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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readThe kids wear segment or more specifically the mother and child care segment in India is a rapidly evolving segment rife with innovation. Every year there are newer products and services that can make parenting far easier - these are across categories as diverse as maternity apparel, personal care, safety and transport solutions, toys, etc.The ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readOnce was considered as just a utility catering towards optical concerns and was never considered as a mainstream line of business has now proven to be a fully fledged profitable opportunity which is on an up scaling spree as the consumer behaviour has evolved over the years. The Indian eyewear market -Unveiled The size ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 8 min readAccording to a KPMG-FICCI report, over 109 million incremental people will be required in India alone, across 24 key sectors by the year 2022. Yet, only 4.69 per cent of the Indian population has undergone formal skill training. These facts point towards the kind of opportunities that open up in the skill development and training, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readThe Indian healthcare market is worth US$ 100 billion and is expected to grow to US$ 280 billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 22.9 per cent as per the IBEF data. The rise of technological ways in the delivery of healthcare is further adding to growth of this sector with HealthTech emerging as a ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 8 min readWith the way the ambition for entrepreneurship is growing in India, it’s no surprise that India is fast moving towards having the highest number of business schools in the world. While the likes of IIMs, MDI and XLRI remain the top fairing B-Schools, young India is trying to look beyond too. In such an eco-system, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readThe founder of Pink Woman, Mr. Chatzipavlidis, made his first steps in the fashion industry by opening the first store, in Kavala, a small town in northen Greece.His inspiration was Amancio Ortega, the founder of the Inditex Group, and for five years he studied carefully every single detail of the Zara Stores. “I wanted to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readThe Indian population residing in urban areas is expected to reach 32 per cent by 2020. This urbanisation is seen to be having a direct impact on lifestyles and so, staying fit and eating right is fast coming into play.The Indian gyms and fitness centres market size is worth Rs 4,500 crore, and is growing ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readEducation is a fundamental right for everyone and key to the future of any country. Education has its price everywhere—but the only thing more expensive than investing in education is not investing in education. Inadequate education produces high costs for society in terms of public spending, crime, health, and economic growth. No country can afford ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readLet me dive into the heart of the word ‘skills’ to clarify that it is not necessarily about being able to use whatsapp to communicate nor is it about being able to play chess with multiple competitors simultaneously. However, if proficiency in chess leads to enhancing critical thinking or creative thinking, then yes the game ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 8 min readStudents from primary classes to Class XII are now actively leveraging websites and apps in their search for excellent tutors. In the past few years, the approach of the parent, teacher and student fraternity in India has been veering towards the online world, especially in urban and semi-urban India. India has 100 million students in ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readSoon after Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda has introduced new Sishu (baby) Care brand, FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) also floats a new range of baby care products under its much trusted Dove beauty brand.Despite the huge number of children born in the India every year, the baby care segment has not been tapped to its ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readAccording to a report by E&Y, the current K-12 school system in India is one of the largest in the world with more than 1.4 million schools with more than 250 million students enrolled.About the K12 education sectorSchools have grown at a CAGR of 2.5 per cent from 1.2 million in 2005 to 1.46 million ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readIndia’s organic skin care market is poised to grow at a CAGR of nearly 20 per cent between 2016 and 2020. According to Euromonitor, the sales of skin care products in India are set to reach INR 156 billion by 2020. While FMCGs are eyeing this sector with innovative and natural products in the segment, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readAccording to a report by GSV advisors, the global tutoring and counseling market is worth $54 billion, and is expected to rise to $100 billion by 2017.The Indian education market is estimated to be worth Rs 9 trillion. The current size of private coaching in India is about $23.7 billion and is likely to go ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 9 min readA report by Assocham states that the Indian education market is estimated to be worth Rs.9 trillion. The current size of private coaching in India is about $23.7 billion and is likely to touch $40 billion by 2015. With nearly half the population of India below the age of 25 years and increasing penetration of ...