Omni is the way forward for all retailers. V-Mart saw a few surprisingly favorable results especially in those markets where the retailer has nil to nascent presence, by way of leveraging its digital platform. Terming the turbulent Covid-induced phase as one of ‘great learning’, Mr. Agarwal says the company is …
There are two ways to respond to an attack: Flight, or Fight. As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 outbreak, there are many companies which have resorted to huge lay-offs and other drastic cost-cutting measures in the hopes of surviving. On the other hand, there are few which …
The impetus on social distancing as a necessity arising from the global Covid-19 pandemic has a direct co-relation with the necessity for going digital for almost all businesses. It is a wake-up alarm dong for those whose omni-channel strategies might have been languishing under the wraps for years. Even once …
The manner in which we give or receive information has undergone a vast change over the past fifteen years or so. Office correspondence isn’t an exception. However, notwithstanding the rapid strides made in mobile technology and the penetration of mobile internet even across the vast rural hinterland of India, many …
I recently had the honour of being invited as one of the speakers to ‘Human is NOT a Resource’ HR conclave organized at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore on June 7-9, 2019. Set at the scenic foothills of the Velliangiri mountain range, the sessions were interspersed with yoga and …
“Tech innovation…the seamless integration of ERP into our retail business right from Day 1, is the single-most criteria which has made it possible for the humongous expansion and performance of V-Mart over the past decade.”
As we all are scampering to pamper consumers with ‘digital’ sales, be it for fashion apparels or non-apparels, let us pause for a moment to introspect. The change from traditional to digital has to be imbibed within a retailer’s workforce rather than be thrust upon them. This would involve not …
Identifying, harnessing and developing the right mix of employees as future leaders in your company is as much an art as science. However, there are several factors which often negatively impact this exercise. Intuition Bias This is perhaps the most disruptive of all politics. More often than not the top …
We all love modern technology, and how. But does technology love us? Not necessarily. Read on! Obesity is hitting our guts hard: Universal presence of smartphones, tabs, gaming consoles etc. are helping us staying attuned to sedentary way of life. Not surprisingly, we’re piling on the pounds at an alarming …
An online retailer raising the hackles of the traditional brick and mortar retailers; and few traditional retailers planning online forays is old hat. Ultimately, what matters equally to customers is ease of shopping besides getting the right product at the right prices. And that would prompt the dual existence of …
