India Retail Landscape Set for a Recast with AI-Powered Engagement
It is no longer about neon lights and fancy storefronts that dictate the footfall into the retail store, the digital window dressing is the real lure…
Indian Apparel Exports Set to Surge by 8-9 pc in FY2025
The Indian apparel export industry is gearing up for a recovery in the fiscal year 2025. Despite facing challenges in FY2024 due to tepid demand, the…
Strategy Influence: Building Retail Resilience in a Dynamic Marketplace
The post-COVID era has been a time of discovery for the Indian retail sector. The disruptions led to an unprecedented increase in e-commerce and…
Gen AI Takes Center Stage: 71 pc of Retailers Set to Adopt within Next 12 Months
The retail industry, recognized for its adaptability, is standing at the threshold of a transformative era with the advent of Generation AI (Gen AI…
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India's Consumer Industry: Transformations, Challenges & Future Expectations
India's consumer industry is undergoing a significant transformation, poised to become the world's third-largest by 2027, following the United States…
Crafting Success: Wooden Manufacturers Gear Up for the Festive Retail Rush
With the glittering lights illuminating the streets, the captivating décor, and fairs and pandals at every nook and corner, the environment around us…
Challenging Times: A Deep Dive into the Q2 Performance of Leading Retail Brands
The second quarter results for fiscal year 2024 have brought mixed fortunes for prominent retail and consumer goods brands in India. Shoppers Stop,…
5 Q2 Winners in the Indian Retail Space
Q2 2024 has been a defining period for several brands across various sectors, with many companies reporting remarkable financial performance and…
{Stores of the Future} Forever New India Paving the Way for Sustainable Shopping Experiences & Tech-Enhanced Convenience
In less than a year, Forever New India has become the country's fastest-growing high-premium fashion brand, with a strong presence in Tier II and III…
Top D2C Brands that are Redefining India's Retail Landscape
The D2C market in India has witnessed monumental transformation owing to a combination of strategic factors like a burgeoning tech-savvy population,…
How are Beauty-Focused Platforms Changing The Retail Game in India 
Over the past decade, digitalization has changed almost every industry in the world. It is, therefore, natural to wonder how this has affected the…
Is Omnichannel Customer Engagement the Future of Retail
The year's second half in India is full of festivals, beginning with Raksha Bandhan right until the New Year. That’s when people shop the most. In…
5 Things Retailers Can Do to Stay Competitive in the Ever-Changing World of Retail for Opportunity
E-commerce shopping sites offer a user experience that consumers find more convenient and engaging compared to shopping in any retail outlet. The…
Video Unlocks the Next Phase of Retail: Livestream Shopping
The retail industry has become one of the fastest-growing industries in the last two years. As per Statista, India’s retail market is projected to…
The Rise of Social Commerce in the Indian Retail Industry
A by-product of e-commerce and social media platforms, social commerce has taken to the masses rapidly in popularity despite being a new medium.…
Decoding the Retail Sector in the Digital Age
The Coronavirus has impacted the whole world and eventually stopped the growth of many sectors including the retail sector and affected the offline…
No-code, a Game-Changer for the Retail Industry?
The rise of online outlets was already challenging the retail industry’s relevance, and the pandemic has inflicted a further strain upon retailers…
The Ideal Digital Transformation Strategy for Indian Retailers?
