28833667 project on shopping malls

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PROJECT ON MARKETING MANAGEMENT

SHOPPING MALL

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MARKETING PROJECT ON

SHOPPING MALL

NAME: MRINMOY CHAUDHURY ENROLMENT NO: 011102003 PROGRAM: PGDIB 02 Term : 6

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Contents

1. Introduction

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What is a shopping mall? ................................................. Advantage and disadvantage Brief history Type of shopping malls Components

2. Objective..

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What are the key factors which is making shopping mall hugely successful? Effectof shopping malls on the small retailers.

3. Methodology... 13 4. Questionnaire .15 5. Finding

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INTRODUCTION

Shopping malls

The latest trend in the corporate universe is of the emergence of the shopping malls.

Shopping malls are an emerging trend in the global arena. The first thing that comes in our mind about the shopping malls is that it is a big enclosed buildinghousing a variety of shops or products. According to historical evidences shopping malls came into existence in the middle ages, though it was not called so. The concept of departmental stores came up in the 19th century with the IndustrialRevolution. Consumers wanted a better shopping experience and this demand gaverise to the emergence of shopping malls in India.

Originally the first of the shopping malls was opened in Paris. Then the trend followed in the other metros over the world, and there was a spree of shopping malls coming up at various places. In this age of mass production and mass consumption, the concepts of shopping malls is most modern method of attracting consumers. The concept of shopping was altered completely with the emergence of these shopping malls. Shopping was no longer limited to a mere buying activity - it hasbecome synonymous with splurging time and money. People simply go about roamingthrough the shopping mall in order to peep through the window of the shop and often ending up buying something they like. The consumers desire a combination of

comfort and suitability which the shopping malls cater to, and so this format of shopping has become so popular all over the world, and especially so in India.The inclusion of amenities like restaurants, multiplexes, and car parks attractmore and more crowds to shopping malls, that are considered family hangout zones.

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Advantages of shopping malls:

Increase in the growth of the organized retail sector Monumental increment in economic growth Employment generation by the organized retail sector Good competition means better products & services

Disadvantages of shopping malls:

The companies with superior resources would muscle out the ones inferior to them.

Monopolization of the organized retail sector

In India, the emergence of shopping malls has mostly altered the lifestyle of the consumers. With the growth in income, changing attitudes, and also the demographic patterns favor the emergence of shopping malls. The trends to follow in thefuture:

The shopping malls favor a growth in the Indian organized retail sector by 10% w

ithin 2010

There would be different formats of shopping malls depending on the region.

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Brief history In the United States, people began moving to the suburbs during the 20th century. Shopping malls were built to serve consumers living in areas outside of the cities. By 1916, a shopping mall called The Market Square opened forbusiness in Chicago, IL. The facility was comprised of 28 stores, apartments, and offices. The Market Square was located in the expensive Lake Forest suburb and is thought to be one of the first planned shopping centers in the U.S. In 1950, the Northgate Shopping Center was built in Seattle, Washington. This shoppingmall boasted two rows of stores on each side of an open-air section where shoppers could walk. Two department stores anchored each end of the shopping center. The first enclosed shopping mall was Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota which opened its doors in 1956. Up until the mid 1990s, most modern-day developers built enclosed shopping malls in order to create a climate-controlled shopping environment. Today, developers are returning to the creation of open-air shopping malls. Outlet malls, shopping centers featuring name brand retailers selling theirproducts at discounted prices, are often built in an open-air format.

Types of Shopping MallsIn general, you will find only regional centers, superregional centers, and fashion/specialty centers on this Web site. Relatively few community centers were chosen, but appear here because the center may have, at one time, been considereda regional center. Only a few theme/festival centers were listed in heavily urbanized areas, such as San Francisco, because of their particular attractiveness or size. Finally, the new designation, lifestyle center, displays because of their classic-mall type appearance even though they are without a classic-mall ancho

r store.

