Should I Look For An Alternative To Amazon India?
Since I wrote Strange Happenings In Amazon India, I went through another experience with Amazon India. It was so strange that it merits a separate blog post. Here goes. I’d…
#CashlessIndia – Why Putting Cart Before Horse Will Work
On the back of the demonetization of high value currency notes in India, the government has been aggressively pushing cashless payments. Trending on Twitter under the hashtag #CashlessIndia, the initiative…
Yaay I’m In The Latest Financial Services Content Royalty List!
I’m happy to announce that I have been named to The Royalty of Insightful Financial Services Content list. Compiled by Bryan Clagett, CMO & Investor in Geezeo, a proven white-label…
Tighter Enforcement & Greater Empowerment Of NPCI Are Key To Slashing Digital Payment Costs
In a recent editorial titled “How To Reduce Card Interchange Charges”, Economic Times advocates a combination of subsidy and competition to reduce merchant fees for accepting card payments. In case…
Five Ways To Beat Online Jingoism
In Do You Face Online Jingoism? I Do, I’d given several examples of online jingoism. Jingoism may not bother 90% of Internet users who reportedly only skim through articles and…
Overcoming The Space Time Challenge in CEM
In Omnichannel Couponing Drives CEM Success – Part 1, I'd highlighted the space challenge in the couponing phase of a CEM program. To recap, this comprises issues that range from…
How To Replace Excel For Collecting Master Data For Your SAAS
In Why Overcoming The Tyranny Of Excel Is A Lousy Positioning Theme, we’d cautioned software companies from pitching their software as a replacement for Excel. Since then, we’re happy to…
PSA: Don’t Get Defensive About Not Going Cashless
The Indian government recently demonetized the INR 500 and 1000 notes and announced plans to introduce new design notes in INR 500, 1000 and 2000 denomination. In the wake of…
Do You Face Online Jingoism? I Do
The Internet is full of jibes on people's nationalities. They appear on articles, blogs, reviews and comments. Often sarcastic and sometimes venomous, they run down the author's or commenter's nationality without…
Strange Happenings In Amazon
I exhibit cult loyalty for Amazon among a few other brands. As I wrote in What Drives Cult Loyalty?, I’ve been shopping on Amazon for over 15 years in Germany,…