Driving Retail Shelves to Higher Profitability

At the India Food Forum 2020, retailers, manufacturers, distributors and supply chain experts were part of a round table discussion on meeting the challenges of higher pro tability in Tier I, II & III cities…

Following a period of unprecedented change, the retail industry is facing an environment where margins are increasingly under pressure from rising costs, lower pricing power, and the need to invest in digital transformation. At the India Food Forum 2020, retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and supply chain experts were part of a round table discussion on meeting the challenges of higher profitability in Tier I, II & III cities.

The discussion was moderated by Dheeraj Arora VP- MT, Ecom and IB, Unilever and Kamaldeep Singh, President, Food LOB, Future Group. The other experts in the panel included:

Amitabh Singh, Head- Modern Trade & Enterprise Business, Dabur Arshdeep Singh, CEO & MD, Allied Natural Products

Dipti Gupta, Head-Organised Trade, Pepsico Foods

Harshita Gandhi, Director, Tree of Life

Kabir Gossain, Customer Director- Modern Trade, Unilever

Rohit Mehrotra, CEO, Organic Tattva

Saurabh Makhija, Head- Modern Trade, Nestle India

Avinash Joshi, VP & Business Head- F&V, Reliance Retail

Ganesh Mishra, Head- Non-Food, Product- Packaged Goods, Trent Hypermarket

Manan Gada, Director, Society Stores

Manu Bansal, Business Head- Staples, Reliance Retail

Rajiv Sharma, Group Head- Staples, Future Value Retail

Seshu Kumar, National Head – Buying and Merchandising, Big Basket