Innovative Journal of Business and Management

Issues related to retail pass-through receives much attention of both academics and business practitioners. Both analytical and empirical works have been done to characterize and documents the retail pass-through rates. However, little attention has been paid to the change of retail pass-through when a retailer introduces a store brand. Using evidence from scanner data, we investigate empirically the effects of store brand entry on retail pass‐through. We show that the entry of store brand is generally accompanied by reductions in retail pass‐through and that there are substantial variations in the reductions. We then examine the determinants of the magnitude of fall in pass-through, and we find evidence that the variations in pass-through changes are related to brand-specific and manufacturer-specific characteristics. In particular, retail pass-through reduces by a smaller magnitude for brands offering larger product varieties, belonging to a dominant manufacturer, having a greater margin against the retailer, and positioning at the higher-tier of market.

India is becoming most favored retail destination in the world. Today retail sector contributing 10% to country’s GDP. Indian retail industry is ranked among the ten largest retail markets in the world. The change of attitudes of Indian consumers and the emergence of organized retail formats have transformed the face of retailing in India. Organized retailing offers huge potential for future growth of retailing in India. This paper provides information about the growth of retailing in India. And also focuses on the challenges faced by organized retail sector in India. It also emphasize on major players of retailers in India and customer services provided by the retailers. This paper also deals with various retail formats and the opportunities for the growth of retail industry in India and also provides some suggestions to overcome the challenges.

The process of globalization is an inevitable phenomenon in human history which has been bringing the world closer since the time of early trade and exploration, through the exchange of goods, products, information, jobs, knowledge and culture. Globalization is the process of integration of the world into one huge market. It provides several things to several people with removal of all trade barriers among countries. Globalization happens through three channels: trade in goods & services, movement of capital and flow of finance. Globalization in India is generally taken to mean ‘integrating’ the economy of the country with the world economy. The real thrust to the globalization process was provided by the new economic policy introduced by the Government of India in July 1991 at the behest of the IMF and the World Bank. Globalization has led to an ‘Unequal Competition’- a competition between ‘giant MNC’s and dwarf Indian enterprises’. The small scale sector is a vital constituent of overall industrial sector of the country. The small scale sector forms a dominant part of Indian industry and contributing to a significant proportion of production, exports and employment. Therefore, there is a need to study and analyze the impact of globalization on Indian Small Scale Industries. This paper focuses on the implication of Globalization; analyze the performance of small scale industries based on number of units, employment, production, investment and exports on post liberalization.

This article will discuss the Japanese work culture, its advantages and shortcomings. Emphasis is placed on the unique and productive industrial relations in the country, which are the fruits of an ancient tradition that views work as a privilege and not only an obligation. The article presents unique outlooks on business conduct in Japan, including reasons having to do with human capital, which are unique to this culture. Such conduct can serve as a living example for other economies. Even in this country one hears about mistakes made in business conduct but there is no doubt that the special human relations in this work culture are part of the reason for the economy’s success, strength and uniqueness.

 This article will, therefore, explain the work culture that existed in Japan prior to its most recent fall into an economic recession.

                One of the important principles in Japan is the virtue of work. Japan’s approach to work involves paying attention to the needs of the employee. A company owner or manager in Japan generally sees himself as responsible for his employee not only at the limited work level, but overall he is also concerned for his employee’s personal and familial welfare. This is in contrast to the American outlook, for example, which holds great consideration for the interests of the company’s shareholders in order to maximize their profits.

This study tries to evaluate the performance of Indian tyre  industry in terms of various financial indicators, sales trend, production trend, export trend etc for the period of 2003-04 to2011-12.The result suggests that the tyre industry has been passing through turbulent phases characterized by enhanced debt burden, low utilization of assets, and above all, huge liquidity crunch . The key to success in the industry is to improve labour productivity, labour flexibility, and capital efficiency.