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  • Publicis promotes Krishna Mothey to senior vice president

    Publicis promotes Krishna Mothey to senior vice president

    MUMBAI: Publicis Groupe India has elevated Krishna Mothey to senior vice president after six years with the agency. Mothey, who joined in 2019 to establish its commerce practice, has overseen its expansion from a two-member team into a 300-strong unit.

    In his new role, Mothey will continue as practice lead for commerce, steering strategy across e-commerce, direct-to-consumer channels, content, analytics and marketplaces.

    “I’m proud of the journey we’ve taken. When I started, it was with a vision to create the commerce practice, and it’s been a phenomenal experience to watch the team grow,” Mothey said in a note marking the promotion. He credited the support of Publicis leadership, internal teams, brand partners and clients, adding that he was “energised for the future.”

    Mothey’s promotion caps a career spanning more than 15 years in digital marketing and e-commerce. He has previously held senior roles at GroupM, iProspect and Ybrant Digital, and is also a founding member of The Digital Brunch, a training initiative.

  • Satyaki Pal joins DamGoodFish as senior manager for growth and marketing

    Satyaki Pal joins DamGoodFish as senior manager for growth and marketing

    MUMBAI: DamGoodFish has hired Satyaki Pal as senior manager, growth and marketing. Pal, who brings nearly a decade in digital and media roles, joins the seafood brand after stints at some of India’s biggest agencies.

    He was previously director, digital at Interactive Avenues (2022–24), where he led key accounts in Gurugram. Before that, he served as account director for client servicing (South) at Logicserve Digital in Bangalore, overseeing performance marketing mandates. His earlier roles include media planning leadership at Phd, Havas, iProspect and AdGlobal360, alongside business development at Linq Digital and Click Thru Network.

    Pal’s appointment signals DamGoodFish’s intent to sharpen its brand presence and accelerate growth in a competitive category.

  • Dentsu reveals 2025 media trends report

    Dentsu reveals 2025 media trends report

    Mumbai :  dentsu releases its 2025 media trends report, titled The Year of Impact. This edition, crafted by specialists across Carat, dentsu X, and iProspect, explores the profound changes driven by algorithms, artificial intelligence, and the new dimensions of consumer engagement, expected to shape the media landscape in the upcoming year.

    The report details how 2025 will drive toward a fully addressable, shoppable, and accountable media ecosystem, marking a shift into what dentsu defines as the “Algorithmic Era of Media.” With over 40 pages of in-depth insights, the report outlines how brands can harness this new media environment to drive tangible impact and growth.

    dentsu Media APAC, chief client officer & practice president Prerna Mehrotra commented: “At dentsu, we’re truly excited about what we call the Algorithmic Era – where generative AI and personalization are set to drive unprecedented change in how brands engage with consumers, creating new ways for brands to capture consumer attention and build relationships. We see media becoming 100% addressable, shoppable and accountable, highlighting the need for marketers to think about media in a whole new way. Brands must build Media ++ strategies to create more memorable, personalised moments tapping into the creator economy and building connected ecosystems to identify new spaces for growth. In our latest edition of the dentsu Media Trends report, we deep-dive into 10 trends and provide strategic considerations for brands to deliver impact in this new era.”

    “The rapid integration of AI across the media value chain has transformed how brands interact with consumers, marking the beginning of The Algorithmic Era, where real-world value creation moves beyond experimentation,” says dentsu Media global practice president, Will Swayne. “The 2025 report is a toolkit for brands seeking to thrive in this new era, offering strategic guidance on leveraging niche communities, connected television, and next-level retail media.”

    According to the 2025 Media Trends report, the key themes poised to drive the industry forward include:

    1.   AI moves from potential to actual impact: AI has evolved from a nascent trend to a transformative force, embedding itself in daily life and revolutionizing media planning, content creation, and consumer interaction. AI-generated micro-moments and the rise of dynamic personalization are opening new doors for brands to build deep, meaningful connections with consumers.

    2.   Storytelling breaks through the algorithmic bubble: Niche interests and deep fandoms are becoming invaluable assets for brands looking to stand out. Storytelling will be the primary tool for brands to navigate the increasingly algorithm-driven media space, creating impactful narratives across connected television and digital platforms.

