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How half the world shops: Apparel in Brazil, China, and India
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November 2007

Multinational retailers face new challenges to capture the increased spending power in each of these distinctive markets.

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Tracking the growth of India’s middle class

August 2007

Over the next two decades, the country’s middle class will grow from about 5 percent of the population to more than 40 percent and create the world’s fifth-largest consumer market.

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Selling to 'mom-and-pop' stores in emerging markets

March 2007

Traditional shops and the companies that serve them are finding life harder and harder. For the suppliers, segmented execution is the answer.

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How big retailers can serve Brazil's mass-market shoppers

March 2007

Large food retailers in Brazil can grow only by reaching out to its 130 million mass-market consumers.

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Building brands in China

June 2006

Chinese shoppers love brands but don't purchase them consistently. Market research shows the way forward.

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Financing Latin America's low-income consumers

March 2007

Lower-income groups in Latin America represent a huge opportunity, but banks must change dramatically to serve them.

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Reinventing innovation at consumer goods companies

November 2006

A range of orthodoxies is making it harder to develop breakthrough products in the consumer goods industry. It urgently needs a reformation.

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The value of China's emerging middle class

June 2006

Demographic shifts and a burgeoning economy will unleash a huge wave of consumer spending in urban China.

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Winning the Indian consumer

September 2005

Multinationals that successfully adapt their products to India's largely untapped market will have the advantage.

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Case in Point

Using technology to improve in-store marketing

April 2007

Consumer goods manufacturers are using simulation technology to test in-store marketing ideas more quickly.

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Confronting proliferation ... in retail: An interview with Wal-Mart’s John Fleming

July 2007

The giant retailer’s chief merchandising officer explains why and how it is trying to reach a wider range of consumers than it has in the past.

Research in Brief

Price promotions in Latin American retailing

April 2007

They don't seem to work.

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Building a top consumer goods sales force

February 2006

Although most of these companies have recently revamped their sales organizations, only a few managed to achieve higher sales and lower costs.

Chart Pack

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How consumer goods companies are coping with complexity

May 2007

A recent survey suggests that the rapid pace of change in the industry is leaving some marketers behind.