FICCI MASSMERIZE attracts Top Industry CEOs from India and abroad
Author(s): City Air NewsTo be held on 7-8 September in New Delhi NEW DELHI, September 4, 2017: ‘MASSMERIZE 2017’, a FICCI flagship event for retail, FMCG and e-commerce is being organised on 7th and 8th September 2017 at Federation House,...
To be held on 7-8 September in New Delhi
NEW DELHI, September 4, 2017: ‘MASSMERIZE 2017’, a FICCI flagship event for retail, FMCG and e-commerce is being organised on 7th and 8th September 2017 at Federation House, New Delhi. MASSMERIZE captures changing consumer trends in India, adoption of analytics in the Retail and FMCG space, the growth strategies of home-grown companies and a shift in the
consumer purchase behaviour towards indigenous products.
The conference themed ‘KONNECTED’ Consumers will deliberate on the latest trends and growth strategies in the Retail and FMCG sector in order to achieve the desired growth while also addressing the regulatory bottlenecks in the segment. It will deep dive into the policy reforms required to create an ‘ease of doing business’ ecosystem in the Retail, FMCG and eCommerce space through an exclusive policy dialogue between the government, industry leaders and other stakeholders in sessions such as- The State of Retail, FMCG, Ecommerce & Direct Selling Industry: Visualization 2030; Big Data: Reinventing strategies using consumer insights; National retail policy: Toward building a competitive market; Consumer loyalty: Driven by price or preference; Hundred days of the GST: An Exploration; Indian brands: Riding high on success; Sustainability: Consumer brands toward making a difference etc.India continues to be the ‘land of promise’ for consumer businesses with the expenditure on consumption growing at a healthy 15%. In the largely mixed backdrop of growth in consumer markets across the world, India remains a bright spot. However, despite the obvious potential and promise held by the consumer centric sectors, last two year has been challenging for the consumer business with growth in the rates of packaged goods dipping to single digits. This has been due to sluggish rural demand and the organised retail business being subject to strain
because of the growth of the ‘same store’ format across categories. Organised retail has however grown at an overall pace of over 20%, buoyed by the growth of new stores and ecommerce.
Moreover, a robust monsoon has led to expectations of a revival in rural demand and a further boost has been provided by the passing of the GST Bill which will result in simplification of the tax regime and a seamless credit mechanism, all leading to enhanced consumer outcomes in the medium term.
The deliberations at the conference, coupled with insights shared by the concerned stakeholder including the Government, will help the industry leaders to identify opportunities for growth and improvement and accelerate their performance in these sectors.
Some of the prominent names participating in the MASSMERIZE 2017 include:
Mr. Avinash K Srivastava, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India
Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority
of India (FSSAI)
Mr. Krish Iyer, President & CEO, Walmart India Pvt. Ltd. and Chair-FICCI Retail & Internal
Trade Committee
Mr. Harish Bhat, Member Group Executive Council, Tata Sons
Mr. Sumitro Ghosh, CEO, Tata Starbucks
Mr. Al Rajwani, MD & CEO, Procter & Gamble India
Mr. Jamshed Daboo, Managing Director, Trent and Co-Chair FICCI Retail Committee
Mr. Anshu Budhraja, CEO, Amway India
Mr. Amal Kelshikar, Country Head, Abbott
Mr. Rajesh Jain, Managing Director & CEO, Lacoste India
Mr. Abhishek Ganguly, Managing Director, Puma India
Mr. Oliver Mirza, Managing Director & CEO, Dr. Oetker India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Samir Modi, Managing Director, Revlon (Modi Group) & Color Bar
Mr. Siddharth Bindra, CEO, Biba
Mr. Sanjeev Agarwal, CEO, Gitanjali xports Corp. Ltd. and Chair FICCI Gems & Jewellery Committee
Mr. Sanjay Sethi, CEO & Co-founder, shopclues.com
Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Senior Vice President, Infiniti Mall
Mr. Sahil Malik, Managing Director, Da Milano
Mr. Bipin Preet Singh, Founder & CEO, Mobikwik
Mr. Saurabh Kochhar, CEO, Foodpanda
Mr. Rajeev Singh, Managing Director, BenQ India
Ms Avani Davda, Managing Director, Godrej Natures Basket Pvt. Ltd.