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Fashion/Specialty Centers Characterized as higher end, fashion oriented centersbetween 80,000 and 250,000 sq. ft.

Community Centers Characterized as having between 100,000 and 350,000 sq. ft. Usually two types of anchors, such as a discount department store or large specialty/discount apparel store.

Lifestyle Centers A new designation that has a loose definition. Generally, it'sa center that does not have an anchor tenant in the classic sense (that is, a department store). However, lifestyle centers increasingly have a cinema as a major tenant. Others have just a small collection of exclusive shops.

Outlet Centers Characterized as manufacturers' outlet centers between 50,000 and400,000 sq. ft. Regional Centers Characterized as having between 400,000 and 800,000 sq. ft. Usually two or more anchors, such as a conventional department store, junior department store, mass merchant, discount department store, or fashion apparel store.

Superregional Centers Characterized as having over 800,000 sq. ft. Usually threeor more anchors, such as a conventional department store, junior department store, mass merchant, or fashion apparel store. Theme/Festival Centers Characterized as tourist-oriented, retail and service centers between 80,000 and 250,000 sq.ft.

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Components of shopping mallFood court

A shopping mall food court consists of food vendors offering a selection of food. At a typical food court, food is ordered at one of the vendors and then consumed at a seating area, which is normally a plaza surrounded by the counters of the multiple food vendors.

Department stores

A department store is a retail establishment which specializes in selling a widerange of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Department stores usually sell products including apparel, furniture, appliances, electronics,and additionally select other lines of products such as paint, hardware, toiletries, cosmetics, photographic equipment, jewelry, toys, and sporting goods. Certain department stores are further classified as discount department stores. Discount department stores commonly have central customer checkout areas, generallyin the front area of the store. Department stores are usually part of a retail chain of many stores situated around a country or several countries.

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OBJECTIVEThe purpose of doing the project is to find out:

1. What are the key factors which is making shopping mall hugely successful

2. Effect of these shopping malls on the small retailers

1. WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT IS MAKING SHOPPING MALL HUGELY SUCCESSFUL ?

The success of modern shopping centers relies on a number of critical success factors. These factors include attainability, effortless business, service variety,ambience, price, active marketing and cleanliness, says Arto Lindblom, Professorof Retail and Channel Management at the Helsinki School of Economics.

The atmosphere of shopping center created by sound registration, color scores and illumination, alongside with the professional concept create additional comfort for visitors which influences loyalty of buyers and their desire to pass moretime in the shopping center. Honestly speaking, the competition is amplifying, and factors on which we did not reflect earlier (color, light, a sound and even smells) now act as an advantage in fighting for the buyer.

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2. FFECT OF SHOPPING MALLS ON THE SMALL RETAILERS ?

Retail trade contributes around 10-11% of Indias GDP and currently employs over 4crore people. Within this, unorganized retailing accounts for 97% of the totalretail trade. Traditional forms of low-cost retail trade, from the owner operated local shops and general stores to the handcart and pavement vendors together form the bulk of this sector. In the absence of any significant growth in organized sector employment in India in the manufacturing or services sector, millionsare forced to seek their livelihood in the informal sector. Retail trade, whichhas been a relatively easy business to enter with low capital and infrastructureneeds, has acted as a refuge source of income for the unemployed.

Organized retailing has witnessed considerable growth in India in the last few years and is currently growing at a very fast pace. A recent KPMG survey report prepared for the FICCI states that organized retail, estimated as a $ 6.4 billionindustry in 2006, is projected to reach $ 23 billion by 2010. The share of organized retail in overall retail sales is projected to jump from around 3% currently to around 9-10% in the next three years. A number of large domestic businessgroups have entered the retail trade sector and are expanding their operations aggressively. Several formats of organized retailing

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like hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount stores are being set up by big business groups besides the ongoing proliferation of shopping malls in the metros and other large cities. This has serious implications for the livelihood of millions of small and unorganized retailers across the country. Need to Regulate Organized Retail

