Whether it's Carrefour, Ford, or other foreign majors, they are ready to adjust their strategies and design their plans in a way that would address the Indian consumption story.
Australia will retain coach Tim Nielsen until the end of the next Ashes series in England in 2013, the national cricket board said on Tuesday.
The new Australia coach said the players need to be careful of their on-field behaviour.
A tired Tim Nielsen will return home after Australia's first four ODIs, leaving his deputy Troy Cooley to coach the side in the final three one-dayers against England.
NDTV has sued Nielsen for allegedly manipulating viewership data in favour of channels that were willing to give bribes.
The 2012 'Campus Track' survey results by Nielsen suggests that majority of MBAs preferred to work with FMCG firms, followed by consulting and banking firms in that order.
Australian coach Tim Nielsen has said there was no point moaning about limited preparation time for the Test series against Pakistan.
'More matches are scheduled keeping television interests in mind and we can't complain when that is the issue,' said Australia coach, reflected on the hectic schedule of the ongoing series.
Former New Zealand coach Steve Rixon is reportedly being considered as the leading contender to replace Tim Nielsen as the new Australian cricket coach.
The sensitivity segment has quadrupled in the past two years, due to the aggressive marketing effort of both GSK and Colgate.
Postpaid users, high spenders and business subscribers are more likely to switch their operator if Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is introduced in the country, while prepaid users may remain loyal to their existing operator, a study on Wednesday said.
Australia coach Tim Nielsen said the cramped schedule is hurting his team with injuries to key players but stayed short of criticizing the administrators for introducing new formats of domestic Twenty20 tournaments.
Australia coach Tim Nielsen has backed Ricky Ponting amid calls for the Tasmanian to relinquish the test captaincy ahead of the Ashes starting next month.
Breaking his silence on the on-field clash between Australia skipper Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee, coach Tim Nielsen said a poor over-rate wasn't the main reason the strike bowler was not used in the first session on the fourth day of the second Test in Mohali. It was, he says, also because they wanted to take pace off the ball.
India overtook Indonesia as the most optimistic consumer market, while Portugal and Slovenia were the most pessimistic.
His impressive batting notwithstanding, Tim Paine will have to make way for Brad Haddin in the wicketkeeping role once the latter recovers from injury, says Australia coach Tim Nielsen.
Growth numbers for the large players in the sector, though, improved during the quarter.
Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen has said that reclaiming the number one Test ranking is not a priority for the side, as it seeks to rebuild itself after last year's far from satisfactory performance on the international stage.
The country's largest software firm Tata Consultancy Services and the Netherlands-based Nielsen Company on Thursday entered into an agreement for outsourcing a portion of Nielsen's IT and operations functions. It is a 10-year agreement valued at US$1.2 billion, TCS said.
Brett Lee might have been included in the Australian squad for the One-Day International series against Pakistan but the injury-prone speedster would not be rushed back into the playing eleven, says coach Tim Nielsen. Lee, who has had four surgeries on his right ankle -- the latest in January -- has been included in the Australian side for the five-match series against Pakistan starting April 22 in Dubai.
An improving economy and the rapid opening-up of the Indian market has given rise to a group of affluent consumers who are more than eager to adopt the latest fashion trends. According to the latest Nielsen Global Luxury Brands study, nearly 35 per cent Indians, who participated in the survey, confirmed buying luxury brands. This is the third highest percentage globally. Greece leads the pack with 46 per cent, followed by Hong Kong at 38 per cent.
Consumer confidence in India rebounded to reach its highest level in the first quarter of 2010, providing the most definitive sign that India is fast recovering from the economic downturn, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index.
Despite high awareness of 3G and its capabilities to deliver broadband content, it may take 8-10 years before the majority of mobile subscribers adopt it, says the study by The Nielsen Company.
Massa, who failed to score after a bungled pitstop, claims the race should have been cancelled because the sport's leaders allegedly knew before the end of the 2008 season what had happened but covered it up.
As he gears up to surpass legendary Dennis Lillee in the tally of Test wicket-takers for Australia, pacer Mitchell Starc opened up on strong words from his former head coach Tim Nielsen that paved way for his durability and said that it would be humbling to surpass the Aussie icon in wicket-taking charts.
Shefali Shah, Jim Sarbh and Vir Das are super excited ahead of the International Emmy Awards.
Australia's coach Tim Nielsen admitted that his bowlers failed to deliver vis--vis their Indian counterparts in the second Test in Mohali.
Paine has also been recently announced as an assistant coach for Australia A ahead of their upcoming series against New Zealand A which is set to begin next week.
Users prefer Android operating system.
On Thursday, Rashid's BBL side Adelaide Strikers had announced that Rashid would undergo a minor operation soon.
The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector has underperformed the Nifty over the past year as its 20 per cent return is trumped by 29 per cent of the benchmark index. The FMCG index saw a 2.2 per cent drop in the last session, while the Nifty lost 1 per cent. FMCG is seen as a defensive segment. The demand for staples like personal care products, groceries and snacks tend to be stable. FMCG companies are consistent dividend-payers.
The uproar against outsourcing work to Indian IT service providers has risen once again as Nielsen Co, the media company which signed a $1.2-billion outsourcing deal with Indian IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services last October and is facing strong criticism for announcing it, would lay off 117 workers this month at its largest global technology centre in Oldsmar, Florida. It has 1,700 employees at this facility.
Walmart group firm Flipkart continues to dominate the e-commerce segment with 48 per cent market share while Softbank-backed Meesho has emerged as the fastest growing e-commerce platform in terms of user base in India, a latest report by AllianceBernstein said. According to the report, Flipkart's user base grew 21 per cent year-on-year (YoY), Meesho accelerated at 32 per cent while Amazon lagged at 13 per cent user growth primarily due to relative premium offerings as compared to peers. "As of FY23, Flipkart was the market leader, with a 48 per cent share in India eCommerce.
Ramalingam Kalirajan explains the pros and cons of both investment types.
Consumer goods firms and auto companies are witnessing an upturn in rural demand, which had been lagging for most of FY24. Expectations of a bumper rabi crop harvest have helped turn the tide. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) Monetary Policy Committee kept the repo rate unchanged last week, noting that as rural demand catches up, consumption is expected to support economic growth in 2024-25.
'The top two reasons for the low participation of kids are lack of time and need to focus on studies.'
A young couple sharing a laugh - in the living room over a Polish joke book, on the beach, in the rain - with the tagline, "Made for each other", hung from billboards at prominent street corners from the 1960s to the 1990s. It was a campaign for one of the largest selling cigarette brands in India, Wills (Navy Cut) from the ITC stable, that resonated with a generation of smokers and non-smokers alike till the curtains came down on tobacco advertising in 2004. As we prepare to welcome 2024, ITC has metamorphosed from a tobacco giant into a conglomerate straddling multiple large-sized businesses. In the mind space of Gen Z or millennials, the company represents a gamut of branded products - from frozen food (ITC Master Chef), noodles (YiPPee!), and cookies (Sunfeast) to snacks (Bingo!) and notebooks (Classmate), and so on and so forth.
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