Tag: Hindustan Lever

  • Kedaara Capital adds industry vet  Jai Shankar Krishnan as operating advisor

    Kedaara Capital adds industry vet Jai Shankar Krishnan as operating advisor

    MUMBAI: Kedaara Capital  is laying it on  thick with advisors. The latest to be added on its roster is Jai Shankar Krishnan as an operating advisor, effective immediately. 

    With over three decades of diverse experience in high-impact industries such as FMCG, pharma, industrials, life sciences, and diagnostics, Jai’s career began at Hindustan Unilever. He has since held key leadership roles at prominent companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and Danaher Corp.

    Notably, Jai served as managing director &d CEO for Danaher Corp in India, where he scaled the business nearly tenfold within six years. He later became regional president for Asia Pacific, overseeing a revenue stream exceeding $2.5 billion and chairing the APAC board.

    In 2019, he took on the role of president for high growth markets at Danaher, managing critical markets that contributed significantly to the company’s $10 billion+ revenue.

    In addition to his corporate roles, Jai is active on the boards of several respected organisations and is committed to community service with various non-profits.

    At Kedaara, Jai will provide strategic guidance to its healthcare team, advising on both existing and new investments in the sector

  • Trivago becomes top brand in 2019’s final week rankings of BARC

    Trivago becomes top brand in 2019’s final week rankings of BARC

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 21 December and 27 December, respectively.

    The data reflects the top 10 advertisers and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 52 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    The BARC top advertisers list for the final week of 2019 noticed little changes. While the top three performers remained the same, some shuffles happened in the subsequent names.

    Hindustan Unilever, as always, remained on the top spot. It had made 174328 insertions. Following it were ITC Ltd and Ponds India, with 43543 and 40261 ad insertions on TV, respectively.

    Brooke Bond Lipton India improved its position by two spots as it ranked fourth in week 53. It had made 28848 insertions. Procter & Gamble rose from eighth rank to sit on fifth spot, with 26048 insertions.

    Other top brands in pecking order were as follows: Cadburys India Ltd, Wipro Ltd, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd, and Colgate Palmolive India Ltd.  

    Top Brands:

    Trivago once again picked the top spot, rising from its second position last week, in the week 53 rankings of week 53. It had made 13721 insertions on television during the week. Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion traded ranks with Trivago, and slipped to second position with 13309 insertions.

    Almond Board of California, the last week’s new entrant, improved its position significantly from seventh spot in week 52 to third spot in week 53. Its insertion count stood at 13126. Surf Excel Easy Wash slipped to a spot to rank fourth, with 12432 ad insertions. Lux Toilet Soap also slipped a rank and came in fifth with 10931 insertions.  

    The subsequent pecking order was as follows: Clinic Plus Shampoo, Vivo V17, Santoor Beauty Soaps, Lifebuoy Toilet Soap, and Attica Gold Company, respectively.

     

  • Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion becomes top brand in BARC week 52 rankings

    Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion becomes top brand in BARC week 52 rankings

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 21 December and 27 December, respectively.

    The data reflects the top 10 advertisers and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 52 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    Week 52 saw minor shuffles in the list of top advertisers. Hindustan Unilever remained the top advertiser with 192062 insertions. ITC Ltd ranked second. It had made 61261 insertions. Ponds India held on to the third spot with 47074 ad insertions on television.

    Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd was fourth in the list with 42184 insertions. 

    Following it was Godrej Consumer Products Ltd recording 31979 insertions.

    Other top brands included, Brooke Bond Lipton India, Smithkline Beecham, Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive India Ltd, and Trivago, respectively.   

    Rank

    Advertiser

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 52

       

    1

    HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD

    192062

       

    2

    ITC LTD

    61261

       

    3

    PONDS INDIA

    47074

       

    4

    RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) LTD

    42184

       

    5

    GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LTD

    31979

       

    6

    BROOKE BOND LIPTON INDIA LTD

    24774

       

    7

    SMITHKLINE BEECHAM

    20584

       

    8

    PROCTER & GAMBLE

    19154

       

    9

    COLGATE PALMOLIVE INDIA LTD

    15005

       

    10

    TRIVAGO

    14587

       

    TOP 10 Advertiser *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

     

    Top Brands:

    Top brand in week 52 was Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion with 17936 insertions. With holiday season on the go, second on the list was Trivago with 14587 insertions. Following it was Surf Excel Easy Wash, making 14053 ad insertions on TV.

