India is preparing for Diwali and the festival is not only defined by lights, glitter and gold, but also by a shopping extravaganza. Online shoppers are expected to spend the equivalent of $9.2 billion this year, marking a recovery from the coronavirus…
Strong economic recovery following the lockdown era of the coronavirus pandemic has caused the price of goods and services to rise since the start of 2021 in many developed nations. Consumers catching up on spending coupled with persistent stock proble…
After massive gains during the first stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, net paid subscriber growth at Netflix took a hit in 2021. The latest quarterly results exceeded expectations however, and when comparing to 2020’s Q3 subscriber additions, the 4.4 mi…
While Swedish telco infrastructure provider Ericsson might have seen a decline in sales in the third quarter due to supply chain issues, the past months still proved fruitful with a net profit of $650 million and billion-dollar deals with telco giants …
Americans who want to buy a new truck of fry up some bacon and eggs for breakfast have to shell out significantly more for those items than a year ago. Increases in the consumer price index have made all sorts of goods more expensive as the long-term e…
Google revealed its latest smartphone at a launch event yesterday. With the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro, the tech giant is aiming to wrestle more of the market out of Apple’s and Samsung’s hands. While the devices may well win over new customers, data …
Trust me, I’m a doctor. So goes the well-worn phrase, and as survey by Ipsos reveals, medical professionals are indeed the most trusted group in the world. A total 64 percent said they think doctors are trustworthy, while just 10 percent said they rath…
Japan has entered the official campaigning phase ahead of the October 31 elections and polls for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) do not look as rosy as they used to. According to national public broadcaster NHK, support for the party was at 3…
Between the years 2020 and 2030, more than 75 million Indonesians will join the so-called consumer class, a group of people who spend more than $11 (in 2011 PPP dollars) per day. This will cause the country to become the fourth biggest consumer market …
The Q3 GDP growth of China – published today – can be seen as the first real post-pandemic reading by the country. Despite the effects of the coronavirus crisis not affecting the year-over-year figures anymore, the results nevertheless turned out disap…
