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Emergence of modern Indian retail: an historical perspective

International journal of retail & distribution management, 2008-07, Vol.36 (9), p.689-700 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Emerald Group Publishing Limited ;Copyright Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 ;ISSN: 0959-0552 ;EISSN: 1758-6690 ;DOI: 10.1108/09590550810890939 ;CODEN: IRDMEQ

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  • Title:
    Emergence of modern Indian retail: an historical perspective
  • Author: Sengupta, Anirban
  • Broadbridge, Adelina ; Sengupta, Anirban
  • Subjects: Consumers ; Food ; Food and drink products ; Geographic profiles ; Grocery stores ; History ; Households ; India ; Modern history ; Purchasing power ; Retail stores ; Retailing ; Retailing industry ; Statistical analysis ; Supermarkets
  • Is Part Of: International journal of retail & distribution management, 2008-07, Vol.36 (9), p.689-700
  • Description: Purpose - The paper seeks to capture the history of the evolution of modern-format food and grocery retail in India. Its focus is on the time period from 1971 to 2001.Design methodology approach - The research is primarily exploratory in nature. Primary research included depth interviews, focus groups and survey through questionnaire with organized retailers, unorganized retailers, consumers, fast-moving consumer goods manufacturers, channel members and opinion-leaders. Secondary research involved a review of the existing literature on Indian retail available at that time.Findings - Emergence of modern retail in India is not just a result of increasing consumer buying power - manufacturers and unorganized retailers also have an important role to play in this process at the macro-level. At the micro-level, the trigger came from diverse angles like entrepreneurial desire to provide better service to consumers, social desire to provide relief to the masses in the form of lower prices, desire to capitalize on emerging business opportunities being provided by the changing business environment, etc.Research limitations implications - Being an early work in this area, the research was exploratory in nature and tried to understand the role of different stakeholders in emergence of modern retail in India. It does not use any statistical technique to prove or disprove any hypothesis. It is focused on the food and grocery retail business.Originality value - The paper provides a historical perspective to academics as well as practitioners.
  • Publisher: Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0959-0552
    EISSN: 1758-6690
    DOI: 10.1108/09590550810890939
    CODEN: IRDMEQ
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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