Indians finally buying ecofriendly products? Yes, but only if it’s pocket-friendlyData by market researcher GfK India showed the contribution by volume, or number of units sold, for energy saving ACs with four and five st...
11 Mar, 2024, 12.06 PM IST
Electronic items see higher sales this festive season on discounts and financing optionsDuring this festive season, offline sales of televisions, smartphones, laptops, refrigerators, and air conditioners have shown significant ...
22 Dec, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
Indians are becoming more energy conscious in their choice for home appliancesEnergy efficient technologies like inverter compressors used in air-conditioners and refrigerators now account for over 85% of category sal...
18 Jul, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
IT accessories', peripherals' demand in India to stay resilient: ReportIndustry researcher GfK said consumers are no longer interested in only traditional IT peripherals, such as mice and keypads. The market fo...
24 Apr, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
Big festive demand for high-end electronicsTelevision sales in offline stores, for example, grew 29% year-on-year in value across India, but the number of units sold was flat, GfK da...
07 Dec, 2021, 06.13 AM IST
Locked-down Indians splurged on premium electronics in 2020: GfkDespite financial stress last year, average selling prices of items like smartphones, laptops and appliances rise during the lockdown perio...
01 Mar, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Home appliances clock decade best sales in India in July-Dec 2020: GfK IndiaSales of air-conditioners grew by 25%, refrigerators by 15%, microwave ovens by 39% and washing machines by 24% by the number of units sold...
18 Feb, 2021, 06.59 AM IST
Consumer durables’ sales growth in 2019 best since demonetisationExperts said it might take some more time before a wide spectrum of consumers, such as those in rural India, start spending.
13 Feb, 2020, 07.20 AM IST
GfK ramps up India operations with strategic investmentThe company had partnered with IBM to set up the new center as a build-operate-transfer model. After a start-up phase of around 18 months, ...
29 Jan, 2020, 05.03 PM IST
Festive sales outlook for smartphones and appliances positive: GfK IndiaGfK India managing director Nikhil Mathur said value growth of smartphones and appliances will be more in the second half of the year due t...
23 Aug, 2019, 08.49 PM IST
There’s no slump in demand for phones and white goodsSales of smartphones and white good have grown at a faster clip in the six months from Jan to June.
15 Aug, 2019, 06.36 AM IST
Samsung India eyes 5% rise in smartphone market share this yearSansung today launched new phones in its Galaxy range, J6, J8, A6 and A6+, priced between Rs 13,990 and Rs 25,990. Galaxy J6, A6 and A6+ wi...
21 May, 2018, 06.47 PM IST
Smartphone sales fall 3 pc in Q4 2017: GfKThis also pulled down the overall sales for Emerging Asia region that witnessed a slip of one per cent to 58.6 million units in the fourth ...
24 Jan, 2018, 09.11 PM IST
Lenovo aiming for 22 per cent market share in PC sales"Our present market share as per GfK data is 20 per cent. We want to take it to 22 per cent in the current fiscal taking it to the number t...
15 Sep, 2017, 06.48 PM IST
Whirlpool, Videocon, Panasonic miffed with GfK-Nielsen India's under reportingGfK-Nielsen is the only agency that tracks retail sales of consumer products such as consumer electronics, domestic appliances, telecom and...
24 Sep, 2012, 11.16 AM IST
- IDC, GfK give differing handset sales data
Handset makers such as Nokia, Samsung and Micromax happily agree with the estimates of the agency that rates them better and question the f...
06 Jan, 2011, 11.45 AM IST
- 70% of mobiles sold in Jan-Nov, 2010, were Nokias or Samsungs
The two handset-makers cornering almost 70 per cent of the market during the period in terms of total sales revenue.
02 Jan, 2011, 09.31 PM IST