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Vikram leads the forecast team, which is responsible for producing all forecasts within M&S research. He is focused on the consumer commerce areas including retail, travel, and financial services. He is keenly involved in understanding the evolution of consumers' online behavior and technology adoption.
Vikram came to Forrester Research through its acquisition of Jupiter Research, where he started in July 2000. Prior to Jupiter, Vikram worked at IRI, a leading market research company, where he worked closely with some of the leading CPG companies.
Vikram often appears on TV, radio, and comments in the press on the US online retail and travel industry. He has been quoted in The L.A. Times, Business Week, The New York Times, CNN Money, and American Banker. He has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and Radio, NPR, Fox Business News, and ABC.
Vikram earned an M.B.A. from Virginia Tech and a B.Com from N.M College in Mumbai, India.
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Customers are in the midst of a total mind shift. As a result of their perpetual mobile connections, their expectations have changed. They're not interested in your messaging and logos. They want...
The Ultra-Connected Customer Will Upturn Marketing
In 2013, the ultra-connected customer base will grow at a staggering pace, destabilizing marketing as you've come to know it. This report identifies the changes you'll see in your customers'...
How do you effectively use your brand and/or brand presence to create a social persona or tone of voice within social channels? With most brands speaking in a natural tone, how can a brand further...
The personal nature of mobile devices creates a deeper, more-connected bond between marketer and consumer, which requires a new approach to traditional marketing objectives. Marketers looking to...
More people own smartphones than ever before and they’re using them more often too. This makes a mobile marketing strategy crucial for any interactive marketer. Yet today we find that although...

What To Expect For The Health Of Your Community
Interactive marketers in charge of branded communities need to be able to benchmark goals and set expectations for the success of their programs. However, the benchmarks being observed are typically...
Organization: The Social Marketing Playbook
To prepare for the future of interactive marketing, as marketers you must follow the CORE directive to: customize marketing experiences, optimize decisions and processes, respond to changing market...
A Four-Phase Approach To Preparing To Engage With Your Customers
Many marketers are launching communities to engage their customers in an authentic dialogue around their companies, brands, and products. However, once they've launched, brands often find that they...
Forrester Research Online Facebook WebTrack
Marketers are flocking to Facebook — but creating a compelling Facebook brand presence requires forethought and commitment. The best Facebook marketers maximize their pages' exposure, post...
How Interactive Marketers Should Tap Twitter For Real Business Results
With Twitter's usage numbers ballooning and its recent announcement of brand pages, interactive marketers are paying attention. Recognizing its potential across the marketing mix, many have already...