Large format retailing is controlled and regulated across the world. The experiences of Western European as well as South East Asian countries are particularlyrelevant in this regard. However, an appropriate regulatory framework for the organized retail sector in India has to be framed keeping in mind the Indian specificities. India has the highest shop density in the world with 11 shops per 1000persons, much higher than the European or Asian countries. The potential socialcosts of the growth and consolidation of organized retail, in terms of displacement of unorganized retailers and loss of livelihoods is enormous. Regulation inIndia therefore needs to be more stringent and restrictive. There are broadly three ways in which the adverse impact of the rapid and unbridled expansion of organized retail can be felt:

1. Around 95% of the 12 million shops in India have a floor area of less than 500 square feet. The impact of the growing market share for organized retailers isbeing manifested in the falling sales for the unorganized retailers in severalplaces. The NSSO surveys already indicate a significant decline of more than 12.5 lakhs in the number of selfemployed retailers in urban India (by current weekly status) between 1999-2000 and 2004-05. Further acceleration in the growth of o

rganized retail would eventually result in making business unviable for a largenumber of unorganized retailers, particularly in the event of a slowdown in consumption growth and retail sales. In the backdrop of huge unemployment and underemployment persisting in India, small-scale retailing still provides livelihood security to around 20 million urban workers and 12 million rural workers. Their displacement would further worsen the unemployment scenario.

2. Giant organized retailers use their monopoly buying power to squeeze small producers of agricultural as well as manufactured products. The experience of thefarmers of

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developing countries with the giant food retailers has been particularly bad. The farmers become dependent upon the inputs, credit and technology supplied by the food retailers and end up being at their mercy in terms of prices for their produce and quality standards. Contract farming, which is the preferred mode of operations as far as the agribusiness corporations and food retailers are concerned, has led to agrarian distress in many places. Moreover, uncontrolled diversification in agriculture away from foodgrains can imperil food security. In the backdrop of the crisis being already faced in Indian agriculture, the entry of large retailers with monopsonistic control can aggravate the situation.

3. The proliferation of large format retail outlets reshapes the urban landscapein myriad ways. Land use patterns change drastically, often in violation of city plans. Given the unplanned and chaotic path of urban development witnessed inIndia over the past decade and a half, and the pathetic state of urban infrastructure, the proliferation of large format retailers will only accelerate the undesirable trends of predatory real estate development and unsustainable pressureson urban infrastructure and the environment. Rather than enhancing choices for the consumers, especially the lower income groups, proliferation of large formatretail stores would kill competition, lead to closure of neighbourhood markets and make consumers solely dependent upon the organized retailers. This would alsoincrease the propensity to use private vehicles for shopping thus leading to more pollution. Regulation of the organized retail sector has to address all theseareas of concern mentioned above. Organized retail cannot be allowed to grow ina way, which displaces existing unorganized retailers, jeopardizing livelihoods

in the absence of other employment opportunities. The interests of the small producers, especially farmers, also have to be protected by preventing the emergence of local monopolies/monopsonies. It has to be ensured that competition is notstifled and potentially monopolistic practices in credit, input and output markets are not encouraged by the entry of large corporate retailers. Moreover, undue pressure on urban infrastructure and the environment arising out of the proliferation of large format retailers has to be prevented.

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METHODOLOGY

For finding out various details of our project we have to find the various factors which is making the shopping malls so attractive to the customer. is it the huge variety attainability, effortless business, service variety ambience, activemarketing and cleanliness . we have to also find out the what is the impact ofthese malls on the small retail shops. We have to visit various shopping malls and by observation method we have to find out the various factors which is makingthese malls so attractive to the customer, we also need to interview the customer and ask them about their choice and preferences like what are the thing theylike about the shopping malls that includes (variety, price shopping environment, service, cleanliness, attainability) etc.

