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  • Zlade Ballistic ropes in Milind Soman as brand ambassador

    Zlade Ballistic ropes in Milind Soman as brand ambassador

    Mumbai: Zlade, one of the fastest growing men’s grooming brands in India, has onboarded celebrated supermodel and actor Milind Soman as the brand ambassador for their Zlade Ballistic range, a dynamic assortment of below-the-belt grooming and intimate hygiene products.

    With the multi-faceted Milind Soman coming aboard, Zlade Ballistic aims to strengthen its presence in the men’s intimate grooming and hygiene segment by creating awareness around the importance of ‘manscaping’ among its target audience in India.

    This collaboration will see national heartthrob Milind Soman taking centerstage as Zlade Ballistic rolls out an elaborate campaign that involves social experiments, droolworthy photoshoots, and what is touted to be one of the quirkiest and most interesting ad films to grace digital platforms.

    To mark this association, the brand released some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage to kick-off the campaign through its YouTube and social media channels. In this video, Milind is seen in an animated, candid conversation about manscaping with his manager. Considering that intimate grooming, pubic hair removal, and intimate hygiene for men have always been tricky and conventionally taboo topics, Milind cleverly uses humour to draw attention towards the subject, also involving the general public to chip in with creative ideas.

    Speaking about the importance of creating awareness around manscaping or men’s intimate grooming, Zlade co-CEO & co-founder Suraj Chaudhari said, “There is a tendency in our society to avoid conversations about intimate grooming and hygiene. It is important to us as a brand to normalise the notions people have about manscaping (and create awareness around the subject and the problems or infections the lack thereof can lead to). Milind Soman has always been the epitome of health and fitness and he has never been shy to call a spade a spade. These aspects of his personality, along with his undying popularity across age groups and genders, make him the ideal fit for Zlade Ballistic. Zlade’s association with him will make Indian men more aware of their intimate grooming and hygiene habits. As a company, we aim to introduce manscaping to India and revolutionise the men’s intimate grooming landscape.”

    Always known to speak up about issues that matter, model, actor, and fitness enthusiast Milind Soman said, “Feels good to be a part of this campaign by Zlade Ballistic! They are a purpose-driven Indian brand that is pioneering change in the men’s grooming segment; intimate grooming in particular. With a shared vision, Zlade Ballistic and I want to throw light on societal stereotypes when it comes to pubic hair, manscaping, and intimate grooming, and spark a necessary and candid conversation about below-the-belt grooming habits since it ties directly to hygiene, lifestyle, intimacy, and more. I’m delighted to be a part of this initiative.”

    With a range of hair removal and intimate hygiene products already in the market, Zlade co-CEO & co-founder Mihir Vaidya said, “With the new Zlade Ballistic range of hi-tech trimmers, we are constantly innovating and making below-the-belt grooming safe, hassle-free, and convenient. Our collaboration with Milind Soman will help us amplify awareness around this category as well as our products across markets. We are thrilled to have him on board.”

    The brand, rapidly growing into a force to reckon with in the Indian grooming and personal care industry, also recently conducted an interesting social experiment to understand India’s take on manscaping. The interactive vox-pop engaged random people in candid discussions around intimate grooming, men’s intimate hygiene, pubic hair, sexual intimacy, and women’s preferences towards men’s below-the-belt grooming.

  • ITC’s Dark Fantasy partners with Brodha V to launch ‘The Vanilla Fills Anthem’

    ITC’s Dark Fantasy partners with Brodha V to launch ‘The Vanilla Fills Anthem’

    Mumbai: ITC Foods’ Sunfeast Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills crème biscuits were launched with the endeavour to bring the signature experience to the vanilla crème and dark shell biscuit segment. Crafted to break the monotony of the regular crème biscuits, the brand revamped the category with the introduction of a rich molten vanilla crème filling encased in a dark chocolate shell, giving consumers a delectable upgrade. Furthermore, to dial up its appeal among the youth, the brand has collaborated with renowned artist and rapper Brodha V to establish a deeper connection with the new age rap song “Grow Up Grow Up,” the new Vanilla Fills Anthem.

