8 steps to india helping australian food companies export updated 03 08 2006 page 1 of all information provided is subject the disclaimer set out at end this document what s state retail market introduction organised retailing a relatively new phenomenon in with small western style supermarkets only starting appear since 1990s most still sold through local wet vendors roadside pushcart sellers or tiny kirana grocery stores although less than one per cent estimated be share growing rapidly resemble independent operations that existed cities and towns about 20 years ago typically occupying from 275 750 square metres carrying 6000 stock keeping units supermarket development has occurred south country major bangalore chennai hyderabad as well delhi mumbai north according images ksa technopak report 2005 an 500 shopping malls are expected built by 2010 near zero base 2000 trend