The concluding session on Day two of India Retail Forum celebrated innovation in retail and feted those retailers that have introduced unique retailing concepts, showed excellence in execution strategy, demonstrated grit and perseverance through the implementation stages and brought it all to a successful fruition with exemplary returns and payoffs.
The high octane session that marked the IRF grand finale saw an eminent jury shortlist 10 outstanding performers from a fray of 28 leading retailers across various categories – food, fashion, beauty, apparel, etc. The selection of the 10 retailers was made on the basis of innovation in retailing concepts and ideas and their dexterity and finesse in executing and implementing these ideas to great results.
The 28 retailers in the fray were: Adidas; Alcis; Atesber INC 5; Ayesha; Being Human; Bestseller; Burger King; Burger Singh; Enrich Salons and Academy; Haldiram’s; HyperCITY; Levi Strauss India; Limeroad.com; Manyavar; Max Fashion; My Fit, Van Heusen; Neerus; Pepe; Pizza Hut; Shaze; Smaash; Spar; Spencer’s; Twenty Four Seven; Fabindia; V-Mart; Wow Momos; Yum Restaurants.
The 10 that made the final cut were: Spencer’s Retail; 24 SEVEN, Godfrey Phillips India; Enrich Salons and Academy; Adidas Group; HyperCITY; Levi Strauss India; Wow! Momo; Fabindia; Max Fashions, Landmark Group; Pizza Hut.
The members of jury that voted the 10 top retailers for their thought-provoking ideas, brilliant execution strategy, successful implementation of the various stages and its payoffs and results were: Abheek Singhi, Senior Partner and Director, The Boston Consulting Group; Ajay Kaul, Senior Director, Everstone Group; B.S. Nagesh, Founder, TRRAIN; Debashish Mukherjee, Partner and lead, Consumer Industries & Retail Products Practice, India and Southeast Asia, A.T. Kearney; Jonathan Yach, Director - Operations, Virtuous Retail; Pushpa Bector, Executive Vice President and Head - Premium Malls Division, DLF Utilities; Rajneesh Mahajan, CEO, Inorbit; Roosevelt D’souza, Managing Director - South Asia, Nielsen.
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