How E-tailers Can Work Towards Building a Better Circular Economy Involving Plastics
Despite the increased awareness of sustainability among people in general, much of the plastic is still falling out of the “recycling chain”. The e-…
Indian Digital-first Brands have $250 Billion Opportunity by 2030
Online shoppers in India are seeking new experiences in the age of social and video commerce and this has given digital-first brands a massive $250…
More Than 50 pc Consumers Globally are More Likely to Purchase Products with Sustainability Claims
Sustainability considerations now influence the majority of the world’s grocery shoppers, particularly when buying packaged foods such as potato…
FMCG Market Expands 10 pc in January
India's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market has expanded 10 percent in January year-on-year from 2021. Experts believe that this indicates that…
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Fashion Emerges as a Top BNPL Category in India in 2021, Sees 2.3X Increase in Transactions?
The fashion and lifestyle category has turned out to be one of the top two segments for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands that enabled BNPL as a…
Samsung Leads Global Smartphone Shipments in 2021, Market Grows for First Time Since 2017
Samsung has topped the global smartphone shipments chart in 2021 as the market grew for the first time since 2017. Total global smartphone shipments…
How Consumer Sentiments Improved in January by 3.9 pc After a Dip in December
CMIE data shows that the average weekly index of consumer sentiments in the three weeks that ended on January 9, 16, and 23 was 59.9 and the 30-day…
FMCG Market Expands 10 pc in January
India's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market has expanded 10 percent in January year-on-year from 2021. Experts believe that this indicates that…
Samsung Leads Global Smartphone Shipments in 2021, Market Grows for First Time Since 2017
Samsung has topped the global smartphone shipments chart in 2021 as the market grew for the first time since 2017. Total global smartphone shipments…
Fashion Emerges as a Top BNPL Category in India in 2021, Sees 2.3X Increase in Transactions?
The fashion and lifestyle category has turned out to be one of the top two segments for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands that enabled BNPL as a…
How Consumer Sentiments Improved in January by 3.9 pc After a Dip in December
CMIE data shows that the average weekly index of consumer sentiments in the three weeks that ended on January 9, 16, and 23 was 59.9 and the 30-day…
How India's 'Buy Now, Pay Later' segment poised to reach $56 Bn by FY26
India's 'Buy Now, Pay Later' sector is expected to grow to $56 billion by FY26. Also, India's BNPL is at an inflection point with rising e-commerce…
Rentals of Mall Operators Expected to Decline by 20-25 pc in Q4FY2022
Rentals of mall operators are expected to decline by 20-25 percent in Q4FY2022 as against earlier estimates due to Omicron-led third wave.  With…
Soaps, Candies, Snacks, Beauty Products, Sanitary Pads, and Electrical Products are Most Sold Products in Rural India
Given a lot of retail markets in Tier-I cities have reached close to a saturation point, businesses have started to explore and expand into rural…
Rise of India's D2C sector increases demand for Corrugated Boxes by 200 pc
India’s rapidly rising Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) sector has made a positive impact on the packaging industry as the demand for corrugated (shaped into…
How Third-wave will Push Revenue Recovery for Multiplexes by Five Months
The third wave is expected to push the recovery in multiplexes by up to five months as governments resort to the temporary closure of movie halls to…
How More Women-led DTC Businesses Came into Spotlight in Recent Times
Over 40 percent of the total online businesses at present are run by women entrepreneurs. Also, more women-led DTC businesses have come to light in…
Gen Z and Millennials Increasingly Willing to Buy Directly from Brands, Bypassing Traditional Retail Channels?
Gen Z and Millennial shoppers are now more likely to order products directly from brands, and 72 percent of all shoppers expect to have significant…
Consumer Durables Prices to go Up 5-10 pc as Makers Feel Heat of Rising Input Costs
Prices of air conditioners and refrigerators have shot up in the new year as consumer durables makers pass on the impact of rising raw material costs…
What Lies Ahead For India's Luxury Sector in 2022?
