The Indian retail business is highly fragmented and is almost run by traditional families In India, lot of departmental stores, super markets and high organized malls are emerging into this retail sector. India is currently the 3rd largest emerging markets in the retail segment. The recent changes brought in the retail sector by the government has made the retail sector to have large number of retailers for India. This paper tries to highlight the recent issue of Foreign Direct Investment in the retail segments in both formats of single brand and multi-brand. The foreign investment which has prohibited entry of investment in multi-brand has now emerged as the main issue The government recently has announced the foreign investment of 49% stake for the foreign players to enter into the retail segement. This paper will exhibit the necessity and its impact of foreign investment of retail in both single brand and as well as multi-brand. This paper will be an eye opener with the SWOT Analysis and the key issues and the initiatives to be taken in this sector..
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