Protected: Fall 2024 Catch-Up

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Pivoting To the New Economy

It is a couple of years since the world said goodbye to the Covid-19 pandemic and made an attempt to get back to business and revive economic growth. Admittedly, from all the reporting on business and economic news, we are still in a tentative soft-landing phase, and monetary policy is still in a wait and… Continue reading Pivoting To the New Economy

Where is Brand Differentiation in Consumer Electronics?

In my previous blog post, I had written about the consumer durables industry and how it is cluttered and commoditised with very little brand differentiation. Well, the consumer electronics industry is one part of the large consumer durables category, and it is usually known to feature the latest technology in audio and video equipment, mobile… Continue reading Where is Brand Differentiation in Consumer Electronics?

How Consumer Durables Can Avoid Commoditisation

When you consider that the Indian advertising and marketing industry is exploring a new system of consumer classification based on ownership of consumer durables according to Rama Bijapurkar who has written about it in her new book, Lilliput Land, which I have reviewed on my blog, it makes sense to look at the state of… Continue reading How Consumer Durables Can Avoid Commoditisation

Why the American Economy Might Never Get What It Needs

The last of this year’s big elections are a few months away, and they will be the biggest one to watch as always. This is because what happens in America affects the entire world, especially on the economic front. The country is not only the world’s largest economy, but one with the largest influence in… Continue reading Why the American Economy Might Never Get What It Needs

Supercharging the Indian Economy

Not only are we past halfway through 2024, we are still digesting the full Union Budget for FY 25 post the Indian parliamentary elections held a few months ago when the NDA government has begun its third term, albeit as a coalition government this time around. We are also in the midst of the corporate… Continue reading Supercharging the Indian Economy

How China Can Overcome its Overcapacity Problems

In a recent blog post of mine I had written about the US and its western allies’ allegations of China dumping its cheaper EVs, EV batteries, semiconductors, solar panels and the like on their markets. They have raised tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100% in the US and to 38% in the EU… Continue reading How China Can Overcome its Overcapacity Problems

Time for Advertising’s Seasoned Professionals to Save the Industry

It’s that time of the year again, when the world’s advertising industry flocks to Cannes to bask in the sunshine that the French Riviera offers as well as in the limelight of international awards for creativity. And as I had written last year, this year too Cannes seems to revolve around AI and more AI,… Continue reading Time for Advertising’s Seasoned Professionals to Save the Industry

Protected: Summer of 2024: Changes Everywhere

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G7’s Waning Influence and Relevance

The recently concluded G7 Summit in Italy – all the various stages of it – seems to be an acceptance of the group’s waning influence and relevance in today’s world. From reading and hearing news reports of the summit, I got the sense that with weakening economies, and plenty of political problems in each of… Continue reading G7’s Waning Influence and Relevance