Vikram Sehgal

VP, Research Director - Data serving Customer Insights PROFESSIONALS

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.

Previous Work Experience

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.


Education

Vikram earned an M.B.A. from Virginia Tech and a B.Com from N.M College in Mumbai, India.

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    Report:The Mobile Mind Shift Index

    Measuring And Analyzing The Shift In Consumers' Expectations

    Six years into the smartphone transition, customers are making a mobile mind shift. The shifted customer expects that any desired information or service is available on any appropriate device, in...

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    Report:A Market Insights Professional's Introduction To European Information And Communications Technology Market 2011 To 2012

    Is there a uniform European market for information and communications technology (ICT) solutions? Many organizations approach Europe as one region, often combined with the Middle East and Africa (the...

    • Downloads: 324
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    Client Inquiry:What Are Some Best Practices For Running An Online Research Community?

    Could you share some best practices for managing a community?

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      Charts & Figures:Exploring The Social Technographics Ladder: Conversationalists

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      Tool:Social Media Preferences Also Vary By Company-Size Segment

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      Report:What Needs To Happen In Market Research In 2013

      Market Insights Needs To Invest In Richer Data, Technology, And Skills To Prepare For The Future

      The market insights industry is at a crossroads. Digital disruption has created an environment in which customer and competitive change is happening much more quickly and having a bigger impact on...

      • Downloads: 188
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      Report:Identify Your Market Insights Maturity

      Assessment: The Market Insights Optimization Playbook

      To ensure that stakeholders have the information they need to succeed — if not survive — in an age of customer power and heightened competitive disruption, market insights professionals...

      • Downloads: 203
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      Report:Best Practices For Managing A Market Research Online Community

      Market research online communities (MROCs) are an increasingly popular qualitative research method. They allow market insights professionals to engage with consumers via a number of different...

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      Report:Case Study: Philips Uses eLearning To Communicate The Benefits Of Net Promoter

      Partnership With Jellyvision Lab Leads To An Engaging Training Module

      One of the challenges that market insights professionals struggle with is the communication of research results across the organization. The Customer Experience and NPS team at Philips was tasked...

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      Report:The Forrester Wave™: EFM Satisfaction And Loyalty Solutions, Q3 2011

      Medallia And MarketTools Lead With Strong Performers Close Behind

      In Forrester's 76-criteria evaluation of enterprise feedback management (EFM) satisfaction and loyalty solutions, we found that Medallia and MarketTools led the pack with comprehensive software...

      • Downloads: 770
    • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

      Report:Segmenting Chinese Mobile Phone Users

      A Technographics® Data Essentials Document

      Mobile phones are an integral part of day-to-day life for most Chinese consumers. But not everyone uses their phone in the same way nor is similarly attached to their phone. Forrester's analysis of...

      • Downloads: 27
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      Report:The Marketing Of Market Insights: How To Build Internal Relationships And Influence

      Market insights professionals often face challenges in building awareness and influence within their companies. To better understand how market insights can overcome these issues, Forrester spoke...

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      Report:How Prediction Markets Help Forecast Consumers' Behaviors

      Emerging Market Research Methodology: Prediction Markets Are Your Innovation And Market Assessment Barometer Tool

      Market insights professionals are repeatedly tasked with delivering quick insights that will accurately predict what consumers will do or buy in the future. Traditional research methods do not always...

      • Downloads: 540
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      Report:Segmentation: New Approaches To An Old Problem

      Customer segmentation has featured in the marketing tool kit for a long time as a means to understand customers and develop targeted communications. Customer Intelligence (CI) professionals use...

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      Report:How To Plan For Mobile Online Survey Takers

      Mobile market research is a growing topic of conversation among market insights professionals. However, one aspect of mobile that is not often discussed but that has significant data implications for...

      • Downloads: 156
    • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

      Survey:Russian Technographics® Benchmark Survey, Q3 2012

      Forrester conducted a survey from April to June 2012 of 3,181 individuals ages 16 and older across urban Russia. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N = 3,181), there is 95%...

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        Report:The Facebook Factor

        Quantifying The Impact Of A Facebook Fan On Brand Interactions

        Quantifying the impact of a Facebook fan can be difficult and elusive for marketers. Forrester uses statistical modeling to analyze the effect of being a Facebook fan on brands. The model gives...

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        Report:What Customers Really Think About Their Database Marketing Service Providers

        In our recent study of database marketing service providers (MSPs), we found that MSPs exist in a diverse vendor ecosystem but enjoy significant customer loyalty. While most firms prioritize deep...

        • Downloads: 328
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        Report:How To Incorporate Social Media In Market Insights

        Bringing Social Intelligence Into The Research Fold

        Social media is here to stay, and the world of market research cannot ignore it any longer. Yet while most market insights professionals are interested in the concept of using social media as a...

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        Report:Behavioral Economics For Market Insights Professionals

        How Market Insights Professionals Can Overcome Biases In Consumer Research

        The field of behavioral economics is gaining increased attention in the marketing world. Unlike standard economic theory, which assumes that consumers are informed and make rational decisions to...

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        Tool:Sample Job Description For the Customer Strategist

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        Report:Executive Q&A: Customer Experience Co-Creation

        Despite professed customer centricity, many firms don't think to involve customers, employees, or key delivery partners in the experience design process. This oversight costs firms precious time and...

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      • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

        Report:Finding Help For Your eCommerce Design Project

        Where To Find Help For Web Design Projects, 2010

        The design of the customer experience is central to any new platform or replatforming project, regardless of scale and channel. Selecting the right Web design vendor can be stressful and complicated....

        • Downloads: 516
      • For Customer Insights Professionals

        Report:Evolve From Research To Insights

        Landscape: The Market Insights Optimization Playbook

        Businesses face pressure from increased competition in a flat world and are also dealing with financial crises, the exponential growth of technological changes, Internet-enabled customer power, and...

        • Downloads: 318
      • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

        Tool:Seek Outside Help To Create Sophisticated Segmentation Analyses

      • For Customer Experience Professionals

        Report:An Overview Of Enterprise Feedback Management Vendors And Their Capabilities

        The Technology Tool That Will Help Market Insights Professionals Bring The Research Data Streams Within The Organization Together

        Companies are in a unique position today: They have an unprecedented ability to collect information about their customers through various channels. However, what has arisen from what one would...

        • Downloads: 639
       
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