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## [OS] INDIA/US/GV- Wal-Mart worries gnaw at kirana stores

Released on 2012-09-19 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 192570
Date | 2011-11-28 06:30:53
From | animesh.roul@stratfor.com
To | os@stratfor.com
List-Name | os@stratfor.com

Wal-Mart worries gnaw at kirana stores
Published: Monday, Nov 28, 2011, 10:30 IST=20
By Shailaja Sharma | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA=20
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_wal-mart-worries-gnaw-at-kirana-stores=
_1618259
The next door kirana store guy is a worried man. The sentiment among his tr=
ader community is that in the coming years they will have to struggle to re=
tain and increase the number of customers as floodgates to foreign retailer=
s have been opened.
The debates over FDI in retail has painted an unnerving mental picture of W=
al-Marts of the world opening stores in droves and knocking kiranas out of =
business. This picture, in a market like India where organised retail is yo=
ung and just 7% of the overall retail market, is exaggerated and far-fetche=
d. But traditional mom-n-pop stores continue to worry.
=E2=80=9CWhen foreign retailers come here, we will have a tough time. How c=
an we compete with their size, options and prices,=E2=80=9D says Gopal Dave=
who runs a general store in Lower Parel.
Largely, most kirana store owners DNA spoke to had two main concerns =E2=80=
=94 price wars, as big retailers will be able to command bargaining power w=
ith suppliers and vendors, which could mean customer loyalties will shift t=
o modern retail for better pricing and experience, and walmartisation and i=
ts effect of leaving them redundant.
A few hundred kiranas in the country have already started upgrading their s=
tores to appeal to customers. They have also improved their product assortm=
ent and availability by observing modern retail outlets.
Two kirana stores=E2=80=99 owners in Vashi say they pick the =E2=80=98buy o=
ne get one free=E2=80=99 packs of different items at stores like D-Mart in =
their locality and then sell the packs individually to earn more.
Somewhat of an oxymoron?
Consumer goods companies, analysts, consultants, and retailers have time an=
d again said that both modern and traditional retail can co-exist in a mark=
et like India, where free home delivery and the option of credit form the b=
ackbone of the unorganised industry =E2=80=94 something no modern retailer =
can offer. There are 1.2 crore unorganised stores in the country, and exper=
ts say, not one store has had to shut down as a result of competition from =
modern retailers.
=20
--=20
Animesh