A Look At Why India's Luxury Market Is Exploding

Posted by Music Top SIte Minggu, 19 Juni 2011 0 komentar
During the past year, the Indian luxury market has grown 20 percent, with the most growth among luxury products, according to a new report from global consultant management firm AT Kearney (via AFP).
The jewelry, electronics, fine dining, and cars sectors have jumped the most, growing between 30% and 40% in the past year.
Apparel, accessories, wine and spirits have continued a steady growth rate of around 25% to 30%.
Overall, the country's luxury market reached $5.75 billion in 2010, including goods and services, the report said.
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A.T. Kearney
A breakdown of luxury market categories shows that growth has beat expectations.
The report said it expects growth in the luxury sector to continue as the space grows and the impression remains that India will be largely insulated from the turmoil in the global financial markets.
One major change in India's luxury market is that goods and services are no longer confined to the major cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Today, secondary cities like Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune collectively have more than 30 stores in luxury apparel, accessories, watches and personal care combined.
Consumers have also become more conscious of global trends, and less focused on logo-driven brands.
Digital media has also played an increasingly important role in high-end markets, the report said.
Challenges, of course, remain. There's still relatively little "Indianization" of luxury goods, though there have been some attempts, like a line of saris announced by Hermes earlier this year. And "domestic production of luxury goods needs to be attempted," the report said.
The report predicts another 20 percent growth in the luxury market next year.
Find the complete report here.

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Nude in Public, the WNBR

Posted by Music Top SIte Minggu, 12 Juni 2011 0 komentar
If you listened to some people or read some media reports, especially US based ones, you might think that being nude in public would cause alarm and distress and make the children frightened. Well it does nothing of the sort, nothing even remotely like it.
In fact, judging by the huge number of people yesterday who watched the London World Naked Bike Ride, nudity in public should be actively encouraged. It generated smiles, encouragement, and wholehearted support.
As all riders on the London WNBR find, the reception by the public is wonderful, the shouts of encouragement, waves, smiles and photos etc. all show just how wrong are the tiny minority of complainers.
At the finish of the ride yesterday, I wondered off still nude to photograph the nearby Great War memorials. Passers-by including families with children took no notice, not something you would expect to find reported in the media.
Many many thanks to all the organisers, stewards and everyone else who helps to make the WNBR take place, it perhaps does more for acceptance of social nudity than anything else, long may it live.

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Perverts and children

Posted by Music Top SIte Rabu, 01 Juni 2011 0 komentar
The world is going mad! No it isn't, but we are in danger of spoiling it.
A recent report that schools will be banning tight shorts for boys and short skirts for girls shows just what I mean.
The move is by well meaning people seeking to protect children from perverts but they have spectacularly missed the point, their action will not protect the children at all.
Their worry is that perverts will photograph the children, but if banning normal clothes prevents some photos being taken, the perverts will still be perverts and they will still be free in society, the children will remain at full risk from them.
The key is to catch the perverts and lock them up not to spoil normal innocent people doing normal innocent things.
Bringing up children to become normal well adjusted adults will be made much harder if you tell or even imply that innocent activities are in some way harmful.

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