There is no one fit all solution that is ideal for all Indian retailers alike. The best and ideal digital transformation strategies for businesses…
Which are the Top Performing Segments in the Retail Industry
The Indian retail industry has emerged as one of the most dynamic, fast-paced, and up-scaling industries in the past few years. This is primarily due…
Post-Covid Recovery of E-commerce and Indian Retail Sector
COVID-19 compelled and set an unanticipated row of changes in consumer’s mindsets and behaviors. Adaption of technology became a need of the hour and…
Indian Retail Sector to Add 2.5 cr New Jobs by 2030
The Indian retail sector is likely to generate 2.5 crore new jobs by 2030 and a lion's share will be the offline+online model which will account for…
Disruptive Retail Tech Trends to Watch in 2021
The ‘new normal’ has accelerated technology adoption in the retail sector. While retail was always releasing new tech backed experiences frequently,…
These 8 retail business ideas can prove beneficial for small towns
Retail business in India is probably the most promising sector to invest and start a venture. The seven top cities in India alone contribute a…
This is how robotics technology is enhancing the end to end structure of warehousing
Importance of Supply Chain in Retail Imagine two large companies that distribute consumer goods. Company A has an automated warehouse where robots…
How rapidly growing renting bike space in tier II market is beating metros in terms of demand
Bike Rental Services is now getting organized in India. The unorganized service concept that started in Goa is now functional across leading major…
What is in stored for the Indian FMCG market
When we talk about FMCG, the first thought that lingers in our mind are products that are consumed on a daily basis. The steady rise in income and…
Streamline planogram compliance audits with powerful mobile apps
Planograms is one of the most important solutions used in modern retail today. Through smart shelf planning, it helps retailers sell more and faster…
This is how retailers are still walking down the aisles of shop-in-shop
A walk down the aisles of Shoppers Stop or a Landmark store, and it’s impossible to miss out the array of brands. From desi to ‘videsi’ and budget…
Here are 4 retail habits being adopted by the new age consumers
With shopping shifting from malls to mobiles, digital disruption in the last few years has changed the way new age consumers buy. As most of the…
This is how brands are retaining customer loyalty
A recent study by Deloitte says that millennials are the chief wage earners in India with a 47-percent share in the working age population and…
Is Technology Enhancing Consumer Feedback
As shopping shifts from physical to digital, so have the methods to understand a customer’s buying behavior, and the overall shopping experience.…
Bed, bath and beyond: the flourishing market of Indian home decor
The last decade has woven inordinate success stories for the home textile industry and the market has grown by leaps and bounds. Not only has this…
CPG Industry gets a makeover for better consumer experience
The Consumer Packaged Goods industry is undergoing massive transformation, thanks to the emerging digital technologies impacting companies across…
How businesses are reaping benefits out of renting lifestyle products
Affording luxury products has always been an expensive affair for a majority of people. However, living up to one’s aspirations is now easy since…
This is how retailers can improve their logistics strategy to make it more efficient
India is growing as a land of retail startups and expected to reach USD $1 trillion by the year 2020. Of this, the B2B e-commerce market could…
5 retail tech trends which will shine this year
Machine Learning, Chatbots and Big data ruled the retail technology trends last season. While personalization and robotics are among other trends…
These are the four ways how Indian textiles are making it big globally
 India is the world's second largest exporter of textiles and clothing. With readymade garments remaining the largest contributor to total textile…
Have you bridged the new digital divide yet
In the last decade, the face of retail has changed from old-age kirana stores in bylanes to tech-enabled experiential stores, growing exponentially…
Here's why you should load up your mobile wallet!
It’s been over a year since India took the plunge into cashless economy, and while consumers are still getting accustomed to the digital leap, a…
Retail sector sees a 19% growth which is higher than IT and BPM
Giving wings to the Digital India initiative which has steadily gained popularity, the ecommerce sector in the country has registered some rather…
This is how retail industry is influenced by Analytics
Personalization, voice assistants at stores, Internet of Things (IoT)- are said to be some of the major tech trends in retail industry this year.…
Making the retail experience seamless through omni-channel retailing
From digital to brick and mortar to phygital, last year saw many big brands integrate online with offline in their bid to be omni-present. With…
Online Players Going Offline Giving Push to a Hybrid Retail Model
India is definitely the fastest growing e-commerce market right now. However, it is getting tougher for the online players to establish themselves…
These 5 potential threats may affect the FMCG sector
The FMCG market in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.6 per cent and is expected to reach US$ 103.7 billion by 2020.The growth in sales of…
GST rollout- Less time to prepare, more clarity needed
Weeks after the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) – the institutional mechanism under GST to check unfair profit-making activities by the…
These 5 consumer durables trends will change the game this year
In the next decade, India will climb seven spots up to clinch 5th position in the world’s largest consumer durables market. By 2020, the market in…
This is how food industry has become a major contributor for eCommerce this year
Traffic, space crunch and long queues- reasons for giving a miss to the nearest grocery store or a restaurant are aplenty. With buying food online…
Future of direct selling: It is no more Door-to-Door, it’s now Mobile-to-Mobile
Today, technology has affected the way every business model works. It is helping businesses evolve at a greater speed and the industry of direct…
6 possible trends that can be witnessed in retail ,ecommerce and D2C sector in 2018
The future of the retail sector seems exciting with major global brands entering the market with technology revolutionizing the Indian retail sector…
Flexible digital trade distribution aiding global commerce operations
E-commerce as a channel is fast changing both buying and selling experience. Although much has been said about buying convenience, there is a…
Do consumers today prefer online or offline shopping
At a time when online shopping has threatened the existence of brick and mortar stores in the country, a recent survey has concluded that although 70…
Shopping Malls Decked Up for Christmas & New Year
City decked up with bright lights, glittery stars twinkling on every passing street, jingle bells outside every retail store and Christmas treats…
What makes last mile delivery a critical backend for the India e-commerce sector
The Indian e-commerce sector is growing exponentially being driven by a young demographic profile armed with smart phones and a country-wide…
Is e-commerce killing the fundamentals of its establishment?
