Month: March 2023

Climate change poses threat to India’s wellbeing, Technology ensures sustainable future: Mubadala report

The Ministry has achieved 100% target in disposing Public Grievances, Public Grievance Appeals, and has disposed 21 MP references, 2 PMO references and 7 Parliamentary Assurances. (Representational image by Markus Spiske via Unsplash)

Climate change outstrips other megatrends as the greatest threat, impacting health, the environment and business, with India strongly feeling that this requires a transition to a low carbon economy, at 92 percent. India sees digital technologies presenting the greatest opportunity to advance wellbeing.

Noise hires Gaurav Mehta as chief marketing officer

In his role as chief marketing officer, Gaurav Mehta will be leading the marketing function through his strategic initiatives. Further, he will also be responsible for devising strategies and overseeing overall marketing efforts that will in turn reinforce strong brand building and revenue growth in the long run.

Gaurav Mehta, who is armed with an experience of more than two decades, has been associated with brands such as Yahoo, OLX, Car Dekho and Zupee.

Clutter Breakers: Ixigo’s latest AI powered bluetooth headset takes internet by storm

Ixigo has released an intriguing campaign promoting a rather futuristic and very helpful product. The AI-powered headsets monitor your surroundings as well as every action that you do. Accordingly, they inform you of any obstacles, and provide useful information in real-time.

Ixigo claims its latest product, ‘bhAI’ – a bluetooth headset powered by AI will provide consumers real-time information and updates that makes their travels easy. Well pranked, Ixigo.

How companies can unlock emotions through data empathy

Although data can provide businesses with a strategic direction, it is empathy supported by context that can lead to meaningful success. Empathy is the most crucial factor in any long-term success we can derive from data. It empowers enterprises to make a positive impact on a customer’s day, thereby helping enterprises to acquire customers for life. Businesses that show empathy to their customers, in turn, receive empathy from customers. Even a minor gesture in the right direction can create a great difference. (Representative Image: Jon Tyson via Unsplash)

Data can enable enterprises to gain knowledge about customers and their preferences, it cannot provide insights into the reasons behind these preferences without context.

The missing great Indian cola, Campa, is back and ready for the future: Elephant Design’s Ashwini Deshpande

In the 1970s, Delhi-based Pure Drinks Group, which was considered a pioneer in the soft drinks industry, came up with a soft drink brand, Campa. It was the same group that had, in 1949, laid the carpet for Coca-Cola's entry into India and had been its manufacturer and distributor. But the journey of Coca-Cola was short-lived. (Image courtesy: Ashwini Deshpande)

Ashwini Deshpande, co-founder and director of Elephant Design, the design consultancy behind the redesign of Campa, says research showed that there was some fondness for the name, but not for the visual identity. The brief was to break the status quo in India, she says.

Mumbai Indians inks 25 brand sponsorships for Tata IPL 2023

The new partners in 2024 include Skechers, Castrol, Goldi Solar, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Sanghvi S3 Group, Kingfisher, Kaspersky, Pokémon, NIC Ice Creams, Bugles, GK TMT and BGMI Krafton.

Out of the 25, Mumbai Indians on-boards 11 new partners this season including Mahindra, Bisleri and Viacom18. It continues it partnerships with the rest that include Acko, Dream11 and JioCinema among more.

Bang In The Middle’s Prathap Suthan on why he will never quit being a copywriter

"I am in advertising. I am in creative. I am a copywriter. And I am not quitting this business. Neither should you. Not now. Not ever." - Prathap Suthan, CCO, Bang In The Middle

Copywriting is one of the professions in danger with AI tools taking centre stage. Prathap Suthan, CCO, Bang In The Middle talks about the importance of copywriting in advertising and why the ad industry will always need copywriters.

Dentsu’s chief creative officer Fred Levron quits

Fred Levron started off as an executive creative director or creative director with Ogilvy & Mather. From there, he moved to the Creative Artists Agency as the global executive creative director. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Fred Levron, who comes with an experience of two decades, established the foundation of the Japanese network’s new creative unit, Dentsu Creative.

Titan’s ‘The Wedding Film,’ the commercial that tugged at the heartstrings through the ‘joy of gifting’

‘The Wedding Film’ attained the status of ‘iconic’ without the presence of any celebrity or well-known face. The ad film's script writer makes his point here. If the agency had cast someone prominent, the advertisement would be remembered by his or her name. This would have distracted the audience from the theme of the commercial. Communicating the emotion of ‘The Wedding Film’ was far more important than featuring an established personality. (Stills from 'The Wedding Film')

The commercial, released in the mid-1990s, was like a breath of fresh air for its blend of Western music and Indian values. ‘The Wedding Film’, which stood out for its heartwarming storyline, conveyed its theme through the single word ‘Papa’.