Ajay Sharma
The BBK Group Attack Makes Samsung Bleed. Xiaomi, Comes Out Unscathed!
It’s always better to be objective, so let’s first table some data on the Indian Smartphone market. Table 1 * Data as per IDC Table 2 *...
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... and here's a little about me.
Smartphone industry veteran with over 11 years of proven track record in launching 4 brands. Instrumental in launching HTC as a brand in India and Micromax (A leading Indian handset brand) in the smartphones' category.
With over 38 years of cross-industry experience, a professional with a great understanding of the domestic and international business operations with excellent channel and media connections.
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Ajay Sharma
- Feb 12, 2020
- 6 min
Viva La Vivo. The Now No.2 Brand, Guns For No.1 Spot!
The IDC data for 2019 is out! And… #Xiaomi, as expected, retains its No. 1 position with 28.6% market share followed by #Samsung at...
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Ajay Sharma
- Jan 25, 2020
- 6 min
The Real(me) Downfall!
The Real data for the first two months of Q4 (October and November) is just out. And, there are various articles, discussions and...
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Ajay Sharma
- Dec 9, 2019
- 6 min
Twenty Two Days For Twenty Twenty!
As 2019 draws to a close, all eyes will be on what 2020 will offer! To recap, 2019 was a year: 1. With the least growth since 2016. From...
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Ajay Sharma
- Nov 19, 2019
- 5 min
Song Sung, Rather A Ridiculed One, For Samsung
India is the 2nd largest and the highest-growing smartphone market amongst the top 3 markets globally. It is also a market that has the...
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Ajay Sharma
- Sep 15, 2019
- 6 min
Times They Are A-Changing! Whoever Had Heard Of Offline Vs. Offline Earlier?
To, My Friends, C/o Offline Space India Let us start with the data for Q2 (Source: Counterpoint) on the growth in the two channels –...
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Ajay Sharma
- Sep 3, 2019
- 4 min
Brands' Projection For Q3, 2019
September will bring the highest selling quarter for mobile phones, as well as most other products, as per past trends, to an end. We are...
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Ajay Sharma
- Jul 25, 2019
- 5 min
A Decade With Trade
A lot has happened in the last 12 years in the smartphone space and my today’s blog is more focussed on the smartphone channel side. I...
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Ajay Sharma
- May 13, 2019
- 7 min
Stop Chasing Specs. Seek Experience!
With all the spec numbers been thrown around by the brands, it' time we go beyond them and look for a device that thrives more on an...
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Ajay Sharma
- Feb 26, 2019
- 5 min
Aspirational Customers Skip Price As Key Factor
The price specification game may get over sooner than later. It has to! I have been observing the different ways the brands are playing...
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Ajay Sharma
- Feb 12, 2019
- 5 min
Indian Smartphone Market: Every Brand’s Go-To!
In today’s day and age, it’s best for any brand to hike up their stake in the mobile phone business in India. The country’s smartphone...
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Ajay Sharma
- Feb 4, 2019
- 6 min
Samsung: The ‘M’peror Strikes Back!
Ready to disrupt the market tomorrow i.e., February 5th! Sa’M’sung is not used to being the No. 2 brand for long, and it is since Q4 of...
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Ajay Sharma
- Jan 28, 2019
- 6 min
Decoding The Reliance O2O Model
While I have been writing blogs on products, channel, brands and other major happenings in the smartphone industry, it seems channel as a...
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Ajay Sharma
- Jan 21, 2019
- 5 min
Face Off: Mukesh Ambani Vs. Jeff Bezos?
Online/offline channel and sales are current hot topics. The unrest in the offline channel has been higher in the mobile phones’ sector...
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Ajay Sharma
- Jan 14, 2019
- 9 min
From Ajay With Love!
So now let’s move on to an outlook some key brands should have for the year 2019. For a brand to succeed, it has to have a strong...
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Ajay Sharma
- Jan 6, 2019
- 7 min
2019: The Year Of The Offline?
In my last blog, I primarily talked about the expected market size and the kind of product innovations we’re expecting to see this year....
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Ajay Sharma
- Jan 1, 2019
- 10 min
Adios 2018, Hola 2019!
Last year’s darkness derails. A steady growth carriage carries bouquets of positives in tonnes. 2018 has ended and it’s time for the...
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Ajay Sharma
- Dec 24, 2018
- 7 min
Can Santa Claus Be The Guardian Angel?
2018 has been a pretty eventful year for the smartphone industry. Let me recapitulate some of the interesting ones, and hope 2019 brings...
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Ajay Sharma
- Dec 17, 2018
- 6 min
Straight From The Oven
My take on the three of the latest hottest news from the world of smartphone market. Let’s start with today’s FIRST hot news which...
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Ajay Sharma
- Dec 10, 2018
- 7 min
Rewriting. Rewiring. Reviving Offline.
With the online channel feasting, and the offline surviving on morsels, it’s time they change the game before the game has ended. My...
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