INDIA LETS STARBUCKS,IKEA OPEN STORES IN RETAIL REVERSAL

India abandoned a rule against foreign single-brand retailers operating stores without a local partner, paving the way for global companies including Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) and Ikea.

The government ratified a Nov. 24 cabinet decision to raise the ownership limit to 100 percent from 51 percent for single- brand, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said in a statement yesterday. The new rules take effect immediately and require the companies to use smaller Indian companies for at least 30 percent of procurement, he said.

Top 20 Most Valuable Global Retail Brands 2011

นับจากปี 2009 ซึ่งทาง WPP Brandz ได้ทำการวิเคราะห์และประเมินมูลค่าของแบรนด์รีเทล ซึ่งในปี 2009 ถ้าจำกันได้ก็นับว่าเป็นปีที่สหรัฐกำลังมีวิกฤติซับไพล์มอยู่พอดีพฤติกรรมการจับจ่ายอาจจะไม่ปกติไปบ้าง (ก็แหงล่ะคนตกงาน จะให้ใช้จ่ายปกติได้ยังไง) ปีนั้น Walmart มาอันดับหนึ่งทิ้งห่าง Amazon อยู่พอสมควร สามปีผ่านไปปีนี้ Amazon จัดหนัก ชนะไปแค่สามร้อยกว่าล้านเหรียญเท่านั้นเอง

มาลองดูกันนะครับว่าแบรนด์รีเทลที่ทรงคุณค่า 20 อันดับประจำปี 2011 มีแบรนด์ยี่ห้อไหนบ้าง

รายงานฉบับนี้จัดทำร่วมกันระหว่าง Millward Brown, Kantar Retail (Commentary by WPP companies)

ถ้าขยันและมีคนสนใจจะแปลรายงานในหัวข้อที่น่าสนใจนะครับ

This third annual WPP BrandZ study of the Top 20 Most Valuable Global Retail Brands considers many of the salient forces acting on retailing today anddistills key themes that help explain events andanticipate the future.

WAL-MART LOOKS ABROAD FOR GROWTH

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Over the past several months,  Wal-Mart's (WMT) stock has not enjoyed the same momentum shared by many of its retail peers. Wal-Mart, which closed around $56 per share on January 21, is up 12.3% since the end of August. That performance pales in comparison to the S&P Retail Index's astonishing 27.1% jump during the same period. Sluggish U.S. results have certainly played a role in weighing down Wal-Mart's stock price, as a weakened basic-needs consumer, and increased competition from dollar stores, have led to six consecutive quarters of same-store sales declines and only nominal operating margin expansion. However, we believe Wal-Mart's domestic troubles may be distracting from what could be one of retailing's more significant international growth stories.

Although we anticipate U.S. issues will eventually be resolved through merchandise mix adjustments and new store formats, Wal-Mart's international operations will likely be the company's primary growth engine going forward. This segment represents approximately 25% of Wal-Mart's revenue, and 21% of its operating income, and we expect it to average nearly 9% revenue growth annually, and generate more than one third of overall revenue over the next decade, compared with just above inflationary growth domestically (combining Wal-Mart U.S. and Sam's Club). Additionally, these estimates could prove to be conservative, as Wal-Mart has established footholds in several rapidly developing economies across the globe.

Reliance Retail Ltd, Tesco Plc, Metro AG and Bharti Walmart Pvt. Ltd

Companies such as Reliance Retail Ltd, Tesco Plc, Metro AG and Bharti Walmart Pvt. Ltd plan to open at least 20 cashand carry stores in 2011-nearly trebling the number of such outlets in the country.

India's nascent cash-and-carry business will grow substantially this year as companies look to gain a foothold in the market on expectations that the government will open up the lucrative multi-brand retail sector to foreign investment. Cash-and-carry wholesale stores sell only to other businesses rather than to end-consumer. While the government allows 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in this segment, it is yet to allow global retailers to sell directly to end-consumers through multi-brand outlets. Last week, Carrefour SA, the world's second largest retailer, entered India by opening its first cash-and-carry store in New Delhi. Companies such as Reliance Retail Ltd, Tesco Plc, Metro AG and Bharti Walmart Pvt. Ltd plan to open at least 20 cashand carry stores in 2011-nearly trebling the number of such outlets in the country. Germany's Metro, the first global retailer to start a wholly owned subsidiary in India in 2003, currently runs five cashand- carry outlets in the country.

CARREFOUR CARTS INTO INDIA VIA DELHI BYLANES

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NEW DELHI: Shahadara is an unlikely place for a multinational supermarket chain but the world's second largest retailer, Carrefour, has chosen the chaotic, not up-market but vibrant east Delhi neighbourhood as its entry point to the vast Indian wholesale retail market. The French retail group on Thursday announced the opening its first cash-andcarry or wholesale outlet in Shahadara.

Government regulations only allow foreign retailers in the wholesale segment and prohibits FDI in the multibrand retail. There is stiff opposition from small shop owners and kirana stores and political parties to further open up the retail sector to foreign players.

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had recently floated a discussion paper on the issue of opening up of the retail sector and some policymakers have backed the idea of allowing greater foreign participation in the retail sector.

The worlds largest retailer, Wal-Mart, had entered into a joint venture agreement with Bharti Enterprises and opened its first wholesale store in Amritsar. It plans to open other stores in the next three years. Germany's Metro entered the country's wholesale retail segment in 2003 and has stores in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata.