Quantum Brief – Page 80

Government prepares to release Digital Personal Data Protection Law Draft Rules; January notification expected

After releasing the draft rules for consultation, the government intends to allocate a week for industry stakeholders to provide feedback. (Representative Image: Luca Bravo via Unsplash)

After releasing the draft rules for consultation, the government intends to allocate a week for industry stakeholders to provide feedback.

Fourteen editions later, how is NH7 Weekender working for Bacardi? Find out.

Sameeksha Uniyal talks about building strong relationships and valuing diverse perspectives.

NH7 Weekender acts as an activation and consumer touchpoint for Bacardi. But what impact does the experience have on the brand?

ONDC and Meta kick-off partnership to support small businesses unlock the power of digital commerce

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)

ONDC will help these business solution providers become seller apps, bringing the businesses they service onto the ONDC Network and helping them drive commerce.

Zee-Sony Merger: Is Punit Goenka’s leadership giving Sony cold feet?

Phantom owns Zee shares worth 1.3 million after investing Rs. 50 crore. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Sony agreed to discuss Zee’s deadline extension request. Upcoming NCLAT decision and SEBI investigation critical for deal.

#BlastFromThePast: DDB Mudra’s Rahul Arcot on his most loved ads

This week Rahul Arcot, group creative director, DDB Mudra, shared notes from his all time favourite ad playlist. (Stills from ads)

In this week’s #BlastFromThePast, Rahul Arcot, group creative director, DDB Mudra writes on ads that he thinks are timeless.

Diversity, inclusivity and sustainability, key words for retail businesses, says Gopal Asthana of Tata CLiQ

Gopal Asthana, CEO, Tata CLiQ stated, "While one is kind of competing with the physical environment, giving customers the opportunity to touch and feel the products, it cannot be done in the online environment. With the content, we're trying to bring in a lot of AI into our approach towards how we manage the customer journey."

Tata CliQ’s strategy is to appeal to the modern consumer who makes product choices based on today’s concerns such as quality with sustainability.

OnePlus emerged as the No. 1 searched android smartphone brand in 2023 on Amazon India

In 2023, the flagship OnePlus 11R 5G was the best-selling android premium smartphone by volume in the >30k price segment on Amazon.in and OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G emerged to be the best-selling smartphone by volume* across all price segments.

More than 12 million OnePlus smartphones were purchased by customers via Amazon since 2014.

Condoms, onions, makhana: That’s what Indians ordered the most on Swiggy Instamart in 2023

With potential inclusion in the government's agenda, the policy seeks to balance interests between MSMEs and online marketplaces.(Representative Image: Bastian Riccardi via Unsplash)

Swiggy instamart witnessed a 3233 percent increase in the searches for air purifiers on its platform in November and stocked up to Rs 30,00,000 worth of air purifiers in Delhi- NCR and Mumbai.

Centre’s print media ad expenditure hits Rs 967.46 crore from 2019 to 2024

According to INS many newsprint mills, across the world as well as in India, have either suspended their operations or ceased newsprint production entirely, causing concerns about the continuity of supply of newsprint across the country. (Representative image by Bank Phrom via Unsplash)

MIB minister Anurag Thakur, Information and Broadcasting Minister said as of March 31, 2019, 1,19,995 periodicals which include newspapers, were registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI).

Zee-Sony merger: Deadline extension in limbo as talks continue

The statement clearly said that though SPNI has been engaged in discussions in good faith to extend the End Date but the Discussion Period has expired without an agreement upon an extension of the End Date.(Image source: Moneycontrol)

On December 17, immediately after their AGM on December 16, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. formally requested an extension to the merger deadline in a stock exchange filing.