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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.
Addressing Consumers' Need For Immediacy And Cost Savings
European consumers continue to make use of all of the touchpoints that eBusiness professionals offer when making purchases. Click and collect serves multichannel buyers' fundamental needs by allowing...

Retailers want to engage multichannel shoppers — that much they know. But who these shoppers are and how retailers go about courting them are entirely different stories. Below is a profile of...
Smart Full-Service Firms Will Use The Web To Connect Advisors And Clients
Forrester's data shows that more than one in four affluent US investors express interest in online collaborative advice tools such as co-browsing. In fact, the largest segment of affluent investors...
Using Regression Modeling To Better Understand The Drivers Of Acquisition, Retention, And Cross-Selling In Banking
In 2012, the age of the customer is in full swing. Gone are the days when companies could simply offer their services and customers could choose to take them or leave them — today, companies...
The Payment Methods That Appeal Most And Least To Leisure Travel Bookers
Since 2007, US travelers' usage and interest in alternative payment methods (APMs) for online travel purchases has been slowly, but steadily, increasing. Fifteen percent of US online leisure travel...
A Technographics® Data Essentials Document
With the majority of US adults banking online and more than one-fifth accessing their financial accounts on their mobile phones, the landscape for B2C financial services has become increasingly...
Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in August and September 2012 of 13,518 European individuals ages 16 to 92. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N = 13,518), there...
Forrester Research conducted an online survey in October 2011 of 3,621 consumers ages 18 and older in metropolitan China (including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, and Xian)....
Forrester Technographics Digital Consumer Community Report, February 2012
The economic recession has turned consumers into savvy bargain hunters. Now more than ever, they are on the lookout for the best deals and lowest prices they can find. Forrester conducted qualitative...
Privacy Laws Force Rich Dialogue With Customers
In May 2011, the EU ePrivacy Directive came into effect across Europe. This directive has met with a mixed response at a national level, with some countries jumping to hit the deadline, some stalling...
Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in August 2010 of 5,608 Canadian individuals ages 18 to 88. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N=5,608), there is 95% confidence...
Health Insurance eBusiness Professionals Must Press On Despite Low Demand
Health insurance eBusiness professionals have entered the mobile fray. Apps and mobile sites span the administrative and the health and wellness spectrum, but US online commercially insured consumers...
Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in December 2011 of 4,672 US individuals ages 18 to 88. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N = 4,672), there is 95% confidence...
Forrester Technographics Digital Consumer Community Report, May 2012
Pleasing consumers is becoming increasingly difficult, and the experiences encountered while buying a product can make or break a brand’s reputation with its consumers. One bad experience can...
Despite A Thriving Online Market, Multichannel Retail Is Still An Untapped Opportunity For German Retailers
The German online retail market is the second largest in Europe. Amazon.de and eBay are dominant forces, with major German consumer brands selling through those sites, and others following suit...

How eBusiness Leaders Should Approach Mobile As A Sales And Service Channel
Across the globe, the mobile channel is growing at a rapid rate. eBusiness and channel strategy leaders at B2B and B2C firms are at the forefront: 94% of eBusiness managers we surveyed are either...
The Polish retail banking market is characterized by strong growth and competition. Only 68% of the population owns a current account, and a large number of banks are competing for customer...