Cash and carry (wholesale)

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), in its report on the 'impact of big retail on neighbourhood stores' has supported organised retail in the country. According to the report submitted to the Department of Industrial Policy and...

Bharti Retail has planned to focus its expansions on Punjab and then move on to consolidate its position in northern India. The company is concentrating on its small-format stores, but will soon launch large formats as well. "Our focus right...

The Food Forum India, the largest congregation of key global and Indian food retailers, manufacturers, organisations and minds in the food business, opened today in Mumbai. Presenting points from Mc Kinsey & Co.’s research on the Indian food market, Ireena...

Abdul Rab, vice president for retail and business development at Parsvnath Developers will join Carrefour as director, business development in the third week of May, sources close to the development, told Indiaretailing. Rab will take care of the new initiative...

Bharti Retail Ltd, a subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises, has launched Easy Day, the company’s first food and grocery store, at Ludhiana in western Punjab. According to the company release, it has opened three stores to retail groceries, personal care and...

Indian traditional handicrafts might be the next range of products to be retailed by Vishal Retail Limited (VRL), the flagship company of Vishal Group. Speaking to Indiaretailing on the sidelines of a press conference in New Delhi, Ram Chandra Agarwal,...

David Shriver, strategic adviser to the chief executive, Carrefour, speaking to Indiaretailing exclusively on the sidelines of World Retail Congress 08, confirmed Carrefour moves into Russia in a few months' time. On India he said, "We will be opening...

The Planning Commission of India, in its report on Wednesday, said that the government should clarify the issue of allowing foreign investment in retail trade in the country. “Though 100 percent foreign investment is allowed in cash-and-carry wholesale trading, there...