    Fourth position was acquired by Lux Toilet Soap with 12558 insertions. Ranking fifth was Clinic Plus Shampoo, which made 10636 insertions. 

    The subsequent pecking order was as follows: Myntra.com, Almond Board of California, LIC-Corporate, Dove Shampoo, Vivo V17 respectively.

     

    Rank

    Brands

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 52

       

    1

    VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE LOTION

    17936

       

    2

    TRIVAGO

    14587

       

    3

    SURF EXCEL EASY WASH

    14053

       

    4

    LUX TOILET SOAP

    12558

       

    5

    CLINIC PLUS SHAMPOO

    10636

       

    6

    MYNTRA.COM

    10460

       

    7

    ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA

    10089

       

    8

    LIC-CORPORATE

    9633

       

    9

    DOVE SHAMPOO

    9204

       

    10

    VIVO V17

    8801

       

    TOP 10 Brands *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals, To get t

     

  • Trivago remains top brand in BARC week 50 rankings

    Trivago remains top brand in BARC week 50 rankings

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 7 December and 13 December, respectively.

    The data reflects the top 10 advertisers and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 50 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    BARC week 50 list of top advertisers did not see many changes. Hindustan Unilever topped the ranks with 151347 ad insertions. ITC Ltd and Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd  maintained their positions in second and third spots with 79350 and 50920 ad insertions, respectively.

    Ponds and Wipro interchanged spots, with the former ranking fourth. Ponds made 38598 insertions on TV. Wipro ranked fifth with 32410 ad insertions on TV.

    The pecking order for the following top advertisers is as follows: Cadburys India Ltd, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Procter & Gamble, Smithkiline Beecham, and Brooke Bond Lipton India. 

    Rank

    Advertiser

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 50

       

    1

    HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD

    151347

       

    2

    ITC LTD

    79350

       

    3

    RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) LTD

    50920

       

    4

    PONDS INDIA

    38598

       

    5

    WIPRO LTD

    32410

       

    6

    CADBURYS INDIA LTD

    29758

       

    7

    GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LTD

    28580

       

    8

    PROCTER & GAMBLE

    28563

       

    9

    SMITHKLINE BEECHAM

    24619

       

    10

    BROOKE BOND LIPTON INDIA LTD

    23900

       

    TOP 10 Advertiser *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

     

    Top Brands:

    Trivago maintained its top position in BARC week 50 rankings as well, most possibly because of the onset of holiday season. It increases its insertions as well, making 15131 insertions on TV.

    Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion, with 14827 insertions, remained stagnant on the second spot. Third in the list was Surf Excel Easy Wash, with 10763 insertions. Fourth and fifth spots were claimed by Idea Phone Line and Santoor Sandal and Turmeric, with 10670 and 10579 insertions, respectively.

    The subsequent pecking order was as follows: Santoor Beauty Soaps, Amazon Prime Video, Lizol, Clinic Plus Shampoo, and LIC-Corporate, respectively.

    Rank

    Brands

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 50

       

    1

    TRIVAGO

    15131

       

    2

    VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE LOTION

    14827

       

    3

    SURF EXCEL EASY WASH

    10763

       

    4

    IDEA PHONE LINE

    10670

       

    5

    SANTOOR SANDAL AND TURMERIC

    10579

       

    6

    SANTOOR BEAUTY SOAPS

    10232

       

    7

    AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

    9947

       

    8

    LIZOL

    9850

       

    9

    CLINIC PLUS SHAMPOO

    9501

       

    10

    LIC-CORPORATE

    8698

       

    TOP 10 Brands *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

  • Trivago back as top brand in BARC week 49 ranking

    Trivago back as top brand in BARC week 49 ranking

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 30 November 2019 to 6 December 2019

    The data reflects the top 10 advertisers and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 49 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    There have been little changes in the BARC top advertisers’ list in week 49 as compared to the past week. Hindustan Lever Ltd and ITC Limited were the top two performers with 156832 and 47607 ad insertions, respectively.

    Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd has grabbed the third position with 45216 ad insertions. Wipro Ltd was spotted at the fourth position this time as it made 38592 insertions on TV. Ponds ranked fifth with 38304 insertions.

    The pecking order of top 10 advertisers in week 49 were Hindustan Lever, ITC Ltd, Reckitt Benckiser, Wipro Ltd, Ponds India, Protect & Gamble, Brooke Bond Lipton India, Cadburys India, Godrej Consumer, and Smithkline Beecham at first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.  

    Top Brands: 

    Trivago ranks first in the top brands category of BARC week 49 ratings. It had 14926 ads on TV during this period. The second spot was acquired by Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion with 13934 insertions. Santoor Sandal and Turmeric grabbed the third position with 12920 insertions. Santoor Beauty Soap, Surf Excel Easy Wash, Lizol, Clinic Plus Shampoo, Amazon Prime Video, Google App, Flipcart Video Originals were the other top brands spotted in the top 10 brand's list of BARC India ratings week 49.  

  • Approaching winters improve Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion’s position in BARC week 46 rankings

    Approaching winters improve Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion’s position in BARC week 46 rankings

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 9 November and 15 November 2019.

    The data reflects top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 46 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    Not many major changes were observed in the top advertisers’ list in week 46 as compared to the past week. Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd remained the top two advertisers with 187391 and 60242 ad insertions, respectively.

    ITC Ltd climbed up two spots to rank third with 46426 insertions, followed by Ponds India, which also moved up two slots from the past week, with 42010 ad insertions.

    Procter & Gamble witnessed an improvement of one rank in week 46 and ranked fifth with 41290 insertions.

    The pecking order of top 10 advertisers in week 46 were Hindustan Lever, Reckitt Benckiser, ITC, Ponds India, Procter & Gamble, Cadburys, Brooke Bond Lipton, Wipro, Godrej Cosumer Products, and Colgate Palmolive at first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth position respectively.  

     

    Rank

    Advertiser

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 46

       

    1

    HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD

    187391

       

    2

    RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) LTD

    60242

       

    3

    ITC LTD

    46426

       

    4

    PONDS INDIA

    42010

       

    5

    PROCTER & GAMBLE

    41290

       

    6

    CADBURYS INDIA LTD

    37582

       

    7

    BROOKE BOND LIPTON INDIA LTD

    35497

       

    8

    WIPRO LTD

    34531

       

    9

    GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LTD

    31252

       

    10

    COLGATE PALMOLIVE INDIA LTD

    25770

       

    TOP 10 Advertiser *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals,

     

    Top Brands: 

    There were some reshuffles in the top brands of in the week 46 data of BARC as compared to the past week. Santoor Beauty Soaps were replaced from the top position by Lux Toilet Soaps that made 15306 ad insertions. Lux Toilet Soaps weren’t in the top 10 in week 45.

    Trivago remained on the second spot. It made 14904 ad insertions. Vaseline Intensive care lotion, with winters approaching fast, ranked up three spots to rank third in the list with 13447 ad insertions.

    Santoor Sandal and Turmeric slipped down a spot to rank fourth with 11799 ad insertions. Santoor Beauty Soaps settled at fifth position with 10646 insertions.

    Other top brands in the list were as follows: Horlicks. Surf Excel Easy Wash, Colgate Dental Cream, Clinic Plus Shampoo, and Dettol Antiseptic Liquid.

