From High End Employer to a Value Retailer ?

July 3, 2008 in banks, chain, fresh, investments, policy, retail, small, supply
Tags: best practices, central, choice, customers, democracy, employment, federal, framework, governance, india, indian, laws, legal, parliament, policy, regulation, retail, stakeholders

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/03/marksspencer.retail1
The Guardian newspaper of UK has reported that the High End Employer Marks and Spencer is now reconsidering its strategy in developed country markets.
So will Marks and Spencer now become a Value Retailer in emerging markets ? What a mishap for the High Flyer falling on Bad Times and burning away cash.

Kerala Trade Shuts down – 150,000 traders protest on HallaBol

March 4, 2008 in 2007, 2008, BJP, UPA, accountants, acorn, action, advisors, american, asian, banks, bengal, bharti, bloc, boom, bric, budget, chain, cheap, chidambaram, class, commission, consolidation, consultants, currency, davos, deficit, delhi, democracy, derivatives, divide, economy, elections, emerging, entry, environment, expensive, exports, fiscal, food, french, funds, grassroots, ground, hawkers, hedge, hunger, imports, incredible, investment, isf, kerala, land, large, loans, lobby, markets, medium, middle, niti, packaged, pension, planning, plastics, pockets, policy, poverty, power, price, protest, pwc, rally, reality, report, retail, risks, risky, rupee, rural, security, shining, shopkeepers, shutdown, small, study, trade, traders, urban, verdict, virgin, vyapar, waterhouse, wsf
Tags: bengal, budget, class, commission, delhi, democracy, elections, entry, funds, hallabol, hawkers, kerala, middle, policy, report, retail, risk, rural, strategy, tax, urban, voters, vyapar

Highlights of the Halla Bol Protest
Corp. Quit Retail !!                                                                             Wal-Mart Quit India!
Total Shut Down and Mammoth Rally of 150,000 Traders in Kerala on Halla Bol
Feb 23, 2008: Traders in Kerala today downed shutters as part of the nation-wide Halla Bol protest against the entry of retail giants into the retail trade. Reports from various parts [...]