20/20 Vision...The Ophthalmic lens market in India

At the outset I want to state that I am making reference in this post EXCLUSIVELY to the “LENS” market and NOT to the entire vision care market, which may include spectacle frames, services, laser surgery, consumables and many other such constituents. So we are just talking about the commonly used lenses: SPECTACLE LENS & CONTACT LENS....

The Beauty & the Beast (of an Industry!!! :-))

Ah the ironies of life…beauty may be fleeting but the business of beauty is certainly not. One of the most stable, recession proof and profitable businesses that can ever be! Ever since it was formally recognized as an industry 100 years ago, it is rumored to have always overtaken GDP growth…......

Jai Ho Bollywood- The Indian Film Industry

LET ME NOT TELL YOU what you already know…. that the first motion picture was made in 1897 by Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatvadekar (a short film on a wrestling match), that the first feature film was “Raja Harishchandra" made by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913 (a silent movie), that the first talkie was "Alam Ara" produced by Imperial Film Company in 1931…. But in deference to the theme of this blog I want to focus on the film industry statistics….

Indian Wrist Watch market

50 million wristwatches are sold in India every year. Not withstanding the presence of global players and the opening up of the market, the Indian market has always been dominated by a single player. In the past, till the late 80’s, in the mechanical era, HMT dominated the market. And after that it has again been the domination of a single company, Titan. Today Titan has almost 65% market share of the organized watch market in the country. The organized watch market itself is estimated at 35% of the total industry size...........

The bicycle industry in India - pedal for a green earth

India produces approximately 10% of the world annual bicycle production, which is estimated at 125 Million units.

The annual domestic demand of bicycles in India is approximately 10 million units out of which around 2.5 million units is a government demand for the various welfare schemes. Exports out of India are largely to Africa and the less developed economies and negligible to western markets...