Kirana Vs Modern retail the winner is....
when Modern retail started a couple of years back this topic ( kirana vs modern retail ) was a quite a fashionable discussion point on how the nation of shopkeepers , would have turmoil and chaos . Here is our reading of round 1 , well to come to think nothing has changed , with the economy growth and rising spending powers ( common jargons u see ! :) ) the consumers have kept flocking to both the version of the retail formats . The kirana store with the great proximity factor plus the known faces factor and then its availability to serve anykind of daily use requirement has held its ground and in fact grown , especially in metros with the growing influx of migrant workers ( both blue and white collars ) . In fact some of the kirana stores have also tried to upgrade themselves on relevant stocks , services like home delivery, and also a better look ( to take on the aesthetic factor of the modern retail in a small way ! ) the biggest advantage that they carry is that don