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12.06.08 Retail in India
Standing on the threshold of a retail revolution and witnessing a fast changing retail landscape, India is all set to experience the phenomenon of a global village. India presents a grand opportunity to the world at large, to use it as a business hub. A ‘Vibrant Economy’, India tops A T Kearney’s list of emerging markets for global retailers for the 3rd consecutive year. The 2nd fastest growing economy in the world, the 3rd largest economy in terms of GDP in the next 5 years and the 4th largest economy in PPP terms after USA, China &
Japan, India is rated among the top 10 FDI destinations.
According to India Retail Report 2007, the total private consumption touched INR 20,000 billion (US $ 445 billion) at current prices in the calendar year 2006 with organised sector accounting for INR55,000 crore ($12.4 billion) business increasing its share to 4.6 per cent of the total Indian Retail Value that stood at INR12,000 billion ($270 billion). Moving forward, organized retailing is projected to grow at the rate of about 37 per cent in 2007 and 42 per cent in 2008. Organised retail in India has the potential to add over INR 2,000 billion ($45 billion) business by the Year 2010.
Indian Retail offers over US$ 17 Billion business for Design, Shop Fitting & Support Systems. Over 20,000 new exclusive brand outlets, 280 hypermarkets, 500 department stores, 1.200 mega specialty stores and 3,200 Supermarkets are to be built in India by 2011. Besides, more than 10,000 existing stores are to undergo complete facelift. By 2010-11, about 300 million square feet of retail space will need new ideas in design, shop fit and retail support systems. At the moment, though, design/shop fit business, shopping centre developers, brands and retailers do not have many choices. Fashioning the future of retail in India is the big challenge for Global Players. The next Indian Retail Forum will take place on 16th-18th September 2008 in Mumbai. More
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01.06.08
New tiger Egypt
Egypt has 80 million inhabitants. As a part of the booming Middle East also the German Cash&Carry company Metro will invest from the year 2009 onwards about ten cash&carry markets into the Egyptian retail distribution.
On invitation of the Chamber of Food Industries (CFI)/Egypt and the Federal Ministry of Germany for Developing Aid represented by its agency gtz and supported by AFC Consulting Prof.Dr. Bernd Hallier and Dr. Udo Lackner discussed in Cairo with about 100 representatives of the Total Supply Chain in Egypt future developments of globalizing retail and its effects for Egypt and its export possibilities. Beside an one-day-workshop the following companies/factories/distribution centres had been visited: Juhayna, Wadi Food, Belco, Farm Frites and the Heia Perishable Terminal at Cairo Airport. The next gtz-workshop will be about Profitable Environmental Managing (more via email)
As a follow-up the first Egyptian University joined ERA: Misr International University/Cairo
The Top Egyptian Retailers are according to the Retail International Development Group RIDG: Carrefour (Turnover 330 mill.$/ 3 stores); Metro-Khairzaman (114/34+14), Hyperone (112/1), Ragab sons (100/14), Spinney’s (80/1); mahaml (46/14); abuzekry (40/6); Seoudi (23/6); Awladghanem (13/6)
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25.05.08
Gulf Traineeship
22 years old Alina Pukhovskaya from Moscow stayed for 2 months as an ERA-trainee in Dubai to help in the research for the fair World of Perishables
The Top supermarkets/hypermarkets in the Gulf area are Carrefour, Emke Group, Aziza Panda, Al Otthaim, Géant, Bin Dawood, Giant Stores, Sultan Centre, Abu Dhabi Cooperative, Spinneys/Al Fair and the Safeer Group.
Quotes from Alina: "Although I have already gone through this adventure and “survived”, I am still not able to believe that I could have gone alone to a country in the Middle East - to the United Arab Emirates - knowing before about this place only that it is a world of men, money, authority and power. But I had relied on people from ERA, whose opinion I have always appreciated. Following the way of globalization one has to trust people, to be open to new cultures, to forget about stereotypes, to listen to and to look around all the time trying to save in your mind all small things, enriching your soul”
Besides individual traineeships in 2008 an ERA student workshop on the Tall Ship “Kruzenshtern” (see the picture) is planned from September 21st sailing from Ilhavo (Portugal) arriving at Funchal (Madeira) on October 2nd . Students being interested to have an intercultural training during this sailing race should contact for application via Email
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16.05.08 Retail Belarus
The Belarus Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives in Gomel
together with the Information Educational Institution “New Eurasia” were organizing an International Spring Forum in Gomel. Participating were 200 members from the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Tajikistan , UK, Ukraine and the USA. The major aims of the Forum were:
- development of international cooperation
- cooperation of science, education and business
- development of joint-network-projects
A total of 57 essays/contributions of the Spring Forum is published in the reader “Innovative Technologies in Business education“. Foreign speakers at the opening ceremony had been Prof.Dr.C-G. Ekström/Sweden, Prof.Dr. B.Hallier/Germany, Christina Rundcranz/Sweden and Gayona Beckford-Barclay/USA. The panel was led by Rector Prof.Dr. Ala Navumchyk.
Retail /wholesale increased its share of the Belarus BIP from 3.4 percent in 1990 to 10.3 percent in 2006. Privately owned of Belarus retail are 81.6 percent (inclusive the coops with a share of 9.9 percent) – 15.4 percent are still organized by government. The other 3 percent belong to foreigners. The retail-net consists out of 150 Shopping Centers (national definition!), of 27,500 stores, 4,500 kiosks, 10,000 pubs and 400 farmers’ markets.
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07.05.2008
GlobalGAP India
Mumbai, 7 th May 2008
GLOBALGAP
and QCI (Quality Council of India) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Indian National Technical Working Group (NTWG). The signing ceremony was held and announced at the Food Forum India 2008 event in Mumbai in the presence of food business and retail leaders.
“Hosting the GLOBALGAP NTWG fits our role we have been designated during the Food Safety and Quality Year by the Indian Government, which includes the nation-wide promotion of Good Agricultural Practices,” said Gridhar J. Gyani, Secretary General, QCI. “We will be the first contact point in the country for GLOBALGAP. The NTWG will be chaired by Dr. Mangala Rai, Secretary, Dept of Agricultural Research & Education, Ministry of Agriculture and DG, ICAR.”
Dr. Kristian Moeller, Secretary GLOBALGAP said: “Now we can link global implementation activities closer to the needs of Indian producers, while at the same time we gain qualified input from Indian experts and other stakeholders with respect to the differing legal and structural conditions that exist here in India. Having the voice of India on board, this is a major milestone on the journey towards global harmonization of good agricultural practice standards.” Prof. Dr. Bernd Hallier, Managing Director, EHI Retail Institute congratulated the IMAGES GROUP, organizer of
the Food Forum India, for bringing the key stakeholders together to provide the platform for initiating this process.
National Technical Working Groups are established voluntarily by GLOBALGAP members in countries where there is a need for clarification of implementation of GLOBALGAP on a local scale. The guidelines developed by this growing number of groups are approved by Sector Committees (SCs) and are published on the GLOBALGAP website. The groups are established and work in close cooperation with the GLOBALGAP Secretariat and the SC and support the GLOBALGAP implementation and continuous improvement based on specific area needs.
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