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New success mantra for offline retail

Brick and mortar retail is figuring out new ways to fight online, by making retail shopping a lot more than just going to a store and buying products

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Ambi M G Parameswaran
After a relative lull in new mall building activity reports say that across India, both in Tier I and Tier II cities, mall building is once again picking up steam. Space allocation seems to be changing a bit from what we saw in the last decade, with more emphasis on ‘experiences’, ‘food’ and ‘fun’. 

While malls are going through this change, the other side is not blinking. In fact, the other side just bought blow torches and are wearing welders glasses. Walmart acquired majority stake in Flipkart for a mind-numbing amount and has announced that it will not rest till it
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