Category: Industry

Vending Cart Industry In India

The vending cart industry in India has a historic presence, even the format of the cart has not evolved a lot. Still the cart is made of wood with an iron frame to support the wheel and the wood. The cost of the cart being roughly around USD 10 and it makes the capital investment very low. Any one who feels to try his/her entrepreneur skill can invest in with the low capital amount and the stock. No licenses are required to operate such carts in India as they are not legal. When Government starts any action against them they disappear from the market and as soon as the caravan of the government vehicle passes by they reappear as nothing has happened ever. All it requires you to operate such cart is small amount of money (since very low capital), willingness to work and last but not least entrepreneur skill to operate your business.

The vending business in India can be seen across all the industry. One can find food, vegetables, fruits, clothes, shoes, toys, groceries and everything and anything on the cart put up for sale. Recently I have seen a cart selling very costly decorative item on the cart. The carts usually rule the street and at times you can find a specialized market for them which is set up by the local authorities (to improve the conditions of street vendors) generally known as Hatwada in Northern India. But the major industry that rules the vending industry in India is the food industry. You can find every kind of food being served on the plates of these local street food vendors, mostly unhygienic but at times hygienic too.

The scenario of vending business in India is now changing. With the efforts of the government (Ministry of Food Processing in India) and local authorities the vending business in India will see a tremendous change in coming years. With the PPP model a lot can happen which not only can improve the condition of the vending business in India as well as also be able to improve the quality being served on these street carts. Some companies Like KDCPL have already popped in for a better street vending in India.

Niching the Online Handmade Industry

Niching the Online Handmade Industry:
Setting up Shop

By Dennis Speer

Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved

Nooks and crannies. It congers up visions of an old house in a Hardy Boys adventure. A complex floor plan, three stories, hidden stairways, secret passages, lots of nooks and crannies and maybe even haunted. For those who remember The Hardy Boys or even those who have actually been in a house like this, you know what Im talking aboutthey just dont build them like that anymore.

These nooks and crannies had niches used to display a special vase, a special memento or other special home dcor, and the effect could be very powerful. These niches became a special presentation of things of importance that demand recognition. The more special the item, the more special the attention it derived from it. This unique presentation creates uniqueness and appeal.

This unique specialization creates the niche effectspecialization within a specialization. And so it is within the influence of internet marketing and the niche effect of the Online Handmade Industry. To be recognized here you must be uniquely special!

The Online Handmade Industry is driven by handmade artists. So, just what is a “Handmade Artist”? Just ask one and you will get a myriad of answers. To be sure, they are artists who are devoted to their craft. They are artisans who craft their devotion. And they are crafters who create handmade art products and visual arts. They all have a significant impact and influence on the Online Handmade Industry.

Establishing a niche isnt difficult, but it requires what some call the three PsProper Prior Planning.

Identify your specialties. What you are really good at will drive quality in your products. By prioritizing your specialties you instill uniqueness of your products. And when you create your specialties you infuse them with the finest qualities that become the reputation for your niche.

The process of establishing, prioritizing and creating special things is critical to niche marketing, and even more so if your market is online. There are many marketplace venues representing the Online Handmade Industry and literally millions of art products competing to be seen, selected and purchased by consumers. Most handmade artists are keenly aware of this condition.

So, add presentation to the checklist. The quality of presentation is as important as the quality of the products being presented. The niche effect requires a high degree of specialization, the finest quality achievable and the best, and most unique, presentation online. Digital imagery becomes a significant part of the equation and the image presented must reflect all of the other components. A bad photo of great art work or crafted products wont sell online, plus the visual attraction of the products can be a large part of its uniqueness. Many handmade buyers are attracted to the idiom because most of the items presented are one of a kind.

The next step is to find your audience. Simply creating great stuff and presenting it online wont in itself attract buyers. Sellers need to find their buyers, not vice versa. The unique nature of niche marketing is especially evident in this regard. When using titles and descriptions of products understanding the implications of Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs) becomes the key. Word competition is enormous, so choose the keywords used in these areas carefully, using words and phrases buyers would likely use to find you. This is especially important when your shop is located on a handmade marketplace where thousands of items reside.

Other important marketing tactics include social media (some marketplaces have complete social media applications built in), networking and follow up with buyers. Creating your brand identity will help buyers remember your products. (See my article: Evolution of Branding: The Art of Buzz)

With niche marketing quality teams with quality. Maybe MacGyver could build a rocket launcher out of a few Popsicle sticks, but Popsicle sticks arent really the stuff of quality art products or visual arts.

