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Retail Audit & Distribution for the Fashion & Apparel industry

Measure availability, visibility and share of shelf in general and modern trade.

Quick answer

Market Research India offers retail audit & distribution for Fashion & Apparel companies in India. Methods include store census, shelf audits, distribution checks, with fieldwork in 50 cities.

Proposal in 24 hours
Scoped, itemised and fixed-fee.
50 cities, 14 languages
Our own supervised field teams.
Senior-led, NDA-first
A research director on every project.

2,400+

Projects delivered

Cities with field teams

Industries covered

Indian languages

Overview

Trend, brand and shopper research for fashion, textile and lifestyle brands. Retail Audit & Distribution gives fashion & apparel teams clear evidence for their decisions.

We design every retail audit & distribution study around the realities of the fashion & apparel market: who buys, who influences the purchase, and how channels work across urban and rural India.

Methods

Store census
Shelf audits
Distribution checks
Planogram compliance

Deliverables

Numeric distribution
Out-of-stock reports
Visibility scores

Fashion & Apparel questions this answers

How do Gen Z shoppers discover brands?
What drives ethnic-wear purchases?
How price-sensitive is the market?

How we work

Our research process

01
Discovery
We turn your business question into clear research objectives.
02
Design
Sampling, method, questionnaire and discussion guides, translated into local languages.
03
Fieldwork
Supervised field teams with GPS, audio and back-check quality control.
04
Analysis
Statistical and thematic analysis by senior researchers.
05
Insight
Board-ready reports, dashboards and workshops with clear recommendations.

Before you brief us

Frequently asked questions

What does retail audit & distribution cover for the fashion & apparel industry?

Typical outputs include numeric distribution, out-of-stock reports, visibility scores, built around the questions that matter in fashion & apparel.

Which cities can the study cover?

Any combination of our 50 Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, plus rural clusters where needed.

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