    3.   Retail reshapes media: Retail media continues to grow at a double-digit rate, offering advertisers access to unparalleled shopper data. With key players like Amazon, Walmart, and even the finance industry expanding their ad capabilities, the retail-media fusion is set to become a cornerstone of media strategies.

    4.   The quest for quality: As media investments increase, so does the demand for higher-quality engagement. Brands must prioritize strategic partnerships and premium content to cut through the noise, ensuring their media dollars drive both immediate results and long-term brand equity.

    5.   Unevenly distributed future: As technology and media consumption habits evolve unevenly across regions, brands will need to adopt hyper-localized strategies. Regulatory, economic, and technological divides are reshaping the global media landscape, and brands must be prepared to navigate these complexities.

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  • Dentsu India designs future-ready performance marketing powerhouse

    Dentsu India designs future-ready performance marketing powerhouse

    Mumbai: As part of its vision to deliver ‘What’s Next’ for its clients and people, dentsu India has decided to bring together the advanced capabilities curated from two of its leading brands, iProspect and Sokrati. iProspect is a globally awarded digital-first end-to-end media agency that drives business performance for clients; Sokrati is a tech-savvy, data-driven performance marketing company.

    The unified services will provide integrated performance media marketing and programmatic solutions from iProspect and Sokrati. Driven by the collective expertise of 600 performance marketing professionals, the service is designed to offer future-ready solutions, achieve global business growth, and boost profitability for clients through synergies and increased efficiency. Furthermore, by leveraging cutting-edge technologies, the solution will enable full-funnel tracking and management, customer analytics, and AI-powered predictive media management. It will also offer access to top industry talent, improve client management by integrating media capabilities, and foster a culture of collaboration and excellence across teams with specialised experience.

    Nilesh Gohil, formerly the chief business officer of Media (CBO) at Sokrati, has been promoted to take on dual roles as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sokrati, and as President – Performance Practice. In his new role, Nilesh will focus on strengthening Sokrati’s commitment to ‘Scaling Up: Designing Tomorrow’s Experiences Today’. Working closely with the leaders, he will leverage his expertise in Performance Marketing, MarTech, and Analytics to offer tech-enabled, data-driven solutions, deliver added value to clients, and maintain the network’s reputation for excellence and innovation in the industry.

    iProspect India CEO media & CGO Vinod Thadani will continue to lead the growth responsibilities for all Media brands in India. He will focus on driving the growth trajectory of businesses by delivering on dentsu’s ‘Integrated by Design’ tailored solutions for clients.

    Reporting to dentsu CEO media- South Asia Anita Kotwani, Gohil and Thadani will collaborate closely with the wider dentsu India team. They will deliver innovative and transformative outcomes for the clients, expand the agency’s presence in the market, and align with the network’s global vision.

    Commenting on the announcement, Kotwani said, “Dentsu is ushering in a new era of transformative excellence. We have always been at the forefront of innovation – anticipating the future, to shape the unknown. Sokrati resonates with our vision of leading the space. We firmly believe in empowering the best of our talent to take up key leadership positions and Nilesh’s proficiencies make him an absolute fit to lead the practice.  His contributions have played a vital role in Sokrati’s success. I am extremely proud of his achievements, and I look forward to further partnering with him as we move ahead to attain many new milestones for Sokrati.”

    Nilesh Gohil and Vinod Thadani added, “We are extremely thrilled to embark on this new phase of growth. Dentsu has been a performance marketing powerhouse, with solutions defined by cutting-edge technology. The unified services offered through the Performance Practice are certainly a key to pursuing exceptional performance marketing solutions. This will indeed truly distinguish our services in the industry. As dentsu strides in digitization, we are certain that this unification will lead to rapid growth opportunities. Our focus will be on driving innovation through digital, modern creativity, technology, and AI to continue leading as India’s frontier Digital Media company for years to come.”

  • Dentsu 2023 Media Trends: Industry trends tapping shifting consumer behaviour

    Dentsu 2023 Media Trends: Industry trends tapping shifting consumer behaviour

    Mumbai: dentsu International has compiled and released the insights and projections of all its global media agencies into the comprehensive 2023 Media Trends guide for marketers worldwide for the second year in a row.  