Display your works in the midst of other quality products. Present your works with the finest quality venues and surround yourself with the finest quality artists. Its attractive!

Singapore Mobile Commerce Industry Outlook To 2016 Evolution In Mobile Shopping

The report includes the market segments such as mobile applications and mobile payments with a detailed analysis of total industry size in terms of revenue, total number of subscribers undertaking m-Commerce transactions with their future projections and the latest trends and developments in the industry. The report also entails an analysis of all the major players in the market.
The total number of subscribers undertaking the Mobile Commerce transactions in Singapore is ~ for the year 2011.Singapore offers the brightest future in this market because of its high mobile penetration rate, an efficient regulatory system and sound financial support from government. Mobile Commerce market size has increased from USD ~ million in 2009 to USD ~ million in 2011 at a CAGR of 574.6%. Consumer spending via mobile devices rose from USD ~ in 2010 to USD ~ in 2011.

The number of mobile shoppers had constituted ~ of all online shoppers in 2011, as compared to ~ in 2010. The people in Singapore spent USD ~ million using Smartphone in 2011, almost three-quarters of the total M-Commerce market as compared to USD ~ million through tablets. Consumers spent USD ~ million on applications and USD ~ million on Movie tickets via their tablet devices.
The Singapore Mobile payment market has showcased a splendid growth in the past year from USD ~ thousand in 2010 to USD ~ thousand in 2011. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 53.1% from 2012 to 2016. The average spending of an individual on mobile shopping is expected to increase from USD ~ in 2012 to USD ~ in 2016. People are expected to prefer mobile shopping over online shopping in future. Singapore witnessed a decline of ~ in online shopping in past year.

Singapore mobile application market size in terms of revenue grew from USD ~ million in 2009 to USD ~ million in 2011 at a CAGR of 633.3%. The report also includes the mobile applications market segmentation into games, ringtones, learning applications, kids applications with their contribution on the basis of revenue. Games constitute the maximum share with USD ~ million revenue followed by ringtones, learning applications and kids applications. The industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 91% in future.
Singapore customers in the age of 18 to 44 years prefer their mobile devices over personal computers as their primary internet platform because of the comfort and simplicity that mobile devices ensure nowadays. Mobile commerce industry has shown significant growth due to factors such as high smartphone penetration and mounting number of 3G subscribers.
The report entails a detailed SWOT analysis of the industry highlighting the key strengths and threats. A thorough scenario

analysis of the countrys mobile commerce industry explains the future projections under three different circumstances.
Key Topics Covered in the Report:
Market size of Singapore Mobile commerce industry
Market segmentation on the basis of category such as fashion and accessories, books, movie tickets and mobile devices such as smartphone and tablets along with their market share.
Detailed analysis of mobile payment market in Singapore with its market share and future projections Mobile application market size in terms of revenue in USD million Market segmentation on the basis of games, ringtones, learning applications and kids applications Cause and effect table relationship between various factors affecting the m- payment and m-application market.
Growth drivers for m-commerce, m-payments and m-applications market of Singapore Analysis of major players in these sectors with their company profiles in detail The historical and the projected trends in the macro-economic indicators, which had an impact on the Singapore mobile commerce market

For more information on the industry research report please refer to the below mentioned link:
http://www.ammindpower.com/report.php?A=295&T=D&S=96

What The Sugar Industry And Fda Dont Want You To Know! – Miracle Fruit.

Article Written by Mr Steven Havill Sr (SEO Expert and Specialist) A client of the MiracleFruitHut.com

Miraculin or Miracle Fruit has the potential to wipe out sugar related diabetes, not by sweetening food but by changing the way our taste buds interpret food.

Imagine eating the sweetest fruits out of the season, or enjoying healthy unsweetened dark chocolate that tastes like the finest milk chocolate from Holland, and doing it without adding a single calorie or grain of sweetener. Yes, this is possible and has been for decades.

Didn’t you know?

For the last 50 years, our society has been pounded with the evils of

smoking, drinking, eating red meat, and that we should cut as much salt and fat from our diets as possible. Under the guise of healthy living, we are being programmed to replace our intake of butter with margarine or red meat with soy alternatives. This brings me to my point. We are being sold a bill of goods and any questioning is quickly muffled by the industries who control our food. We are told to eat this or that instead of that or this, but only if it is beneficial to the industry promoting it.