     

    Rank

    Brands

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 45

       

    1

    LUX TOILET SOAP

    15306

       

    2

    TRIVAGO

    14904

       

    3

    VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE LOTION

    13447

       

    4

    SANTOOR SANDAL AND TURMERIC

    11799

       

    5

    SANTOOR BEAUTY SOAPS

    10646

       

    6

    HORLICKS

    10136

       

    7

    SURF EXCEL EASY WASH

    9500

       

    8

    COLGATE DENTAL CREAM

    8686

       

    9

    CLINIC PLUS SHAMPOO

    8329

       

    10

    DETTOL ANTISEPTIC LIQUID

    7974

       

    TOP 10 Brands *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals, 

  • BARC week 45: Santoor Beauty Soap claims top spot among brands

    BARC week 45: Santoor Beauty Soap claims top spot among brands

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between  2 November and 8 November 2019.

    The data reflects the top 10 advertisers and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 45 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    There have been little changes in the BARC top advertisers’ list in week 45 as compared to the past week. Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd remained the top two performers with 184360 and 85222 ad insertions, respectively.

    Wipro Ltd has grabbed the third position with 46707 ad insertions. Procter & Gamble was spotted in the fourth position this time as it made 46269 insertions on TV. ITC Ltd moved up five spots to rank fifth with 42453 insertions.

    The pecking order of top 10 advertisers in week 45 were Hindustan Lever,  Reckitt Benckiser, Wipro Ltd,  Procter & Gamble, ITC Ltd, Ponds India, Cadburys India, Brooke Bond Lipton India, Godrej Consumer and  Procter & Gamble Home Products at first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

    Rank Advertiser Insertions
        Week 45
    1 HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD 184360
    2 RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) LTD 85222
    3 WIPRO LTD 46707
    4 PROCTER & GAMBLE 46269
    5 ITC LTD 42453
    6 PONDS INDIA 37419
    7 CADBURYS INDIA LTD 36671
    8 BROOKE BOND LIPTON INDIA LTD 34943
    9 GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LTD 27803
    10 PROCTER & GAMBLE HOME PRODUCTS 27255
    TOP 10 Advertiser *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals,

    Top Brands:

    Santoor beauty soap rank first in the top brands category of BARC week 45 ratings. It had inserted 18854 ads on TV during this period. Second spot was acquired by Trivago with 15512 insertions. Santoor Sandal and Turmeric grabbed third position with 14773 insertions. Lux Toilet Soap, Lifebuoy Toilet Soap, Lizol, Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion, Surf Excel Easy Wash, HP Pavilion X360, Ariel and Dettol Antiseptic Liquid were the other top brands spotted in the top 10 brand's list of BARC India ratings week 45.

    Rank Brands Insertions
        Week 45
    1 SANTOOR BEAUTY SOAPS 18854
    2 TRIVAGO 15512
    3 SANTOOR SANDAL AND TURMERIC 14773
    4 LUX TOILET SOAP 13172
    5 LIZOL 12735
    6 VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE LOTION 10907
    7 SURF EXCEL EASY WASH 9848
    8 HP PAVILION X360 8990
    9 ARIEL 8739
    10 DETTOL ANTISEPTIC LIQUID 8354
    TOP 10 Brands *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals, 
  • India Today Group CEO Vivek Khanna resigns

    India Today Group CEO Vivek Khanna resigns

    MUMBAI: India Today Group CEO Vivek Khanna has resigned, according to his letter dated 30 November 2018. The resignation was informed to the Bombay Stock Exchange on the same date stating that he plans to pursue other professional opportunities by the company. Khanna would serve his notice period as per his terms of appointment. Khanna joined India Today Group in November 2017.

    Khanna comes with over 25 years of experience in strategy, sales and marketing. Prior to India Today, Khanna was with Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, HT Media, Aviva and Hindustan Lever. An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Khanna began his career with Hindustan Unilever and Aviva Life Insurance. He moved to HT Media in 2008. Since 2013 to 2017, he was the CEO of HMVL.

  • ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    MUMBAI: Even as the week was ending, came another shocking piece of news. Ashok Venkatramani, the CEO of ABP News Network (ANN) had quit and in fact had even served out his notice period with Friday (4 November 2016) being his last day at work.

