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:Start To Play With Social Gamers

    Social Gaming Provides A Ripe Marketing Opportunity

    Eighty-four percent of US interactive marketers have no plans to use games in their 2011 marketing strategies, making social gaming a large, untapped opportunity for marketers. Marketers should start...

    • Downloads: 826
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Profiling Brand-Loyal And Price-Conscious US Consumers

    A Technographics® Data Essentials Document

    Brand loyalty and price sensitivity guide consumers' purchasing decisions, but these qualities also create unique audiences that embody distinct social attitudes, technology engagement, and...

    • Downloads: 37
  • For CMO Professionals

    Report:Marketing Leaders' Approach To Content Creation For Brands

    Four Examples Show How To Experiment In Branded Content Development

    Marketers have long relied on advertising and their agencies to help tell the story of their brands. As consumers become immune to traditional advertising and ad clutter and fragmentation limits ad...

    • Downloads: 670
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:The New Blogging Strategy For Consumer Brands

    Using Blogs To Empower Consumers And Gain Back Trust For Your Brand

    Blogging is an often misused social marketing platform. Marketers often recycle generic content, follow quarterly content schedules, and plan more for search optimization than engagement. Old school...

    • Downloads: 779
  • For CMO Professionals

    Report:CMOs Must Connect The Dots Of The Online Brand

    Orchestrate Digital For The Best Brand Experience

    Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels — Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other...

    • Downloads: 906
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Case Study: Thomson Reuters Tests Tablet Advertising And Reaches Target Audience

    Using The Five P's To Test An Emerging Platform

    Thomson Reuters was looking to drive awareness around a new brand positioning and align its brand with its innovative products and services, so it tested a content-focused ad campaign on tablets and...

    • Downloads: 311
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Three Ways To Find, Create, And Energize Advocates

    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...

    • Downloads: 1016
  • For CMO Professionals

    Report:Measuring The Impact Of Branded Content

    Read this report if you want to understand how to measure the effectiveness of a branded content strategy along the stages of the customer life cycle. This report will help you define the most...

    • Downloads: 606
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Power Your Brand Ecosystem With Social Media

    Vision: The Social Marketing Playbook

    You already know your audience uses social media; one minute they're planning vacations on Twitter and the next they're toppling governments with the help of Facebook. And because your customers use...

    • Downloads: 1016
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    Report:How To Build Your Brand With Generation Z

    Generation Z, the generation born after the Millennials, are true digital natives who have grown up in the age of technology. The only world they know is a digital one — where they can connect...

    • Downloads: 289
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    Report:How Consumers Find Websites In 2011

    And Why Multitouchpoint Campaigns Will Drive Value, Not Just Traffic

    As in years past, natural search results, links, and personal emails are the most cited resources for finding websites. But take note: Social media — in particular social networks —...

    • Downloads: 831
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Extend Your Marketing Into Games

    See Through The Myths, And Tap Games As A Medium For Marketing

    Are you looking to deliver interactive, integrated marketing messages and advertising to reach an attractive, broad base of users in a medium where emotional response is predictable and guaranteed?...

    • Downloads: 158
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    Report:Let Your Product Do The Talking

    Build Your Brand With A Product Experience Platform

    As the effectiveness of traditional communications vehicles continues to decline, marketers must think differently about brand building. Forrester has identified that consumers are tuning out...

    • Downloads: 633
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    Report:Traditional Paid Media Must Fuel Earned Media Efforts

    Offline And Online Paid Media Placements Will Drive Earned Media Success

    Earned media is exploding. Born from traditional public relations (PR), its rapid adoption by marketers is being driven by new opportunities to drive word of mouth through social media. But earned...

    • Downloads: 656
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