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Sunday, July 6th, 2008We suggest market research professionals to ask “How did you find us?” when a customer calls them. Thousands of professionals working in the market research industry rely on our surveys for an accurate and unbiased inside look at the industry. Are our marketing efforts paying off? Are we reaching customers from a magazine ad, word [...]
Growth Prospective in India’s 2-Wheeler Segment
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Indian Ministry of Finance is under heavy pressure from auto industry to bring down excise duty for 2- and 3-wheelers from 16% to 8%.
If the Ministry of Finance will decide to bring down excise duty, this move may boost significantly the entire segment of motorcycles in India. Two-wheeler segment, targeting low income population, is [...]
TNS Acquired Compete.com
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), the company headquartered in London, with 14,000 employees in more than 70 countries and global sales of about $2 billion, has acquired Compete.com for alleged amount of $75 mln.
About year ago Hitwise, another web analytics company, was acquired for US$240m in cash by consumer data giant Experian.
TNS [...]
Surging Online Game Market in China
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 China’s online game market reached $2 billion in 2007 from about $800 million in 2006. We expect the China’s online game market to reach $3 billion in 2008 and quadruple in 2012 from the level of 2007.
Shanda holds about 20% of the market, Netease - 15 % and Giant Interactive 10%.
The market is driven [...]
India’s PC Market Grows at 20% Rate
Friday, February 29th, 2008The India’s PC market almost reached sales of 7 million units in 2007, a 20% growth from 2006. Increased role of Bangalore as the world’s IT outsourcing center and emerging generation of Indian yuppies (young urban professionals) drove growth in the personal notebook segment, with 2 mln laptops sold in 2007. HP leads the market [...]
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