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India’s Evolving Pet Food Industry: Current Landscape and Future Outlook

Avalon Consulting — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:50:12 +0000

Santosh Sreedhar, Partner at Avalon Consulting, shared valuable insights into India’s evolving pet food industry. While the market is growing at a rapid pace of 10-12% annually, packaged pet food still supplements rather than substitutes home-cooked meals for most pet parents.

The article can be found here:

https://www.financialexpress.com/business/brandwagon-fmcg-majors-nestl-amp-godrej-are-raring-to-shake-up-a-rs-5000-cr-category-3886625/

As awareness of packaged pet food as a complete diet increases, the market is expected to see strong growth and greater competition, with new entrants and innovative offerings driving the industry forward.

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How battery technology and changing advancements are transforming electric vehicles?

Avalon Consulting — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:29:45 +0000

Shabal Goel, Vice President at Avalon Consulting, shared his insights on how advancements in battery technology and charging infrastructure are transforming the electric vehicle landscape, published on PCQuest. The article can be found here:

https://www.pcquest.com/features/how-battery-technology-and-charging-advancements-are-transforming-electric-vehicle-9063642

He highlighted how green technology can tackle key environmental challenges, from cleaner air via EVs to emission cuts, water conservation, and biodiversity protection.

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Indian bioscience industry readies to brace the impact

Avalon Consulting — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:06:28 +0000

Vishal Dhikale, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting, unpacks the implications of impending US reciprocal tariffs on India’s export-driven bioscience sector. In BioVoice News, he highlights how rising input costs, disrupted supply chains, and regulatory uncertainty threaten India’s global competitiveness. However, he also outlines strategic responses diversifying sourcing, embracing AI, and strengthening domestic capabilities that can turn this challenge into an opportunity for long-term sectoral resilience.

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Why Indian methanol producers will miss the “Methanol Economy” bus

Avalon Consulting — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:02:24 +0000

Saptarag Hota, Senior Consultant at Avalon Consulting, critically evaluates India’s readiness for a methanol-driven future in his article. He outlines that, despite policy-level ambition, domestic methanol production is hampered by uneconomical feedstock choices, outdated capacities, and fragmented biomass supply chains. While coal offers a potential alternative, high ash content and technology limitations create further roadblocks.

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National Technology Day: Celebrating India’s Innovation Journey

Avalon Consulting — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:51:08 +0000

Kumaresan Arunachalam, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting, was featured in leading publications including CXOToday, TimesTech, and CIO&Leader on the occasion of National Technology Day 2025. He shared a powerful vision for empowering Indian youth in STEM and driving global innovation from India.

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Views on ChatGPT’s New Shopping Feature

Avalon Consulting — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:49:31 +0000

Vishal Adkar, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting, provided his views on ChatGPT’s New Shopping Feature, which was published in Financial Express (India)

He highlighted that ChatGPT’s shopping feature represents a shift from traditional, self-driven product searches to Al-curated discovery, effectively acting as a virtual shopping assistant that could transform consumer decision-making.

For marketers, it opens up a new and ambiguous channel where brand visibility and influence will rely on understanding and adapting to evolving Al recommendation algorithms

Read below and refer to the link as well- https://lnkd.in/gprSA5fz

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Inside the Travel Guarantee: View on Risk, Trust, and Micro – Insurance

Avalon Consulting — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:52:08 +0000

Ayush Patodia, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting shared his thoughts on Inside the Travel Guarantee: View on Risk, Trust, and Micro- Insurance, which was published in The Economic Times.

He explained that travel guarantees are data-driven products using predictive analytics and behavioral insights to assess risk, price premiums, and pool losses effectively.

He emphasized that with low payout incidence and high user scale, several online travel platforms achieve favorable unit economics, making the model sustainable—not a gimmick.

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POV on Glance’s AI-native commerce platform

Avalon Consulting — Mon, 26 May 2025 10:51:54 +0000

Vishal Adkar, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting, shared his thoughts on Glance’s AI Native Commerce Platform, which was published in Financial Express.

He explained that the platform uses AI-generated avatars to let users virtually try on shoppable outfits, offering styling recommendations based on body type, skin tone, and preferences.

He emphasized that by democratizing access to personal stylist-like services, AI is transforming e-commerce from product discovery to personalized styling, streamlining the consumer journey and enabling more confident, data-informed purchase decisions.

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How Nykaa became the go-to launchpad for global brands

Avalon Consulting — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:02:33 +0000

Himanshu Trivedi, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting, shared his insights on How Nykaa became the go-to launchpad for global brands in India, in a feature published by Financial Express.

He emphasized that premium segments are growing faster than mass markets, driven by higher margins and customer loyalty. He explained that partnerships with global luxury players help platforms like Nykaa attract high-value consumers and generate increased web traffic, benefiting the platform’s entire brand portfolio and overall positioning in the beauty ecosystem.

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Thoughts on Renewability Sector for World Earth Day

Avalon Consulting — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:48:56 +0000

Ayush Patodia, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting, shared his views on India’s accelerating energy transition on World Earth Day. He highlighted how India is emerging as a global example of climate action, with a bold shift towards non-fossil fuel energy sources.

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The future of AI in Business – Humanizing Technology

Avalon Consulting — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:00:38 +0000

Kumaresan Arunachalam, Associate Vice President at Avalon Consulting, shared his views on the future of AI in business in PCQuest magazine.

He emphasized that AI must be guided by ethics, empathy, and transparency to truly enhance customer experiences. He also highlighted the importance of strong governance to ensure responsible and fair AI adoption across industries.

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The Threat Posed to Established Brands by Emerging D2C Companies

Avalon Consulting — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:30:41 +0000

Santosh Sreedhar, Partner at Avalon Consulting, shared his insights on the rising threat emerging D2C companies pose to legacy consumer brands, featured in Financial Express.

He highlighted that the rapid growth of D2C players is fundamentally challenging the dominance of established brands across sectors. With faster product innovation, sharper consumer targeting, and enhanced digital engagement, these agile challengers are forcing traditional players to rethink their go-to-market strategies.

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