January, 2011

NPD top priority for marketers

NPD top priority for marketers

0 / January 20, 2011 7:51 AM

By Jimmy Anklesaria As Indian businesses enter the second decade of the millennium they will require to prepare for new challenges while managing their global operations. If one confines to Indian business that manufacture, market and sell branded goods in

Good Times  Ahead

Good Times Ahead

0 / January 19, 2011 7:07 AM

Watches today are no more a time keeping tool. Yet they have their own relevance as an accessory. The times are tough and with established giants like Titan in the market, players like Timex are trying to find their niche

Whatever it takes to do whatever

Whatever it takes to do whatever

0 / January 18, 2011 7:10 AM

By Anand Halve The question that was put to me was: Now that the adolescent first decade of the new century is over, what can we expect as we move ahead? Predicting the long term future is easy – neither

Social media marketing : More of ‘Like’ this

Social media marketing : More of ‘Like’ this

0 / January 7, 2011 3:02 PM

In 2009, marketers were testing the social media. However, the year 2010 showed that the space is here to stay. Today, digital forms  about between 10–30 per cent of marketing budgets. According to Webchutney Digital Consumer Durables Report 2010, eight

Brand extensions : The expansion theory

Brand extensions : The expansion theory

0 / January 7, 2011 2:52 PM

Maggi was launched in 1983 as an instant noodle. It further went on to add Maggi Tomato ketchup and Maggi pasta to its name. Another food giant Britannia has a similar story. It started with biscuits, moved to dairy, and

Rural marketing : Taking the country roads

Rural marketing : Taking the country roads

0 / January 7, 2011 2:41 PM

While traveling through a small village in Uttar Pradesh,  recently, Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries, asked a small kiosk shop how his “sales of biscuit and mobile pre-paid cards compared.” To her shock, he said that “sales of pre-paid

Rebranding : Change is good

Rebranding : Change is good

0 / January 7, 2011 2:33 PM

In the last one year, Airtel unveiled a completely new brand identity – with a new logo, new signature tune and new campaigns. Star Plus renewed its logo and turned to ruby red from the previous blue. HDFC Standard Life

luxury marketing : Living in style

luxury marketing : Living in style

0 / January 7, 2011 2:17 PM

Are you bowled over by the number of luxury brands across sectors that kept parading into the Indian market in 2010? Well just run through these numbers then:  India has 1,26,000 HNIs (High Networth Individuals) and another 30 lakh households

Marketing Innovation : Bending the rules

Marketing Innovation : Bending the rules

0 / January 7, 2011 1:36 PM

Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.” This is what the famous marketing consultant Peter F Drucker said years ago. But in today’s context, marketing and innovation aren’t exclusive of each other. The lines are blurring. There is

Retail : Big retail finds feet

Retail : Big retail finds feet

0 / January 7, 2011 1:29 PM

According to FICCI, organised retail in India currently stands at Rs Rs 17,00,000 crore and is growing at 25 per cent. The figures are an indication how more and more Indian consumers are preferring the branded retail stores over their