It was ` ` more trouble than usual '' for India 's shopkeepers this week , says Anjana Menon . This was despite political parties forcing some shops to close in protest at retail reforms . The government plans to allow international supermarkets greater access to India . The biggest challenge for big retail , hoping to dent the business of small shopkeepers though , is familiarity . But Menon says it is hard to imagine big retailers wiping out ` ` mom - and - pop '' stores .
It was ` ` more trouble than usual '' for India 's shopkeepers this week , says Anjana Menon . This was despite political parties forcing some shops to close in protest at retail reforms . The government plans to allow international supermarkets greater access to India . But Menon says it is hard to imagine big retailers wiping out ` ` mom - and - pop '' stores .