The Impact of Malls on Small Retailers

Threat of new entrants: Retail industry has a higher barrier to entry. First, it is difficult to work out a good value chain as it involves a complex process. Second, it is difficult for new entrants to gain competitive advantage and earn above-average returns in such a highly competitive market. Besides,

India is one of the most desirable retail destinations in the world. India’s twin growth engines of economic growth and demographic

In the last part of the book, the author talks about small retailers and co-operators and their views regarding the monopolized retailers. This part also talks about the mass retailing business from a broader perspective. It turns out that the government did not want to intervene in the retail business and they were only able to bring in a tax reform for these big businesses. Even today, mass retailers still dominate the consumer landscape.

The development of dedicated distribution systems by the large integrated retailers. The development and application of scanning systems provided the necessary information for the supply chain to be reversed from 'producer push ' to 'consumer pull '. A consequence of this process is the decline of traditional wholesalers and cash and carries that has the effect of further disadvantaging small retailers. The emergence of retail chains as national brands

As we all know, the retail industry is very crucial and is highly competitive. As this company

“Retail is the business of selling goods made by others to individual consumers. It is a huge industry, dominated by Wal-Mart, which touches every corner of the globe. Due to the decline in the global economy, the future of many retailers is uncertain as consumers begin to spend less. The retail industry is the last step in the process of getting products to customers efficiently, and should not be confused with the wholesale activities which precede it. The difference between the two is that wholesalers are companies that sell their products to businesses, whereas in retail, the goods are sold

The retail trade industry is a vast network of businesses that needs workers in hundreds of different occupations. Over the last 40 yrs. the changes we have seen to our high streets and local shops have been as drastic as any in technology. When I was young most of the shopping was done in traditional shops including the local Butchers, Bakers, Grocers and Newsagents.

1. In the supermarket industry, firms operate by way of retail stores in different size and shapes that incorporates low profit margins. Supermarket industry provides easy access to the customers to meet their requirements as per the standard of living that helps in generating revenues. The firms involved in the supermarket industry operates to create value by following the current trends results in generating values, profitability and economies of scale.

The retail industry in Canada is engaged in selling goods and related services that are consumable through stores to the general public (Sector, 2012). The retail sector has continued to play an increasingly vital role in the Canadian marketplace given its contribution to the Canadian economy. The industry has grown continually, despite the recession between 2006 and 2009 that made the industry experience a fall in the demand of products, in 2011, the sector generated $457.4 billion in retail sales and represented approximately 12 percent of the Canadian workforce (Affairs, 2013).

The grocery retail industry worldwide has grown in recent years to become one of the most intensely competitive industries due to the continuous amounts of new entrants. A grocery retailer is one that sells food and other general household items. Hypermarkets, supermarkets, discounters and small grocery retailers are all under the grocery retail umbrella. Between 2003 and 2008, the grocery retailing industry accounted for 45% of store-based retail values sales over the world. The figures

•  India's $250 billion retail business is the eighth largest in the world and has the potential to grow 7 per cent by 2011. [McKinsey Report] For a company already dominating the world markets, this is an un-passable opportunity.

Doug Stephens’ The Retail Revival highlights the fundamental challenges that today’s executives and entrepreneurs must manage to not only succeed but to continue to exist as “the fat and lazy era in consumerism is giving way to a lean, creative and inspired age” (Stephens 228). As large companies, digital giants, and e-commerce businesses become larger and larger, one may come to think that the day and age for retail is over. However, Stephens strongly disagrees with this notion and instead holds the belief that retail is entering an even more exciting and honest era.

There are 92,796 grocery stores in the UK and the market value increase by 19.5% in the last 5 years and according to IGD forecast the UK grocery market should reach £203bn by 2019. But what we can see in the figure 1 that from 2009 to 2014 annual grow in the grocery market start decreasing from 4.9% in 2009 to 2.8% in 2014. One of the reason for this is difficult economic conditions which had an effect for consumer spending. Consumers choose to spend less money on food by buying less food or by looking for cheaper places. Retail market is diversified into three main sectors: Hypermarket and superstores which accounts for 42.3% of retail market, convenience stores 21.4% and small supermarkets 20.3% (Figure 3). So about 84% of sales are done in these three sectors. The biggest 4 retail chains in UK are: Tesco which takes 28.7% market share, Asda has 17.3%, Sainsbury’s 16.6% and Morrison’s 11%. (Figure 2) So, if we will sum up 4 biggest retail market chains we will have about ¾ of market share. Finally, a strong characteristic of this sector is competition with price wars and a

Large corporations such as Wal-Mart or Home Depot often come under criticism for putting mom-and-pop shops out of business. While this may be a valid criticism, the consumers neglect to realize that they play the biggest part in shutting these businesses down. Consumers across the country are always looking for the best deals or the lowest prices, and in most cases the larger corporations are where products can be found at the lowest price. Many small business owners and the populations of small towns dislike large corporations moving into the area because they believe it negatively effects the local

Q.Give your views on the in-store retailing of fruit and vegetables taking into account the high perishability and competitive pricing for F & V, in organised sector retail stores/formats such as Reliance Fresh (Reliance Retail), Food World (Dairy Farm)and More in Indian metro cities?