Collective threatening by traders
June 30th, 2007
Here is a “shocking” news pointed out by kuttan. Please note that “shocking” is for the people outside Kerala.
The latest example in this cases is Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti’s protest against the entry of retail chains in Kerala. For quite while they had Kerala consumers as captives for their lack of choice. Now all of a sudden they feel threatened by the retail chains who provide one stop shopping, better service, quality products and maybe better price for the consumers. So what do our Vyaparis do? Instead of making their service better they try to protest against the entry of the chains when their protest went unanswered they start threatening.
T. Nazarudheen, president of the samiti, told The Hindu that so far the agitation against the retail chains, spearheaded by the samiti, had been peaceful. But, from next month it would turn violent.
“We will break their shops,” he warned. Those renting shopping space to these chains would also face the same fate. He said that nearly a quarter of the shopkeepers in the State were young men and women and that their ire against the retail chains could not be kept under leash for long.
This, my dear friends, is called jungle law. Now the choice left with big retailers is to hire their own private army or bribe some powerful people. As govt. already indicated during the self financing college violence, police may not be any help.
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August 24th, 2007 at 11:08 am
i stayed in tribvandrum for 24 yrs and travelled a lot ,now settled in hyderabad ,i have been to all metros in india. There is a big diffrence in how shop owners treat customers in kerala.
in hyderabad Blore Delli chennai and mumbai i have done shopping ranging from street vendors to Hi-fi malls.They treat cuntomer as God because they know that their bread and butter come from customers who buy their service offering.
The problem will end if big retailers will come to kerala and offer their service .
that is why this vyapara vyavasaaya guys are making big hue and cry about that ,they know common people will not come to them because people are fed up by their arrogance and un friendliness.
Please some one teach shop ownners atleast to smile at their customers and treat them friendly.