five year. Vishal retail has crossed the industry standards in
year 2005 with ratio as 2.7 very huge which is not good for the company but it had reduce the
standard to 1.84 in year 2006 and finally in 2009 current ratio is 1.59. over all in this ratio,
most of the years the companies falls below the industry average.
Using this equation the values of the sales and profit for the year 2010 and 2011 is being
forecasted for the major four companies.
Figure 5.25 Sales Trend Graph for all major companies (crs)
Interpretation:
From the graph it’s clear that trend of all major companies are having increasing trend. when
we compare with the companies the pantaloon has high sales which is estimated for the year
2010 as Rs.8025.458 (crs) followed by Vishal retail with Rs.1650.241 (crs), Shopper’s stop
with Rs. 1632.811 (crs) and Trent by Rs. 631.056 (crs). In Year 2011 its sales estimated as
pantaloon with Rs.9474.144 (crs) followed by Vishal retail with Rs.1971.272 (crs), Shopper’s
stop with Rs. 1864.304(crs) and Trent by Rs. 703.914 (crs). Over all the companies sales will
be good in future according the regression method.
Figure 5.26 Profit Trend Graph for all Major Companies in (crs)
Interpretation:
From the graph it’s clear that trend of pantaloon and Trent will be increasing in terms of
Profit but the companies like Shopper’s stop and Vishal will have profit in negative even for
next two years which is estimated. When we compare with the companies the pantaloon has a
high profit which is estimated for the year 2010 as Rs.177.611 (crs) followed by Trent with
Rs. 34.25 (crs), Shopper’s stop with Rs. -52.574 (crs) and Vishal retail by Rs. -52.699 (crs).
In Year 2011 its Profit estimated as pantaloon with Rs.204.198 (crs) followed by Trent with
Rs.36.636 (crs), Shopper’s stop with Rs. -71.138(crs) and Vishal retail by Rs. -69.374 (crs).
Over all the companies profit will be good for Pantaloon and Trent in future according the
regression method.
5.2.1.1 Pantaloon:
Strengths:
Presence of the Company and its group formats in almost all segments
Specialized services give niche advantage to the Company to have better and faster
access to the customer needs.
Cost control initiatives and frugal culture that is critical in a retail operations business
Periodical reviews of the various operations have been done on regular basis to
identify the any possible threat and address the same within time.
Controls in SAP.
Weakness:
Increased size of operation has the risk of execution and management.
Opportunities:
The Company has formats for various segments of the customers and capturing the
maximum customers from each segment by having appropriate locations for each
format.
Competitive advantage over competitors and also ensuring that the Company‘s
expansion plans on track.
Threats:
The organized retail business is evolving faster and with the availability of various
options from the Company as well as the competitors, the business risk has increased.
In the current environment, for any company the cost of doing business, including
costs associated with energy, real estate, people etc and this can have an impact on the
margins.
With the increase of the size of operation the Company will also have the risk of the
execution and management.
Strengths:
Pioneer in departmental format.
Opportunities:
Low rentals due to long lease contracts.
Weakness:
Late foray into value retailing with 51% stake in promoter owned company.
High spend on store makeovers and interiors to ensure pleasant shopping experience.
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No standardization of product.
Opportunity:
30% CAGR in organized retailing to result in better footfalls and conversion rates.
Benefit from the 16% increase in discretionary spend in Indian consumers because of
presence across formats.
Threats:
Impact of slowdown in consumer spends to be felt on department stores.
Revenue of the company is increasing over the years. This signifies that company is
trying to increase their market share and with the increasing consumption. It sales has
increased very steeply over the years.
5.2.1.3 Trent:
Strengths:
Sold in house brand only – higher margins, more control over manufacturers (quality,
cost), no intermediary costs.
Huge financial base is there at the company‘s disposal which amounts to around Rs 2
billion from sale of Lakme
Adept at conducting marketing research often and has a good in house team for it.
Reach is very good with continuous growth in the number of stores at a rapid rate.
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The company is still concentrating much on the renowned brands instead of own
brands with the ratio of 70:30. If own brands could be focused on, they could bring in
more loyalty, flexibility and high returns. (Source: Crisil)
Trent invests very heavily in promotion and brand building but still suffers from poor
economies of scale.
Opportunities:
There is 10 billion dollar untapped market in India for Trent to capitalise on.
Trent could enter the food retail business as a study on food and grocery retail market
as the food retail sales make up for close to 63 per cent of total retail sales in
American retail chains. (Source: KSA Technopak)
Trent positions its products in Westside as value for money which could be further
enhanced by venturing into low cost product business to tap the lower middle class
market through a downward stretch.
Threats:
Organised sector is open for other players and with new and new retailers improving
the competition in the market by mushrooming their retail outlets.
