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		<title>Green or Blue Genes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/02/28/green-or-blue-genes/</link>
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		<title>Pack it yourself &#8211; refill when you buy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asda has devised a system for customers to buy fabric conditioner from a vending machine pumping liquid from the stockroom directly into a pouch. The project aims to cut costs and prices. A number of people were underwhelmed by the whole concept. I feel somewhat differently. [More...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/02/16/pack-it-yourself-refill-when-you-buy/</link>
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		<title>Can Eco-Fashion be Mainstream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article in the San Francisco Chronicle ("Green fashion has new cachet") sparked off a debate on whether ecologically friendly can be mainstream, whether customers will switch from traditional to eco-friendly fashions and if so, when. There is the view that eco-friendly products are necessarily niche and cannot match up in fashionability and affordability to 'mainstream' products. [More...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/01/27/can-eco-fashion-be-mainstream/</link>
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		<title>International Fashion Brands in India – Perspective 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the international fashion brands continued to enter India at nearly the same momentum as the previous year. However, 2009 saw a slight slowdown and fewer international brands being launched during the year. A perspective on the preferred modes of entry for international fashion brands and the shifts.]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/01/07/international-fashion-brands-in-india-perspective-2010/</link>
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		<title>Private Label Maturity Model</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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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		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/01/05/private-label-maturity-model/</link>
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		<title>Independent Retailers Thriving in Manhattan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting subject to discuss - the tradition of small, independent retailers on Manhattan's Lower east side, their survival despite the recession, and their determination to thrive. Personally, I hope there will always be some ponds with room in them to let such small fry bubble up their innovations: they keep the fashion business alive. [More...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/01/04/independent-retailers-thriving-in-manhattan/</link>
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		<title>Consumers against toxic products (or just a fear bubble?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's been a lively debate about how US consumers are literally taking matters in their own hands and testing products for the presence of toxins. While some people feel that this is going too far and could create waves of unnecessary panic, others support the move. 
I think we do need to consider the increase and concentration of risk in recent years due to various factors ... (more)]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/12/30/consumers-against-toxic-products-or-just-a-fear-bubble/</link>
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		<title>Golden Geese, Steel Safes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything that can be said and assumed about the Indian market is true at some level of granularity. Very simply, in India there is a segment for every product, an opportunity for every service, be it ever so small. But when bubbles are bursting all over, as the Noughties Decade comes to a close, the puzzle that is Indian consumer market also warrants a fresh look. Some businesses will work better than others in the current market environment, and strategies will need to be adapted. Here's one view of what we might expect in 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/12/18/golden-geese-steel-safes/</link>
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		<title>Reactions to &#8216;Numbers and Stories&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on our article ("Numbers and Stories", 23 November 2009), our friends at Retailwire.com thought it would be interesting to run a poll to ask the Retailwire community what they thought about retailers using research (or not). The original discussion is here on Retailwire, but we've reproduced the comments at the poll results as they stand today (16 December 2009). The poll's short answer is "no"; only 15% of the respondents felt that companies are "good" in using research, at their best. Should we blame the companies, or the researchers? The comments seem to suggest that the blame needs to be shared. [More...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/12/16/reactions-to-numbers-and-stories/</link>
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		<title>Numbers and Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/11/23/numbers-and-stories/</link>
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