That retail FDI bogey again

I had a fruitful conversation the other day with the owner of a local store near my house, where I do most of my shopping. The annachi kadai, or neighbourhood store in Tamil, stocks a bewildering array of goods — from combs, nail-clippers and the little scissors to trim one’s moustache with, to pizza sauces, ice-cream and high-end chocolates. Squeezed into that 600 sq.ft store, he said, were over 4,000 products.

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