    Sunfeast Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills’ rap song asks young adults to be open to new experiences like the Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills. The quirky lyrics communicate the message of “Grow Up to the Vanilla” in a relatable manner with catchy and upbeat music. The video song has been launched on Sunfeast Dark Fantasy’s social media handles like YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills has also launched a mega contest on social media platforms like Moj and Instagram and in colleges where consumers can participate in a “dance hook step challenge” and get an opportunity to win a special gift hamper from Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills.

    Speaking on the new campaign, ITC chief operating officer, biscuits & cakes cluster, foods division Ali Harris Shere commented, “We are thrilled to be launching a rap song for our Sunfeast Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills campaign with rapper Brodha V, and we’re convinced that our younger audience will appreciate it. The Vanilla Fills were launched with the purpose of upgrading the regular crème biscuit category with a superior centre-filled experience. The cookie is filled with rich molten vanilla crème inside a dark crunchy chocolate shell, raising the bar on traditional crème biscuits. Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills are a manifestation of our continued efforts to provide exciting new experiences to millennial consumers. With the launch of the rap song, we aim to dial up the appeal of Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills—the new age of crème biscuits for grown-ups among its consumers.” 

    Rapper Brodha V said, “I enjoy doing projects like this because it’s relatable and endearing. The song is about maturing from childhood habits to more mature tastes. Creatively, I’ve tried to bring out the fun part of growing up and kept it lighthearted.”

    The Sunfeast Dark Fantasy Vanilla Fills are available in South & West India in packs of MRP Rs 25 and Rs 10.

  • NDTV’s TV segment reports lower operating loss

    NDTV’s TV segment reports lower operating loss

    BENGALURU: New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) Television segment reported lower loss at Rs 3.94 crore for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q2-17, current quarter) as compared to the operating loss of Rs 8.41 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year (y-o-y). The segment’s consolidated operating loss in the current quarter was just a fraction of the operating loss of Rs 22.83 crore in the immediate trailing quarter (q-o-q).

    Overall, the company reported almost flat y-o-y net loss after taxes of Rs 17.22 crore as compared to a loss of Rs 17.19 crore. Loss in the immediate trailing quarter was more than double at Rs 38.36 crore. NDTV attributes the improved performance to improved advertising revenues alongside lower costs in Convergence, NDTV’s digital content subsidiary and E-Commerce segment.

    NDTV’s consolidated Total Income from Operations (TIO, revenue) in the current quarter declined 4.9 per cent y-o-y to Rs 123.31 crore from Rs 127.60 crore, but increased 9.3 per cent q-o-q from Rs 112.81 crore.

    NDTV had negative EBIDTA (operating loss) of Rs 3.64 crore in Q2-17; negative EBIDTA of Rs 10.91 crore in Q2-16; and negative EBIDTA of Rs 26.78 crore in Q1-17.

    Segment numbers

    NDTV’s Television Media and related operations (Television) segment reported 3.4 per cent y-o-y decline in revenue in Q2-17 at 121.03 crore as compared to Rs 125.25 crore, but an 8.3 per cent q-o-q increase from Rs Rs 111.78 crore. The segment’s operating loss has been mentioned above.

    NDTV’s Retail/eCommerce (eCommerce) segment reported 19 per cent y-o-y decline in revenue at Rs 3.20 crore as compared to Rs 3.95 crore, but a 60 per cent q-o-q increase from Rs 2 crore in Q1-17.

    Let us look at the other numbers reported by NDTV

    Total Expenditure (TE) in the current quarter declined 9.4 per cent y-o-y to Rs 134.84 crore (109.4 per cent of TIO) from Rs 148.77 crore (116.6 per cent of TIO) and declined 8.3 per cent q-o-q from Rs 147.11 crore (130.4 per cent of TIO) in Q1-17.

    NDTV’s consolidated Production Expense (PE) increased 4.4 per cent y-o-y in Q2-17 to Rs 28.62 crore (23.2 per cent of TIO) from Rs 27.41 crore (21.5 per cent of TIO) and increased 1.9 per cent q-o-q from Rs 28.09 crore (24.9 per cent of TIO).

