Asian Journal of Management

A. S. Suresh ¹, S. Ramesh ²

Affiliations
1 Institute of Management, Christ University, CSVM University, Kanchipuram, IN
2 Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

The main focus of this research paper is in the area of organized retail specifically in the convenience stores format in the city of Bangalore and is confined to Grocery, staples and fruits and vegetables business as food contributes to almost 63% in the organized retail business. The study was conducted during June 2014 and December 2015.

The research revealed that there are not many integrated supply chain models aligned to consumer preference, though there are models on different components of supply chain and retail. This study is intended to understand the drivers and factors influencing the back end operations in the area of supply chain efficiencies to create an integrated consumer aligned model frame work to drive optimizations at all levels. This can assist Indian companies in taking strategic decisions and competing in the emerging eco system of E-tailing on one hand and entry of multi nationals on the other.

Sample unit of this study was two major organized retail companies operating in the convenience stores format in Bangalore catering to about seventy outlets and having distribution centres and the same was derived using probabilistic multi stage sample design, from the overall population of urban retailers operating in the convenience stores format.

Primary data was collected through observation schedules for all the key parameters for both back end and front end consumer operations. Multiple Linear regression was used as inferential model, Linear programming for simulation and optimisation.

Keywords

Organized Retail, Convenience Stores, FDI, Grocery, Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain, Business Model.

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A. S. Suresh ¹

Affiliations
1 Assistant Professor, MBA Department, PES University, Bangalore - 560085, IN

Abstract

The Logistics sectors is one of the fastest growing sector in Indian Stock Market. The study is organized to analyse the risk and returns of selected logistic stocks listed on BSE and to compare their performance against the benchmark for the period of 5 years i.e. from 1^st January 2013 to 31^st December 2017. This paper analyses the performance of logistic sector taking BSE Sensex as benchmark. This study is based on secondary data collected from BSE. The date were collected based on monthly prices of the logistic sector and with the help of monthly prices, annual returns were calculated for a period of five years. The study shows that the shares of Corporate Courier and cargo limited has given the highest returns during the study period, whereas the returns of Skypak service specialists limited was negative during the same period. The beta of all the stocks were more than one, indicating that all the shares selected for the study carry a higher risk.

Keywords

Logistics, Return, Risk, Benchmark, Sensex.

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