    A hardcore Hindustan Lever professional, Venkatramani was given charge of the network in 2008, when it was a 76:24 per cent joint venture Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS) between West Bengal based print media group ABP and Rupert Murdoch’s Star India.  The joint venture launched three channels Star News, Star Ananda, and Star Majha, in the Hindi, Bengali and Marathi news space.

    The two parted ways in 2012 as Star India wanted to focus on its entertainment and sports business under CEO Uday Shankar with ABP buying out the Star India stake. The parting agreement included the dropping of the Star name from the channels.  Something which many thought would be detrimental for the ABP group in revenue terms.

    Venkatramani had the responsibility of overseeing the rebranding of the channels to ABP News, ABP Ananda and ABP Majha. And he did that pretty effectively. Revenues not only stayed put, they also grew. Venkatramani, after some struggle with the ministry of information and broadcasting on getting a licence, also launched ABP Sanjha in July 2014. His efforts were recognized at 2016’s indiantelevision.com News Television (NT) Awards this earlier this year and he was inducted into the NT Awards Hall of Fame.

    Venkatramani confirmed his departure to indiantelevision.com, saying that he was leaving for newer challenges. And he confirmed that he was being replaced by Atideb Sarkar (the son of ABP editor in chief Arup Sarkar). Not much is known about where Venkatramani is headed, but his deputy and the company’s COO Avinash Pandey appreciated his efforts in a comment to a media portal. As did the ABP managing director and CEO D. D. Purkayastha.

    Venkatramani is currently the president and director on the Board of the News Broadcasters Association of India (NBA) and chairs its HR and sales sub-committees. He is also a former director of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. Ashok is also a member of the Digitization Task Force appointed by the Indian government.

    He is is a B. Tech from Bombay and has done his management post graduation from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School.

    Also Read:

    Murdoch set to exit TV news biz in India

    Star, ABP announce divorce; Star News to be ABP News

    ABP’s Punjabi channel, Sanjha, finally gets its licence
     

  • ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    MUMBAI: Even as the week was ending, came another shocking piece of news. Ashok Venkatramani, the CEO of ABP News Network (ANN) had quit and in fact had even served out his notice period with Friday (4 November 2016) being his last day at work.

    A hardcore Hindustan Lever professional, Venkatramani was given charge of the network in 2008, when it was a 76:24 per cent joint venture Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS) between West Bengal based print media group ABP and Rupert Murdoch’s Star India.  The joint venture launched three channels Star News, Star Ananda, and Star Majha, in the Hindi, Bengali and Marathi news space.

    The two parted ways in 2012 as Star India wanted to focus on its entertainment and sports business under CEO Uday Shankar with ABP buying out the Star India stake. The parting agreement included the dropping of the Star name from the channels.  Something which many thought would be detrimental for the ABP group in revenue terms.

    Venkatramani had the responsibility of overseeing the rebranding of the channels to ABP News, ABP Ananda and ABP Majha. And he did that pretty effectively. Revenues not only stayed put, they also grew. Venkatramani, after some struggle with the ministry of information and broadcasting on getting a licence, also launched ABP Sanjha in July 2014. His efforts were recognized at 2016’s indiantelevision.com News Television (NT) Awards this earlier this year and he was inducted into the NT Awards Hall of Fame.

    Venkatramani confirmed his departure to indiantelevision.com, saying that he was leaving for newer challenges. And he confirmed that he was being replaced by Atideb Sarkar (the son of ABP editor in chief Arup Sarkar). Not much is known about where Venkatramani is headed, but his deputy and the company’s COO Avinash Pandey appreciated his efforts in a comment to a media portal. As did the ABP managing director and CEO D. D. Purkayastha.

    Venkatramani is currently the president and director on the Board of the News Broadcasters Association of India (NBA) and chairs its HR and sales sub-committees. He is also a former director of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. Ashok is also a member of the Digitization Task Force appointed by the Indian government.

    He is is a B. Tech from Bombay and has done his management post graduation from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School.

    Also Read:

    Murdoch set to exit TV news biz in India

    Star, ABP announce divorce; Star News to be ABP News

    ABP’s Punjabi channel, Sanjha, finally gets its licence