The trend of on-line retailers may have disrupted the retailing segment and changed the way many shop but brick and mortar retailers are here to stay. That was the theme at the India Retail Forum 2015 held from September 15-16 in Mumbai, which saw participation from some of the marquee names in the on-line and offline retailing segment. Some of the top industry leaders stated that everything couldn’t go digital; physical format stores are here to stay. It has been stated that retail majors like Future Group still witness a footfall of 4.5 million people when they hold their Wednesday bazaar at their retail stores as in evolved markets, maximum amount of customers are coming back to the stores to shop. As long as the physical store formats are still alive and kicking, signage players specialized in in-shop branding, displays and related tasks in the domain will get on fresh business opportunities.
