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FMCG volumes up 8.6% in September quarter, discretionary spending up as inflation eases: NielsenIQ

Foods saw an overall value growth of 7.1%, while volumes for both grew 8.7% each in Q3 of 2022. This growth is primarily driven by products falling under the impulse (like salty snacks, chocolates, and confectionery) and habit-forming (like biscuits, tea, coffee, etc.) categories. (Representative Image: Ananthu Ganesh via Unsplash)

India’s FMCG industry saw an overall growth of 9% in the July to September quarter, with volume growth surpassing price growth for the third quarter in a row.

Smita Salgaonkar moves on from Media.Monks to join Google Cloud

Smita Salgaonkar started her career at People Interactive, and went on to work across Vserv.mobi, HDmessaging and Omnicom Media Group.

Smita Salgaonkar was the country manager – data and digital media at Media.Monks.

KidZania and Air India enter into a multi-year partnership

NIC Ice Cream was co-founded in 2012 by Jeetendra Bhandari, Sanjiv Shah, and Raj Bhandari, and it serves in 86 cities across India. (Image source: Claudio Schwarz via Unsplash)

The collaboration between Air India and KidZania entails the development of the latter’s aviation academy.

Publicis Groupe appoints Kedar Teny as chief product officer

Kedar Teny will be overseeing and expanding on the Groupe’s product offerings by tapping into its diverse capabilities across creative, media, commerce, PR, production, digital technology and analytics.

Kedar Teny’s most recent stint was as CEO for Lowe Lintas India.

Meta’s Sandhya Devanathan on 70-hour work week: Organisations must measure impact of work accomplished

In a conversation at CNBC-TV18’s India Business Leader Awards (IBLA), Sandhya Devanathan said that participation of the women force was paramount if India aspired to become a $5 trillion economy.

Sandhya Devanathan’s statement comes out at a time when Cred’s Kunal Shah, Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, JSW’s Sajjan Jindal and former board member of Infosys Mohandas Pai came out in support of the statement made by Infosys’s chief Narayan Murthy.

Meta to restrict political advertisers from using Gen AI ad tools

Meta also rolled out reels on Facebook in 2022, allowing users to create and watch videos clips from creators. One could also view public reels from Instagram, if the creator chooses to recommend it on Facebook. (Image source: Unsplash)

The decision comes a month after Meta announced that it was expanding the access of the advertisers to AI-powered advertising tools.

AI to disrupt manufacturing sector the most: ServiceNow’s Kamolika Peres

The impact of AI on the workforce is driving significant change that will require Indian industry to invest in meaningful training to ensure quality and secure careers for people while also enhancing productivity, sales, says Kamolika Peres.

According to Peres, artificial intelligence is more than just buzz – it is set to bring in a wave of change that can rapidly improve work efficiency.

Q2 sees surge in adex and subscription revenue as Indian TV defies threats

TRAI had floated a pre-consultation paper on 21st September 2023, to highlight the issues which are required to be considered for the formulation of ‘National Broadcasting Policy’.

Experts predict an 18-22 percent growth in ad spends and a potential 20 percent jump in subscription revenue.

Sleepwell promotes Ajay Pandey as vice president – marketing

Ajay Pandey started his career as a sales trainer at NIPM - pharma management. His innings at Sleepwell began in 2013 as a management trainee.

Ajay Pandey held the position of head of media at Sleepwell previously

Dentsu trying to shape the future and not doing what was done in the past: Harsha Razdan

Dentsu in India has made significant changes and rejigged its leadership to script a turnaround. (Still from the video)

Storyboard18 caught up with Harsha Razdan, who said his first priority is to bring things back on an even keel.