"Totally agree with your thought process and thats is the reason - my conclusion is the big departmental stores will get impacted more rather then the small kirana stores"
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Who will kill the local kirana shop in Metros - Online retailers or Big departmental stores ??
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Today one of my friends called me for brainstorming session, Topic is what business to start next in retail? We dwelled into serious 3-4 hours of discussion and we concluded that in India now for…Continue
Tags: kirana, Online, Venture, Business
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rochak Sharma Oct 31, 2012.
Do You believe in Miracles !!!
Oxford dictionary defines Miracle as "an extraordinary and welcome event that is not…Continue
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Started Oct 7, 2012
Chat with a Smart taxi driver
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Chat with a Smart taxi driver – Listen not only to customers but employees tooI landed at Delhi Airport at 10 am…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by harmeet singh Sep 21, 2012.
Website development
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I have this need for end to end development of a website with features for Mobile apps.The project will be completely outsourced for development work including identification and hosting of…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rochak Sharma Sep 19, 2012.
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Sridhar V replied to Rochak Sharma's discussion Who will kill the local kirana shop in Metros - Online retailers or Big departmental stores ??
"The online retailing which is seeing a growth phase will mature at some stage and you will find several companies or players exiting due to high competition, similar offerings and resulting consolidation. This happened in the dot.com sector, just…"
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Rochak Sharma replied to Neil Bahal's discussion My thoughts on online vegetable selling companies :)
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Who will kill the local kirana shop in Metros - Online retailers or Big departmental stores ??
Today one of my friends called me for brainstorming session, Topic is what business to start next in retail? We dwelled into serious 3-4 hours of discussion and we concluded that in India now for tier 1 cities, following trends are being observedThe real estate cost is becoming more and more prohibitive and cost are increasingAggressive marketing from online retailers is making people aware and driving adoptionOnline retailers are better priced and providing great discounts and serviceFinding…See More
Rochak Sharma replied to Siddharth Deswal's discussion Wingify hits 1600+ customers, moves to a bigger office and is still not looking for funding
"Great to see the enthusiasm of the brilliant team and great work being done - Just don't be too late, I suggest at least get valuation done and dilute at least 20% equity, you have big competetion growing in this area."
Rochak Sharma replied to Neil Bahal's discussion My thoughts on online vegetable selling companies :)
"great effort - here are my views and information
1. Vegetables have 100% margin - get up early one morning and go to vegetable mandi and check the prices your vegetable hawkers pays....and they hardly buy more then 100 -200 kg a day. Why do think…"
Rochak Sharma replied to asha chaudhry's discussion Rodinhood tee time! And the September winners are...
"Thanks - how can i miss this post"
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Do You believe in Miracles !!!
Oxford dictionary defines Miracle as "an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency", I sincerely think everyone gets fair share of miracles in their life (if they are able to recognize them) condition being effort is equally contributing for miracles to happen.Based on my observations and for Fun - …See More
Rochak Sharma replied to Alok 'Rodinhood' Kejriwal's discussion The 10 Billion $$$ Idea - Alokbaba.com
"Alok Again this is one of those ideas many smart entrepreuners only think and don't execute and leave it for dumb ones ;-)"
harmeet singh replied to Rochak Sharma's discussion Chat with a Smart taxi driver
"We have been into car rental business since 1971 and i can vouch for the fact that how the car is maintained and your driver's satisfaction towards the company can make or break your client. The car and the driver are the face of the company.…"
Rochak Sharma replied to Rochak Sharma's discussion Chat with a Smart taxi driver
"Mohan agree with your points...I have always loved them and feeling so bad about detoriation and hence this post.
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Mohan Iyer replied to Rochak Sharma's discussion Chat with a Smart taxi driver
"Nobody can avoid noticing the bad maintenance of the Meru cabs nowadays.
The fact is that the drivers are charged for all days a vehicle is allotted to them. The rule was reasonable when competition was low and fuel cost was low. They need…"
Mohan Iyer replied to Rochak Sharma's discussion Chat with a Smart taxi driver
"Hi Rochak
Nice topic for an article. Meru revolutionised the taxi industry. For the first time we experienced professionalism in the cab industry. Meru has a wonderful and 'Reliable' booking/reservation system. The booking options are well…"
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