One such industry is the sugar industry also known as BIG SUGAR!

There are very few things in life that are as good yet so harmful to you as refined white sugar. Sugar is by far the largest worldwide addiction that is openly protected by the FDA. White refined sugar is not a food. It is a chemical. It is an addictive drug. Yes, that’s right, an addictive drug and when you remove it from your diet you can experience withdrawal symptoms. Refined sugar is used in everything from bread to fruit juice. Fruit juice! No way, they use fructose in fruit juice.

So called “Natural Sweeteners”;

If you consider fructose a safe, natural sugar, think again. You’ve been had by one of the biggest nutritional bait-and-switch ploys in years. Fructose does not come from fruit, it IS refined sugar! High fructose consumption has been fingered as a causative factor in heart disease. It raises blood levels of cholesterol and another type of fat, triglyceride. It makes blood cells more prone to clotting, and it may also accelerate the aging process. So the next time you see a commercial touting the virtues of Fructose as the actor sucks on her popsicle… know that they are lying to you.

Even though there are healthier natural alternatives, BIG SUGAR continues to protect their interests in much the same way big tobacco has for decades. They own both the sugar and sugar replacement markets which meant that getting other, healthier alternatives are slim at best and getting these truths nonexistent.

Artificial Sweeteners;

Artificial replacements are known to have carcinogens. They cause CANCER and the companies making them know it. They have been rebranded constantly to keep consumers from understanding the true hazards of ingesting such products. Imagine renaming a product, changing the color of the box and calling it healthy! Such artificial sweeteners are; Acesulfame potassium Nutrinova, E950 (FDA Approved 1988), Alitame Pfizer (Pending FDA Approval), Aspartame NutraSweet, E951 (FDA Approved 1981), Salt of aspartame-acesulfame Twinsweet, E962, Cyclamate Abbott, E952 (FDA Banned 1969, pending re-approval), Dulcin (FDA Banned 1950) Glucin, Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone E959, Neotame, NutraSweet (FDA Approved 2002), P-4000 (FDA Banned 1950), Saccharin E954 (FDA Approved 1958), Sucralose Kaltame, Splenda, Tate & Lyle, E955 (FDA Approved 1998)

Natural Sweeteners that truly are healthy (honestly!);

Naturalists and foodies are just now starting to expound the virtues of natural sugar alternatives such as stevia, mannitol, glycerol and the primary subject of this article miraculin. Miraculin is a glycoprotein extracted from the miracle berry or miracle fruit plant, a shrub native to West Africa (Synsepalum dulcificum or Richadella dulcifica). Rather than acting as a sweetening agent, miraculin changes the way our taste buds interpret flavors. It makes sour limes and lemons taste like lemon aide. It makes healthy unsweetened dark chocolate taste like fine milk chocolate. And it does all of this without adding a single calorie or grain of sweetener.

The ad read; Are you diabetic? Would you like to eat chocolate cake again? How about a chocolate cake with no sugar that tastes like the most decadent brownie you’ve ever tasted? Are you overweight? Would you like to eat fruit that tastes like candy, instead of candy that is killing you?

YES! Of course I would, while thinking to myself that this has to be a con. After hearing all the hype about Miracle fruit I started researching this so-called miracle plant. I was going to get to the bottom of this thing and find out for myself. I was amazed at what I found out, and it prompted me to purchase a package of miraculin tablets. These are freeze dried miracle fruit berries with a little corn starch added to hold the tablets together. They are all natural and won’t interact with any medicines negatively. I started looking for a place to buy some miraculin and found a site (http://miraclefruithut.com) that offered lightning fast shipping. I placed my order and for $15, I received 10 tablets in about 2 days (yes they shipped lightning fast just as they had promised), and I was ready to give it a try.

Keep in mind that I myself am a sweetaholic and I crave sugar. I drink my coffee sweetened and have become addicted to flavored (artificial) creamers. I do love fruit, however, getting good naturally ripened and sweet fruit is next to impossible these days. With that said, for my test I got a melon that was not very sweet, out of season and the flavor was, well… blah! Imagine biting into a piece of candle wax with a dash of sugar on it.

After chewing on the miracle berry tablet and rolling it around in my mouth for a minute or two (as directed), I took a bite of my blah melon. OH MY GOODNESS! It was like I’d never eaten a cateloupe before. Is this what God intended fruit to taste like? I can’t wait to try a miracle fruit berry now. I’ve read that they are twice as potent as the tablets and are the purest way to really exploit the power of miraculin.

