Mr. Mahendra Siregar, Vice Minister for Trade, Republic of Indonesia, kicked off Nielsen’s inaugural Consumer 360 Conference in Jakarta on October 19, 2010 with a positive outlook for Indonesia in his keynote address.

Karmelia Nurdjalim, Executive Director for Consumer Research at Nielsen Indonesia, warned of the pitfalls for marketers if they dilute the purity of this segment at Nielsen’s inaugural Consumer 360 Conference in Jakarta.

Vietnam’s business leaders expect to return to double-digit growth in 2010, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Vietnam’s Business Barometer.

Are consumers shopping more often? Spending less? Buying more store brands? Shifting channels? How are retailers responding? The Nielsen Economic Current tracks trends in 11 linchpin countries, indexes financial health and predicts growth trends on critical measures including GDP, consumer spending, inflation, market value and volume indices.