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15 January 2007
Ho Chi Minh City
Insights into Vietnamese Consumers' Finance management
Visa and ACNielsen annouce findings about the first Personal Finance Monitor.Sampling an audience of social-economic classes A,B & C and some of the key findings of the report include:
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Very low bank account penetration, with only 50% of Hanoi and 31% of Ho Chi Minh City residents in SECs ABC having bank accounts.
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21% awareness of credit cards, 8% of debit cards, 91% awareness of ATM cards. Visa is seen as the leading brand of payment cards.
- Very low penetration of lending from banks, with the most borrowing from families and friends
- Gold and foreign currency is seen as the “safest” investment for Vietnamese.
20 December 2006
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese people and their New Year's Resolutions
With one of the world’s highest consumer confidence indexes (116 against an average of 99 globally), Vietnam is definitely on the move this year: optimistic and willing to spend more for Christmas, Vietnamese are also keen on making some life changes in 2007.
15 August 2006
Hong Kong
Greater skepticism among world consumers towards the outlook of local job prospects and state of personal finances: ACNielsen
Less than half the world’s online consumers see now a good time to buy things they want. Consumers in India and Hong Kong gear up for a spending spree!
24 April 2006
UK
Where’s the cheapest place in Europe to buy a bottle of mineral water?
Where’s the most expensive country to buy a can of your favourite soft drink?
Or a bar of chocolate?
With budget airlines opening new routes monthly, travel in Europe has never been more accessible or affordable. It’s therefore useful for travellers to know how much their popular daily essentials will cost them when they get to their destination.
The twice-yearly ACNielsen Euro Price Barometer measures the cost of popular international grocery products across 16 countries in Europe.
12 April 2006
Hong Kong
Social Lives and Personal Image the First to Suffer When the Going Gets Tough: ACNielsen
Out of home entertainment, spending on new clothes and upgrading technology the top three belt-tightening strategies globally
When the cost of living is rising faster than salaries can keep pace with, the world’s consumers are fairly unanimous about what they’d cut back on to avoid blowing their budget, with out-of-home entertainment, spending on new clothes and upgrading technology the top three belt-tightening strategies worldwide, according to a recent online survey by ACNielsen, the world’s leading market research and information company. The survey, conducted in November 2005, polled over 23,500 respondents – regular Internet users – in 42 markets.
7 April 2006
New York
ACNielsen Agrees to Acquire Retail Measurement Business of Venezuelan Market Leader Datos Information Resources
Renamed ACNielsen de Venezuela S.A., Business Will Further Expand
ACNielsen’s Offerings in Important Latin American Growth Market
ACNielsen, a VNU business and the world’s leading provider of consumer and marketplace intelligence, today announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of the retail measurement business unit of Datos Information Resources, the leader in the Venezuelan marketing information industry.
16 March 2006
Hong Kong
A Quarter of the World's Internet Population Experienced Redundancy - Either Themselves or an Immediate Family Member - in the Past Year
Companies no longer value loyalty and Governments not doing enough to encourage job creation – ACNielsen surveyJobs are often the first to go when market economies are flat or declining, and the last year has been no exception. According to a global online survey conducted by ACNielsen, a quarter of the world’s Internet population has been affected by redundancy, with eight percent laid off personally and an additional 17 percent claiming an immediate family member to have been made redundant in the past year.
7 February 2006
Hong Kong
You Don't Need to Own a Car to be Worried About Escalating Fuel Prices: ACNielsen
Most common ways of coping with price rises: using one’s vehicle less, combining trips and cutting down on non-essential living expenses.
While 70 percent of Internet-users worldwide claim to have a vehicle for which they must buy fuel, an even greater number are concerned about the impact of ever-rising fuel prices. As many as 82 percent of consumers on the world’s five continents claim to be feeling the hit to their wallets in a recent online survey by ACNielsen, the world’s leading market research and information company. The survey, conducted in November 2005, polled over 23,500 respondents – regular Internet users – in 42 markets.
19 January 2006
Hong Kong
Consumer Confidence Increases the World Over, says ACNielsen
ACNielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index up slightly, India remains on top;
Consumers more positive about job prospects globally;
Perceptions of personal finances improve in Europe and North America;
Spending on entertainment increased worldwide.
Consumers’ confidence in their local economies, job prospects and personal finances is on the rise globally, according to a recent survey by ACNielsen, the world’s leading market research and information company. The ACNielsen Consumer Confidence Index, introduced by ACNielsen earlier this year, grew from the average 92 points in May 2005 up to 98 points in November, with two thirds of countries experiencing an increase
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