    The analysis released on Thursday covers the top media trends to watch out for in the upcoming year, drawing on experts and professionals from Carat, dentsu X, and iProspect.

    With over 35 pages of commentary, dentsu 2023 Media Trends examines ten industry trends that will shape how brands tap into shifting consumer behaviour and have significant implications for future campaigns and budget allocations. The unique report conveniently groups these key 2023 trends within three overarching categories reflecting the core themes of content, commerce, and community.

    Speaking about the report and the collaboration involved, dentsu International global CEO, media & global clients Peter Huijboom said, “This year we witnessed a very different geopolitical landscape and a new and challenging economic outlook, which has forced brands and people to really stop and re-evaluate many things. Through all this uncertainty, we’ve been able to see the emergence of new consumer behaviours, exciting tech innovation, and the spark of profitable new media opportunities for brands.”

    “As a leading agency network, we pride ourselves on knowing people better than anyone else and understanding what’s next. This couldn’t be made clearer than within this 2023 Media Trends report: our media specialists from around the globe have once again identified those burgeoning societal shifts impacting the industry and brought them into the spotlight,” he added.

    The key predictions for the direction of the media industry into 2023 and beyond mentioned in the new dentsu report are:

    Content:

    2023 will bring changes in the content people consume and how they do it. The speed of the shift to digital platforms shows no signs of slowing down, especially in the video-on-demand and gaming industries. The changes in the general economic landscape will lead consumers to evaluate the number of platforms and associated costs linked to subscriptions. The advance of advertising streams may not only provide an alternative to consumers, but it will also provide brands with an opportunity to attract the attention of consumers and capitalise on advertising streams.

    #1 AVoD eats SVoD – Ad-funded video platform is set to overtake subscription channels with time, as major streaming platforms are adding ad-funded tiers.

    #2 Games everywhere – Gaming is becoming mainstream. Games are becoming increasingly prominent on content sites to drive repeat users.

    #3 Attention brings back the essence of advertising – Interest in attention is growing as brands look beyond metrics of reach and viewability to assess consumer engagement and make more effective decisions.

    Commerce

    Digital commerce continues to evolve, both in importance and in the diversification of sites, apps, and platforms. Consumers are now able to shop at any time from almost anywhere, paving the way for both retail sites and apps to expand their services and offerings to cater to shifting consumer demand and flexibility. The challenge for brands is to engage directly with consumers while at the same time planning and adapting for a cookieless future and respecting data privacy.

    #1 From going shopping to always shopping – consumers can shop anywhere and anytime. As a result, retail sites are evolving into content sites, and commerce sites are changing into media sites.

    #2 Retail media shakes up adland – Retail platforms and sites are turning themselves into advertising platforms and becoming attractive propositions for brands due to retailers’ huge wealth of first-party data.

    #3 The rise of the super apps – Apps are evolving and continue to build ecosystems offering a wide range of services to anticipate and cater for users’ needs.

    #4 No way back for third-party cookies – Brands continue to navigate a cookieless future and advertisers will explore and test the solutions working best for their brands.

    Community

    Digitalised communities are a mainstay by now. They continue to change and reflect both technological and societal changes. Social media platforms are adopting their algorithms to encourage engagement, and within social media, “live” events are spilling over to other platforms, forming new communities. Consumers are now able to join global communities that align with their personal views on sustainability and responsibility. Brands should understand the motivations and formation of online communities to encourage engagement and adaptations to future campaigns to better connect with their chosen audience in the context most befitting the intended message.

    #1 ‘Going Live’ goes a long way – Brands and platforms are increasingly using the ‘go live’ functions to build a community to create interest through live events. Not only to bring consumers together but also to encourage live, active engagement.

    #2 Responsibility takes centre stage – Communities are emerging through a common emphasis on brand responsibility. Platforms are opportunities to share relevant content and increasingly measure the impacts of campaigns.

    #3 Social algorithms give users what they don’t know they want – It is not about who you follow as much as what social media platforms want you to see.

    Each trend is examined in greater depth in the report, which concludes with specific recommendations and takeaways for marketers and brands to incorporate into their plans.

