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Where is the Love? In the Brand.

Devangshu Dutta — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:59:24 +0000

As we move downstream towards final consumption, the economic value captured as a price premium also increases dramatically. An aspect that is often forgotten in discussions about "value-addition".

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Feeding the Golden Bird

Devangshu Dutta — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:19:46 +0000

India is at the inflexion point - increasing income is leading to growing food consumption, but the diet is broader and more balanced, as people are able to afford a greater variety of food. Secure food supplies to a growing population stand on three legs: technology, dissemination of information, and market demand.

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Perishable Value Opportunities

Devangshu Dutta — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:45:43 +0000

The old saying goes: where there are issues, there are opportunities. By that standard, the perishable commodities supply chain offers plenty of issues and, hence, opportunities to develop value. (Based on a presentation at the 2nd International Summit of Processed Food, Agribusiness and Beverages, organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce (ASSOCHAM) and supported by the Ministry of Food Processing, Government of India.)

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A Thousand Miles

Devangshu Dutta — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:01:38 +0000

The last three years have been a roller coaster ride for food & grocery modern retail in India. Here's a view from inside one of the cars. [More...]

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Carrying and Being Carried

Devangshu Dutta — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:50:34 +0000

So as we go about our day, launching and growing brands, opening new stores, creating new products, I offer you this thought to reflect upon: are we carrying, or being carried? [More...]

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Green or Blue Genes?

Devangshu Dutta — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:08:12 +0000

Blue genes. Green Genes. No matter which side of the table you are on the issue of genetically modified (GM) foods, you can be assured that the picture is far from clear. Here are some reasons why.

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Private Label Maturity Model

Devangshu Dutta — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:06:35 +0000

From clothing to cereals, toothpaste to televisions, there is hardly a category that has not seen retailers trying their hand at creating own labelled products. So what does it take to go from a “copycat” to being a real brand? Here's a model that might be useful to structure that effort.

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Numbers and Stories

Devangshu Dutta — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:06:05 +0000

Apparently a letter to the editor of the National Observer (London) as far back as 1891 complained: “there are three kinds of falsehood: the first is a 'fib,' the second is a downright lie, and the third and most aggravated is statistics.” (Mark Twain famously paraphrased this in his autobiography as “lies, damned lies and statistics”.) Here is my definition of research and its output, and how it can be useful...

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Retreating Retailers, Crumbling BRICs?

Devangshu Dutta — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:37:21 +0000

On the sourcing-end, large retailers have been comfortably operating beyond international borders for several decades even while the stores-end of their business was entirely domestic. It took the opening up of East European economies in the 1990s to really prime the pump for growth of international retail expansion. Are we seeing the reversal of retail globalization?

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Organic Truth – Facts and Interpretations

Devangshu Dutta — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:11:21 +0000

The debate on organic food has just got messier. A study sponsored by Britain’s Food Standards Agency (July 2009) really set the cat among the pigeons. The report's conclusion was that the studies reviewed did not provide enough evidence that organic food is more nutritious. (More...)

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