Market share of the unorganised sector still is ranges to 95% and if not looked upon,
might increase further. (Source: Crisil)
5.2.1.4 Vishal:
Strengths:
Vishal follows the concept of EDLP, time pricing and price discounts.
Vishal Retail is into wide range of consumer goods which are sold under the value
retail tag.
Vishal targets the middle and lower middle class customers that form a very huge
percentage of the total shopping population in India.
Vishal has a strong recruitment cell that manages its human resources very well.
Weakness:
Apparels comprise of 63% of the revenue of the company which could be a risky
figure looking at the season nature of the products. The company should try focus on
evening it out and concentrating on the other product offerings as well. (Source: BLB
Research)
Vishal suffers from a high attrition rate of 35% which is not a good figure for a retail
sector company to manage its resources. (Source: BLB Research)
With the store cost skyrocketing, Vishal still operates in large space outlets.
Opportunities:
Vishal could focus more on the FMCG retail and has huge scope of own brand
promotion to a different level.
Vishal retail could extend itself into tier III and tier IV cities more to challenge the
unorganized retailers with a different shopping experience for the consumers.
Vishal could diversify into a brand retailer, retailing the major apparel in India as
well.
Threats:
Vishal faces serious competition from the unorganized sector with whom it directly
competes with through its pricing strategies.
More and more stores are mushrooming in India providing latest in fashion apparels,
to compete with these and maintain its value prices, Vishal Retail needs to devise
strong strategies.
5.2.2 Pricing:
Pricing is the most important in the retail industry. we can have the comparison of the pricing
strategy of major players in retail sector.
5.2.2.1 Pantaloon:
The major pricing strategies followed by pantaloon are,
Value Pricing
A pricing strategy in which a product's price is actively dependent upon its demand
Special-event Pricing
It advertised sales or price cutting that is linked to a holiday, season or event to increase sales
volume
Cash Rebates
A refund of part of sometimes the full price of the product following purchase, though some
rebates are offered at the time of purchase
Bundle Pricing
It is the practice of offering two or more different products or services at one price. Price
bundling is used to increase both unit and rupee sales by bringing traffic into the store.
By-Product Pricing
Setting the price for by-products in order to make the price of the main product more
competitive.
It is the practice of keeping the price of a product or service artificially high in order to
encourage favourable perceptions among buyers, based solely on the price. The practice is
intended to exploit the (not necessarily justifiable) tendency for buyers to assume that
expensive items enjoy an exceptional reputation or represent exceptional quality and
distinction.
Vouchers
5.2.2.3 Trent:
The major pricing strategies followed by Trent are,
Segmented Pricing
For different segment people it will follow the different pricing base on age and gender.
Mark-up Pricing
It drives cost-oriented pricing wherein a retailer sets prices by adding per unit merchandise
costs, retail-operating expenses, and the desired profit.
5.2.2.4 Vishal:
The major pricing strategies followed by Vishal are
Discount Pricing
Here low prices are used as the major tool for competitive advantage as it works best for
value based customers .The store portrays a low status image and offers fewer shopping frills.
Profit margins are kept low to target price-based customers. The model works on high
inventory turnover and lower operating costs.
Wide-price range
The pricing range may be varied from wide range in one particular product.
Competitive Pricing
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Comparing with the market they will keep pricing for the product.
Psychological Pricing
5.2.3 Advertising:
Based on advertisement we can made comparative analysis of the major players in the
industries like Pantaloon, shoppers stop, Trent, and Vishal Retail. Advertisement helps the
companies to increase their sales. some brief comparison are made based on advertisement
between companies.
Billboards -
Print Ads
Audio - -
Promotion
Catalogues - -
Events -
Interpretation:
Above table represents comparison between the advertising strategies of the four companies.
Shoppers stop focuses on brand endorsement, print ads and events as it is a premium store. Its
brand ambassador is Neil Nitin Mukesh who is a rich and stylish model. Now shoppers stop is
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also coming up with billboards but it doesn’t offer audio promotion (announcements) and
catalogues inside stores
Whereas Trent stores follow brand endorsement and all other discussed strategies for
shoppers stop except providing catalogues to the customer. Its brand ambassador is yuvraj
singh which conveys that this store is meant for young generation.
Vishal retail stores only follow Print ads in newspapers and catalogues containing discounts
and offers as their advertising strategy but they don’t go for brand endorsement, billboards,
audio promotion or events because they focus on earning maximum revenue.
Pantaloon focuses on all kind of advertising strategies to attract as many customers as it can.
Its brand ambassadors are Bipasha basu and zayed khan who are considered as fashion icons.
So it targets those middle class people who follow fashion trends.
Overall pantaloon is leading in the advertisement sector.Followed by Trent, shopper stop and
Vishal retail.