    The company’s Marketing, distribution and promotional expense (Marketing expense) in the current quarter reduced 35 per cent y-o-y to Rs 19.67 crore (16 per cent of TIO) from Rs 30.28 crore (23.7 per cent of TIO) and declined 13.3 per cent from 22.69 crore (20.1 per cent of TIO) in Q1-17.

    NDTV’s Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) in Q2-17 declined 5.1 per cent y-o-y in Q2-17 to Rs 45.19 crore (36.6 per cent of TIO) from Rs 47.63 crore and declined 21.9 per cent from Rs 57.86 crore (51.3 per cent of TIO).

    Operating and administration expenses (Admin expenses) in Q2-17 increased 10.5 per cent y-o-y to Rs 34.71 crore (28.1 per cent of TIO) from Rs 31.42 crore (24.6 per cent of TIO) and increased 4.7 per cent q-o-q from Rs 33.14 crore (29.4 per cent of TIO).

    Finance Costs in the current year increased 26.8 per cent y-o-y to Rs 6.63 crore (5.4 per cent of TIO) from Rs 5.23 crore (4.1 per cent of TIO) and increasd 56 per cent q-o-q from Rs 4.25 crore (3.8 per cent of TIO).

    Note: The unit of currency in this report is the Indian rupee – Rs (also conventionally represented by INR). The Indian numbering system or the Vedic numbering system has been used to denote money values. The basic conversion to the international norm would be:

    (a) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10,000,000 = 10 million = 1 crore.

    (b) 10,000 lakh = 100 crore = 1 arab = 1 billion.

  • NDTV’s TV segment reports lower operating loss

    NDTV’s TV segment reports lower operating loss

    BENGALURU: New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) Television segment reported lower loss at Rs 3.94 crore for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q2-17, current quarter) as compared to the operating loss of Rs 8.41 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year (y-o-y). The segment’s consolidated operating loss in the current quarter was just a fraction of the operating loss of Rs 22.83 crore in the immediate trailing quarter (q-o-q).

    Overall, the company reported almost flat y-o-y net loss after taxes of Rs 17.22 crore as compared to a loss of Rs 17.19 crore. Loss in the immediate trailing quarter was more than double at Rs 38.36 crore. NDTV attributes the improved performance to improved advertising revenues alongside lower costs in Convergence, NDTV’s digital content subsidiary and E-Commerce segment.

    NDTV’s consolidated Total Income from Operations (TIO, revenue) in the current quarter declined 4.9 per cent y-o-y to Rs 123.31 crore from Rs 127.60 crore, but increased 9.3 per cent q-o-q from Rs 112.81 crore.

    NDTV had negative EBIDTA (operating loss) of Rs 3.64 crore in Q2-17; negative EBIDTA of Rs 10.91 crore in Q2-16; and negative EBIDTA of Rs 26.78 crore in Q1-17.

    Segment numbers

    NDTV’s Television Media and related operations (Television) segment reported 3.4 per cent y-o-y decline in revenue in Q2-17 at 121.03 crore as compared to Rs 125.25 crore, but an 8.3 per cent q-o-q increase from Rs Rs 111.78 crore. The segment’s operating loss has been mentioned above.

    NDTV’s Retail/eCommerce (eCommerce) segment reported 19 per cent y-o-y decline in revenue at Rs 3.20 crore as compared to Rs 3.95 crore, but a 60 per cent q-o-q increase from Rs 2 crore in Q1-17.

    Let us look at the other numbers reported by NDTV

    Total Expenditure (TE) in the current quarter declined 9.4 per cent y-o-y to Rs 134.84 crore (109.4 per cent of TIO) from Rs 148.77 crore (116.6 per cent of TIO) and declined 8.3 per cent q-o-q from Rs 147.11 crore (130.4 per cent of TIO) in Q1-17.

    NDTV’s consolidated Production Expense (PE) increased 4.4 per cent y-o-y in Q2-17 to Rs 28.62 crore (23.2 per cent of TIO) from Rs 27.41 crore (21.5 per cent of TIO) and increased 1.9 per cent q-o-q from Rs 28.09 crore (24.9 per cent of TIO).

