Growth

While I was reading this post on Techcrunch today, I was wondering about the health of Indian Newspaper Ad Sales compared to that of US, and I was quite surprised with what I found. Indian Newspaper Advertising is not only healthy at…

There was an interesting study done by few economists. They checked the denomination effect. Or the effect the coins have on the spending habits of the consumers. The results of the study are quite remarkable. People tend to spend the…

Print media in India is flourishing. If we take the past 2 years of incidents into account, Indian newspaper industry has seen tremendous growth. I am not talking about the revenue of the industry but the choices available to the consumer.Â…

Already crowded telecom space is becoming over crowded - 6 more operators will join the scene. Though Bharti in GSM and Reliance in CDMA dominate the space, the new operators will add to the competition. Indian telecom industry is seeing an…

Couple of months back, most of the mobile companies slashed their local and STD rates by as much as 40%, making STD calls rates at 1.50 paise per minute. India already has the cheapest call rates worldwide and I did not expect the rates to…

This post has been written by Bruce Greenwald and reproduced here with his permission Indian growth is going to depend overwhelmingly on what happens locally in India. The reason India and China went from being peripheral players in…

Absolutely, without any doubt the mall culture has gripped Indians and they seem love every bit of it. Few days back I visited a newly opened 2 million square feet everything-under-one-roof mall in Pune. I was shocked to see the number…

There is no doubt that Indian Telecommunication Industry is currently growing at an unimaginable pace. Normally, growth of Internet subscribers is directly relative to growth of telecom subscribers. However in India, Internet penetration…

Indian Real estate boom has to be seen to be believed. I do not have words to describe the real estate phenomenon that India is experiencing right now. Since the time I landed at Mumbai airport I have seen every road, every newspaper and…

I am amazed at the way Indian real estate market is rising. It has many similarities to the Indian stock market but minus the volatility. I had earlier mentioned how it has proved me wrong. Since then, I have stopped making any predictions…

The Indian advertising market has been growing at extremely fast pace since last 5 to 7 years, thanks to consistent economic growth of around 9% and huge rise in the number of Multinationals entering India in last few years. What better…

One of the major problems that I face during my travel to India is the speed and reliability of broadband connections. In US, majority of users have 4 to 6 mbps lines at their home and reliability problems are next to none. Downloading a…

Research and Development (R&D) is gaining momentum in India. India is increasingly becoming a top global innovator for high-tech products and services. In a recent study by World Bank, it found that more than 300 multinational…

Mobile commerce in India is gaining quite a bit of momentum, and why not. India currently boasts more than 200 million mobile subscribers growing at nearly 100% yoy. Online E-commerce is yet to catch up, but it also has started picking up…

I was talking to an American friend of mine yesterday about India. He mentioned something that really intrigued me. He said: ’India is growing too fast and furious, it is not good. It can boomerang India back where it all…

Indian middle class is growing fast, real fast. It is not the same what it was just a decade back. They were then branded as a conservative and thrifty people. Not anymore, India’s middle class is now dynamic, educated, liberal and…

Reebok today announced that they are setting up the largest retail store of Reebok Worldwide in Delhi, India. The first question that struck me when I read the news was, whether India has such a big market for premium shoes that it should…

A lot of folks ask this question: Why should I become an entrepreneur? Is it worth all the trouble of going through hardships and uncertainties of starting my own business? What if I fail ? Here are the top 10 reasons according to me why…

ComScore, a leader in providing consumer insight behavior reports and research has for the first time come out with a comprehensive review of Internet behavior covering 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The ComScore report revealed…

Which is most popular car in India ? It is Maruti Alto, earlier called Maruti 800. The small cars always have been very popular in India thanks to their low cost, higher fuel efficiency and versatality. The small car market share...