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Beyond BRIC: Opportunities in Global Markets for Premium Beauty & Personal Care

For global beauty and cosmetics companies, emerging markets present an attractive target as consumers yearn for luxury products and premium brands. Developing global markets have been the buzz in the industry for some time – especially the usual suspects, i.e. … Read More…

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What’s Next for the Chinese Yuan?

On February 17th, in a significant announcement by Chinese authorities, plans to allow domestic trading of Yuan options against other currencies from April onwards were rolled out, with the fundamental aim of assisting Chinese exporters and importers hedge against currency … Read More…

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Rethinking Satisfaction Survey Analytics – How the factor performance index transcends the conventional importance-satisfaction matrix.

The core objective of the traditional customer satisfaction survey is to gauge the consumer’s overall satisfaction levels (or perceived satisfaction) with a given brand or a product. To make this information actionable from a marketer’s point of view, though, one … Read More…

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The Evolving Digital Marketing Landscape

Digital Marketing (DM) represents an enormous opportunity for marketers to complement (and, in many cases move beyond) traditional ‘offline’ marketing tools to redefine how they interact with their customers. While still a new practice in absolute terms, the DM landscape … Read More…

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The Emergence of Social Media within Pharmaceutical Marketing

Pharmaceutical marketing has always been an extremely challenging enterprise, given that it is highly regulated, difficult to target and expensive, yet still varying in terms of its cost effectiveness. Timing is another consideration, as marketing campaigns for new drugs are … Read More…

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Whither Goest The Mobile App?

Since it launched its ‘App Store’ in July 2008, Apple has revolutionized the mobile applications (mobile apps, for short) space and started a phenomenon. Although mobile apps have existed for years through companies such as Handango and Handmark — which … Read More…

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Making Sense of Brand Extensions

The subject of brand extensions has been around for decades – and marketing executives have engaged in heated debates about pros and cons of such tactics, and how far such extensions can be taken. Nowhere has this debate been more … Read More…

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