The e-tail option
E-Tailing is gaining ground. It is the latest buzz word. Currently, it might be a mere Rs 12 crore industry. But, it is expected to log in as much as Rs 1,000 crore in the next five years. Naturally, a flurry of activity has been unleashed in e-tailing.

Editorial -- Sort out issues
E-TAILING is fast emerging as an alternative to traditional retailing. However, if the e-tailing industry is to grow faster, one needs to iron out a few issues.

A perfect match
Made for each other. Financial services and the web are so compatible that it is natural for financial services to take to the Internet medium like fish to water. Easily digitalised and delivered online, there could not be anything better than financial services that could be offered on the web.

Digitalisation -- key to growth
Music. This most searched word on the web is driving music companies against a wall. Reason: many of them are wondering how to cater to the booming market. Not just music companies, even artistes are being driven to the wall. Thanks to easy accessibility to music, new artistes are emerging which is causing furrows on the foreheads of established artistes.

E-tailing apparel -- will it catch on?
Indians love buying apparels. Whichever part of the globe they are in, Indians have demonstrated that they are great apparel-shoppers. Even though many international brands are locally available, they do not miss an opportunity of buying an imported one.

E-tailing the future
E-Tailing is emerging as an attractive alternative to the traditional brick-and-mortar retaining. Chances are that they will co-exist profitably

Pains & pleasures of e-tailing
E-tailing is a concept that is catching on. With each passing day, one hears about new B2C portals announcing their plans. That does not mean it is an end to traditional brick-and-mortar retailing. There is every possibility that traditional retailing would co-exist in a complementary role with e-tailing. In a bid to gain a perspective on e-tailing, a symposium was organised on the subject on 23 March 2000.

"Internet is a superior alternative"
Devangshu Dutta is a man with an e-perspective and a tremendous consulting exposure to the textile industry. As a general manager with the New Delhi-based KSA-Technopak, the Indian practice of the global management consulting firm Kurt Salmon Associates, Dutta has refreshing notions about e-tailing.

"Products must be commoditised"
In an interview with Prashant Mahesh of FE-Thinktank, Atul Pradhan, executive director of KPMG India Private Limited, speaks about where the e-tailing industry is currently headed.