Nov28
The small-store owner is too important, nimble and innovative to be bumped off by big-box retailers in India.
on November 28th, 2011 at 5:15 amThe big fight is about whether this new policy will kill small shops, massively destroy livelihoods and take away GenNext’s opportunities. Facts suggest otherwise. Consider the kirana, the one most feared to be at risk. About 5-6 million of the 8 million FMCG-stocking kiranas are in rural India, and are totally safe, as the new ones can only come into the top 53 cities.
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