And for finding out the impact of these malls on the small retailers we need tointerview some small retailer and know their opinion and position.

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In addition, on most customer satisfaction projects we look to:

Define customer service Measure customer expectations Measure customer perceptions Identify gaps between expectations and perceptions Identify priorities for improvement SWOT analysis of retail

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QuestionnaireFor finding out the objective, a small survey has been done by me. 30 customersof different age, sex and economic class from 5 shopping malls (big bazaar, Spencer, city center, south city mall and subiksha) that I have visited based on their response this is what I have found.

1. what according to them are the factors which influence their behavior ,whilegoing for shopping?

2. When asked what are the things they liked about shopping malls?

3. When asked, Where do they do their regular monthly shopping?

4. When asked whether they are aware of the condition of the small retailer dueto these shopping malls?

5. When people from the young age group were asked where they prefer shopping and why, this is what we found?

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After interviewing 10 small retail shop owner from various parts of the city this is what I found.

1. shop owners when asked about the effects on their business when ever there isa shopping mall around the area

2.

When asked, who according to them are the customers who are still loyal to them

3. When asked about the strategies they are adopting to fight with the situation?

4. When asked should the government interfere in between and give them protection?

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FINDINGS

1. what according to them are the factors which influence their behavior ,whilegoing for shopping?

Following are the important factors according to them:

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2. When asked what are the things they liked about shopping malls?

Response in percentageprice and service variety shopping environment & cleanliness

0%

20%

51%

29%

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3. When asked, Where do they do their regular monthly shopping?

Response in percentagecome to the shopping malls go to the small retailer

0% 0%

45%

55%

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4. When asked whether they are aware of the condition of the small retailer dueto theses shopping mall

Response in percentagepeople said yes people said no people said they dont know

10%

23%

67%

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5. When people from the young age group were asked where they prefer shopping and why, this is what we found?

Response in percentageof them preferred shopping in malls: price, environment and variety where the main factors according to them. of them preferred shopping in small retail outlets: distance of the shop from their home, shopping habits were the main reason according to them.

11%

89%

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After interviewing 10 small retail shop owner from various parts of the city this is what I found

1. shop owners when asked about the effects on their business when ever there isa shopping mall around the area

Response in percentagesaid it affects their business very badly said it doesnt affect their business

5%

95%

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2. When asked, who according to them are the customers who are still loyal to them

Manily People of the older age group for whom distance from there home is a prime factor and the customer with whom they had a very good and long

relationship are the ones who are still loyal.

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3. When asked about the strategies they are adopting to fight with the situation?

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4. When asked should the government interfere in between and give them protection?

Response in percentagesaid yes, the government must act at once and give them some protection. said they dont know

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97%

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SWOT Analysis of retail(shopping malls)A SWOT analysis of the Indian organized retail industry is presented below: Strength: 1. Retailing is a " technology-intensive" industry. It is technology thatwill help the organized retailers to score over the unorganized retailers. Successful organized retailers today work closely with their vendors to predict consumer demand, shorten lead times, reduce inventory holding and ultimately save cost. Example: Wal-Mart pioneered the concept of building competitive advantage through distribution & information systems in the retailing industry. They introduced two innovative logistics techniques crossdocking and EDI (electronic data interchange). 2. On an average a super market stocks up to 5000 SKU's against a fewhundreds stocked with an average unorganized retailer. Weakness: 1. Less Conversion level : Despite high footfalls, the conversion ratio has been very low in the retail outlets in a mall as compared to the standalone counter parts. It is seen that actual conversions of footfall into sales for a mall outlet is approximately 20-25%. On the other hand, a high street store of retail chain has an average conversion of about 50-60%. As a result, a stand-alone store has a ROI (return on investment) of 25-30%; in contrast the retail majors are experiencing a ROI of 8-10%. 2. Customer Loyalty: Retail chains are yet to settle down with the proper merchandise mix for the mall outlets. Since the stand-alone outlets were established long time back, so they have stabilized in terms of footfalls & merchandise mix and thus have a higher customer loyalty base.

