Hiring 2.0: How India’s CEOs are leveraging social media and campus tours to attract talent

CEOs across industries are stepping out of the boardroom, directly engaging with prospective talent, particularly at premier schools like the Indian Institutes of Management, Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science.

Bhavish Aggarwal’s recent visits to IITs and IIMs, paired with Deepinder Goyal’s unconventional use of social media to recruit a Chief of Staff, reflect a growing trend: CEOs are no longer content to leave hiring solely to HR teams.

Gen Z leads consumer spending in India’s youthful market: Dentsu-PhonePe Report

The millennial and Gen Z cohorts, in particular, are influencing market dynamics, creating a highly tech-savvy and trend-driven environment.

India’s demographic diversity is reshaping the consumer landscape, with Gen Z driving trends in food, beverages, and retail, while Gen X focuses on financial services, healthcare, and agriculture, according to a new report by Dentsu and PhonePe.

AI/ML demand forecasting is now a way of life for us: Colgate CEO

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Colgate’s CEO shared four pillars of strategies– first pillar is the growth of the oral category, the second is premiumization, and the third is to lead growth in toothbrushes and devices. And the last one is to diversify personal care business

Shorts falling short?: YouTube plays catch-up with ad blitz for its short video feature

An analyst in the IoT space added, “The premiumization trend in the country has reduced the effectiveness of ‘spray and pray’ advertising on digital formats.

YouTube is playing catch-up with an aggressive ad blitz for Shorts, targeting brands. Will it be able to reel in advertisers? Big tech companies are also facing competition from homegrown Short Format Video (SFV) platforms taking away brands’ attention and budgets.

Amagi acquires Argoid AI to accelerate AI-driven innovation in the M&E industry

Argoid’s founders, Gokul Muralidharan, Soundararajan Velu, and Chackaravarthy E, will join the Amagi team.

By integrating Argoid AI’s algorithms into Amagi’s existing platform, this acquisition will boost the functionality of Amagi’s product suite, Amagi NOW and CLOUDPORT offerings, enabling media companies to make faster, smarter, and personalized content scheduling decisions at scale.