• Sondeep Kaur

Retailing is derived from French word which means to “break the bulk”. Retailing is a set of business activity which directly sells the goods or services to the consumers for their personal use. The Indian retail industry is divided into organized and unorganized sectors. Organized retailing refers to trading activities undertaken by licensed retailers, that is, those who are registered for sales tax, income tax, etc. These include the corporate-backed hypermarkets and retail chains, and also the privately owned large retail businesses. Unorganized retailing, on the other hand, refers to the traditional formats of low-cost retailing, for example, the local kirana shops, owner manned general stores, paan/beedi shops, convenience stores, hand cart and pavement vendors, etc.

Retailing, Industry, Organized, Formats, vendors.

"A STUDY OF RETAIL FORMATS IN INDIA: AN OVERVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 5, page no.398-403, May-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1705074.pdf

"A STUDY OF RETAIL FORMATS IN INDIA: AN OVERVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 5, page no. pp398-403, May-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1705074.pdf