SCDL MBA PROJECT: IT SOLUTIONS AT BIG BAZAR

Big Bazar

Big Bazar , is the chain of retail stores of the Big banner Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd., which in turn is a segment of Kishore Biyani, regulated Future Group of Companies. Moreover the customer friendly ambiance and the organized retailing of products also makes Big Bazar one of the successful retail companies in India. The chain was inspired by Saravana Stores, a hugely popular shop in Chennai which made huge profits by selling everything under the sun at prices much less than other shops.

Big Bazar Overview:

 Big Bazar, a part of the Pantaloon Group, is a hypermarket offering a huge array of goods of good quality for all at affordable prices. Big Bazar with over 50 outlets in different parts of India, is present in both the metro cities as well as in the small towns. Big Bazar has no doubt made a Big name in the retail industry of india, moreover shopping here is further made a memorable experience with the varied rates of discounts on products as well as discount vouchers available in a variety of amounts, like INR 2000, INR 3000, INR 4000, INR 5000 and INR 10000 on all Big Bazar products and accessories.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR

Mr. Kishore Biyani,                                                  Managing Director

Mr. Gopikishan Biyani,                                            Whole time Director

Mr. Rakesh Biyani,                                                   Whole time Director

Mrs. Veda Prakash Arya,                                          Director

Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti,                                           Independent Director

Mr. S Doreswamy,                                                    Independent Director

Dr. D O Koshy,                                                         Independent Director

Mrs. Anju Poddar,                                                     Independent Director

Mrs. Bala Deshpande,                                               Independent Director

Mr. Anil Harish,                                                         Independent Director

IT Essential For Growth

As with all businesses, after a certain amount of growth there is a need for IT. For consolidating growth, the retail segment in India is also doing the same. The recently-formed Retail Association of India’s first annual national conference had the theme of IT as an enabler to the retail business.

The attitudinal shift of the Indian consumer in terms of "Choice Preference", "Value for Money" and the emergence of organised retail formats have transformed the face of Retailing in India. With a growth over 20 percent per annum over the last 5 years, organised retailing is projected to reach US$ 23 Billion by 2010.

The Indian retail industry though predominantly fragmented through the owner -run " Mom and Pop outlets" has been witnessing the emergence of a few medium sized Indian Retail chains, namely Pantaloon Retail, RPG Retail, Shoppers Stop, Westside (Tata Group) and Lifestyle International.

Given the attractiveness of the Indian retail sector, foreign retailers like Wal-Mart, Carrefour SA, Europe's largest retailer and Tesco Plc, the UK's largest retailer, were keen to enter this growing market, despite the Indian retail sector being closed to foreign direct investment (FDI).

In the last few years, Indians have gone through a dramatic transformation in lifestyle by moving from traditional spending on food, groceries and clothing to lifestyle categories that deliver better quality and taste. Modern retailing satisfies rising demand for such goods and services with many players entering the bandwagon in an attempt to tap greater opportunities.

Which type of data used by Big bazar

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E technology in Retail store

Over the years as the consumer demand increased and the retailers geared up to meet this increase, technology evolved rapidly to support this growth. The hardware and software tools that have now become almost essential for retailing can be into 3 broad categories.

Customer Interfacing Systems

• Bar Coding and Scanners

Point of sale systems use scanners and bar coding to identify an item, use pre-stored data to calculate the cost and generate the total bill for a client. Tunnel Scanning is a new concept where the consumer pushes the full shopping cart through an electronic gate to the point of sale. In a matter of seconds, the items in the cart are hit with laser beams and scanned. All that the consumer has to do is to pay for the goods.

• Payment

Payment through credit cards has become quite widespread and this enables a fast and easy payment process. Electronic cheque conversion, a recent development in this area, processes a cheque electronically by transmitting transaction information to the retailer and consumer's bank. Rather than manually process a cheque, the retailer voids it and hands it back to the consumer along with a receipt, having digitally captured and stored the image of the cheque, which makes the pr