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People have reduced buying frenzy: Spencer's Retail's Shashwat Goenka

Supply chain for essential items has been ensured in the country, says Shashwat Goenka, sector head for FMCG & Retail at Spencer's Retail.

Retail needs therapy: Future and fortunes of a business after coronavirus

Modern, organised retail is bleeding as the coronavirus pandemic keeps India indoors and shuttered. Arvind Singhal explains what it will take to get this business back on its feet

Govt formulating National Retail Trade policy to make sector more conducive

The policy aims to create conducive environment for retail trade including by simplifying rules and regulations

Funskool resets the playground, targets millennial parents with new brands

The MRF-owned toy company is targeting millennial parents with new international brands and a fresh retail and marketing thrust

FMCG, retail stand poles apart in Q3 amid ongoing economic slowdown

Outlook for staples bleak, discretionary confident

Retail's tech backbone: India-built software drives likes of Walmart, Tesco

Walmart Labs has about 3700 people in India and most of them are based in Bengaluru

Retail shares gain on Cabinet nod for 100% FDI in single brand retail

Monte Carlo Fashions, Future Consumer, Indian Terrain Fashions, Zodiac Clothing Company, V-Mart Retail and Future Market Networks were up in the range of 4% to 9% on BSE

Pokemon Go: Are AR games the new channel to drive footfalls in retail?

Mobile games might be fads and riding them to lure customers might be more hard work, but that is what is needed to get footfalls and to then creatively convert that into sales, says Alagu Balaraman

Govt clears 89 single-brand retail, 1 multi-brand proposals

Companies whose SBRT proposals got approval include IKEA, H&M, Adidas, Swarovski International Holding and Montblanc

In India, private equity firms see new allure in old world retail

For investors, the dearth of malls and growing demand from retailers means faster rental growth and higher yields

Retail boost with nod to 24x7 biz

Sector upbeat over new norms; model law defines uniform obligations, rights of employers, employees

RAI, Octane Marketing publish their annual report on 'India Retail Marketing'

More than 105+ Retailers and 95+ companies participated in the study

India ranks second in retail potential

Clarity on FDI, improved ease of doing biz push country up 13 notches among 30 developing countries

Food for thought

Indian grocery retailers shouldn't pin hopes on foreign investment

Changing gears, Trent Hypermarket plans swift expansion

Likely to open 20-30 stores in Maharashtra & Karnataka in FY17; expansion plan might require capex of Rs 100 crore

Demand of branded garments could be hit, say retailers

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proposed change in excise duty on branded readymade garments

Maharashtra retailers divided over state retail policy

A section feels the policy favours organised sector, but all of them welcome single-window clearance and removal of inspection raj