Last year’s figures for the luxury segment have shown several positive signs, despite the slow growth since the post-pandemic period. For instance,…
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Why Global Social Commerce Industry is Expected to Grow 3x as Compared to Traditional E-commerce
The $492 billion global social commerce industry is expected to grow three times as fast as traditional e-commerce to $1.2 trillion by 2025.  The…
Why People Are Switching from Renting to Owning Assets as an Investment and Lifestyle choice
Three out of every four Indians now prefer asset owning over renting to secure their future in the post-pandemic world. Also, one in four Indians…
72 pc of Consumers Spent More on Fashion in 2021 Than The Previous Year
72 percent of consumers have spent more on fashion in 2021 than the previous year, indicating a resurgence in consumer spending and demand in the…
Retail Sales In November Up 9 pc Over Pre-pandemic Levels
The retail sales in November 2021 showed 9 percent growth over the pre-pandemic levels (November 2019) and 16 percent (YoY) growth (compared to…
Indians More Inclined to Send Gifts to Help Others and Give Back to Causes This Year-End Holiday Season
Despite the uniquely unpredictable situations in the last 2 years, the year-end holiday gifting ritual has remained a constant amongst Indian…
Consumer Durables Makers Revenue Rise 20 pc This Fiscal
India's consumer durables sector is set to report a robust 20 percent revenue growth this fiscal after a flattish run last fiscal.  Revenue of…
How E-tailers Can Succeed In The Intensified Competition For Tier II, III Consumer Base
As some areas of the globe become over-farmed, over-populated, or otherwise reach their maximum potential, opportunities in Tier II, III cities, and…
FMCG Consumption Slips In July-Sep but Industry Logs Price-led Growth Of 13 pc
India's FMCG industry has seen a decline in volume in the September quarter this year, though it registered a value-led growth of 12.6 percent.…
Indian Diary Segment to Grow by 9-11 pc in FY22
Indian milk production is gauged to increase by 5-6 percent in the financial year 2021-22, aided by normal monsoon and early onset of the flush…
Demand for Logistics Space Remains Resilient
The demand for logistics space in India remained resilient in the July-September quarter. Online retailers and related third-party logistics (3PL)…
India's Online Furniture & Home Market To Reach $40 bn by 2026
Driven by pent-up and deferred demand, India's online furniture and the home market are geared up to reach $40 billion in the next five years, a new…
Demand For Gold At All-time High, Stands At 3X Of Silver
A significant 20 percent QoQ (Quarter on quarter) jump in demand has been observed for precious metals with demand for gold remaining high, almost at…
Why Buyers Are Still Wary Of Physical Shopping
Two in three Indian shoppers have not started buying this season yet. Moreover, 53 percent of millennial shoppers from non-metros have displayed a…
Smartphone Shipment Dips 2 pc to 52 Million Units In September Quarter
India's smartphone shipments declined 2 percent YoY to reach over 52 million units in the September quarter 2021. India's overall mobile handset…
Demand For Furniture, Beauty Parlours And Restaurants Soar This Festive Season
A surge in demand for furniture, beauty parlours and restaurants is observed for this year’s Diwali period. The Tier-I cities are witnessing the most…
FMCG Sector: 36 pc Increase In Sales In The Second Quarter
The FMCG sector in India has reported 36 percent increased sales in Q2’21 as compared to Q2’20. The packaged foods category has seen a significant…
Pandemic Has Made Consumers Rethink Environment, Waste And Health
The pandemic has reinforced the value consumers place on the factors like environment, waste and wealth. The personal, economic and environmental…
E-commerce Exports In Singapore Have Massive Potential for Growth in Next Five Years
The B2B e-commerce exports in Singapore are expected to reach $3.5 billion in 2026 from  $1.4 billion in 2021, provided the micro, small and medium…
India's Festive Spirit Bounces Back in the New Normal
The top three most searched services this year’s festive season are beauty, parlour services, catering services and cleaning services. For the last…
E-commerce Firms Clock $2.7 bn Sales in First 4 Days of Festive Sale
Indian e-commerce platforms have clocked $2.7 billion in the first four days of the festive week sale that started on October 3. The Redseer report…
India's Organized Retail Stock to Cross 82 mn sq. ft by 2023
India’s organized retail stock has reached 64.3 mn sq. ft as of H1 2021 and is expected to cross 82 mn sq. ft by 2023.  According to the ‘India…
E-commerce Sales for 2021 Expected to Clock $67-84 bn
The e-commerce space has witnessed rapid growth in the last 18 months. The total e-commerce sales for the year 2021 are estimated to clock anywhere…
Beauty & Personal Care and Health & Pharma Segment Registering Maximum E-Commerce Growth in 2021
The pandemic caused by Covid-19 has led to emergence of varied categories that had a negligible online presence before this ongoing crisis, changing…
Online Retail Market in India to Reach US$ 350 by 2030
The online retail market in India is slated to reach US$ 350 billion by 2030 from the current US$ 45-50 billion. And in terms of post-Covid revenue…
Fashion Retailers to Close the Year with 25 pc Revenue Growth
Fashion retail, one of the worst COVID-19 hit sectors, is beginning to breathe again on the back of rising vaccination and normalization of economic…
E-commerce Companies to Log 23 pc Rise in Gross GMV During Festive Sales?
