Retail business is one of the sectors of commerce which enables to the consumers to buy the consumable articles of their choice in the country at the reasonable rate. Retailing is not a new concept but since times immemorial vis from the ancient times, trade flourished simple because some has a surplus of good and desired goods they did not have or could not produce.
The earliest traders were Cretans who sailed the Mediterranean and carried on trade with the people of the area. Thy flourished for 2000 years and their culture influenced other great trading civilizations. Later the Phoenicians, the Romans established a sophisticated form of retailing. Numerous small shops were set up with centres. In fact ancient ruins indicate that the world’s first departmental store was in Rome. With the fall of the empire the retailing disintegrated.
The book compiles useful research articles on retail industry in India and created awareness among the consumers the types, country, price tag, brand names, availability in the country. All these articles are very informative and can be further used to supplement other piece of information in the study.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P Arunachalam
P. Arunachalam is a Reader in the Department of Applied economics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi-22, Kerela State, India. He was the head of the Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University of science and techonology during the period april 2004 to aoril 2007. He has Nineteen years of Teaching and Research Experiences. He took his PG degree from Loyolo College, Madras, a world-renowned college in Southern India, affiliated to Madras and university and M.phill and Ph. D Degrees from Cochin university of Science and Technology, Kochi ,Kerela State.Pondicherry University, a central university, Awarded him Doctoral Fellowship intye year 1988. he joined as a Lecturer in the 1989 and become Reader in the 1997. He was Awarded post Doctoral Training Fellowship by the NUFFIC (Netherland Council for Co-operation in Higher Education, Government of Netherlands) for six times under SEPTRA-MHO-programe between the department of Applied Economics, cochin University of science and technology and the Development research institute (IVO), Tilburg University, the Netherlands during the period 1999 to 2004. Part of his research Training programme, he visited France, Germany, italy, Belgium, spain, England, Switzerland, srilanka, and most of the Gulf Countries. He is specialized in Quantitative Techniques and International Economics . He is teaching Business Statistics at Master of Business Economics (M.B.E.) levels and Quantiative Techniques at M.phil level. He was a member of the Academic council, CUSAT from april 2004 to april 2004. He is visiting faculty member of many Universities in South India. He is a member of several Academic and professional Bodies at National and international Levels. He has done a Minor Projects on @India @s Spices Exports to the Netherlands @under UGC UN-Assigned grant and jointly done a Major Project on @global Based commodity Chain; with special references to Cardamom@ funded by NUFFIC through Development research institute, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, with Dr. wim Pellupessey, Senior Economists, IVO, Tilburg University, trhe Netherlands. He did his Ph.D works on @India@s Engeering goods exports: growth, concentration and Diversification. He has to his credit 40 Research Articles in various reputed journals and magazines and also contributed articles to 9 textbooks. Participated as an expert and presented research papers in more than 58 National and international conferences, workshops , Symposiums and seminars. He has produced 3 Ph.Ds and several more students are doing Ph.D under his supervision. Now doing a major research work on @Special economic Zones@ in India. He has been selected fopr the professor post in the department of economics, Bharathiyar university, coimbatore. Member as partner of Dr. M.
Rajarajan@s Digital Identity Management, City university, London, England.
There are no reviews yet.