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Consumer 2.0 | Volume no. 2, Issue 26, November 2010 |
| News and Insights Modi woos three cos from south to Gujarat Consumer durables on upward growth path from Oct: Videocon We have seen the growth from November to August average going up to 46%-50% and the average growth up to August was more than 30%. In September it has come down. Blue Dart selected as ICMR’s Star Brand 2010-11Star Brands gives recognition to the most impact creating brands across industries and sub- industries chosen by the Indian consumers. Sharp announces its entry into the Indian Handset Market The new mobile devices represent a strategic move for Sharp towards becoming a leader in the ‘mobility market’ in India Indian consumers are one of the most receptive consumers globally: BSF survey Tata, Reliance, ITC and Nokia are perceived to be the top socially and environmentally responsible companies.Airtel’s new avatar likely soon this will be yet another brand-evolution for India’s largest telecom operator as the new brand is expected to be splashed all across India, Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Seychelles. UK Consumer Confidence Falls to 19-Month Low, Nationwide Says Consumer-Sentiment Index Shows Improvement The 11.6-inch MacBook Air topped the list of 11-inch laptops (don't get excited, there were only two entrants) with a score of 67 out of 100. Its performance was rated as "good," while ergonomics and the display were rated "very good." Consumer debt won't return anytime soonIf you're expecting a meaningful pickup in consumer leverage you may want to think again. Android pulls the smartphone Grand SlamAndroid powers the highest regarded phone on all four US carriers and at least two of top three. Housing loans grow 20% to Rs 3.15 lakh cr last fiscal In its report 'Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2009-10', RBI said that while home advances rose, loans for other retail segments such as auto, consumer durables and personal purposes dropped in the last fiscal. Samsung India to expand Chennai facility at Rs 350 crore According to state government officials, the company had in 2006 signed a MoU to invest Rs.450 crore to make consumer durables like washing machines, air conditioners and colour televisions. New M&S boss expanding own brand strategyMarc Bolland, who joined M&S from supermarket Morrisons six months ago, said this would involve increasing the M&S brand in clothing, scaling back the number of non-M&S food lines from 400 to 100 and revamping the store's website. TCL to invest $30 mn to expand in India In its endeavor to focus and establish itself as a strong contender in the market, TCL plans to expand its sales and services network across the India, from the current base of 20 branch offices and dealer network of over 5000, which is supported by 136 service franchisees. China Cosmetics Industry Eyes on Ravishing Skin Care Segment Finds RNCOS NIKON Starts Call Center in India Samsung Debuts Galaxy Tab With India-Specific Features The advantage with tablet PCs running Android is access to the 1,00,000 Android Market applications. But Samsung is betting on its own App Store for the Galaxy Tab to draw Indian users. For ebooks, the company has created an application called the 'Readers Hub', a digital library with 2 million ebooks, 3,000 magazines and 1,600 newspapers in English and vernacular languages.
What are the job seekers on the net like? As many as 55-60% of the Internet users in India are seeking jobs on the net. And given that Internet penetration will only increase, Indicus predicts online job seekers will grow three-four folds during the next decade, to reach 100 million by 2020 Internet penetration in India has been slow and mainly an urban phenomenon. Various estimates place this figure between 50 and 55 million. Interestingly, a very significant proportion of the Internet users are job seekers. Research by Juxt Consult indicates that as many as 65% have visited job sites. All of them may not be active job seekers, but clearly a lot of them are. The three-four leading job sites and the size of their resume databases (as indicated on their sites) indicate that there are between 15 and 22 million active jobseekers on each of these sites. Even if one assumes that a large proportion of these are present on all the leading databases, one can realistically assume a figure of 28 to 30 million active job seekers, which is abut 55-60% of all the people on the net at present.
Affluent households with chief wage earners in their middle age form a sizeable segment of urban SEC A households. As the second largest SEC A sub-segment, this group is comprised of one-quarter of all urban SEC A households. The chief wage earners in this group are well-educated businessmen or professionals, and are generally in the age group of 35-44 years. The defining characteristic is that they are all married with young children. Households have, therefore, usually three-four members, and most families have one or two children. Though this segment includes both joint and nuclear families, the households are predominantly nuclear families and just 16% have one or two senior citizens.
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