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Retail Marketing
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5. BUYER 3.
DECIDER
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GATEKEE
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RETAIL
PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
• Place: The place is where you can expect to find your customer
and knowing this place, you have to look for a distribution
channel in order to reach your customer
Customer
Producer Wholesalers Retailers two level
channel
Consumer
Producer Agent Retailer or Two level
channel
Indirect Channel
Customer or
Producer Agent Wholesaler Retailer Three level
Channel
• Intensive
• Selective
• Exclusive
Channel Formats
Channel format is basically decided by who Drives the market
• Department/Grocery Stores:
Sell a wide range of merchandise that is arranged by
category into different sections of the physical retail space.
Department/Grocery Stores also known as Supermarket. Some
department store categories include shoes, clothing, beauty
products, jewellery, house-wares, etc. Examples of department
store retailers include Big Bazaar, Reliance Mart.
• Warehouse Retailers:
Large no-frills warehouse-type facilities stocked with a
large variety of products packaged in large quantities and sold at
lower-than-retail prices. Ex. Castco warehouse retails , Market in
Navi-Mumbai.
• Specialty Retailers:
Specialize in a specific category of products.
Victoria's Secret, and Nike are examples of specialty
retailers.
• Convenience Retailer:
Usually part of a retail location which sells gasoline
primarily, but also sells a limited range of grocery
merchandise and auto care products at a premium
"convenience" price from a brick-and-mortar store.
Casey’s is example of Convenience Retailer.
Specialty Retailers:
Convenience Retailer:
• Mobile Retailer:
Uses a smart phone platform to process retail
transactions and then ships the products that were
purchased directly to the customer
• Internet E-tailer:
Sells from an Internet shopping website and ship the
purchases directly to customers at their homes or
workplaces and without all the expenses of a
traditional brick-and-mortar retailer, usually sell
merchandise for a lower-than-retail price
Mobile Retailer
Internet E-tailer
CONCLUSION
• Retail industry expected to grow by 60% in
2020
• Organised retail market :- 9% of total market
• Unorganized retail market :- 91% of total
market
• Government allows 100% FDI in Online retail
market
• Industry is positive, rising income, entry of
foreign player and increasing urbanisation
E-commerce is expanding steadily in the country. Customers have
the ever increasing choice of products at the lowest rates. E-
commerce is probably creating the biggest revolution in the retail
industry, and this trend would continue in the years to come.
The Government of India may change the Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) rules in food processing, in a bid to permit e-
commerce companies and foreign retailers to sell Made in India
consumer products.
Government of India has allowed 100 per cent Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) in online retail of goods and services
Both organised and unorganised retail companies have to work
together to ensure better prospects for the overall retail industry,
while generating new benefits for their customers.
The long-term outlook for the industry is positive, supported by
rising incomes, favourable demographics, entry of foreign players,
and increasing urbanisation.