Credentials : Retail & Consumer Products

January, 2011

A Leading Management Consulting Firm

Since our inception in 1992, as a Management Consulting firm across diverse industries, we have offered services to have far reaching impact on client businesses. Founded on the principle of concept to commissioning, we are strategic advisors to our clients during the ideation phase, implementation guides through start-up and a trusted advisor overall. Over 70% of our projects come from repeat clients. Our team currently comprises 175+ skilled professionals from leading International and Indian engineering and management institutes. Most of our consultants have hands-on industry experience in their fields of specialization and represent a wide variety of functional backgrounds. This enormous knowledge and talent pool enables Technopak to create special customized teams for each project depending upon the client requirements. From offices in Gurgaon (National Capital Territory of Delhi), Mumbai and Bangalore, we consult with clients across the world. With a team of established domain experts at work, Technopak builds and enhances business capabilities for leading Indian and international companies by offering end-to-end solutions that are unique due to our rich experience, strong industry relationships and a global footprint.

Industry Segments We Serve

Technopaks services are focused in the following industries and sectors:

Retail & Consumer Products Fashion (Textile and Apparel) Healthcare

Hospitality & Leisure

Food Processing Education Entertainment

Services We Offer : Retail & Consumer Products

Business Strategy
Assistance in developing value creating strategies based on consumer insights, competition mapping, International benchmarking and clients capabilities

Start-Up Assistance
Leveraging operations and industry expertise to commission the concept on a turnkey basis

Corporate Strategy Organic Retail Growth Strategy Growth through Partnerships, JVs and Acquisitions Real Estate Planning

Project Management Sourcing and Buying Implementation Organization Design and Creation Supply Chain and Logistics Retail Operations Framework Post Implementation Assistance Franchisee Identification

Performance Enhancement
Operations, industry and MOC expertise to enhance the performance and value of client businesses

Capital Advisory
Supporting business strategy and execution with comprehensive capital advisory in our industries of focus M&A Due Diligence Commercial & Financial Fund Raising Corporate Finance

Consumer Insights
Holistic consumer understanding applied to offer implementable business solutions Shopper Insights Trend Insights Design and Innovation Insights Marketing Communication

Productivity Enhancement Merchandising and Category

Management Sourcing and Supplier Management Pricing, Promotions and Range Architecture Private Label Programmes

Services We Offer : India Entry

Market Assessment
Assistance in developing India specific value proposition based on consumer insights, competition mapping, local trade characteristics and clients objectives Market Potential Competitive Benchmarking Regulatory Environment Business Planning Marketing Strategy

Business Modeling
Leveraging Market and consumer understanding to recommend a robust long term strategy

Roll-Out Potential across Geographies Product Merchandising Strategy Pricing Architecture Financial Modeling Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategy

Partnership Assistance
Facilitating tie-up with a suitable business partner, based on the fit with the business requirements

Start-Up Assistance
Applying Indian market understanding and industry expertise to help setting up of business

Development of Partnership Operating Model Identification of Suitable Partners Negotiations and Finalization of MOU

Organization Design and Creation Sourcing Location Identification Project Management

Our Leadership Team

Arvind Singhal Chairman & Managing Director Arvind founded Technopak in 1992 and has led the company to be the thought leader in our sectors. Saloni Nangia Senior Vice President (Retail & CP) Saloni heads the Retail & Consumer Products practice. With over 15 years work experience, Saloni has worked on strategy and implementation in Retail, F&B and Fashion with clients from India, Asia, Europe & North America

Raghav Gupta President (Education) Raghav heads the consulting division of Technopak. Raghav has 11 years of experience, primarily in consulting in India, Asia, Europe, North America and Africa.

Purnendu Kumar Vice President (Retail & CP) Purnendu specializes in retail strategies across products and formats. With over 11 years work experience, Purnendu has worked on retail strategy, Indian market entry and retail activation works across sectors Amit Gugnani Vice President (Fashion) Amit has over 13 years experience in Apparel Manufacturing. His key skills include Operations consulting with domain expertise in Apparel Operations, with on-the-ground experience in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and China.

Dr. Rana Mehta Senior Vice President (Healthcare) Rana heads the Healthcare practice in the consulting division of Technopak Over the last 11 years, Rana has been involved in strategizing, planning, commissioning and operations of hospitals in South Asia.

Representative Clients: Retail

Representative Clients: Consumer Products

Gokaldas exports

Representative Clients: India Market Entry

Representative Clients: Private Equity & Investors

Group Companies
Foley Designs was set up in 2006 as an independent design studio by Michael Foley, focusing on product design, retail design, branding and strategic design. The studio is a 28 member team along with external strategic alliances for engineering and research. The Studio focuses on developing concepts internally and partnering with experts in respective areas for the best output. Michael is a graduate with a five year specialization in product design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He joined Titan Industries in 1995 and worked as a product designer before heading the Titan Design Studio in 1999. Michael was appointed Chief Creative Advisor to Titan Industries in August 2005. Over the last five years, Foley Designs and Michael have won numerous International and Indian design awards. Key clients for Foley Designs include ITC Limited, Himalaya Drug Company, Titan Industries, United Spirits, Innoviti, Caf Coffee Day, HP Labs among others. Managing Director: Michael Foley michael@foleydesigns.com; www.foleydesigns.com

Set up in 1999, Vertebrand is India's only single-window 'Brand Partner', specializing exclusively in building, nurturing and sustaining the brand equity of businesses as a whole. Vertebrand helps enterprises strategize, plan and manage the creation, development and growth of brands through a scientific, transparent and process-driven methodology. Vertebrand has developed a suite of proprietary consulting products, each of which is relevant to a specific stage of the business' branding life-cycle. These trade-marked consulting products are based on scientific research methodologies and have been effectively deployed across a wide variety of industry sectors - IT/ITES, Industrial goods, FMCG, Retail, Healthcare and Hospitality.

Key clients of Vertebrand include Apollo Hospitals, Bluestar, EID Parry, TVS Tyres, Mahindra Retail, Titan Watches, Tata International, Tetrapak, Schindler Elevators, India Hotels ( Taj), MTR and Nilgiri's among others

Managing Director : Raghu Vishwanath raghu.viswanath@vertebrand.com; www.vertebrand.com

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Contacts
Saloni Nangia Senior Vice President and Head Retail & Consumer Goods +91 9818598626 saloni.nangia@technopak.com Purnendu Kumar Vice President +91 9871444110 purnendu.kumar@technopak.com
4th Floor, Tower A DLF Building 8 DLF Cyber City, Phase II Gurgaon 122 002 (National Capital Region of Delhi) India T : +91.124.454 1111 F: +91.124.454 1199

Ground Floor Prestige Solitaire on Brunton Road Off MG Road, Bangalore 560 001 India T : +91.80.40348600, 41233388 F: +91.80. 40348699
101-105, Sunjana Tower Sun Magnetica, Near LIC building Sevice Road, Luiswadi, Thane 400 602 India T : +91.22.25832222 F: +91.22.25838408