
Beijing: China will soon surpass Japan to become the biggest consumer of IT products and services in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). China's expenditure on IT is gradually approaching that of Japan, and will hit $173 billion in 2013, about four per cent higher than Japan, the China Daily reported. In the IDC report published May 17, the group attributes China's growth in IT consumption...

10:15 AM, May 20, 2012

A parliamentary panel says some doctors are colluding with big pharmaceutical companies to sell unsafe drugs to the Indian consumers. ...

11:58 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: The packaged food industry in India is likely to double by 2015 to touch $30 billion from the current $15 billion owing to the rise in income, changing urban lifestyle and modern retail trade, says a study. The main categories of packaged food are bakery products, canned processed food, frozen processed food, meal replacement products and condiments. Some emerging new categories in this segment are processed dairy products,...

01:53 PM, Apr 29, 2012

Sky-high prices of essential commodities hit consumers hard, especially in the metros. ...

11:20 PM, Jan 07, 2011

London: More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of 18,000 people in a global survey by Reuters/Ipsos said next year will be better than 2010. Nearly half the respondents (48 per cent) polled across 24 countries said that 2010 was "a bad year for me and my family." But just over half (51 per cent) believe the "world will be a better place in 2011" and those who planned to make...

01:04 PM, Jan 01, 2011
New Delhi: The media environment and the media consumer have evolved significantly in the last few years and the relationship of the media and the consumer is very complex. Also, as media and communication become more and more vital for the success of businesses we realise that cutting edge communication solutions require a far more in-depth exploration of the media behaviour of consumers than provided by the syndicated studies available...

12:57 PM, Sep 10, 2010

From vintage sardines to tiny pearls of hand-rolled tea, fancy food finds plenty of hungry, high-end consumers in US. ...

12:20 PM, Jun 30, 2010

Country comes second in global consumer confidence survey. ...

02:06 PM, Aug 11, 2009

Pepsi had said companies like them were resistant to a slowdown. ...

06:06 PM, Jun 11, 2009

It was the second most auspicious day to buy gold after Dhanteras. ...

02:52 PM, Apr 28, 2009

Many cos refused to quantify price cut, saying "we have to study fine print". ...

11:41 PM, Dec 07, 2008

Government plans to watch out for signs of trouble to work on. ...

10:30 PM, Dec 07, 2008

The Government is expected to unveil a fiscal stimulus package. ...

10:13 PM, Dec 05, 2008

Every year, corporate India loses crores to counterfeit products. ...

11:10 PM, Aug 28, 2008

Another round of CRR and repo rate hike by RBI is bad news for consumers. ...

11:38 PM, Aug 02, 2008