Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers
Product safety refers to the production, distribution, and sale of products that from various perspectives are either potentially unsafe or inherently unsafe to consumer use. In order to make sure that the product which consumer is buying is safe, there should be some safety standards. These stan...
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| description | Product safety refers to the production, distribution, and sale of products that
from various perspectives are either potentially unsafe or inherently unsafe to consumer use.
In order to make sure that the product which consumer is buying is safe, there should be some
safety standards. These standards are normally designed to ensure the safety of products,
activities or processes etc.
The Indian kidswear market is going to see the tremendous growth. It is important to note that
no regulations for kidswear safety are in place in India whereas in developed nation there is
legislative control on Kidswear merchandise.
The main aim of this study is to find out the necessity of safety regulations for Indian market
from the retailers’ point of view. For the study, 110 retailers were selected through stratified
random sampling from Bengaluru, India and information was collected with the help of
structured and well-designed questionnaire.
The study concludes that, as per Indian retailers all the kidswear in India are not and therefore
parents are vigilant while purchasing the same. Most of the retailers also agree that parents
do discuss about the safety-related issue with them. Indian retailers are in favor of having
standard regulations for the kidswear for Indian market. |
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| spelling | intimal-6262016-11-21T09:11:44Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/626/ Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers Kothari, Vasant Mathews, Soney HD28 Management. Industrial Management Product safety refers to the production, distribution, and sale of products that from various perspectives are either potentially unsafe or inherently unsafe to consumer use. In order to make sure that the product which consumer is buying is safe, there should be some safety standards. These standards are normally designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes etc. The Indian kidswear market is going to see the tremendous growth. It is important to note that no regulations for kidswear safety are in place in India whereas in developed nation there is legislative control on Kidswear merchandise. The main aim of this study is to find out the necessity of safety regulations for Indian market from the retailers’ point of view. For the study, 110 retailers were selected through stratified random sampling from Bengaluru, India and information was collected with the help of structured and well-designed questionnaire. The study concludes that, as per Indian retailers all the kidswear in India are not and therefore parents are vigilant while purchasing the same. Most of the retailers also agree that parents do discuss about the safety-related issue with them. Indian retailers are in favor of having standard regulations for the kidswear for Indian market. 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/626/1/2016-Feb-%202016-Global%20Management%20Review.pdf Kothari, Vasant and Mathews, Soney (2016) Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers. Sona Global Management Review, 10 (2). pp. 1-14. ISSN 0973-9947 |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Kothari, Vasant Mathews, Soney Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers |
| title | Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers |
| title_full | Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers |
| title_fullStr | Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers |
| title_short | Necessity of Kids wear Safety Regulations for India: Viewpoint of Retailers |
| title_sort | necessity of kids wear safety regulations for india: viewpoint of retailers |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/626/ http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/626/1/2016-Feb-%202016-Global%20Management%20Review.pdf |