CHAPTER-6
Recommendations and
Conclusion
Organized Indian retailers are trying out a variety of formats, ranging from discount stores to
supermarket to hypermarkets to specialty chains. However, of late, most players appear to be
gravitating towards the hypermarket format. Retailers such as Pantaloon, Provogue, or the
Tatas are working towards exploiting this model which is perceived by consumers as more
value-enhancing. But in the long run, what is most likely to succeed is a more balanced multi-
format strategy. This helps retailers adapt to the very different shopping patterns that can exist
within the country and even within regions. So, we can look forward to the emergence of
balanced multi format models. The retailers will exploit every possible avenue, come up with
innovative and affordable products and create a desire among the masses for their products.
Every year, organized retail will grow and enhance its market share. It will certainly out do
unorganized retail in the near future.
6.2 Recommendations
Poor quality of infrastructure, coupled with poor quality of the distribution sector, results in
logistics costs that are very high as a proportion of GDP, and inventories, which have to be
maintained at an unusually high level. Distribution and marketing is a huge cost in Indian
consumer markets. It's a lot easier to cut manufacturing costs than it is to cut distribution and
marketing costs.
To compete in this sector one needs to have up-to-date market information for planing and
decision making. The second most important requirement is to manage costs widely in order
to earn at least normal profits in face of stiff competition.
Indian companies know Indian markets better, but foreign players will come in and
challenge the locals by sheer cash power, the power to drive down prices. That will be the
coming struggle.Strategic course of action for the coming years is required to be taken by the
major players to sustain and grow in this ever growing market
The Indian retailing sector is at an inflexion point where the growth of organized retailing
and growth in the consumption by the Indian population is going to take a higher growth
trajectory.
Rural markets emerging as a huge opportunity for retailers reflected in the share of the
rural market across most categories of consumption.It provides ample opportunities to the
market players to capitalize on the same and take the first mover advantage.
IT is a tool that has been used by retailers which has improved and eased thw way with
which modern opeartions are carried on efficiently and still with foreing players coming up
the opportunities for IT implementation in Retailing sector is very high .
The increase in FDI flow has strengthened the foreign political relations and now foreign
companies are trying to persuade the Indian Parliament to increase FDI capital depending
on the sector.
6.3 Conclusion:
The Indian retail industry is going through a boom period. Even though penetration of
organized retail is very low, they have a brought revolution in the country. They need to
overcome the challenges before them and transform into the next-door stores which offer
discounts. They should also establish a good supply chain network and maintain good
warehouses. They should prove themselves as ‘customer-oriented’. This would change the
consumers’ average spending pattern, make them brand sensitive, and when they do have
brand knowledge they would demand more. Direct selling and personal selling should also be
added to the services offered by the stores in the malls. If they succeed in achieving the above
requirements, then they can surely turn even window shoppers into buyers. This would take
retailing in India to new heights. Hence there is need for organized retailers to analyze and
understand the factors that would influence consumer behavior and tailor themselves
accordingly.
The Indian retail industry is directly based upon income of consumer, so it depends both upon
microeconomic and macroeconomic factors. This industry offers the large variety of products
for all types of consumers from middle class to high end premium users. It plays a major role
in contributing towards country’s GDP too.
Here we have compared various companies in Indian retail industry on various aspects like
market share, retail formats, promotion advertising, pricing startegies etc.
This report provides an industry analysis of Indian retail sector, comparing the major players
in the country like reliance, trent, shoppers stop, pantaloon. it reveals oppurtunities,
challenges and future prospects in Indian retail sector. The report also reflects the evolution of
Indian retail industry, its growth drivers and different retail formats in india.
The industry analysis of the Indian retail industry high lights many significant patterns
prevailing in india. The PEST analysis investigates political, economic, social and
technological factors of industry. SWOT analusis boasts of the strength and reveals
weaknesses of Indian retail industry and enlightens on the oppurtunities and threats before
Indian retail industry.
Retail industry is largely led by private industries. The Indian retail environment has attained
$210 billion witnessing a strong development paced at 5% per year. Existing retail space in
160 malls is nearly 32 million square feet.
Organized retailing now accounts for 6% out of total retailing however same is predicted to
extend to 10 % by the year 2010. A huge number of shopping malls have come up in the
recent past generating 20 million square feet retail space.
The global retail giants like walmart, gap, tesco, Versace, k mart, zara, fcuk, next, mother
care, ikea, trussardi, DKNY and Debenhams made plans to enter the Indian market. Spirit,
guess, chanel, mango and many other global brands marked their presence in india by
implementing licensing and franchisee agreements.
Companies like shoppers stop, trent reliance, lifestyle, tanishq and crossroads have planned to
invest over 500 crores.
Trent is on the edge to take its both the brands star bazaar and Westside to new cities.
Meanwhile shoppers stop has recently geared up for expansion of present ones to add 11 new
stores including 2 hypermarkets. Also pantaloon planned to add 8 big bazaar malls within
next 6-8 months.
Pantaloon is the market leader in the organized Retail sector. Finally the objective of the
study has been full filled.
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