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Dear Reader,
You are holding a much improved, much thicker and a better edition of the first amalgamated version of our three magazines – IMAGES Retail, Shopping Centre News and Phygital. Starting this month, we have decided to bring a single magazine – instead of three -to give you an in-depth and extensive coverage of all three magazines rolled into one.
Through this convergence, we are making an effort to take all the best elements from all three magazines and offer a bigger value proposition to our esteemed readers.
In this first combined magazine, we bring to you a cover story on Shoppers Stop’s quest to reinvent itself again. We analyze the pros and cons of how managing director Venu Nair will be able to chart this new course of the Mumbai company by focusing on its clutch of private brands and on the hot-selling beauty products. The issue also has interviews of industry leaders including Pushpa Bector, Senior Executive Director, DLF Retail and Naresh Ahuja, Founder and CEO, ETP Group where they share insights on changing trends in their respective domains. Another must read is the article on Tata CLiQ, in which the newly appointed CEO Gopal Asthana speaks about the three verticals of the platform and about how Tata CLiQ is using technology to stay relevant by offering a seamless and personalized omnichannel experience.
We also take a deep dive into department stores with an in-depth feature on the evolution of the format in India and where it stands in the “new normal” with consumers taking to buying online and food & entertainment taking precedence in malls.
The combined issue has a treasure trove of insights for readers from the key areas of retail—shopping centres, technology and business, much like a mall that has something for everyone. The digitally inclined can visit IndiaRetailing.com that is our version of an ‘endless aisle’ for the latest and insightful content on retail in India.