A little about my research on Miracle Fruit;

The Miracle Fruit was first discovered and brought attention to by the western world by explorer Chevalier des Marchais during a 1725 excursion of West Africa
when he became aware that local tribes in West Africa were using this berry to add flavour and appetise their otherwise bland foods. Then In the 60’s
and the 70’s an Entreupreuner Named Robert Harvey who had studied this amazing berry after Des Marchais’s discoveries managed to raise tens of millions of dollars to create an all natural alternative to sugar using the Miracle Fruit.
He sucessfully managed to synthesize the active ingredient inside the berry the natural protein known as Miraculin.

He began making Miracle Fruit Tablets because as like most Tropical Plants the fruits on the plant have a very short shelf life which is the reason many Fruits from the Tropics do not make it to the Western world.

Diabetics were going crazy for them and kids were choosing miracle fruit popsicles over popsicles with artificial sweeteners by an enourmous margin. This is when other Corporations became interested and Robet Harvey was turning down offers for billions of dollars as Miraculin looked like it was poised and ready to become an all natural alternative to Sugar. Just as the berry was about to launch Harveys office was raided by industrial spies, His files and research was stolen, he got into high speed car chases in the middle of the night and people were following him. Not long after In 1974 Robert Harvey Recieved a letter from the FDA saying the miracle berry products are not allowed into the market in any form what soever which led him to shutting down his entire operation.

The Laws from the FDA regarding miracle fruit are quite uncertain and suspicious. Many inquiries have been made regarding miracle fruit. Thier stance is that they consider miracle fruit as a food additive. Miraculin cannot be used as a food additive, effectively locking it out of the food chain. However, the fresh berry itself can be used legally and this is regulated by the USDA. Unfortunately the USDA seems to be stuck in a regulatory limbo.

This amazing berry is great for your health, yet it is not legalised to be in commercial food and drink products although legal to be sold on the internet in its natural forms.

How could anyone at the FDA not promote something so pure, so good and so potentially life changing is beyond me. And worse still is the fact that they are determined to keep anyone from enjoying the benefits of this miracle fruit. Have they actually tried it? I’d have to think not, but then they also want to ban Vitamin C at the request of BIG Pharma! Who BTW, also have a vested interest in BIG SUGAR, reference “Artificial Sweeteners” above.

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Job Opportunities In The Food Service Industry

Reports issued by the U.S. Department of Labor has mentioned that job opportunities in the food service industry is going through a real upsurge. If you have chosen a career in this sunshine industry, you can make a healthy income for you and your loved ones since job demand is on the rise. You can have a look at how you can make a lucrative career in the food service industry.

Looking for job opportunities in the food service industry can both be challenging as well as rewarding. Of course jobs of waiters, bus hops, kitchen assistance, hostesses are available in plenty. If you think this kind of work is not what you are looking for, then there are other opportunities as well in the expanding food service industry.

There are many jobs in this profession which include jobs of chefs, managers, assistant managers, business owners, etc. you can be one-up on your other fellow colleagues by getting yourself a diploma from a college in hotel or restaurant management. If you like to cook, then a degree in culinary management is what you should go for. While there are plenty of job opportunities available in the food service industry, getting an opening in the managerial position will take you some years of experience.

Professional managers have to handle different types of responsibilities. You have to be familiar and an expert in different functional areas like the kitchen, managing the hostess team, ordering supplies and many more. You should be able to hire and fire people, be responsible for their appraisals and even take care of the maintenance of the hotel or restaurant equipment, the place where you will be working.

For the job of an executive chef, you have to have a professional degree in culinary skills as well as relevant experience. Your job would include supervising the food preparation with utmost cleanliness. You should be able to clean the whole kitchen and plan meals in consultation with the manager. The executive chef is also expected to assist the manager with the food preparation time, devising cost saving ways to cook a meal, and do the individual costing of various dishes.

These are hard working job opportunities but the emotional reward of cooking a well-liked dish is unparallel for a person who is a peoples person. Financially it is also a lucrative career option with the starting salary of a managerial position fetching close to $30000. executive chefs in 4-star eateries can draw up to $100000. If you like to be with people and cooking is your passion, take a look at the food service industry. Who knows you could find the job of a life time !