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Predicting Consumer Trends for 2010

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In this new year every business is working on new strategies to get, keep and profit. Understanding the Indian consumer, the Indian consumer is value conscious and one cannot "box" the consumer in any category and this make difficult for businesses to draw conclusion.

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1 Focussed, Educated - Take No Chances
2 Exclusively yours!
Gargi Sinha  |  Supported idea  "Conscious comsumption not conspicuous consumption."  |  2 years ago
Well said Mr.Shantanu, I support you. Thanks for your explanation and the examples. :)
Shantanu Saha  |  Added idea  "Conscious comsumption not conspicuous consumption."  |  2 years ago
Disposable incomes will still be tight and so we'll see consumers adapt their consumption baskets to suit that. There will be trade offs but the category of products / groups will not change. Better (not cheaper necessarily) and optimal delivery...
Nidhi Singh Chauhan  |  Supported idea  "Focussed, Educated - Take No Chances"  |  2 years ago
Consumer would be focussed and educated.I agree with Mr Bhave and Mr Kastury.Another reason is recession and slowdown.....2009 had been a tough year for everyone.In 2010 would see consumers focussing on value for money.....
 
 
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1 Innovation is key here
2 Brands should show that customer need it, else they are missing something...
Sharad Kiyal  |  Added idea  "Social Networking sites"  |  2 years ago
In modern days the social networking is the biggest network that anyone had before. It is the best place and customer ground to be connected with the companies. This decade has more than 50% youth as their customer and youth is engaged at social...
virender kumar  |  Supported idea  "Brands should show that customer need it, else they are missing something..."  |  2 years ago
first we should know what type of brand we are going to market and whm are the consumer ,so i think generally the question is wrong,whether it is medical field product/industry/consumer items/farming  means to say which is the consumer . if we...
nishanth  |  Supported idea  "Innovation is key here "  |  2 years ago
As diversity is extensive in India, the level of innovation when compared to other countries is very high due to the fact that the way people are going to perceive or use a product varies almost every 10 km. So, Brands in India are in immense...
 
 
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1 A good sales person can do wonders !
2 Creative Advertising
Shanmugasundaram  |  Added idea  "Presentation"  |  1 year ago
Product presentation,atractive packaging will impress customers.
Manish Gupta  |  Supported idea  "Creative Advertising"  |  2 years ago
Ditto Deepa! And to add further.... creative/ differentiated products
Shiuli Mukherji  |  Supported idea  "A good sales person can do wonders !"  |  2 years ago
Thanks for the referral, I agree with you along with all the ideas mentioned below.
 
 
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Next year will see the global consumer becoming more savvy, more connected, more outspoken and harder to please, according to a recently released report. Ten Trends for 2010, by trend analysts trendwatching.com, suggests that the relationship between the society of tomorrow and business brands will fundamentally change next year, meaning that brands will be forced to become bolder and more inventive to stay relevant. Among other ideas, trendwatching.com suggests that instant social messaging services such as Twitter will change the way that we get reviews, and there will be more city-themed products as the world grows ever-more urban. Going green and being charitable are likely to become ea...
Shiuli Mukherji  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
Thanks Purvi, "The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium." Hoping 2010 does some what this.
Makrand Bhave  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
Great article indeed Purvi and insighful too!! The years to come in actuality represent greater dependability on the net based functionality. Networking will be of prime importance. Luxury was never behind to be back Purvi. It was and will always...
 
 
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Nick zhang  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
THIS IS NO single advertisement on it ,i would like to discuess my products on this website. i want to know in which part is foreigner need battery?who can answer my questions for me ? E-MAIL;/msn:  zjh84092017@live.cn
Meena Deshmukh  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
Dear Nick Zhang, Please do not promote your products in this community, you will not get any benefit. It will be great if you can create interaction around your industry. This community is exclusively for discussions on latest happenings in...
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S D Manjunath  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
Yes.  There is a paradigm shift in indian consumerism.  Young and middle aged population are flocking to shopping malls, prone to buy everything, particularly clothes and electronic gadgets.  This, meseems, leading to expenditure not warranted...
Kavitha Shankar  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
In my view, consumers are no longer addicted to deals and offers. Today, the growth story is real leading to less anxiety amongst consumers. However, there’s a spectre of inflation and more immediate day-to-day worries have cropped up with rise...
Sarika Singh  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
In todays senario, with fast growing consumer expectations and changing media evolutions, people has enhance the consumption as an entertainment which is beyond rationality and value. What marketers are doing is that, they focus energies on how...
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1 buying laptop for convenience and choosing brand y looking at features
2 Portable,Instant work,Easy carry and Quality
sunkara rajesh kumar  |  Added idea  "Portable,Instant work,Easy carry and Quality"  |  2 years ago
The reason to buy a PC notebook is portability,easy carry and the availably of wi-fi network in public places like coffee shoppe, malls etc. When comes to particular brand to purchase is for quality. In quality such brands made mark in their markets.
preeti sahu8  |  Added idea  "buying laptop for convenience and choosing brand y looking at features"  |  2 years ago
Few years back, we could conviniently saythat one buys a laptop for convenience of internet, files storage, making presentations for business and education.But with advancement in technology, most of the features provided by the laptop is present...
 
 
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1 Timing in trends
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Manish Gupta  |  Added idea  "Increased awareness"  |  2 years ago
Accessibility and exposure to different forms of media has increased the levels of awareness. The customer now-a-days is in sync with the technolgical developments and/or the options available. (S)he would also like to be a part of the innovator...
Sulagna Brahma  |  Added idea  "Timing in trends"  |  2 years ago
The Web and other technologies have made customers more impatient than ever. The trends force marketers to rethink the way they engage and interact with their customers. More than ever before, today's marketers need to make sure that their...
 
 
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Shiuli Mukherji  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
The process is going to be gradual not radical and it will take time.
Mohit Aggarwal  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
In my view, consumers are more worried about the price factor than such eco-consciousness and ethical behaviors of the manufacturers. This is demonstrated in a report conducted on consumer research. In effect, consumers were turning away from...
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Shaikh Mohd. Laeeq  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
Technically there are challenges and the ergonomics has its limits too . Tough very attractive but is not pretty feasible considering todays tech limitations .
kirti  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
ya definitely Sonam,u r right ,because 3D is most popular and very attractive thing today and even a 6 or 7 year old child looks for it,and people search those things which they know and 3D is very popular today so popularity makes demand of that...
Sonam Kapoor  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
I believe 3D is the future of television. This we can easily see by the growing popularity of 3D movies, shows and videos. Its all because people want to see as much reality as possible. Earlier, we had black and white TVs. They were boom in...
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