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AN ANALYSIS OF INVENTORY TURNOVER AN ITS I!PA"T ON FINAN"IAL PERFOR!AN"EIN INIAN OR#ANI$E RETAIL INUSTRY

Aut%or& Choudhary, Himanshu !ri"athi, #aura$ProQuest document %in&

Abstract& !he "ur"ose of this research "a"er is to assess the o"erationa% efficiency of the com"anies in the

'ndian organi(ed retai% industry, e)"ressed in terms of in$entory days, and to in$estigate the im"act of the

in$entory days on the &ey financia% indicators* Pane% data +as co%%ected from CM'-s Pro+ess data.ase for the

"eriod 2000/2010 for three retai%ers $i(*, Panta%oon etai% 'ndia 3td*, ho""er-s to" 3td* and !rent 3td* !hese

are considered as the re"resentati$es of the industry due to high mar&et share* 5i)ed effect mode% has .een

used to ana%y(e the "ane% data* 5or the data ana%ysis, 6896 is used to chec& the significance of differences in

the in$entory ho%ding "eriod of the case com"anies* 5urther, for ana%y(ing financia% im"act of in$entory ho%ding

"eriod, regression ana%ysis is used* !he resu%ts suggest %arge differences in the in$entory "ositions of

com"anies under study* 6n in$erse re%ationshi" is o.ser$ed .et+een in$entory days and the financia%"erformance ratios under consideration +hich is "artia%%y su""orted .y the regression function* 'nteresting%y,

significant resu%ts cou%d not .e o.tained for a%% the com"anies under study* !he findings ha$e "o%icy im"%ications

as the measures cou%d .e im"%emented for im"ro$ing the in$entory "osition and there.y the financia%

"erformance .y the retai%ers* P;


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