‘Small retailers will benefit from our supply chain model’ (The Hindu Business Line 13th DEc 2007)
Metro Cash & Carry India’s MD Martin Dlouhy attempts to set the record straight.
The allegation we will wipe out wholesale and distributive trade is far-fetched. Metro basically is a niche player with a unique distribution concept for businesses and even with two distribution centres in a city of more than six million people, it will be able to cater to only a fraction of business needs.
Political parties united in seeking cover for small traders (Live mint.com 13th Dec 2007)A day after a Mint report on a yet-to-be-released study commisioned by the government on the impact of organized retail chains on small stores showed significant reduction in the latter’s profitability, politicians across parties asked for“protection” for small retailers and for the report to be made public even as they tried to strike a balance between the interests of small store owners and middle-class consumers.
Shoppers don’t want a stop to big retail (Live mint.com 13th Dec 2007)India’s urban shoppers, attracted by wider choice and more brands than just lower prices, are overwhelmingly in favour of allowing more branded retail chains to set up shop, a sign of looming trouble for the nation’s tens of thousands of small, city shopkeepers.Voting with their feet: Shoppers throng a Reliance Fresh store. (Photo: Harikrishna Katragadda/Mint)The findings, part of a politically-sensitive survey ordered by the Prime Minister’s Office at the behest of ruling UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on the impact of organized retail chains on stores, suggest that the current advantages of smaller retailers are likely to erode sharply as India’s nascent organized retail boomlet turns into a full-fledged rollout, one that is already on the cards, based on plans
Metro Cash & Carry India’s MD Martin Dlouhy attempts to set the record straight.
The allegation we will wipe out wholesale and distributive trade is far-fetched. Metro basically is a niche player with a unique distribution concept for businesses and even with two distribution centres in a city of more than six million people, it will be able to cater to only a fraction of business needs.
Political parties united in seeking cover for small traders (Live mint.com 13th Dec 2007)A day after a Mint report on a yet-to-be-released study commisioned by the government on the impact of organized retail chains on small stores showed significant reduction in the latter’s profitability, politicians across parties asked for“protection” for small retailers and for the report to be made public even as they tried to strike a balance between the interests of small store owners and middle-class consumers.
Shoppers don’t want a stop to big retail (Live mint.com 13th Dec 2007)India’s urban shoppers, attracted by wider choice and more brands than just lower prices, are overwhelmingly in favour of allowing more branded retail chains to set up shop, a sign of looming trouble for the nation’s tens of thousands of small, city shopkeepers.Voting with their feet: Shoppers throng a Reliance Fresh store. (Photo: Harikrishna Katragadda/Mint)The findings, part of a politically-sensitive survey ordered by the Prime Minister’s Office at the behest of ruling UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on the impact of organized retail chains on stores, suggest that the current advantages of smaller retailers are likely to erode sharply as India’s nascent organized retail boomlet turns into a full-fledged rollout, one that is already on the cards, based on plans
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