  • Dentsu X retains top spot for third year in a row as fastest growing agency: RECMA’s report

    Dentsu X retains top spot for third year in a row as fastest growing agency: RECMA’s report

    Mumbai: Dentsu India has once again ranked amongst the top three, continuing its record-breaking growth velocity, in the latest RECMA Media Agency Ranking Report. 

    Dentsu International is a network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. This is delivered through the five global leadership brands: Carat, Dentsu Creative, Dentsu X, iProspect and Merkle, each with deep specialisms.

    The recently published RECMA report calls out the stellar performance of each agency: 

    Dentsu X, as India’s fastest-growing media agency leading the chart with a 153 per cent growth rate for the past three years. It is India’s #2 agency since 2020, narrowing the gap with Mindshare in 2021. Driving experiences beyond exposures, Dentsu X engineers brand outcomes and growth.

    iProspect, accelerating brands through a performance mindset, has clocked an impressive 83 per cent growth in 2021! Growing our brands at the intersection of culture, content, data, and tech is paying a dividend to our clients and our business.

    And Carat, designing for people, has recorded a smart 60 per cent growth over the last year, delivering an unparallel capability to unlock real human understanding to connect people and brands by designing powerful and engaging experiences.

    Dentsu Media South Asia CEO Divya Karani said, “Yes, of course, our clients and people value our vision, our continuous reinvention and rigour, but scaling at this unprecedented trajectory for the past three years is a huge validation! Even more gratifying is that all our media agencies, each with their unique proposition, are performing at full throttle. Transforming by design, Densu is planning the next steps even as we continue to scale. With our deep specialisation in media, creative and CXM, we are constantly focused on stitching up integrated business transformative solutions for our clients.”

    Dentsu’s recently released global ad spend report forecasts India’s growth at 16 per cent, reaching $11 billion in 2022, well past the 2019 pre-pandemic level. Digital is expected to clock double the momentum, contributing 33 per cent of overall India’s spending. Dentsu is bullish on India and predicts India as the fastest growing market globally. 

    RECMA is the leading independent research company that reports and tracks the performance of media agencies around the globe. The report showcases the market share and growth of the media agencies based on their overall activity. The overall activity volume report, evaluating over 900 media agencies across 70 countries, is the reference quantitative ranking based on the activity volume, a metric including both traditional buying billings and non-traditional activities, which covers online paid media as well as fee-based activities in digital, data & analytics, content, marketing, and sponsorship.

  • Digital industry veterans launch tech-based data conversion platform ‘0101.today’

    Digital industry veterans launch tech-based data conversion platform ‘0101.today’

    Mumbai: Digital industry veterans such as Enormous Brands co-founder Ajay Verma, Marsh e-business head and Tata AIG head of marketing & e-business sales – Jayraj Jadhav, and former iProspect India head of media and programmatic and digital media maven Mihir Mehta have come together to launch 0101.today, which is positioned as India’s first tech-based data conversion company, specialising in deep understanding of behavioral data that transforms brand conversion across all internal data streams.

    It has offices in Mumbai and Delhi and is looking at expanding its presence in Bangalore soon, said the statement.

    “Today, conversion is one of the most important marketing metrics. We aim to deliver just that and not hide behind metrics that are mere leads driven,” said 0101.today managing partner Ajay Verma. “We help businesses collect and organise their data and drive data-driven marketing programs, at the same time taking responsibility of outcomes”

    The inception of 0101.today was spurred by the desire of the founding members to build a company that helps in improving customer acquisition. The firm delivers the same by auditing existing Martech tools and reengineering the company’s data flows to unify data for all across the organisation.

    “As a marketer, I know the struggle is really about focusing on day-to-day work vs. foundational work. A lot of CMOs face challenges regarding which platforms or stack to invest in, and how do we really get ROI on investments,” said managing partner Jayraj Jadhav. “There is a need to work on strategy, stack and structure together. As a martech proponent we decided to get a team of experts together to help CMOs in this mission. We have built proven frameworks that will help deliver conversion and growth at scale”

    0101.today will help organisation create and organise their MarTech stack to deliver an environment that drives data-based and outcome driven marketing strategy. Their team of team of 20 + currently comprises tech engineers, data analytics, and marketing ops who come with marketing strategy prowess, knowledge of marketing automation tools, experience in stack implementation, and in converting data to drive actionable and measurable marketing goals.

