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Progressive Grocer
The Impatient Consumer, iOT And The Food Of Everything
There is more to foods than meets the eye. There is technology. There is the consumer who is forever morphing. And there is the future. Let’s peep into it.
10+ min |
September 2019
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Clean Labels Will Become A Future Norm For Food Brands
Still, the lack of a common definition for “Clean Label” imposes a challenge for the manufacturers because consumer interpretation and expectation of a clean label varies with their requirements.
4 min |
September 2019
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Why Don't Big Businesses ‘Get' It?
Consumer India is excited, ready and waiting for relevant, value-right supply of all manners of food and food service. They are hugely under served by big businesses even as street food and small eateries evolve and innovate. Instead of waiting for Consumer India to develop a taste for foreign food and celebrating small steps here, can we add value to customer preferences today?
10 min |
September 2019
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Bento Is The New Brown Bag
As consumers shift to more fresh-focused, snack-style lunches, retailers are rethinking their marketing and merchandising strategies.
5 min |
September 2019
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Unveiled! Breakthroughs In F&G Retail
Food Retail these days is an amazing industry with new markets and constant changes, resulting in new requirements and needs. New products – the lifeblood of retailing – are infusing verve into existing lines, creating completely new categories and filling unmet needs not previously on consumers’ — or retailers’ — radar.The changes being witnessed in product development tell a remarkable story of innovation rooted in a compelling value proposition. However, the harsh reality is that thousands of products launches collapse within the first year for any number of reasons. Hence, nailing innovation at just the right moment remains the trickiest and, arguably, the most essential, of all ingredients.
10+ min |
August 2019
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Optimizing Customer Digital Experiences With AI
With the advent of AI, brands have gathered a deeper understanding of customers. As AI deals with semantic meaning, meta-level knowledge, and answers which are either exact or optimal, it can easily come up with personalized interactions based on the preference of each customer. AI is able to decipher tendencies and predict future customer needs or create excellent recommendation engines.
4 min |
August 2019
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Mindful Munching
The evolution of mealtime is fueling the trend toward new kinds of nibbles.
7 min |
August 2019
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Kwality Gears Up For Its Next Phase Of Retail Growth After 20 Eventful Years
Progressive Grocer tracks down the eventful milestones in the brand’s corporate trajectory.
3 min |
August 2019
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Independent Initiative
Smaller players are investing in big solutions to boost the shopper experience — and the bottom line.
6 min |
August 2019
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How Online Meat Delivery Is Changing The Retailing Model In India
The online meat selling start-ups have changed the way India buys meat. These firms sell custom cut, marinated and ready-to-cook meat products and are a boon for people sitting at home and wanting to enjoy a non-vegetarian meal without the hassle of cutting and cleaning.
3 min |
August 2019
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Change Or Die
Grocers of all sizes need to rethink their business strategy to meet the needs of today’s consumer.
3 min |
August 2019
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A Success Story from Daman – Shree Food Corner
From a single 100 sq.ft store in 1973 in Daman to five stores as of date, Shree Food Corner presents an inspiring story of small town success in retail. Their journey offers an object lesson in facing off the early stage challenges – financial and manpower – that every budding entrepreneur and experienced retail companies alike can learn from. Progressive Grocer speaks to the founders to know of their business model and how they have kept the business ticking.
5 min |
August 2019
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92 Years Of Grocery Retailing Excellence In Bangalore
Progressive Grocer spoke to KN Niyas, Partner, and a third generation member of the family that founded the MK Retail Company, which has held its own as a pioneering F&G retailer meeting the expectations and aspirations of generations of consumers over decades by providing quality, affordability and assortment in a modern supermarket setting.
10 min |
August 2019
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Tryst With Destiny
India’s economic outlook over the next decade offers a promising period of faster growth, acquisition of new capabilities and the creation of more diverse and optimal tools of production. Bustling with energy and ideas, the country’s young and aspiring populace and its growing bulge of digitally savvy middle class is impatient for growth and change. India’s retail industry, which is amongst the fastest growing retail markets globally, is actively scouring for growth potential and new opportunities. Higher disposable income and an increase in consumer spending, an expanding base of mobile users and e-commerce penetration, positive regulatory environment and a burgeoning middle class present the retail sector in India with tremendous potential for growth and for tapping new opportunities.
10+ min |
October 2017
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Sri Sri Tattva To Launch Exclusive Franchise Stores With New Products Across Categories
The company has embarked on a major expansion drive across its personal care range, food, incense and fragrance and home care range.