What’s with e-commerce these days you may ask? Apart from rolling out massive discounts or attractive offers every other month, tens of hundreds of…
Socio-retail engagement can surely help retail industry leapfrog growth
In today's digital era, most businesses are networked to their respective stakeholders. And yes, it is important to flow with the change too, which…
Bespoke tailoring marks a comeback in the Indian Fashion Entity
History of bespoke dates back decades ago during the advent of clothing and tailoring. Bespoke has been in India since generations and the majority…
How are technological trends in retail stores enhancing the shopping experience
Now that shopping can be made anytime, anywhere, consumers need more reasons to visit a store. With technology breathing new life into retail…
These AI innovations for everyday life will change the way you live
There’s little doubt that Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transformative technologies in most areas of our daily lives.…
How successful are digital payments amid limited internet access
It may have been over a year since the Modi government envisaged a digital India, but the actual availability of digital payment options is still…
Conversational commerce: Dawn of the new technology
From tiresome download process to multiple registering rounds, consumers are seeking a paradigm shift in the app ecosystem. With many big and small…
Retailers upbeat about digi payments post demonetization, finds survey
A survey jointly conducted by CDFI and IIM-B reveals that 63% retailers have opened arms to cashless transactions post note ban  A year after…
Experience stores on road to become the next big thing
As online retailers leverage new technology on ecommerce to create unique shopping experiences, the brick and mortar retailers too are not very far…
These Walmart tech innovations will blow your mind!
Innovation in retail landscape is primarily dominated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for the new age consumers who look…
The Evolution & Growth of Lingerie Market in India
The innerwear category has broadened from being a basic requirement to designer wear with emphasis on styling and comfort. According to a Technopak…
Totting up the game for young tykes
With the phygital revolution gripping the country hard and fast, no sector in business is spared. A sector as niche as kids or parenting segment is…
E-Commerce Paving Its Way Further into the Hinterlands of India
The past few years have seen a sort of revolution in India in the online shopping market. Increasing e-commerce penetration into India’s…
How Can Artificial Intelligence Transform The Retail Industry
A quick search on your phone is no longer a one-way communication. From leading you to your nearby store to helping the retailers understand the…
Consumer Durable Companies bet big on Ongoing Festive Season
It is that time of the year when any brand or retailer will up its ante to grab the maximum share of profits from the market and hope for making…
What’s driving the Indian home fashion market?
India is a country with a population of about 400 million urban dwellers and the demand of home and interior items for such a large number of urban…
Rise of E-Grocery in India with Biggies like Tata, Amazon Entering Market
Shopping everything online is the new trend in India and the food and grocery industry is not untouched by this transition in any way. Though the…
The retail ecosystem illustrates a productive future ahead
Retail therapy is healing. Proof is the contribution of 10% to India’s GDP, accounts for 8% of employment, occupies 75 million sq ft of real estate…
Can small online retailers compete with eCommerce giants?
The first view is based around market penetration. Considering the ecommerce penetration in India is still quite less, even among online buyers,…
Eastern Indian franchise market is driven by consumer values and emotions
Eastern India is the new hub of business and expansion and as debatable as it might sound there are several factors that substantiate this. Eastern…
Warehouse management is a big requirement for a developed retail system
The retail market across India is booming, in terms of position in global ranking aiming all the retail markets of the globe. It is ranked the…
GST could be a boon for retailers who play by the book
The Indian economy is retail centric, the retail industry accounts for about 10% of the GDP of the country. According to Deloitte India, the Indian…
Breaking the stereotypes with all inclusive fashion
Fashion is not restricted by constraints like figure, size, skin tone etc, contrary to what the popular myth may be. Neither is business which is…
Indian Retail Congress 2015 kickstarts!
The biggest retail show-Indian Retail Congress is back with bang by paving the thought leadership process for the retail industry and giving it a new…
Franchise India 2014: Brick and mortar and e-commerce to exist hand in hand
Franchise India Holdings Limited hosted its biggest show – Franchise India 2014 at Pragati Maidan on 11th - 12th October 2014. During the two-day…