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April 2023
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Apparel Retailing in India: Opportunities for Foreign Firms |
24 pages,
published in Issue 125, April 2023
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Euro 395.00;
US$ 520.00
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India is well known as a competitive manufacturer of apparel. Many foreign companies have been sourcing large quantities of garments regularly from India for a number of years. But less well known is the fact that India has huge potential as a market for foreign clothing, given its large population and growing household incomes.
A few significant foreign playerssuch as Levi Strauss, Benetton and Lacostehave been selling their branded apparel in India for a number of years. But most foreign companies have yet to enter the Indian market.
Under government liberalisation policies, there has been a sharp increase in the availability and variety of Indian and foreign branded consumer goods on the market. Department stores have been expanding, franchising has grown in popularity, and malls have proliferated. But in 1997 the government banned foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Indian retailing sector, which means that direct foreign involvement in retailing remains restricted to franchising.
Foreign companies looking to tap the potential of the Indian market also need to understand that the Indian retailing system is very different from that which prevails in their home countries. These factors need to be taken into account when devising retailing strategies.
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