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	<title>Third Eyesight &#187; India</title>
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		<title>A Thousand Miles</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/09/04/a-thousand-miles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last three years have been a roller coaster ride for food &#038; grocery modern retail in India. Here's a view from inside one of the cars. [More...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Slow Side of Fast Food</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/08/17/the-slow-side-of-fast-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the people reading this would be familiar with fast food, and think of it as a cheap, tasteless, &#8220;throw-away&#8221; excuse for food. You may think of it as a deeply penetrated product category, close to being ubiquitous. Here&#8217;s a picture that tells the other story. For these kids, who are clearly not able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expecting Zarafication?</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/06/12/expecting-zarafication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a high-footfall day, at full price, Zara's Delhi store looks as if the merchandise is being given away for free.What does the Zara launch mean for the Indian fashion and retail sector? Is this the beginning of a new era? Should we expect Zarafication of the market, where the customer is driven by fashion, and the supply chain will turn and churn products faster than ever before? Should other international brands and Indian fashion brands be worried? [More...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carrying and Being Carried</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/05/31/carrying-and-being-carried/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 07:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franchising International Fashion Brands</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/03/19/franchising-international-fashion-brands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarang Gautam Saxena</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last decade has witnessed a franchising explosion, and franchising could remain a preferred entry mode for international fashion brands in the new decade. [More...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green or Blue Genes?</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/02/28/green-or-blue-genes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=507</guid>
		<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>
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		<title>International Fashion Brands in India – Perspective 2010</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/01/07/international-fashion-brands-in-india-perspective-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2010/01/07/international-fashion-brands-in-india-perspective-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=505</guid>
		<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>
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		<title>Golden Geese, Steel Safes</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/12/18/golden-geese-steel-safes/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/12/18/golden-geese-steel-safes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=470</guid>
		<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>
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		<title>Numbers and Stories</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/11/23/numbers-and-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=442</guid>
		<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>
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		<title>Retreating Retailers, Crumbling BRICs?</title>
		<link>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/10/23/retreating-retailers-crumbling-brics/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/2009/10/23/retreating-retailers-crumbling-brics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devangshu Dutta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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