    The company’s Marketing, distribution and promotional expense (Marketing expense) in the current quarter reduced 35 per cent y-o-y to Rs 19.67 crore (16 per cent of TIO) from Rs 30.28 crore (23.7 per cent of TIO) and declined 13.3 per cent from 22.69 crore (20.1 per cent of TIO) in Q1-17.

    NDTV’s Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) in Q2-17 declined 5.1 per cent y-o-y in Q2-17 to Rs 45.19 crore (36.6 per cent of TIO) from Rs 47.63 crore and declined 21.9 per cent from Rs 57.86 crore (51.3 per cent of TIO).

    Operating and administration expenses (Admin expenses) in Q2-17 increased 10.5 per cent y-o-y to Rs 34.71 crore (28.1 per cent of TIO) from Rs 31.42 crore (24.6 per cent of TIO) and increased 4.7 per cent q-o-q from Rs 33.14 crore (29.4 per cent of TIO).

    Finance Costs in the current year increased 26.8 per cent y-o-y to Rs 6.63 crore (5.4 per cent of TIO) from Rs 5.23 crore (4.1 per cent of TIO) and increasd 56 per cent q-o-q from Rs 4.25 crore (3.8 per cent of TIO).

    Note: The unit of currency in this report is the Indian rupee – Rs (also conventionally represented by INR). The Indian numbering system or the Vedic numbering system has been used to denote money values. The basic conversion to the international norm would be:

    (a) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10,000,000 = 10 million = 1 crore.

    (b) 10,000 lakh = 100 crore = 1 arab = 1 billion.

  • Tips film segment reports loss of Rs 19.6 crore for Q2-2014; audio products PAT lower

    Tips film segment reports loss of Rs 19.6 crore for Q2-2014; audio products PAT lower

    BENGALURU: Note (1) Considering the nature of business carried on by the company whereby revenues do not necessarily accrue evenly over the year, the results of the quarter may not be representative of the result for the year. As such, the result of the current quarter is not comparable with the result of corresponding quarter.

     

    (2) A major film project by the company starring Akshay Kumar ‘Its Entertainment’ is slated for release in May 2014.

     

    Despite two significant releases in Q2-2014 – Ramaiya Vastavaiya and Phata Poster and Nikla Hero, the Taurani brothers led Tips Industries Limited (Tips) reported a net loss of Rs (-22.32) crore for the quarter, with its film

     

    production/distribution segment chipping in with loss of Rs (-19.6) crore.  The segment reported revenue of Rs 36.51 crore for Q2-2014, as compared to a small Rs 0.06 crore for the corresponding quarter of last year with a loss of (-1.99 crore) and the Rs 0.32 crore for Q2-2014 with a loss of Rs (-1.73) crore.

     

    Audio products sales/income at Rs 6.48 crore for Q2-2014 was 20.3 per cent lower than the Rs 8.13 crore for Q2-2013 and 15.7 per cent lower than the Rs 76.9 crore for Q1-2014. The segment returned a profit of Rs 3.51 crore which was 46 per cent lower than the Rs 6.49 crore for Q2-2013 and 44.2 per cent lower than the Rs 6.29 crore for Q12-104.

     

    Total Income from operations for Q2-2014 was Rs 42.99 crore, which was 5.25 times the Rs 8.18 crore for Q2-2013 and 5.37 times the Rs 8 crore q-o-q.

     

    Total expenditure for Q2-2014 at Rs 62.67 crore was more than 10 times (10.55 times) the Rs 5.94 crore y-o-y and 9.98 times the Rs 6.28 crore q-o-q.

     

    Correspondingly, cost of film production/distribution expense at Rs 55.39 crore for Q2-2014 was much higher than the Rs 1.14 crore for Q2-2013 and the Rs 1.28 crore for Q1-2014.

  • Reliance Media Works reports lower consolidated loss y-o-y for Sept 2013 quarter

    Reliance Media Works reports lower consolidated loss y-o-y for Sept 2013 quarter

    BENGALURU: Reliance Media Works (RMW), formerly Adlabs Films and a part of the Reliance ADA group, reported lower consolidated net loss in the July-September 2013 (SQ-2013) quarter as compared to the corresponding quarter of last year. RMW’s total consolidated loss before tax for the quarter SQ-2013 at Rs 121.99 crore was almost half (52.74 per cent) of the Rs 231.31 crore the company had reported for the corresponding quarter of last year (Quarter ended 30 September 2012 or SQ-2012), and almost flat as compared to the loss of Rs 120.09 crore for the quarter ended 30 June 2013 (JQ-2013).

