The trends that are driving the growth of the retail sector in India are low share of organized retailing, falling real estate prices, increase in disposable income & customer aspiration, and increase in expenditure for luxury items. Retailers have got many opportunities to make most of the retailing business by adopting some strategies to eliminate problem as well as to suit the customer’s requirements. Keeping in mind above factors, management practices in retailing has been selected for the purpose of study. Hence, the present research work on management practices in retailing especially of Shopper’s Stop and Big Bazaar is an effort to carry out in depth research in this field.