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  • Avantgarde eyes growth markets, sets foot in India

    Avantgarde eyes growth markets, sets foot in India

    MUMBAI: Avantgarde, a Munich-based communications agency, is setting foot in India as it seeks to focus on fast-growing emerging markets with slowdown impacting the most matured economies.

    The agency is opening its first India office in Delhi on 14 February and its 12th globally.

    The Indian operations will be looked after by Avantgarde India MD Isabelle-Jasmin Roth.

    After the launches in Brazil, Russia and China, the opening of Avantgarde India will complete the company‘s BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) strategy.

    The agency already runs offices in London, Paris, Vienna and the Middle East.

    According to an official communiqué, the completion of the agency‘s presence in all BRIC states emphasises on its global engagement with target groups and brands and creating outstanding experiences in its mission of ‘creating fans‘.

    Avantgarde CEO and founder Martin Schnaack said, “Avantgarde strongly believes in the fast and sustainably growing Indian market. We see great opportunities for us, adding perfectly to our dynamic global expansion.”

    Roth added, “India has become a leader in the global business world. The market has a great potential and is of prime importance to us. We are excited to start our Indian operations.”

    Founded in 1985, Avantgarde is a global communications agency with a focus on experiential marketing. With over 400 employees at 16 locations around the globe, Avantgarde creates brand experiences.

  • Catch the multi faceted Jeff Bridge on Inside the Actors Studio this Sunday at 7:00pm

    MUMBAI: He got cast in a film when he was an infant and has not looked back ever since. He has performed in over 60 films and received several nominations in Academy awards, Golden Satellite, Screen Actor’s Guild, and The Golden Globe. His peers have saluted him with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

     

    But Jeff Bridges is much more than just an actor. He has several talents and pursues them with equal passion. To put it in his words, “I don’t think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did.”

     

    Read below to catch some interesting Trivia about this American actor…

     

    He is the son of Lloyd Bridges, the brother of Beau Bridges and the uncle of Jordan Bridges, who are all successful actors

     

    Although he and his father Lloyd Bridges appeared in six different productions together, they never played father and son

     

    In his off time while on sets, he is known to document the filmmaking process by photographing fellow actors and on-set staff with a panoramic camera. He has published many of these photographs online and in print titled “Pictures”

     

    Bridges is also a cartoonist. Some of his “doodles” have appeared in various films, such as K-PAX and The Door in the Floor.He incorporates his drawings on his web site, notable because it is almost completely hand-written and drawn art—not typed

     

    He loves playing the guitar and indulges in music at every opportunity he gets

     

    He married Susan Geston on June 5, 1977 after meeting her on the sets of Rancho Deluxe in 1975. The couple have 3 daughters, Isabelle , Jessica ,and Hayley

     

    At the age of 17, he was addicted to marijuana. His parents contacted a group called Developing Adolescents Without Narcotics, which put Bridges through an “intervention” to kick his habit

     

    He is a big fan of the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, former lead singer/song writer for the group.

     

    Before Bridges went to school, he served in the United States Coast Guard.

     

     

    Meet the very talented Jeff Bridges in a discussion with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio this Sunday at 7:00 pm on PIX.