MUMBAI: Direct Marketing Association: India (DMA: India) has appointed Vatsal Asher as chief executive officer. In his new role at DMA: India, he will be responsible...
NEW DELHI: TI Cycles of India, the bicycle manufacturer and part of the $3.8 billion Murugappa Group, has roped in F1 Racer Karun Chandhok as the...
NEW DELHI: The Advertising Standards Council of India (Asci), the advertising watchdog, has asked the advertisers to display the advisories of the Asci, carried under various...
NEW DELHI: Registered telemarketers can send more than 100 text messages a day on each SIM, however, they will have to pay an additional five paisa...
MUMBAI: A recent study by Percept Media forecasts a brighter festive season for TV and newspaper media. The study forecasts a good growth of 9 per...
MUMBAI: International sports marketing agency Sportfive, owned by Lagard?re, has announced that Alain Lemarchand has nominated Shaila-Ann Rao as the new managing director of its international...
MUMBAI: Percept/H has been awarded the creative mandate of Next Care‘s to-be-launched perfumed body deodorant brand – Next. The agency won the account following a multi-agency...
MUMBAI: ZenithOptimedia India has bagged the media planning and buying duties for Best Foods after a multi-agency pitch. The business was won through a competitive pitch...
MUMBAI: Advertising showed its resiliency this quarter by achieving solid gains consistent with spending trends from third quarter 2010, according to a new Strata quarterly survey...
MUMBAI: Mindshare have appointed R. Gowthaman as Chief Client Officer for the Asia Pacific region, effective 1 January 2012. In his previous role, Gowthaman was leading...
BANGALORE: Apparel manufacturer Inmark Retail (Inmark) launched in Bangalore the first of the 10 chain of retail stores that it plans to open in South India...
MUMBAI: Metal Communications, an integrated marketing communications company, has appointed Gaurav Soi as general manager, in charge of its Mumbai operations. Soi has over 12 years...
MUMBAI: Creative Thinks Media (CTM), an integrated media solutions company, has roped in Narendra Kumar as director – media operations for its print communication arm –...
MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan has tied up with Homeshop18, to showcase Ra.One merchandise on a special series on the home shopping channel. With the deal in...
MUMBAI: Despite four Indian Premier League (IPL) teams taking part and Shah Rukh Khan being used as brand ambassador for the event, the recently concluded Nokia...
MUMBAI: The Gitanjali Group has roped in Sharmila Tagore and Soha Ali Khan as the brand ambassador for its ‘Nizam Collection‘. The new collection boasts of...
MUMBAI: Triton Communications has won the creative duties of Add Pens after a multi-agency pitch. The account will be handled out of the creative agency‘s Mumbai...
MUMBAI: The apparel brand Blackberrys has launched a new TV commercial that aims to bring to life the “Go Sharp” philosophy of the refurbished brand. The...
MUMBAI: The hype and hoopla surrounding Bigg Boss season 5 helped Colors overtake Sony Entertainment Television in its debut week. But as the ratings of the...
MUMBAI: The apparel brand Blackberrys has launched a new TV commercial that aims to bring to life the “Go Sharp” philosophy of the refurbished brand. The...
BANGALORE: Telecom major Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTL) today unveiled a technology agnostic structure to leverage emerging market opportunities. To this end, the company has brought its...
NEW DELHI: With the Department of Consumer Affairs adamant on setting an agency to check misleading advertisements, the Advertising Standards Council of India has decided to...
MUMBAI: Allen Solly has launched a new campaign on its theme of Friday dressing. The new TV commercial, conceptualised by Ogilvy & Mather Bangalore, has the...
BANGALORE: Car maker Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) has booked 6000 spots on general entertainment and major news channels for the new Eon that its claims...
MUMBAI: Marketers are using social media to build their brands and connect with their audience more directly. Even as US consumers spend more time than ever...
MUMBAI: HBO, which has lost market share in the English movie channel space, has packed 21 Bond films and has kicked off its biggest marketing campaign...
MUMBAI: Media2win, the independent full service digital agency, has won the social media digital business for female ethnic wear brand Biba. Media2win will be responsible for...
MUMBAI: MF Global, a broker-dealer with involvement in financial markets, is rolling out its new television campaign, creatively conceptualised by Six Inches Communication. The campaign centres...
MUMBAI: The media and entertainment research and consulting firm Ormax Media has unveiled a special study on the effectiveness of marketing for the reality shows. The...
MUMBAI: Magnaglobal a division of IPG Mediabrands has released its updated US Media Owners Advertising Revenue Forecast. The 2011 forecast remains unchanged at 1.6 per cent...
MUMBAI: Amid gloomy economic forecasts, a new study has revealed how advertising performed during the economic downturn in recent years. It shows that TV advertising in...
MUMBAI: Spatial Access, the audit, advisory and analytics company founded by Meenakshi Menon (Madhvani) in October 2003, is looking to expand to Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines....
NEW DELHI: Fifteen agencies have been shortlisted for a period of three years by the Food Processing Industries Ministry to work on its creative and media...
MUMBAI: Creativeland Asia has won the creative mandate for two verticals of Godrej – Godrej hair colour and a new product line which is soon to...
MUMBAI: The three-and-a-half hour debut episode of Bigg Boss 5, in which Colors unveiled the 14 housemates, has helped the channel claw back to the second...
BANGALORE: Kolkata-based organic and organic enriched food products’ company MPS Food Products (MPS) has planned to spend Rs 200 million towards marketing of its products this...
MUMBAI: Ipsos has successfully completed theacquisition of the Synovate business for an enterprise value of ?525 million. Following this transaction, Ipsos becomes the third largest global...
MUMBAI: Champions League Twenty20 on Star Cricket and ESPN has delivered an average TVR of 1.53 (not including qualifying matches), a slight improvement over the 1.44...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has announced a restructuring of the network‘s marketing and communications functions to increase collaboration and creativity between departments and streamline the group‘s...
MUMBAI: Popular dairy brand Paras Dairy has assigned Rediffusion-Y&R to handle its creative duties while its media duties will be handled by The Media Edge (TME),...
MUMBAI: Mudra West has bagged the creative mandate of BBC GoodFood Magazine. This is the fifth world wide media account that the unit will handle. The...
MUMBAI: WPP‘s marketing communications network, bates, has unveiled a new corporate identity with changengage as the philosophy for the new agency model. The new logo features...
NEW DELHI. Demonstrating its commitment to securing a larger role in the fast growing South Asian economy, Ruder Finn, which is one of the world’s largest...
MUMBAI: Aegis Media’s Isobar has been signed on by online travel company, Expedia, to manage its social media presence in India. Expedia marketing head Manmeet Ahluwalia...
MUMBAI: While there is talk about the growth of digitisation in India, the fact is that advertisers are not getting the benefit of it in India....
BANGALORE: Coca-Cola has launched its new integrated communication initiative – “Khushiyan Baatne Se Hi Badhti Hain” for this Diwali. The campaign builds on the values of...
MUMBAI: A total of 800 delegates have registered for AdAsia 2011, Asia‘s biggest management, marketing, media, advertising and communications congress that takes place in Delhi later...
MUMBAI: Zee Learn, the education company, has awarded its media buying and planning duties to MediaVest Worldwide. The account will be managed out of the Mumbai...
MUMBAI: Rediffusion – Y & R, Mumbai has appointed Prithviraj Banerjee as one of it vertical heads for Planning. He will report into Rediffusion – Y...
BANGALORE: Atlético Madrid’s star striker and Columbian international Radamel Falcao has signed a long term contract with international lifestyle brand Puma. Falcao will feature prominently in...