2 min |
October 2017
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Make It Better
With nutrition increasingly on the minds of shoppers, grocers need to up their game.
7 min |
October 2017
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A $40-billion Pot That Retailers Can Encash Profitably
The gift-card industry in India has grown by leaps and bounds in the past years, with 10 million cards sold annually. The purchase of gift cards has risen exponentially, displaying a 41 per cent growth in 2016-17 over the previous fiscal. G-cards is a growing segment and a regular source of revenue generation for retailers and e-commerce portals.
3 min |
October 2017
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Customer Experience And Marketing Trends Ahead
In 2017, chatbots and artificial intelligence were in the spotlight of all the tech, e-commerce and marketing media. So, where are we on the subject at the beginning of this year? What should we expect in 2018 going ahead? What are the customer experience and marketing trends? Here’s a look at the latest four customer engagement trends.
4 min |
March 2018
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Redefining Ayurveda In The Era Of Modernization
Sri Sri Tattva focuses on transforming lives by offering health and wellness solutions through Ayurveda and health products as well as services. The brand carries an extensive range of 350+ excellent products that are researched extensively and formulated with the best technology and manufacturing practices.
2 min |
March 2018
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A Value Retailer Pioneering Modern Trade In Small Towns And Cities
V-Mart – one of India’s largest value retailers – was incorporated as Varin Commercial Private Limited under the Companies Act in 2002 in West Bengal. A year later, it opened its first V-Mart store in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Since then, V-Mart Retail stores have expanded and opened in prime states and cities such as Bihar, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. V-Mart Retail has been a pioneer in setting up modern ambience stores equivalent to large retail malls across various small towns and cities like Sultanpur, Ujjain, Motihari and many more such places.
10+ min |
March 2018
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Here's To Summer
The return of warm weather means exciting seasonal beer and wine products and promotions.
7 min |
March 2018
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New Consumer Trends To Keep An Eye On
Marketers are charging ahead in trying to understand more about Gen Z’s shopping preferences in an attempt to start building brand loyalty and a relationship with this digital generation.
2 min |
March 2018
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Providing Baked Snack Products For Health-Conscious Millennials
Lovely Bake Studio, a premier European inspired bakery, offers an unmatched range of 100% eggless delicacies to its customers.
3 min |
July 2019
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“Pack To Order” Of Fruits Offers More Value To The Modern Retailer
The unique selling proposition of ‘Pack to order’ is supplying produceas per customized format from the source itself.
4 min |
July 2019
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Bottled Fresh, Pickled And Preserved
Neo Foods specializes in pickled and preserved fruits and vegetables grown under contract farming and is revolutionizing the way we use ingredients to flavour our food. With an average growth of more than 20% per year, the company has a large footprint in the Indian market besides also expanding overseas. Progressive Grocer spoke to Director Shalini Jalan and India Business Head Ashok Sinha on how Neo Foods has succeeded in winning new markets for its products and the importance of balancing different retail channels.
4 min |
July 2018
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From Dealing In Dairy To More
A company dedicated to delivering high-quality products for daily needs, Kutwal Foods Private Limited succeeds in providing an exemplary retail experience through their flagship store brand ‘MyUrja’. The self-motivated duo of brothers and founders Ram and Prakash Kutwal began operations in 2002. Ram Kutwal speaks to Progressive Grocer about the impressive growth curve the brand has seen, innovative additions made to their vibrant product line and retail outlets, and the importance of ethical business practices in ensuring customer-centric growth and innovation strategy.
5 min |
July 2018
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Technology: Knight In Shining Armour For Retail Businesses
With the increasing globalization of retailing, both in terms of points-of-sale and points-of-supply, the use of information technology in the retail sector is unquestionable. A good technology platform is indispensable to manage the compete supply chain and helps avert leakages at various touch points, right from the big brand, the retailer or distributor to the end consumer. Smaller retailers can’t afford to neglect the usage of technology and must respond to the evolving marketplace with enhanced speed and flexibility.
2 min |
July 2018
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How Retailers Can Go Cashless
For multi-chain retailers, managing day-to-day expenditure at the store-level is quite challenging. Everything from inventory levels, fixtures, and signage, to packaging, and point of sale service has to work in great tandem and it all comes down to the money used to run these interconnected processes. New- age expense management solutions can help you overcome these challenges.
3 min |
December 2017
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Do's and Don'ts
Industry pros weigh in with tips for smarter logistics, warehouse efficiencies and more.
6 min |
December 2017
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Harvest Market Connects The Dots
New concept links consumers back to food makers.
6 min |