Archive - Retail Street Journal

Nigel Rex Bird, 48 Years on the Retail Floor - RSJ

Full Interview.

Jul 13 • Rajalingam Rathinam

TVS Paddock: Does the ‘Tribe’ Retail Model Actually Work in India?

Premium Retail Strategy unlocked

Jul 12 • Rajalingam Rathinam

The One SOP Every Multi-Store Retailer Gets Wrong, And How to Fix it.

We do daily; we miss daily; SOP - the saver.

Jul 12 • Rajalingam Rathinam

Why India’s Independent Retailers Will Outlast the Aggregators

Human vs Machine - the point, every retailer to understand.

Jul 12 • Retail Street Journal

Retail Gets Smart: How AI is Becoming the Store Manager of the Future

Retail Intelligence that cannot be avoided.

Jul 12 • Rajalingam Rathinam

India’s D2C Growth vs. Reality Check: Who’s Really Winning?

Retail Strategy that could be considered

Jul 12 • Rajalingam Rathinam

The Day I Realised the Warehouse Was the Real CEO

Supply Chain Management

Jul 11 • Rajalingam Rathinam

June 2026

The Loyalty Card Trap

Or: how Indian retail invented a program nobody understands and everybody plays.

Jun 25 • Rajalingam Rathinam

The Group That Never Sleeps

Or: how Indian retail discovered that night, in fact, is just another working hour.

Jun 15 • Rajalingam Rathinam

The Vendor Meeting

Or: how Indian retail discovered that "Friday" is not a day, it is a state of mind.

Jun 11 • Rajalingam Rathinam

The Silent Smile

Or: how the cheapest word in retail - "sorry" - quietly went out of stock.

Jun 1 • Rajalingam Rathinam

May 2026

Or: how a ₹200 price change can survive a quarterly audit but not a determined Auntie.

May 28 • Rajalingam Rathinam

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