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.

When U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met last week with their Chinese counterparts in Washington, D.C., they pledged closer cooperation in dealing with a host of pressing economic issues, not the least of which are protectionist barriers to global trade. Yet, while policy makers in both countries – and other global leaders – champion principles of free and balanced trade, their respective populations seem to have mixed views on the topic.
Responding to a 52 nation survey by the Nielsen Company, close to half (45%) …