Madhukar Sinha and Anand Lunia took us through some interesting insights on how India is evolving πŸ™Œ and the trends coming up.

βœ… With single kids and nuclear families in tier 1 cities, the spending of families have changed.

βœ… Traditional Markets have matured to become specialised

βœ… Online Retail started from Metro cities but #growth comes from Tier 2 & 3.

βœ… Phygital Services coming up like Utsav App, where #technology is used to bridge the digital world with the physical world with the purpose of providing a unique interactive puja experience for the devotees. (Mentioned in Page 86)

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