Domestic and multinational corporations have begun to enter retailing in India, raising concerns that they will destroy the millions of small stores and street vendor businesses that presently dominate retailing in the country. Policymakers know that corporate retailers can improve the...

Sales for organized (i.e. “large”) retailers grew four times faster than the sales for unorganized (i.e. “small”) retailers in India during 2005-09. However, unorganized retailers captured as much as 85% of the increase in retail sales over this time period. We estimate a time-series...