Real challenge for the retail sector lies in Food sector. What will Andrew Levermore do to get vegetables barcoded is also irrlevant. Making sure continuous and quality supply of fresh food from the rural areas going to be the challenge. Sustaining quality and quantity; and making sure the producers have working capital/internediaries haev working capital to finance the chain (farm to store) is to be addressed and tackled. Lets see how may retail ventures can sustain and support such supplies!
I would take this opportunity to congratulate the author for writing such a beautiful and well-thought out piece. It narrates in a simplistic language some of the nuances involved in the retail sector and provides foundational learning for students of retailing. This will serve as a quick reading for my marketing class students. Well done, Meenakshi!