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Opportunity : 1. The Indian middle class is already 30 Crore & is projected to grow to over 60 Crore by 2010 making India one of the largest consumer markets ofthe world. The IMAGES-KSA projections indicate that by 2015, India will have over 55 Crore people under the age of 20 - reflecting the enormous opportunities possible in the kids and teens retailing segment. 2. Organized retail is only 3%of the total retailing market in India. It is estimated to grow at the rate of 25-30% p.a. and reach INR 1,00,000 Crore by 2010. 3. Percolating down : In Indiait has been found out that the top 6 cities contribute for 66% of total organized retailing. While the metros have already been exploited, the focus has now been shifted towards the tier-II cities. The 'retail boom', 85% of which has so farbeen concentrated in the metros is beginning to percolate down to these smallercities and towns. The contribution of these tier-II cities to total organized retailing sales is expected to grow to 20-25%. 4. Rural Retailing: India's huge rural population has caught the eye of the retailers looking for new areas of growth. ITC launched India's first rural mall "Chaupal Saga" offering a diverse range of products from FMCG to electronic goods to automobiles, attempting to provide farmers a one-stop destination for all their needs." Hariyali Bazar" is started by DCM Sriram group which provides farm related inputs & services. The Godrejgroup has launched the concept of 'agri-stores' named "Adhaar" which offers agricultural products such as fertilizers & animal feed along with the required knowledge for effective use of the same to the farmers. Pepsi on the other hand isexperimenting with the farmers of Punjab for growing the right quality of tomatofor its tomato purees & pastes.

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Threats : 1. If the unorganized retailers are put together, they are parallel toa large supermarket with no or little overheads, high degree of flexibility inmerchandise, display, prices and turnover. 2. Shopping Culture: Shopping culturehas not developed in India as yet. Even now malls are just a place to hang around with family and friends and largely confined to windowshopping.

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Recommendations

Framework for a National Policy on Regulating Organized Retail

Small retailers need protection and policy support in order to compete with organized retail. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has formulated a National Policy for Urban Street Vendors. The policy proposes several positive steps to provide security to street vendors considering it as an initiativetowards urban poverty alleviation. However, what is required is a more comprehensive policy, which addresses the needs of small retailers, especially in terms of access to institutional credit and know how to upgrade their businesses.

A regulatory framework for organized retail should also be framed. Since the operations of organized retailers impact upon various sectors of the economy, policy guidelines should be framed involving all the relevant Departments, namely Commerce, Agriculture and Urban Development. Moreover, since regulation of the large format retailers would mainly be in the domain of the states and local bodies,State Governments have to be consulted and involved in the process of framing policy guidelines. A Central legislation or a Model legislation, which can be enacted by the State Governments, may also be considered for this purpose.

In addition, the UPA Government should also abandon the moves to permit FDI in retail trade through the back door, as in the case of the joint venture between Wal-Mart and Bharti whereby the former proposes to operate in the cash-and-carry

segment while the latter in the front-end. It is more than obvious that this proposed joint venture is nothing but a subterfuge, to circumvent the existing policy regime, which does not allow FDI in retail. The entry of giant MNCs like theWal-Mart, TESCO, Carrefour etc, besides

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accelerating manifolds the already rapid growth of organized retail, would alsosabotage any attempt by the Government to regulate the sector in order to protect the interests of the small retailers and farmers. The UPA Government should take a categorical position on this issue. Not allowing MNCs to operate in the retail sector should be the starting point of the national policy on retail.

