• DR. HARPREET SINGH
• PARVINDER SINGH

Traditional retail distribution system has been backbone of Indian retail industry for a long. Every district in India has a set up of traditional wholesale distributors serving distribution among retailers in urban areas as well towns and villages. The retailers have been depending upon them since the start of the industry. The services offered by them are in common and also a few being distributors’ special services to selective retailers. With the entry of modern wholesale cash and carry stores, there has been a considerable influence on traditional distribution system of retail industry of India. The international standards, supply chain management, HR problems, infrastructure and logistics problems, complex tax structure are among the major changes retail sector in India (Prafulla Sudame, Sivathanu, 2013). Retailing is a vibrant part of our changing society and major source of employment. Retailing is closely tied to the changing moods of the consumers and new ways of business, spread on by the impressive development in technology and management theory. Many facets of retailing, including Logistics and Distribution, Merchandising, Store Layout and design, pricing and location strategy have influenced distribution structure (Newmen Andrew and Cullen Peter (2003). Many new areas of importance have emerged which include retail services and out of store retailing. The different market structures that are required for retail operations and managing in the times of booms and slumps have come into picture. Among key issues, role of assortment size in determining consumers’ choice of a retailer is also very significant. Consumer choice among retailers offering various-sized assortments is influenced by the attractiveness of the options constituting these assortments (Hamilton Ryan, 2009).

OPINION ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL RETAIL DISTRIBUTORS ABOUT MODERN WHOLESALE-CASH & CARRY ON THE FOOD & GROCERY DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE IN PUNJAB

"OPINION ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL RETAIL DISTRIBUTORS ABOUT MODERN WHOLESALE-CASH & CARRY ON THE FOOD & GROCERY DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE IN PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.577-582, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812A81.pdf

"OPINION ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL RETAIL DISTRIBUTORS ABOUT MODERN WHOLESALE-CASH & CARRY ON THE FOOD & GROCERY DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE IN PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp577-582, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812A81.pdf