While most of the retailers in India blame more to the frontline cost of the real estate than supply chain hurdles, online retailers like MyGrahak project it as a cost competitive advantage.
In addition to professionalism, enacting laws to enforce high standards of disclosure, transparency and corporate governance within the realty sector are also needed in order to minimize investor risk. Specifically with consumer interests in mind, there must be a redressal or complaint handling mechanism that provides much needed recourse against customer grievances.
Godrej Properties has announced that it has entered into an agreement for developing approximately 1.36 acres of land in the posh area of Alipore on Burdwan Road, in Kolkata.
What appears to be the bane of retail, whether organised or neighbourhood, has been spotted by some innovative entrepreneurs, of late. They are the tech savvy smart players in the segment who have realised that instead of getting into “dog eats dog” competition, it is better to spot the gaps that the upwardly mobile discerning consumers are finding and bridge the trust deficit in retailing to cater to this segment.
The absorption of office space continues its slide in the top cities, with exceptions in Mumbai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad, which are the only ones recording a rise in absorption levels, finds the real-estate consultancy firm Cushman and Wakefield.
rom local kirana shop to high street shopping and then malls, Indian consumers gradually got exposed to supermarkets & hypermarkets. And just when it seemed that organised retail in the country is poised for giant leap, the poor user experience of consumers prompted them to shift back to the tried and tested local kirana.
Sahara Group, ICICI Bank, Bhushan Steel, Bharti Realty, Red Fort Capital and Shri Lal Mahal are understood to be in the race among others to acquire Parsvnath Developers’ 1.18 acre of prime commercial land near Connaught Place in the National Capital.
Owing to global issues, liquidity is becoming a problem. Though the phase is temporarily, the concern cannot be ruled out. Indian real estate sector is banking on the fact that change will take place and market will come out of the situation.
Just over a decade ago nobody would have even thought about the redevelopment. What then changed in the last two decades? Well, almost about everything changed as far as vision about the urban infrastructure and living is concerned.
The most popular way of planning a trip earlier was to visit a travel agency to get your itinerary made. Besides direct hotel reservations, the Central Reservation Systems (CRS) and Global Distribution Systems (GDS) thus served as the primary channels of sales for hotel room nights.