10 MARKETING TRENDS

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

More for less : The Dhania Factor

More for less : The Dhania Factor

0 / January 7, 2011 1:16 PM

W ith the great Indian middle-class claiming more mind space of marketers, ‘more value and quantity for less price’ is what marketers are forced to offer to the consumers. Peter J Williamson, a professor of international Management at Judge Business

Youth Marketing : Want it and want it now

Youth Marketing : Want it and want it now

0 / January 7, 2011 1:02 PM

We want it, and we want it now! The Indian consumer, particularly the youth, has been brought up and pampered to this demand. And he expects the same from marketers too. Patience is no more a virtue. Take this. The

Youth Marketing : Young for ever

Youth Marketing : Young for ever

0 / January 7, 2011 12:44 PM

While deciding the ten marketing trends of 2010, the common thread that ran across the nine other trends was the youth. Efforts be it product innovation, communication innovation, retail, luxury, rural marketing, social media marketing, more for less, instant nirvana,