"While consumption won‘t decline; price down - trading may occur"

An interview with Anand Chakravarthy, managing director, India, Essence (GroupM). This is part of a special series of conversations with media agency heads - interview 7 of 31.

Note: This interview was conducted for the mid-March edition of our magazine afaqs!Reporter. It is a special issue dedicated to the top media planning and buying executives, who service some of India's largest advertisers. Market conditions have changed dramatically since this interview was first written and any apparent obsoletion therein must be seen in that context. To read/download all 31 interviews, please click here.