E-commerce platforms are expected to potentially clock over US$ 9 billion gross GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) during the festive season this year as…
India Cautiously Returning to a State of ?Business as Usual'
With decreasing number of Covid-19 cases as well as an aggressive vaccination drive, there has been a new wave of confidence among Indian consumers…
Revenue of Gold Jewelry Retailers Poised to Grow 12-14 pc
After two consecutive years of decline, the revenue of gold jewelry retailers is poised to grow 12-14 percent on-year this fiscal, driven by stable…
80 pc of Brands to Maintain or Increase Their Marketing Budgets This Festive Season?
With the onset of the festive season, brands are looking to stand out and capture the mindshare of the new-age digital consumers, amidst a positive…
3 Reasons Why SEA's E-Commerce is Set to Explode
The latest report from Facebook & Bain Company has proven that the ‘new normal’ resulted in new purchasing habits which boosted digital…
Consumer Sentiments Improve?Ahead of the Festive Season
With the beginning of the festive season in India, consumer sentiment in the country is also improving. 42 percent of families will shop more or the…
The Impact of Empathy in Social Media for Indian E-commerce Sector in 2021
Human behavior is highly dictated by emotions and experience. This trait is also perceived as the principal concept in consumer decision-making.  To…
Online Retail Market to Grow 3-fold in Next 4-5 years
The accelerated adoption of online channels by consumers has brought about a shift in purchase behavior. Today, 62 percent of urban users are…
Global Smartphone Sales Grew 10.2 pc in Q2 2021
Global smartphone sales to end users totaled 328.8 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 10.8 percent year over year. According to a…
MSMEs Favor Daily EMIs, Ease of Repayment Process through Automatic Deduction for Credit Repayment
The majority of MSMEs today favor daily EMIs, automatic deduction from bank accounts for credit repayment, according to a survey conducted by Solv, a…
How has Going Omnichannel Helped Tupperware to Meet the Changing Needs of Consumers
Tupperware is a US-based brand, headquartered in Orlando. It is present in India for the past 25 years. Tupperware was earlier considered as a…
Consumer Values and Buying Motivations Shifting Away from Price and Quality
A majority of consumers - across demographics and geographies - are reimagining their values and basing purchasing decisions on factors beyond price…
Value E-Commerce in India to Grow to US$ 40 bn Market by 2030
As retail in India bounces back from Covid, the growing number of value-conscious online shoppers is reshaping India’s e-commerce landscape. This…
Indian E-tail Market to Touch $140 bn by FY26
India’s e-retail market is expected to grow by 25-30 percent annually over the next five years to touch $120-$140 billion by FY26, surpassing modern…
Indian FMCG Industry Registers 36.9 pc Growth in April-June 2021
Indian FMCG industry recorded a 36.9 percent value-based growth in April-June 2021, the quarter hit by the second wave of the pandemic, over the…
Indian Offline Smartphone MBOs Dominate Smartphone Buying Market?
Ensuing lockdown and tough competition from online sales during the pandemic had no damaging impact on the Indian offline smartphone MBOs.  Acting…
Smartphone Market in India to Bounce Back in Q3
After facing an 11 percent decline in the second quarter (Q2), the Indian smartphone market is expected to stay resilient and bounce back in the…
Digital Transactions Grow 80 pc in Last 250 Days
Digital transactions have grown by 80 percent in the last 250 days in India and the home services industry (such as carpentry, plumbing, and more)…
Millennial Spends Lead D2C Cross-Border E-Commerce Growth
The rise in international direct-to-consumer (D2C) purchases in the last six months has been led by millennial demographics, with reduced access to…
Parle Emerges as Preferred FMCG brand in India
Homegrown food company Parle Products has emerged as the most-chosen brand among the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies in the country.…
FMCG Revenue Growth Seen Doubling to 10-12 pc?this Fiscal
Revenue growth of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector will double from 5-6 percent reported for last fiscal to 10-12 percent in 2021-22. …
Indian Consumers Showing Signs of Reduced Anxiety?
There has been a 6 percent decline in the overall anxiety levels to 39 percent, as the number of new COVID-19 cases across the country continues to…
Britannia Net Porfit Grows 20% For Q3
Food major Britannia Industries Ltd have raised a net profit of Rs 264 crore for the third quarter of 2017-18, making 20 per cent annual growth from…
Indian Retail: The fastest growing consumer base!
India Retail story is a promising one and has gained momentum riding on increased disposable income and fueling growth in demand even from Bottom…
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