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Consumer 2.0 | Volume no. 2, Issue 18, March 2010 |
| From around India Ford India revving up for higher sales The much-awaited Figo is out on the roads and competition hotting up, Ford has lined up new launches over the next five years with one new product launch every 12-18 months. PepsiCo And Coca-Cola Invest Heavily In India's High-Growth Soft Drinks Market The country's two leading players have yet again announced new investment plans and product launches. Sony India launches 3D TVs;eyes 30pc market share The new LCD technology based range will provide sharp image delivered through cutting-edge video quality and offers hours of endless entertainment to users with Internet-enabled TV. Honda India bike unit plans $103 mil second plant Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd said in a statement the new plant, to be located in the north-western Rajasthan state, would become operational from the second half of 2011 Consumers step up vigil to combat card fraud: Survey A study by Visa, a global payment technology company, found out that Indian consumers adopt safe payment practices such as changing password, personal identification number (PIN) at regular intervals, to avoid any kind of payment fraud. New Women Customers Power Shoppers Stop A rise in India of women's incomes and independence as well as a proliferation of new magazines, television shows and even movies glorifying glamour have spurred buying of Western clothes and beauty products at Shoppers Stop, president and chief executive officer Govind Shrikhande said. Opening up India retail? Don't hold your breath Plans by Carrefour, the world's No.2 retailer, to open its first cash-and-carry outlets in India are a sign of optimism in the country's $450 billion retail sector, but foreign investors and some officials want more -- an easing of the country's tough investment rules. City, Peri-Urban, and Rural Markets
1/3rd of the villages are tiny. 30% of town population is in Metros & Mini Metros
Know about Indicus Products here Insights from Indicus IBM, Microsoft point fingers at each other There is a role for Competition Commission to play in it as there might be a problem if the installed base starts becoming high Competition in Mainframe and Associated Services in India The report calls for lending serious thought to issues of free and fair competition, entry of new innovators in this space, international or Indian, prevention of bundling of IT goods and services, ensuring universal inter-operability between different IT systems, including high-end computers This week we take a look at the C5 segment—middle-aged, married with young children, living in a nuclear family Well settled and with higher savings rate Comprising 1.5% of the total urban population, C4 has close to 900,000 households and a population of nearly five million Jharkhand Development Report 2010 Various aspects of Jharkhand's economy and the changes therein over time have been tracked to see the extent of progress in different indicators of growth and development Single in the city and living on Maggi This segment, representing young migrants to cities, single and living alone, makes up more than 500,000 households across Indian cities. The successful use of mobile-based transactions in countries like Kenya, the Philippines and South Africa has been one of the factors encouraging RBI to open this sphere in India, albeit cautiously From around the world "What might be in store for India?" India’s future could include lots of integration – i.e., product components coming to the country for assembly into complete products. Infrastructure is needed, of course, but standards would help integrators take advantage of product integration industries. Ballmer and the future of the cloud "We're asking the question, how does the cloud become something not just that Microsoft and four other companies run on behalf of the whole planet, but how do we give the cloud back to you, to users, to institutions," said Ballmer Japan upgrades assessment of consumer sentiment Japan's Cabinet Office upgraded its assessment of consumer sentiment on Monday for the first time since July 2009, saying in its report for February that sentiment is "leveling off," compared to last month, when it said consumer sentiment showed "some weakness." Its Own Advisers Oppose Consumer Role for the Fed As the Senate contemplates creation of a consumer financial protection agency within the Federal Reserve, opposition to the idea has emerged from an unexpected quarter: the Fed’s Consumer Advisory Council Consumer sentiment: Will Americans spend or save? Retail sales and consumer sentiment reports paint very different pictures of where the American consumer is headed. Not Just for Laughs: a Consumer Lending Salvo Consumer Financial Protection Agency has spread from the East Coast to the West Coast, with movie and television stars promoting the agency and challenging the Wall Street banks and their lobbyists in Washington. |
