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Reliance, Bata form alliance for footwear vertical (Economic Times 31st Dec 2007)Reliance Retail is ensuring it gets the widest possible reach for its footwear business. The company has entered into a strategic alliance with Bata India to jump-start its footwear vertical. With this alliance, Reliance will get access to India’s oldest and biggest footwear retailer’s 1,200 stores which are spread in every nook and corner of the country. Reliance Retail has entered into a distribution tie-up with Bata India to retail its private labels through Bata outlets, sources have confirmed. More

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‘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 consum...