The issues, which need to be addressed in the regulatory framework for organizedretail, have already been discussed above. Some suggestions are made below which seek to address those issues: A Licensing System for Organized Retail 1. A system of licensing should be introduced for organized retail. Any retail outlet with floor area over an appropriate minimum floor area should require prior license from local authorities (city corporations or municipalities). Corporate entities should not be allowed to operate retail outlets below the specified minimum floor area 2. The authority to grant licenses should be the urban local bodies. Adedicated committee/board/department should be set up by the urban local bodies, with representation from street vendors and small retailer associations, whichshould be empowered to grant licenses to organized retailers. 3. The system should be devised in a manner so that there is transparency in the process of granting licenses in order to prevent corrupt practices. A process of open bids for granting licenses may be considered. 4. Considering the multiplicity of formats of organized retail, there should be separate sets of regulations for each format, based on floor area. Slabs should be set for the different retail formats, like discount stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets, shopping malls etc based on floorarea. 5. Licenses for each format should be given on the basis of a population

criterion, i.e. not more than X number of large format retail stores of Y formatper Z population. The criteria may vary between states and cities depending upon the nature of the retail sector and needs of consumers. However, a commonalityshould exist in terms of assessing the employment impact by the local authorities

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in a scientific as well as democratic manner, before granting license for a large format retail outlet. 6. There should be appropriate caps both on the total number of large format retail outlets that are being granted licenses in particular areas as well as on the maximum floor area for a retail outlet. 7. Retail outlets above a certain floor area should not be allowed to operate within existingcommercial zones/areas. In case a license is granted for a large format retailerwithin an existing commercial area, it should only be on the basis of an agreement to share a substantial proportion of its floor area with small retailers atconcessional rent. The allotment of space to small retailers in such cases should be done by the license issuing authority. 8. Giant retail outlets like hypermarkets, which attract large numbers of customers should have adequate parking space and should ideally be located outside city limits. Environmental Impact assessment should also be mandatory for giant retail outlets whose floor area exceedsa specified limit. 9. Penal provisions, including withdrawal of licenses, should be laid down for violation of the terms and conditions of licenses by organized retailers.

Governments Role in Preventing Private Monopolies 1. A single large format retailer should not be allowed to capture a large market share. For this it is important to restrict the number of retail outlets that a single private entity can open in a city, state as well as region. Under no circumstances should a national level monopoly be allowed to develop in the retail sector. 2. There should be guidelines to prevent predatory pricing and below-cost sales by organized retailers. A mechanism should be set up where complaints against predatory pricing can be

registered by small retailers. The Competition Commission in India is not suitably equipped to handle such issues. A dedicated mechanism is required for this purpose. 3. In order to prevent the development of big private monopolies in retail trade, it is also important for the Government to ensure its presence in themarket. Several

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Government marketing agencies exist, both at the Central as well as State levels. With a few exceptions, these agencies have been experiencing decay, owing to various factors. These marketing agencies should be revived and encouraged to grow and compete with private large format retailers. 4. Consolidation of several Government marketing agencies in order to create a few big public sector retail chains should be seriously considered, which can also invest in developing modernsupply chain infrastructure. Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) should be involved in the administration of cold storages and procurement centres. 5. Encouragement should be provided to the existing retail chains in the cooperative sector.New retail cooperatives should also be promoted. Partnerships between existingGovernment marketing agencies and cooperatives can also be considered, especially in food retail where synergies exist. 6. The State Governments or urban localbodies should levy a cess on the VAT on all goods sold by large format retail outlets (including those in the public sector) in order to create a level playingfield between the organized and unorganized retailers. Revenues generated from the cess can be used to create a dedicated fund to provide infrastructure support, financial assistance or cheap credit for unorganized retailers to improve andupgrade their operations. 7. Tax incentives should not be provided, either by the Central or State Governments, for the setting up of procurement/distribution centres or rural business hubs by private players. Neither should tax breaks be provided to private players for contract farming. Safeguarding Farmers Interests 1.Handing over farmland to food retailers for contract farming should not be permitted. Rules for contract farming should ensure that there is no possibility of farmers being alienated from their land, even if there is a failure in meeting co

ntract commitments. 2. Contract farming should be regulated and monitored by theGovernment to protect the interests of farmers. Farmers should be encouraged toform groups or

