1. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT RAIPUR
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Apple Stores Top List of 10 Fastest Growing Retailers
in the US
• To identify America's 10 fastest-growing retailers, 24/7
Wall St. reviewed STORES Media's Top 100 Retailers
report. The report is based on Kantar Retail's estimates
for companies' retail-only sales, and includes the 100
largest companies by this measure, as well as their
estimated number of stores.
Food Giant Mondelez in Midst of Dramatic Supply
Chain Transformation
• Food giant Mondelez recently updates it plans and
results for a major supply chain transformation, saying it
could reduce its operating costs by billions of dollars
amidst a veritable blizzard of operating initiatives. The
company is just the latest in a long list of food and
consumer packaged goods companies to dramatically
change their supply chain networks.
Shoppers Stop pulls up its socks
• Consumer industries have felt the pinch of decreased
spending by customers. However, a few retailers have
bucked the trend as their same-store sales went up in
the quarter ended June. Mumbai-based multi-brand
retailer Shoppers Stop is one of them: it clocked growth
of 12 per cent from stores operational for over a year.
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