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Carrefour Indonesia, the local unit of French giant retailer Carrefour, forecasts further growth in the archipelago’s hypermarket business, supported by strong consumer spending. The Indonesian unit’s sales in the first quarter climbed 12.7 percent to 267 million euros from...

The MRP, or the maximum retail price, of a product plays an important role in the customer's purchase decision. It tells them the maximum amount they need to spend to buy a product.The rationale behind printing the MRP on...

The Indian rural market is expected to grow more than tenfold to become a $100 billion opportunity for retail spending in the next 15 years, The Nielsen Company has found.Details of the findings were unveiled at Nielsen’s flagship Consumer...

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)chairman Nandan Nilekani has outlined four key trends contributing to the rise of a new consumer in India.Speaking to business leaders gathered at The Nielsen Company’s Consumer 360 event in New Delhi on November...

The modern Indian shopper, instead of gravitating to just one store, is moving across store types to fulfill a variety of needs. This has been revealed in a report by The Nielsen Company on shopper habits and retailer strategies across...

Cricket will always be in, in India. But making its presence felt, in a not so subtle way is football. And with the ongoing FIFA World Cup the popularity is on an exponential growth. A recent Nielsen Global...

If retailers are to be believed, the Cincinnati-based FMCG major, Procter & Gamble, has taken its shampoo brand 'Rejoice' off the shelves. Needless to point out that the firm is aggressively pushing its other two shampoo brands: Pantene and...

Today, worries about the economy are prompting many American shoppers to tighten their belts, while concerns about diet and health, as well as steadily expanding waistlines, are forcing many to let that belt out a notch or two, or...

They sell a lot of beer at the Central Market in Shoreline, Wash., an independently operated 80,000-squarefoot supermarket that carries 450 items in 48 feet of beer cooler space and a big promo island. But only...