The Indian Apparel Industry today observed a nationwide agitation in protest of continuously rising cotton yarn prices. Nationally, around 50,000 manufacturing units from power-loom, handloom and made-up segments participated in this strike and kept their operations shut for a day.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has invited EoIs from interested parties for installing LED screens at identified locations on the Kankaria lake front. The applicants will have to make a formal presentation on November 25, 2010 at 6 pm.
South Central Railway has invited sealed tenders offering display advertisement rights at various locations within the Hyderabad division. These rights will be offered for a period of three years, which can be extended for a further period of two years.
In a bid to connect with the young readers, NaiDunia has launched a newspaper for school children in Indore. Priced at Re 1, the eight-paged ‘Berliner’ is published six days a week and has been launched simultaneously in 20 schools of Indore.
Malayalam fortnightly ‘Vanitha’ is sprucing up its content for a special Christmas issue in the month of December. The issue of ‘Vanitha’ in the second half of the month will feature some special articles and exclusive write-ups to attract women readers during the festive season.
As I write my Reporter’s Diary for the first time, my mind helplessly submerges in the exciting journey I have had so far with exchange4media, and more so with its people. I would have been elated to share it here, but as I am asked to, it is the week gone by that needs to be penned down and I definitely don’t have any intentions to burden my colleague Jhinuk at the desk. So, here I go.
Media Contacts, the digital arm of Havas Media, has reorganised and beefed up its operations in South Asia. Arnab Mitra, currently Director of Media Contacts India, has been promoted to Regional Director for South Asia, while Ravi Kabra has been made Director of New Business for South and South-East Asia.
“360 degrees is the most abused term in my view, and I think it is completely archaic. It is a crutch used by the old world creative agencies in pitches only. In reality they do not implement it. The new world, however, is beyond 360. The challenge now is 365. The trick lies in being in touch with you consumer 365 days of the year through various media,” emphasises Ashish Bhasin, Chairman India & CEO, South East Asia, Aegis Media, and Director, Posterscope, APAC.