🚀 Bharat’s Digital Awakening: The New Customer Isn’t Coming — They’re Already Here

India’s growth story is no longer confined to metros.
From Indore to Madurai, a quiet revolution is reshaping how the nation buys, as Tier 2 and 3 cities surge ahead in digital adoption and e-commerce spending.

Amazon Prime Day 2025 revealed a clear pattern — 70% of new Prime sign-ups came from smaller towns, with premium products leading the way.

This isn’t just a shift in geography — it’s a transformation in aspiration.
The real growth opportunity now lies in understanding, localizing, and designing for the new digital Bharat.

At Stratants, we call this bridging the translation gap — between what businesses plan and what customers truly experience.

Are you ready to meet Bharat’s new customer

The Emotion Dividend: Turning Trust into Tangible Business Growth

The shift in modern business prioritizes emotional intelligence in business strategy over mere efficiency, asserting that empathy builds belief and drives customer trust. The article argues that emotional connection with customers strongly correlates with loyalty and forgiveness. This focus is crucial in the Indian context, where high process efficiency often lacks emotional engagement. Embracing an emotion-led strategy and a human-centered strategy—like mapping emotional moments—is essential for sustained business growth through empathy, ensuring that while data reveals what customers do, emotion reveals why they stay.