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Reliance Retail-Future Group deal: How will it benefit RIL’s consumer facing businesses

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 10:46:00 +0000

Reliance Retail will get the benefit of economies of scale. The products can be bought in large quantities and sold at competitive prices, and would see further improvement in margins due to improving scale. The numbers were already mind-boggling. Reliance Retail is India’s largest, most profitable retail business and is the fastest-growing retailer in the […]

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Is Retail Design Tone Deaf?

Devangshu Dutta — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:51:37 +0000

As a customer do you feel uncomfortable in some spaces? Maybe noise is to blame.
As a retail professional, do you wonder what could help you grow your sales? Improving the "sound experience" could do the trick.

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Where is the Love? In the Brand.

Devangshu Dutta — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:59:24 +0000

As we move downstream towards final consumption, the economic value captured as a price premium also increases dramatically. An aspect that is often forgotten in discussions about "value-addition".

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Feeding the Golden Bird

Devangshu Dutta — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:19:46 +0000

India is at the inflexion point - increasing income is leading to growing food consumption, but the diet is broader and more balanced, as people are able to afford a greater variety of food. Secure food supplies to a growing population stand on three legs: technology, dissemination of information, and market demand.

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Perishable Value Opportunities

Devangshu Dutta — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:45:43 +0000

The old saying goes: where there are issues, there are opportunities. By that standard, the perishable commodities supply chain offers plenty of issues and, hence, opportunities to develop value. (Based on a presentation at the 2nd International Summit of Processed Food, Agribusiness and Beverages, organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce (ASSOCHAM) and supported by the Ministry of Food Processing, Government of India.)

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A Thousand Miles

Devangshu Dutta — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:01:38 +0000

The last three years have been a roller coaster ride for food & grocery modern retail in India. Here's a view from inside one of the cars. [More...]

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Carrying and Being Carried

Devangshu Dutta — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:50:34 +0000

So as we go about our day, launching and growing brands, opening new stores, creating new products, I offer you this thought to reflect upon: are we carrying, or being carried? [More...]

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Green or Blue Genes?

Devangshu Dutta — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:08:12 +0000

Blue genes. Green Genes. No matter which side of the table you are on the issue of genetically modified (GM) foods, you can be assured that the picture is far from clear. Here are some reasons why.

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Private Label Maturity Model

Devangshu Dutta — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:06:35 +0000

From clothing to cereals, toothpaste to televisions, there is hardly a category that has not seen retailers trying their hand at creating own labelled products. So what does it take to go from a “copycat” to being a real brand? Here's a model that might be useful to structure that effort.

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Reactions to ‘Numbers and Stories’

Devangshu Dutta — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:31:03 +0000

Following on our article ("Numbers and Stories", 23 November 2009), our friends at Retailwire.com thought it would be interesting to run a poll to ask the Retailwire community what they thought about retailers using research (or not). The original discussion is here on Retailwire, but we've reproduced the comments at the poll results as they stand today (16 December 2009). The poll's short answer is "no"; only 15% of the respondents felt that companies are "good" in using research, at their best. Should we blame the companies, or the researchers? The comments seem to suggest that the blame needs to be shared. [More...]

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