People are bored and they want to see the Nothing team bring some change: Carl Pei

Kunal Shah in conversation with Carl Pei during a Cred Curious session. Pei said, "We believe in functional design where everything needs to have a function. Even if it looks cool, there needs to be a functional element. Some brands can focus on ornaments, but that is not what we do."

Highlights from a conversation between Cred’s Kunal Shah and Nothing founder Carl Pei.

Storyboard18 x Momo Media: Let’s Talk – Celebrity Branding in Indian Advertising 

Watch the evolution of celebrity branding in advertising. 

What’s celebrity branding? Where did it all begin? How did it evolve? How does it work? When does it fail? What new threats do celebrities face? We answer all these questions and more in the latest episode of Let’s Talk, a Storyboard18 and Momo Media collaboration. 

Media Mavens: Conversations have become easier with BARC ratings’ return, says Niti Kumar, Starcom

Overall, I think everyone is much happier. Conversations have become easier because one knows now where the genre stands. It has become much easier for a planner or an advertiser to make choices and select what works for them, says Kumar.

Niti Kumar, COO, Starcom India, on the return of ratings and how it has made decision-making simpler for media buyers and advertisers.

CXO Moves: From marketing chief to MD; Execs at Mercedes, GroupM, Havas, DisneyHotstar, move up, in and out

Keep up with all the key people movements in the brand marketing ecosystem in Storyboard18’s CXO Moves. A round-up of the executives who are in, out, and in-between in the past two weeks. (Representational image via Unsplash)

All the key executive moves in the world of brands.