5 Sep, 2007
A few hours from now, the retail conglomerate of India as also from across the world, will sit, sip and dine together with one common aim – create opportunities, and chalk out a path for better access to the future of retailing in India.The fourth day of September will see curtains rising on India Retail Forum (IRF) 2007, a substantive unravelling of intellectual and information exchange for the retail business in the Indian subcontinent. The forum presents the business of retail in the region to a global audience, with the express aim of facilitating understanding about – and encouraging investment in – this massive marketplace.
A few hours from now, the retail conglomerate of India as also from across the world, will sit, sip and dine together with one common aim – create opportunities, and chalk out a path for better access to the future of retailing in India.The fourth day of September will see curtains rising on India Retail Forum (IRF) 2007, a substantive unravelling of intellectual and information exchange for the retail business in the Indian subcontinent. The forum presents the business of retail in the region to a global audience, with the express aim of facilitating understanding about – and encouraging investment in – this massive marketplace.
At India Retail Forum, it is a congregation of retail brands, companies and minds from across the globe, from diverse retail-related verticals – from retail real estate, and design and architecture, to visual merchandising, retail support, and technology.The conclaves, conferences and workshops will revolve around various talked-about subjects, some of which are: The New Paradigms in Retail, Environment & Infrastructure for Retail, Multi-format Management in Retail, Retail Innovation, Staying Ahead of Real Estate Curve, Category Management, Organised Retailing vs Modernizing Retail, Growth vs Profitability, Growth vs Corporate Governance, Emerging Retail Spaces, and Retailing in Rural India.
The sessions will be interspersed with Jayne Rafter talk shows conducted with such industry personalities as Cliff Crosbie of Nokia, Karen Eidsvik of Subway International B.V., Rex Mehta of Dollarstore Corporation, and Francis McAuley of Debenhams.IRF will see the launch of Shopping Centres Association of India. The one-of-its-kind association will be backed by such industry veterans as Neel Raheja, K Raheja Corp.; Ajay Chandra, Unitech; Ajay Khanna, DLF Retail; Nikhil Chaturvedi, Prozone; Dharmesh Jain, Nirmal Lifestyles; Harshvardhan Neotia, Bengal Ambuja; Rahul Saraf, Sunsam Properties; Anuj Puri, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj; Suresh Singaravelu, Reliance Industries; Shishir Baijal, Kshitij Advisory Investment; Pranay Sinha, Select Infrastructure; and Anshuman Magazine, CBRE.The assemblage of speakers for the India Retail Forum sessions include: V Vaidyanathan, ICICI Bank; Rajan Bharti Mittal, Bharti Enterprises; GC Daga, IndianOil Corp.; Abraham Goren, Elbit Imaging Group; Louise Spillard, IGD, UK; Ravi Naware, ITC Foods Division; Samir Kuckreja, Nirula’s; Rodney Fitch, Fitch, UK; R Subramanian, Subhiksha; K Radhakrishnan, Reliance Retail; Roopa Purushothaman, Future Capital Holdings; Lenders Staf, IKEA; BS Nagesh, Shoppers’ Stop; Sumantra Banerjee, RPG Enterprises; Sumant Sinha, Aditya Birla Retail; Bijou Kurien, Reliance Retail; Renuka Jagtiani, Landmark Group; Hemant Kalbag, AT Kearney; Ajay Kaul, Domino's Pizza India; Tim Eynon, Provogue & Prozone; Rahul Sinha, PricewaterhouseCoopers; David Herridge, JDA; Amit Jatia, McDonald’s; Nigel Lang, Direxions, UK; Andrew Levermore, HyperCity Retail; David Walter, Photolink Creative Group, UK; Samir Modi, Twenty Four Seven Retail; James Bamford, Multimap, UK; Suresh Singaravelu, Reliance Industries; Roy Palmer, Pragma, UK; Noel Tata, Trent Ltd; Renuka Ramnath, ICICI Venture Funds Management; Raghu Pillai, Reliance Retail; Govind Shrikhande, Shoppers’ Stop; Michael Green, IMSG, UK; Ajay Khanna, DLF Retail; Rajiv Bhatia, Inorbit Malls; Shumone Chatterjee, Levi's India; Vikram Bakshi, McDonald’s; Kishore Biyani, Future Group; Peter Lau, Giordano; Ian Duffy, IKEA; Barbara Wold, global retail & consumer expert; S Siva Kumar, ITC; and Reg Athwal, World CEO Forum.The launch of India Food Forum at IRF will initiate planning of a series of activities including an international event for food processing industries, with formation of an advisory board inviting organisations with interest in food processing in India – among them, APEDA, NDDB, ITC, Godrej, Unilever, Bharti, Reliance, AV Birla, Castlerock, Dabur, Marico, Bakemans, Amul, Nestle, Cadbury and Tata.
Besides huge export potential, organised retail in India needs fresh and processed food and farm produce worth USD30 billion by the year 2010. In the absence of adequate process industries, structured supply chain and logistics, a large portion of demand is expected to be met by imports, and that needs immediate attention.
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Very good overview of Retail business progress in India-------and it would eliminate a sense of suspense about retail business from the minds of people.
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