Increasing challenges in food supply and demand, as well as significant shifts in consumer preferences from mass-produced brands to more personalized, healthier sustainable food products have resulted in a growing interest in agricultural and...
The term “emerging markets” typically triggers mental images of the vast regions of Russia, China, Brazil and India. However, the emerging markets of the future will not be regions or countries, but cities –...
When you learned to read a map as a child, you were most likely looking at a distorted image of Africa. Most world maps compress Africa in order to project a three dimensional world...
Ten countries. 50 years. Over 600 million people. 2017 represents the fiftieth anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). As I joined over 600 delegates at the World Economic Forum (WEF) ASEAN summit in...
When I was a teenager growing up in India, my friends and I thought it was “cool” to be associated with the largest global brands. We took pride in purchasing, consuming and even flaunting...
As I spent time talking to business journalists and leading industry players on the side-lines of a global event in India recently, one question hogged the discussion more than any other – how sustainable...
All good chefs want to cook up a storm without burning their fingers. Investors are no different. Many – tired of stewing in developed markets’ negative interest rates and stagnation – are once again...
India, once again, has taken center-stage as the undisputed gem among emerging markets. While glimmers shine from faster-growing Bhutan and Myanmar, India is the world’s most dynamic large economy today, with GDP rising at...
“Serve thy emerging market consumer”. This should be etched in stone on the side of every consumer products (CP) company global headquarters, considering that these markets will account for 80% of growth till 2025....
It is fascinating how I increasingly start to see Emerging Market (EM) challengers outmaneuvering incumbent global Consumer Products (CP) firms. Disruptive innovators who combine a grassroots touch of the local consumer with entrepreneurial agility and...
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