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However, this will also need a step shift in the way consumers to seamlessly transact amongst peers
Internet services are o ered. The country will see and with merchants. Smart devices will drive
the coming of age of vernacular and Voice as they utilitarian services to a completely di erent level,
will drive the masses into using Internet. At the whether through OTT or smart speaker or even
same time, Digital payments will enable tness trackers.
Digital adoption amongst SMBs
SMBs have also shown signi cant adoption of digital, driven by marketing and payments
The Internet is not only driving the consumers but access to cheaper data at the hands of the
also driving the Small & medium businesses of business owners meant that businesses are no
India. Kantar's annual tracker amongst SMBs longer challenged by the need to have a wired
indicate that they had been slow to digitalize their connection. Also, access to WhatsApp and social
business. However, over the last two years or so, media makes the businesses more enabled than
SMBs have moved up the value chain rapidly. The ever before.
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Kantar's COVID Impact study amongst the SMBs digital solutions to sustain their business through
have indicated that businesses do realize the the current times and for any other future
impact that technology & Digital can have in their eventualities. This will further the digital adoption
business and, inspite of their business being very amongst this segment thereby, increasing the
negatively impacted due to COVID-19, more than proportion of businesses that are currently
a third of the businesses are actively exploring bene ting from the digital revolution.
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Impact of Overall take on Tech/digital
COVID-19 on businesses opportunities opportunities
79% 92%
Negatively Face
55%
Businesses able
35%
Digital payments,
impacted customer to visualize communicate with
businesses oriented opportunities in digital solutions,
challenges the COVID-19 online customer
crises relationship
Source: Kantar COVID Barometer MSE Estimates
Measuring the new Normal
As the sphere of in uence of digital expands Entertainment Apps that a consumer is
across age groups, socio-economic classes and subscribing to
further bridges the gender and urban-rural divide, Ÿ Thirdly, the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the
the challenge for the industry is to measure the trend towards e-commerce especially for
key digital behavior dimensions and to cross- Grocery and in a sense has established omni-
reference them across the silos in which channel buying behavior rmly. The need to
information is stored, thereby, removing some of understand what people are buying across
the blind-spots of this hyper-digital landscape. channels, who is buying what, when and on
which platform is critical for FMCG marketers to
The blind-spots today span multiple areas,
adapt to and win in a di cult market situation
starting from:
Ÿ Finally, from a communication stand-point as
Ÿ Getting a measure of the usership of new
consumers spend more time online and use
digital services such as the digital payments
social media to be in touch with their friends,
eco-system across both consumers and
people with common interests, relatives and
merchants, emerging services or use cases in
colleagues, there is a need to be able to predict
Healthcare and Education, device eco-systems
likely category and brand choices of social
in homes in the post Covid world of Work From
media users basis statistically veri ed markers
Home and Social Distancing
that can be used to integrate the social media
Ÿ Secondly, there is the space of OTT pro les with other established survey currencies
entertainment and the need to understand user for media planning.
choices within and across the di erent OTT
Kantar has always been at the forefront of solving Finance and eCommerce. Further, end-use, value
the most di cult problems and we are proud to of spends, payment options used and enablers
share with you details of our o er addressing these such as availability of vernacular support and
gaps. voice search will be mapped. Greater granularity
will be provided regarding platforms in terms of
Going forward, Kantar will measure usership of shared franchise, pro les and geographical
internet enabled services such as Online Gaming, strengths. Additionally, incidence of internet
Telemedicine and Online Education in greater enabled devices at home will be made available,
detail in addition to services such as Digital along with their end-use.
Measuring new digital
Services, Platforms and Devices
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Kantar has achieved a signi cant breakthrough This will provide industry and the users with a rich
using a technology that is being patented in the understanding of content choices and variability by
US and India to track OTT content choices. Kantar occasions, platform preferences and pro les on a
has set up a panel of OTT Entertainment App users sliding window of time. The data can be deployed
across Audio and Video Streaming. The service has for building predictive intelligence on trends that
been launched for Audio Streaming and the Video are gaining popularity and therefore can be used
Streaming Service too will be launched by June. for cues for creative development as well.
Content choices, while inside OTT Apps /Podcasts
Audio Content Tracking service is live, Video Content Tracking under beta Testing
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Predictive
Content Platforms Pro les Intelligence
Ÿ What are people Ÿ Reach of OTT platforms Ÿ Demographic pro le Ÿ Trend-spotting – Genre,
listening to or watching Ÿ Platform share Ÿ Age Issues, Performers
through OTT Apps and Ÿ Usage minutes per day Ÿ Gender Ÿ By segments
Podcasts Ÿ Creative cues
Ÿ Variability by Genre, Ÿ NCCS
Ÿ Changes in content
Day-parts /Weekday vs Ÿ Preferred Language
preferences Week-end
Ÿ Day-part Ÿ Geographic di erences
Ÿ Weekend\week-end
Ÿ Tracking choices
While there are several services tracking for FMCG, to give you a rst of its kind window to
eCommerce through multiple digital datasets, the omni-channel shopper and her choices across
Kantar is uniquely positioned to integrate channels.
ecommerce Bill Data with Kantar World Panel data
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Finally, Kantar bring to you its deep pro ling to enable industry and its users to connect o ine
capabilities layered with Social Media Personas and online media worlds and likely category
derived basis social media posts, likes and dislikes choices of such personas.
Decoding Product /Brand linkages with Social Media pro les
To sum up, we are committed to making our Panel to track Audio and Video Streaming on
currency o ers for digital measurement more OTT Entertainment Platforms
contextual in these tumultuous times of change. Ÿ We will provide you a seamless omni-channel
Our portfolio includes: view of the shopper and her choices by
Ÿ ICUBE™ which is ttingly being revamped with integrating Kantar World Panel and
deeper dives on the emerging and established eCommerce Bill Data on eMarketPulse
internet services. Ÿ Finally, the service to enable integration of
Ÿ OTT Entertainment Panel which Kantar has Social Media Personas with Product Usership or
launched earlier this month, the rst of its kind Traditional Media, has been launched earlier
this year as TGI Social.
ICUBE™ is ttingly being Kantar has We will provide you Finally, Social Media
revamped with deeper launched earlier a seamless omni- Personas and
dives on the emerging and this month, the rst channel view of the Product\Traditional
established internet of its kind Panel to shopper and her Media Pro les
services. This spans track Audio and choices by integration service
Communication, Social Video Streaming on integrating Kantar has been launched
Media, Health, Education, OTT Entertainment World Panel and earlier this year as
Entertainment, Commerce, Platforms. eCommerce Bill TGI Social.
Digital Finance, Payments Data on
and Gaming. eMarketPulse.
India is seeing a dawn of a new normal, one that that connects life and livelihood and
will be shaped by Digital. Digital will touch all everything around it. In this new normal, the
aspects of our life, whether it is work or initiatives from Kantar will aid the industry
entertainment, education or social, nancial or and the users add value to their business
marketing. Essentially, it will be a single element decisions in the present and post-COVID
world.