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cooperatives in order to enter into contracts collectively with corporate ratherthan entering into individual contracts. 3. The processes of credit provision linked to input supplies and subsequent purchase of the crop, all by one privateplayer, need to be regulated carefully by State authorities and PRIs. Supply ofinputs like seeds need to be monitored by the Government. It is also important to ensure that monoculture is avoided. 4. It should be ensured that the farmers are not denied the opportunity of selling their produce over and above the quantity specified in the contract to other agencies at a price higher than what is specified in the contract. Farmers also need to be protected from arbitrary refusal by the contracting parties to buy their produce on grounds of poor quality. TheGovernment should reserve the right to intervene in such contracts in situationswhen they are found to be operating to the detriment of farmers interests. 5. Large procurement centres created by corporate retailers should compulsorily haveseparate space for Government agencies. The scope of activities of the Government agencies would depend on the scale of operations. They may range from a singleinformation centre for Government services to various Government agencies supplying inputs, providing extension services, disbursing credit and undertaking procurement. Several State Governments have amended their APMC Acts in accordance with the Model APMC Act framed by the Central Government. That model Act itself needs to be changed incorporating the suggestions made above. State Governments should also be persuaded to do the same. 6. It has to be ensured that a single corporate retailer does not monopolize procurement operations in a district or area. It is therefore absolutely critical that both public procurement agencies andcooperatives are given support, incentives and freedom to compete with the corp

orate retailers. This would require special initiatives from the State Governments to reinvigorate the Government agencies. The Central Government should also provide adequate funds required for the purpose.

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7. Private procurement of food grains by large players who can manipulate the market should be discouraged. The experience of the last two years shows how the free hand given to corporate players has led to shortfalls in public procurementnecessitating wheat imports. There is an urgent need to strengthen and expand the public procurement machinery into more areas and provide it with the requiredflexibility to ensure adequate procurement at remunerative prices. Private procurement of food grains, wherever it takes place, should be closely monitored by the PRIs and the Government. 8. Food retailers or other agribusiness companies should not be allowed to corner and hoard food grains stocks under any circumstances. To prevent cornering of stocks by private players with the associated potential for speculation, there should be rules for public disclosure of stock holding levels. Public agencies should be empowered to purchase food grains from the private holders at prespecified prices if their stocks exceed a specified level.

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CONCLUSIONAfter looking at the above data we have come to a conclusion that presently there is a tend of considerable increase of shopping malls in all the metro cities ,small towns and a large section of middle class , upper middle class people arecoming for shopping because of the following reasons:

1. Customers convenience for shopping. Items from food to clothing, grocery to electronics are available under one roof.

2. Better environment and improved customer service.

3. compitive price with seasonal discount various gift scheme.

4. Various options to the customer for choosing brand and variety.

5. Ample scope of promoting sales and enhance brand image.

6. Availability of parking space for their car

7. Scope of employment at local area for various segment.

Considering mash rooming of shopping mall, small business man, shop owners and farmers are facing acute financial problem as their business transactions are reducing sharply. Loosing employment by the employee of small shop owners, many of

them who were dependent on the small shop for their living are facing the heat.

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On one hand where the shopping malls are slowly capturing the market due their superior power and size for which they are able to attract more and more customers towards them, on the other hand due to growing trend of shopping mall , especially the farmers and the small shop owners of groceries and other house hold goods are affected as considerable number of customers are shopping these items from shopping malls instead of normal market, and the profit margin is slopping towards the shopping mall

To encounter the situation it is required to impose rule or preferably ban by the concerned authority to restrain sales of some particular items (fruit, vegetables and some other glossary product) from shopping mall. This will give the small shop owner and the farmers some protection against the giant shopping malls, so that they can get back to their normal state.

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