Goafest 2023: India’s premier Ad fest kicks off with a bang

Speaking at the Goafest 2023 curtain raiser, Prasanth Kumar, president, Advertising Agencies Association of India and CEO, South Asia GroupM said, “Goafest is known to unite India and South Asia’s creative economy. When we began working on curating Goafest 2023, we were certain that we wanted to present to the industry creativity in a new avatar and our theme is exactly in line with this."

Goafest 2023 kicked off with a curtain raiser where the theme – The Future of Creativity, was unveiled.

Weekly Shorts: How brands can tune to ASMR for campaigns

The younger generations tune into ASMR content for entertainment and relaxation from their fast-paced lifestyle. They also use it as a therapy to calm anxiety, especially when the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic increased mental health issues by 25 percent globally. ASMR content provides a sense of calmness and relaxes the nerves giving a similar feeling you get from meditation. (Representative Image: Israel Palacio via Unsplash)

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Online gaming expected to grow to reach Rs 231 billion by 2025-FICCI-EY

Nazara is aiming to identify opportunities within the gaming, esports and adtech arenas internationally particularly with a focus on established gaming IP’s/studios, those advancing in technologies like web3, Virtual Reality, and AI.

Drivers for this growth include, access to high-speed internet in India’s Tier-II,III and rural areas and clarity on the new IT rules enabling compliance and building gamers’ trust4

Tonic Worldwide wins creative mandate for L’Oréal Paris

Caratlane had reported turnover of Rs 2,177 crore in Financial Year 2023 against Rs 1,267 crore in Financial year 2022.(Representational image by Chris Liverani via Unsplash)

Tonic Worldwide’s specialist arm GIPSI along with their e-commerce knowledge will play an important role in creating a fruitful partnership.

Kantar-Google report: 1 in 2 Indian languages internet users are consumers of news in India

The report also said that there are around 153 million active online news consumers in Indian languages, who consciously access news through various sources such as news apps, websites, and YouTube. Among these, the majority are rural users, constituting 59 percent (91 million) while urban users constitute 41percent (62 million). (Representative Image: Lucas Hoang via Unsplash)

There are 153 million active online news consumers in Indian languages, 59 percent of which are rural users.

Mondelez International makes Deepak Iyer as EVP and president, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa

Since 2016, Deepak Iyer has successfully led the company’s India business driving sustained double-digit revenue growth, significantly expanded profit margins, strong cash flow generation and the adoption of advanced technologies and use of consumer data.

Deepak Iyer replaces Maurizio Brusadelli, who will leave the company in June to pursue another leadership opportunity.