Ipsos in SiMa Curiosity Nov/Dec 2017 | Page 6

EMPOWERING THE EMPOWERED CONSUMER PAYAL MAHESHWARI: IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT HAS DRIVEN THE SHIFT FROM PASSIVE TO EMPOWERED CONSUMERS. PERHAPS IT IS OUR CONNECTED LIVES, OR OUR ABUNDANCE OF CHOICE, OR THE ABILITY TO GET WHAT WE WANT WHEN WE WANT IT, WHERE WE WANT IT. A NEW CONSUMER HAS EMERGED..