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Intelligence for retail leaders. Not retail followers.

Curated analysis, founder perspectives, and retail strategy from 30 years inside India's largest retail organisations.

TVS Paddock
Strategy

TVS Paddock: does the "tribe" retail model actually work in India?

By Rajalingam Rathinam · 7 June 2026 · 9 min read

 Retail SOP
Operations

The one SOP every multi-store retailer gets wrong, and how to fix it

By Rajalingam Rathinam · 7 May 2026 · 8 min read

 Independent retailers
Strategy

Why India's independent retailers will outlast the aggregators

By Rajalingam Rathinam · 7 May 2026 · 6 min read

 Retail AI
Retail Intelligence

Retail gets smart: how AI is becoming the store manager of the future

By Rajalingam Rathinam · 7 May 2026 · 7 min read

 India D2C
Strategy

India's D2C growth vs. reality check: who's really winning?

By Rajalingam Rathinam · 7 May 2026 · 7 min read

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