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DELHI: India is staring down a junk food epidemic, and the government wants to fight back with an advertising ban....
MUMBAI: PHD Media has appointed Vinita Shrivastav as vice president – business planning, taking charge of the agency’s Marico portfolio and reinforcing its strategic leadership bench....
New Delhi: India’s biggest advertisers are gearing up for a spending spree. Fresh Adex estimates show marketing spends crossing Rs 1.15 lakh crore in 2026, with...
Havas CX India has strengthened its leadership bench, appointing Amandeep Singh Kochar as executive vice president, experience strategy and martech head, as the group doubles down...
MUMBAI: Arijit De has taken up a new role as director at Adfactors PR, marking his return to frontline consulting after nearly three decades at the...
BENGALURU: Shankara Narayanan V has taken the reins as senior account director at Dentsu Creative, effective December 2025. Based in Bengaluru, he will steer strategic client relationships...
SINGAPORE: TBWAGroup Singapore has announced Mandy Wong as its new CEO, marking the latest chapter in a career that has steadily climbed the agency ladder. Wong’s...
KERALA: Reporter Broadcasting Company Private Limited has appointed Nitin Chandrasekharan as Kerala head – ad sales, reinforcing its commercial leadership as competition for regional advertising intensifies....
GURUGRAM: BMW India has handed its creative mandate to VML’s Contract Advertising India, drawing the curtain on Rediffusion’s three-year stint and debuting a new brand platform,...
MUMBAI: Publicis Groupe India has pressed refresh on its digital ambitions with the launch of Publicis Digital Experience, or PDX, a new, unified offering designed to...
MUMBAI: After nearly three decades of shaping Indian media buying and strategy, Vanita Keswani has called time on her long and influential innings at Madison World....
MUMBAI: AdCounty Media India Limited has added a seasoned mind to its leadership table with the appointment of Gaurav Dikshit as advisor to the board, effective...
MUMBAI: Saatchi & Saatchi India has strengthened its senior leadership bench with the elevation of Samir Shanbhag as executive director, effective January 2026. The move caps...
MUMBAI: When Ali Merchant turned 80, he didn’t blow out candles on a cake—he handed over the keys to a kingdom. Triton Communications, the agency he...
HYDERABAD: Usha Bhandarkar, one of Indian advertising’s most influential creative leaders and the mind behind Lalitaji, the woman who changed how the country bought Surf, has...
MUMBAI: India’s advertising and marketing industry is heading towards another watershed moment, with total ad expenditure projected to cross ₹1.15 trillion in 2026, underscoring the country’s...
MUMBAI: Divya Parkhi has made her next career move, joining WPP Media as client lead, marking a fresh chapter in a media career that has quietly spanned...
DELHI: India’s consumer watchdog has turned the screws on the coaching industry. The Central Consumer Protection Authority has imposed a Rs 11 lakh penalty on Vision...
MUMBAI: Leo Burnett has handed the Mumbai reins to one of its own. Abhimanyu Khedkar has been elevated to managing director and head of office, Mumbai,...
MUMBAI: Jaguar Land Rover has moved a step closer to appointing WPP as its global creative partner, entering an exclusivity period after a review that stretched...
BELGIUM: Havas has tuned into Belgium’s cultural pulse with the acquisition of Digizik, officially launching Havas Play in the market. The entertainment and culture specialist will...
CHENNAI: Maitri Advertising Works has swept the inaugural ET Shark Awards South, taking home the coveted Agency of the Year title while its chairman, C Muthu,...
MUMBAI: When global advertising giants collide, careers get crushed and brands get binned. Nitin Karkare has emerged from the Omnicom-IPG merger reorganisation with a promotion—and a...
SYDNEY: Havas is taking no prisoners in Australia and New Zealand. The Parisian advertising leviathan announced yesterday it has gobbled up Kaimera, a 50-strong independent media...
GURGAON: Aanchal Kapoor, who spent over a decade at media houses including GroupM, Madison and OMD, has been named chief executive of Adsgrove Digital, a Gurgaon...
NEW YORK: The Omnicom IPG shake-up is claiming a high-profile casualty. Eileen Kiernan, global chief executive of IPG Mediabrands, is set to leave as the network...
MUMBAI: Project Worldwide has unveiled its new India and South Asia “Project Hub” in Bangalore, bringing together the company’s specialist agencies under one roof to offer...
MUMBAI: Jai Maharashtra has landed a heavyweight. Shailesh Hegde, who spent nearly a decade and a half at ABP Network, has joined the Marathi news channel...
MUMBAI:The media marriage is official, and India has its ringmaster. Kartik Sharma has been handed the keys to Omnicom Media India, the freshly minted behemoth born...
MUMBAI: Omnicom Media India has tapped Rishit Mehta as its new chief financial officer, signalling a tighter grip on operations as the network races to scale...
MUMBAI: Omnicom has thrown the dice on India, installing Prasoon Joshi as chairman and Aditya Kanthy as president and managing director of Omnicom Advertising in the...
