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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.
Lessons For Consumer Product Strategy Professionals
See many hybrid vehicles while driving to work? No? These cars have been sold for more than 10 years, yet adoption is still low. Using our Convenience Quotient methodology, we looked at the concept...

Disruption Drives 12 Trends In Digital Insurance Agendas
Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in January 2013 of 1,051 affluent US individuals ages 18 to 88. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N = 1,051), there is 95%...
Forrester conducted a mail survey fielded in May and June 2010 of 10,116 US households and individuals ages 18 and older. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N = 10,116),...
In May 2009, Forrester predicted that, while a growing number of consumers would embrace navigation solutions, the phone would be the most widely used tool for navigation by 2013. Our most recent...
Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in May and June 2012 of 30,978 US and 2,032 Canadian online adults ages 18 to 88. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N = 30,978...
Marketers Must Look Beyond Incremental Sales And Margins To Assess The Full Impact Of A Direct Sales Channel
Every product category has a set of competitors that have a branded route to the customer — such as The Body Shop in cosmetics, Gap in apparel, and Apple in consumer electronics — while...
Auto And Home Insurance Firms Should Refurbish eDelivery Strategies
Paper bills, statements, and policies are a costly and unnecessary expenditure in the auto and homeowner insurance industry. Although it is idealistic at best to think that eBusiness teams at...
Global automotive markets are being transformed by the combined effects of environmental concerns, the fast growth of emerging markets, and changing consumer behavior. In particular, the automotive...

Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in August and September 2010 of 4,711 US individuals ages 18 to 88. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N=4,711), there is 95%...
Benchmarks: The Experience-Driven Organization Playbook
This report provides benchmarks of the quality of customer experience at major companies. It should be used to help customer experience professionals set goals and optimize as they transform their...

Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in November 2010 of 7,728 US individuals ages 18 to 88. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N = 7,728), there is 95% confidence...
US Online Insurance Sales Will Grow Steadily Through 2015
In 2010, online motor and home insurance sales in the US grew to $8.4 billion, which represents less than a 4% share of insurance sales in these two categories. What's behind that online single-digit...
What A Higher Customer Experience Index Score Can Do For Revenue
To help customer experience professionals prove the business value of a better enterprise customer experience, we built simple models that show how revenue increases when a company's Customer...
Consumers Rate The Customer Experience Across 153 Large US Brands
To assess the state of customer experience in 2011, Forrester asked more than 7,700 US consumers about their interactions with a variety of companies. Based on their responses, we calculated Customer...
Why Price Needs To Become More Than Just A Number For Product Strategists
Price can no longer be just a number for product strategists. Pricing now needs to become a strategic competency that affects every aspect of product strategy, from the business model to the nature...
Promote, Find, And Attract The Mass Influencers Who Matter
Fans and followers are helpful for brands, but the people who bring the greatest value in social media are not just fans but advocates — people who can and will support, engage, and share...