     

    Notes:  (1) The board of directors of the company in its meeting on 11 August 2013 has extended the financial year of the company to March 2014 which has been accepted by the Registrar of Companies. Accordingly the financial statements of the company will be drawn for 18 month period ended 31 March 2014. Hence the various quarter have been referred to as SQ (September Quarter) and (JQ) June Quarter of the respective calendar year (not financial year, since this has been changed once again by the company).

     

    (2) Notes of the attached financial statement must be read along with this analysis.

     

    (3) RMW’s net worth has eroded, however, having regard to revenue visibility of new businesses in film and media services, improved operational performance of exhibition business, financial support from its promoters, further restructuring exercise being implemented etc., the financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the company is a going concern and that no adjustments are required to the carrying value of assets and liabilities.

     

    Let us look at RMW’s other results for the quarter ended SQ- 2013.

     

    Consolidated income for SQ-2013 at Rs 192.54 crore was 11.11 per cent lower than the Rs 216.61 crore for the corresponding quarter last year SQ-2012 and 0.8 per cent lower than the Rs 194.17 crore for JQ-2013.

     

    RMW reported total income from operations for SQ-2013 at Rs 186.63 crore which was about 13 per cent lower than the Rs 214.46 crore for SQ-2012 and 3.6 per cent higher than the Rs 180.16 crore for JQ-2013.

     

    Total expense for SQ-2013 at Rs 238.40 crore was 21.54 per cent lower than the Rs 303.83 crore for SQ-2012 and almost flat as compared to the Rs 238.97 crore for JQ-2013.

     

    RMW paid 20.46 per cent lower distributors share for SQ-2013 at Rs 39.66 crore as compared to the Rs 49.86 crore for SQ-2012, but 8.2 per cent higher than the Rs 36.66 crore for JQ-2013.

     

    Depreciation, amortisation and impairment for SQ-2013 at Rs 37.27 crore was 7.2 per cent higher than the Rs 34.78 crore for SQ-2012 and 4.1 per cent higher than the Rs 35.79 crore for JQ-2013.

     

    RMW says that it has undertaken an initiative for rationalisation/improvement of exhibition business, under which it is re-negotiating rentals downwards and in some cases exit the properties. Its rental expense at Rs 43.07 crore for SQ-2013 was 11.6 per cent lower than the Rs 48.72 crore for SQ-2012 and 16 per cent lower than the Rs 51.27 crore for JQ-2013.

     

    Segment results

     

    RMW’s film production segment has been the biggest contributors to the loss. This segment reported income of Rs 35.55 crore for SQ-2013 and a loss of Rs 37.62 crore. The film production loss for SQ-2013 was 38.35 per cent lower than the Rs 61.02 crore for SQ-2012 against flat income of Rs 35.35 crore.  Comparatively, revenue for SQ-2013 was 14.6 per cent higher at Rs 41.62 crore, with a 12.13 per cent lower loss of Rs 33.55 crore.

     

    Theatrical exhibition had an income of Rs 138.6 crore for Q2-2013, which was 15.1 per cent lower than the Rs 163.26 crore for SQ-2012 and 8.7 per cent higher than the Rs 127.56 crore for JQ-2013. This segment reported less than one sixth the loss for SQ-2013 at Rs 14.79 crore as compared to the Rs 94.87 crore for SQ-2012 and 39 per cent lower than the Rs 24.25 crore for JQ-2013.

     

    The only profitable segment, television, film production and distribution reported income of Rs 15.49 per cent for SQ-2013 which was 16.9 per cent higher than the Rs 13.25 crore for SQ-2012, but 10.93 per cent lower than the immediate preceding quarter (JQ-2013) which reported income of Rs  17.39 crore. This segment reported profit of Rs 4.37 crore for SQ-2013 which was 19.82 per cent lower than the Rs 5.45 crore for SQ-2012 and almost flat as compared to the Rs 4.34 crore for JQ-2013.