    “I always wanted to find some way to help brands and CMO’s grow at scale. After working in agencies, I realised that most of them get restricted to one or two platforms to drive performance,” commented managing partner Mihir Mehta. “The need of the hour is that brands have to move fast with sharp, smart, and more adaptable solutions without restricting themselves to platforms. This is what inspired us to change the outlook and create data-driven solutions aimed towards growth and conversions,” 

    “In the game of growth marketing and conversions, emphasis is laid on consumer touchpoint as well as the medium of the message, unfortunately, ignoring the message itself. We aim to put personalised messaging at the centre of our data-backed conversion strategy,” added Shivi Verma who joins as director – growth.

  • iProspect India wins digital mandate for AU Small Finance Bank

    iProspect India wins digital mandate for AU Small Finance Bank

    New Delhi: iProspect, the digital-first end-to-end media agency from the house of dentsu India, has won the digital mandate for AU Small Finance Bank, a Scheduled Commercial Bank and Fortune India 500 Company.

     

    As per the mandate, the agency will handle the entire gamut of digital duties for AU Bank including performance and branding campaigns. iProspect India will utilise its proprietary tools and solutions to help the brand achieve its digital marketing objectives via innovative digital campaigns.

     

    Commenting on the win, iProspect India, CEO Rubeena Singh said, “We are delighted that our in-depth domain experience of the BFSI sector won us the mandate. We are excited to partner with AU Bank and work towards driving business growth and achieving their brand KPIs. We look forward to delivering our best services to the brand through the intersection of Brand, Tech, Media and Communication.”

     

    Speaking on the partnership, AU Small Finance Bank executive director, Uttam Tibrewal said, “Over the last few years there has undoubtedly been a fast-track shift towards digital adoption among customers. As a tech-led Bank focused on offering customer-centric solutions, we are continuously working to optimise our customer engagement through digital media. The partnership with iProspect India is an important step in that direction which will strengthen our data-driven approach to digital marketing and media planning.”

  • Dentsu’s iProspect to offer performance-based brand building at global scale

    Dentsu’s iProspect to offer performance-based brand building at global scale

    MUMBAI: Dentsu International has officially launched the new iProspect around the world as a game-changing digital-first end-to-end media agency. The iProspect teams, in India and in partnership with over 90 other markets, will now collectively be the first agency to offer performance-driven brand building at a global scale.

    As part of the launch, the agency revealed its global proposition as being the intersection of where the science of performance marketing and the art of brand building come together. This, the agency believes, enables it to optimise in real-time and with precision, in order to accelerate brand growth, in the short and long term.

    Through the belief in this proposition, iProspect has adopted the “Brands Accelerated” tagline to sit beneath a reimagined logo within a new accessible brand identity and website.

    iProspect global president Amanda Morrissey said, “We are a new force in the industry, one that draws on decades of expertise carefully brought together to create an agile, scaled, digital first organisation built for the future and delivering today. In fact, the only thing that has stayed the same is the name, but even that looks different. With precision and at pace, the new iProspect is able to learn, flex and scale its output to transform a brands’ performance and provide effective business growth; immediately and in the future.”

    She further added, “Created from the ground up, the new agency has been collectively built by 93 local market teams working together and understanding the necessity for global consistency yet having the insight to locally adapt for their unique client, consumer and market demands. With this approach, the new iProspect is not a classic top-down ‘one size fits all’ global agency model, but more of an ‘all sizes fit within’ agency framework, with the same global vision and purpose”.

    iProspect India CEO Rubeena Singh said, "With the launch of iProspect’s new structure, we are extremely proud to be the first agency to offer performance-driven brand building at scale. Over the years, our mission and vision have definitely evolved and with the rapidly evolving environment, one has to change. The one thing that has stayed constant is that we continue to remain focused on driving business results for our clients."

    The new agency will fuse existing capabilities such as brand building, strategic planning, business intelligence, marketing activation and performance optimisation, plus the capabilities of scaled services within dentsu international; to give the teams huge breadth and depth of skills to draw upon to accelerate client growth.