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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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The Nine Agencies That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
In Forrester's 37-criteria evaluation of US digital agencies with mobile marketing services, we identified the nine significant agencies in this category — AKQA, iCrossing, Ogilvy, Possible...

As the demand for customer intelligence (CI) from business stakeholders grows and more organizations increase their CI maturity, organizations' marketing agency needs have also changed. A few...

US financial services interactive marketing spend will more than double by 2016 but won't grow its investments in every channel at the same pace. This brief report breaks down the increase by channel...
Forrester partnered with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) to better understand marketers' current attitudes toward TV and digital video advertising. Marketers have regained their...

Marketers should format emails for convenient mobile access. Do this by following Forrester's principles of convenience — create mobile emails that are immediate, simple, and contextually...
Choosing The Right Approach For Your Target Consumers
Mobile commerce is growing in Australia at a rapid pace. To shape sensible strategies, Australian eBusiness professionals must understand the behavior of their customers. For example, they should...
Mobile Marketing Needs To Be A Value Exchange Between Brand And Consumer
Consumers' use of mobile is nearly ubiquitous in North America, but mobile marketing is still in its early years. Interactive marketers must take advantage of the opportunity to capture consumers'...
Processes: The Mobile Marketing Playbook
This report highlights the key principles of mobile experience that interactive marketers must weave into the process of crafting mobile marketing strategies. More people own smartphones than ever...

Last year, B2B CMOs were challenged with increasing marketing's impact on revenue, adapting to rapidly changing buyer behaviors, and delivering exceptional customer experiences. In 2012, they will go...

The Time Is Right To Test Hyperlocal Near Field Communication (NFC)
Near field communication (NFC) allows consumers to use their mobile and custom devices to directly interact with almost any real-world object such as posters, clothes, and shop windows. The allure of...

Building A Foundation To Enable Next-Generation Mobile Services
CIOs that Forrester interviewed understand the potential of context and are building the foundational infrastructure needed to support the use of context across consumer touchpoints — not just...

Marketing Gets Customized For Social, Local, Mobile, Multiscreen Consumers
Social is not a channel, and mobile goes beyond the smartphone. In 2012, marketers will get this concept and realize that their customer is truly "always on." The customer of 2012 expects customized,...
Location-Based Social Networking, Though Stagnant Now, Is Poised To Grow
Geosocial applications — also known as location-based social networks — hold potential for interactive marketers: They can help increase in-store visits, your brand's visibility, and...
Tackle The Low-Hanging Fruit To Maximize 2012 Budgets
Business-to-business (B2B) financial services interactive marketers will likely feel the squeeze in 2012 as they look to deliver improved performance with limited budget growth. While this economic...