The A.T Kearney Global Development Index has titled India as the most attractive retail market. The one million crore industry is the second largest employment provider of which only a mere 2% is organized. The opportunities are many; however the obstacles are not less.

• Are the consumers in India ready to accept organized retail?

• Are back-end people and infrastructure in place?

• How to deal with the over-capacity and lack of differentiation among malls?

• And most importantly, is India ready to welcome retail investments from abroad?

• What will be the impact on conventional retail units?

Rules

FMS invites research papers for the conference. The selection of papers will be held in two phases:

• Phase I: Researchers/ Academicians are required to mail a soft copy of the abstract before 25th December 2007 at i-cons@fms.edu. The abstract should be of 2 pages with 12 size times new roman font spaced at 1.5 lines.

• Phase II: After the short listing of the abstracts, the authors of the short listed entries will be invited to present their papers during the conference.

Registration Fee

Indian Participants- Rs. 4000 which includes lunches/dinners, tea/coffee snacks, cultural programs and conference materials.

Foreign Participants- US $100 or equivalent in British pounds, Euro or Japanese Yen.