NEW YORK: The gloves are off at Omnicom. Five days after closing its $13 billion acquisition of rival Interpublic Group, the world’s newly minted advertising behemoth...
MUMBAI: SW Network has put its best foot forward, winning the creative mandate for Fila and Foot Locker from Metro Brands Ltd, one of India’s most established...
NEW YORK: Nearly 500 guests packed Pier Sixty in New York on what organisers bill as “the most inspiring night in advertising.” They weren’t wrong. The...
MUMBAI: Indian advertising just got its very own promise badge, and it aims to keep brands true to their word. The Advertising Standards Council of India...
MUMBAI: Hybrid’s Indian chapter just got a major boost. The global programmatic advertising platform, is celebrating five strong years in India, and its founding trio, Dmitry Cheklov, Sergey...
MUMBAI: Move over film reels, it’s time for feel reels. Dentsu India has launched Dentsu AMP, a next-generation, video-first content engine that fuses AI innovation with...
MUMBAI: From a tiny 6 by 6 ft room to powering some of India’s biggest brands, Hybrid India has come a long way in just five...
MUMBAI: Liqvd Asia is turning imagination into intelligence with the launch of Aikonic Studios, a pioneering creative services business putting artificial intelligence at the heart of...
MUMBAI: ANI, South Asia’s leading multimedia news agency, has upgraded its field production fleet with TVU Networks’ latest TVU One 5G backpack. Designed for challenging environments,...
CALIFORNIA: WPP and Google have announced a five-year expansion of their partnership that represents nothing short of a full-throated embrace of artificial intelligence as the defining...
PARIS: Havas is charging into the final quarter of 2025 with a spring in its step. The advertising group posted organic net revenue growth of 3.8...
MUMBAI: WPP Media has retained the integrated media mandate for Bayer Consumer Health across South Asia, following a global review, with Essencemediacom continuing to lead the...
PARIS: Brand money is flooding into television. At Mipcom Cannes this month, the world’s largest TV market is rolling out the red carpet for corporate storytellers...
LONDON: Rahul Titus is leaving WPP after a dozen years, during which he transformed Ogilvy into the world’s largest and most awarded influencer marketing operation. The...
PENNSYLVANIA: Indegene is buying BioPharm Communications, a specialised marketing agency serving 17 of the world’s top 25 biopharma firms. The acquisition, announced on 1 October, will...
MMUMBAI: The age of one-size-fits-all advertising is over. Brands now need content that speaks to specific audiences, on specific platforms, at specific moments—and they need it...
JAKARTA: Chetan Shetty, a seasoned advertising executive, has switched allegiances from McCann Worldgroup to Publicis Groupe, taking up the role of managing director at the French...
MUMBAI: The Advertising Club Madras proudly announced the successful completion of the 43rd edition of Maddys, presented by Dinamalar and powered by Peps, marking a grand...
MUMBAI: Diwan Arun Nanda who passed away this week was one of the founding fathers of independent Indian advertising and co-founder of the agency Rdiffusion. Over...
MUMBAI: Netflix is celebrating ten years in India with a slick anniversary film voiced by Shah Rukh Khan, a nostalgic...
Gurugram: Delhivery’s boardroom is being reset. Deepak Kapoor, chairman and independent director, has resigned with effect from April 1 as...
SINGAPORE: Anuvrat Rao has taken charge as APAC head of commerce and signals partnerships at Meta, steering monetisation deals across...
Bengaluru: Brnd.me, the global consumer brands company formerly known as Mensa Brands, has entered the European market following strong momentum...
NATIONAL: TechnoSport has launched on Slikk, the ultra-fast fashion app offering 60-minute delivery, as the activewear brand accelerates its push...
MUMBAI: Jitendra Singh has been appointed senior vice president and division head – special projects at Reliance Industries Limited, marking...
MUMBAI: Dating, it turns out, is less about grand gestures and more about shared moments. The song you both hum,...
MUMBAI: This Republic Day, Godrej brought modern washing technology to the care of Indian handlooms. The appliances business of Godrej...
BENGALURU: Wipro Limited hosted the 15th edition of the Wipro earthian Awards 2025 at Azim Premji University, recognising schools and...
Gurugram: Blinkit has elevated Tulasi Mohan Padavala to associate director, capping a three-year climb inside the quick-commerce firm and signalling...
Noida: Haldiram’s has tapped a seasoned brand builder to sharpen its quick-service ambitions. Rajiv Singh has joined the snacks-to-sweets giant...
MUMBAI: When the stakes rise and seconds matter, even payments need a match-winning finish. That’s the cue for Bharatpe, which...
BENGALURU: In a city where red lights usually test patience and tempers, Oben Electric decided to give them a new job....
BENGALURU: Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the operating backbone of the media industry, transforming everything from content creation to distribution,...
Mumbai: A quiet but significant exit is underway at one of India’s most influential philanthropic institutions. Pramit Jhaveri has decided...