Salil Kapoor sure has a knack for marketing Korean consumer durables. The former LG marketing man is now with Samsung, with a stint in Microsoft India in between. He has just joined Samsung India Electronics as Head-Home Appliances.
Ritu Jugran has been appointed Assistant Director - PR of The Grand, New Delhi. She will handle all media and communication activities for the hotel, its seven F&B outlets, conventions and spa. Jugran was previously with Choice Hotels India, a mid-market hotel chain, as PR Manager. Prior to that she was with ITC Welcomgroup as Public Relations Executive.
Rajiv Bhatia has joined Inorbit Malls (India) as CEO, in place of Yogesh Samat. Bhatia, in his last assignment, led Bombay Dyeing’s retail initiative across multiple verticals including luxury, mid-market and hypermarkets. During his 16-year stay in Australia and Asia Pacific, he had held the position of VP-Asia Pacific, Consulting & Advisory, AC Nielsen.consult, a subsidiary of AC Nielsen research group, and VP-Operations and Partner with Australian Consulting Partners.
Shantanu Choudhury is joining Paprika Media (Time Out), the media arm of Essar Ltd, as GM-North. His last stint was with The Indian Express as Deputy Chief Manager-Marketing for almost 11 years. He has extensive experience in handling display advertising and servicing ad agencies and key clients. Prior to Indian Express he had a two-year stint with GETIT Yellow Pages.
According to a new report released on Feb. 21 by the investment bank AdMedia Partners, which found that among the 3,200 companies participating in the survey 87 percent expect to either explore making such a deal or be approached by another prospective buyer in 2007, and nearly half expect they’ll complete a deal this year.
When a "customer" called Wal-Mart to track an order, then attempted to get additional information, the automated voice system politely told them their complete satisfaction was a priority, followed by "Goodbye," and then hung up.
Fast moving consumer goods major Hindustan Lever (HLL) said it would make deodorant Rexona a ¤30 million (Rs 173 crore) brand over the next three years.
On its tenth birthday, Dabur Foods has given a makeover to their flagship brand Real with new packaging and design. The company had recently also launched new flavours in the brands Activ and Coolers.
The latest all-platform campaign from health foods major Horlicks gives some tips to wade off exam phobia from kids as well as parents.
Richard Sambrook, CEO, BBC World, and Darren Childs, MD, BBC Worldwide Global Channels, have announced their plans to merge airtime and distribution sales teams from 2 April 2007. The move is seen as a precursor to the BBC’s international channels’ India plans.
Channel [V] has announced the launch of its interactive video content website Channelv2.com from February 23, 2007. The site will feature User Generated videos that will be posted on the site and selected videos will also be shown on the channel.
The Abby Awards 2007 are coming closer with the final event on March 3 all set to roll. Even as the entry deadline for the Young Abby Creative Director Awards has been extended to February 28, judging for current entries has already started rolling.
The twists and turns over the ABN AMRO media business have finally settled and the account has landed with Carat Media. The pitch took place in India and was then taken to the region. The account is pegged at Rs 22-25 crore.
In line with exchange4media.com’s report in November last year, the verdict is finally out. WPP has made a formal announcement of the merger of Bates Asia and David. The new entity will be called Bates David Enterprise.
The Tamil daily Dinakaran has overtaken the long-time market leader Daily Thanthi in the latest ABC sweepstakes for the July-December 2006 period.
Organisers of GoaFest 2007 have extended the deadline for submitting entries to March 5, 2007. This year, in addition to the awards in the Creative category, the festival has also constituted Media awards.
The forthcoming product from UTV-Astro JV that will focus on the youth TG has been named ‘Bindass’. The company implemented three in-depth studies for a closer look at this TG.
O&M Kolkata has won the creative duties for the Euro brand of innerwear from Rupa.
Private FM radio stations will be soon allowed to air sports commentary. This is seen as a first step towards giving FM channels greater freedom, including the ability to broadcast news eventually.
STAR India has announced Vijay Singh as its President, Strategy & Corporate Development. Singh will report to Paul Aiello, acting CEO, STAR India.
WPP may look at the merger as a consolidation strategy for a fast growing market like India, but this did not match Josy Paul’s vision for David, an agency he literally created. As he said, collaboration is a stronger model than merger.