Month: March 2024

Adobe and Microsoft partner to bring new Gen AI capabilities to marketers

Established in 2019 by IITians Anurag Kedia and Gagandeep Makker, Pilgrim is one of the fastest-growing Beauty and Personal Care brands that offers 100+ SKUs across facecare, haircare & skincare products, makeup, and fragrances. The brand’s diverse selection of beauty products is made with ingredients sourced from various parts of the world, all of which are approved by PETA and the FDA, highlighted the company. (Image source: Claudio Schwarz via Unsplash)

These new integrated capabilities will bring relevant marketing insights and workflows from Adobe Experience Cloud applications and Microsoft Dynamics 365 to Microsoft Copilot, assisting marketers as they work in tools such as Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Word to develop creative briefs, create content, manage content approvals, deliver experiences and more.

Ad spends on TV will not contract for the next 3-5 years: Navin Khemka, EssenceMediacom

Navin Khemka, CEO, South Asia, EssenceMediacom, stated, "My advice to our clients would be: “Choose your agency wisely, and then stay with them for a period of time. They can’t do magic overnight. They will take some time to think and come up with new ideas, and think on your brand. And if you build a good team with your agency, then stick with them.”

Acknowledging a GroupM TYNY report that says digital will account for 57 percent of all ad spends, at Rs 88,502 crore, Navin Khemka, EssenceMediacom’s CEO for South Asia said that ad spends on television will also grow, at 7-8 percent.

Holi 2024: The festival spurs sales surge for quick-commerce companies

CAIT has accused Blinkit (Zomato), Swiggy (Instamart), and Zepto of violating multiple laws, including Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and FEMA regulations to finance operational losses.

Quick-commerce platforms saw a sharp sales spike during Holi, driven by high demand for essentials like white t-shirts, water guns, balloons, and colours. Many even reached their highest-ever orders per minute.

Watch brand Timex ropes in Paul Ruban as brand head, VP

The global watch brand announced just this week that it is back at the 17th edition of TATA IPL with a partnership with Punjab Kings that makes it the ‘official timekeeper of the Kings’. This association will see Timex branding on Punjab Kings with a very prominent logo placement on the trousers.

In his last role, Paul Ruban was director – planning, APAC and EMEA, for Fossil Group.

YouTube removes 2,254,902 videos from India for violating community guidelines

Despite YouTube's policies requiring users under 17 to seek parental consent and linking accounts for those under 13 to a parental account, the lawsuit points out that it remains easy for minors to bypass these restrictions.

The majority of channel terminations are a result of accounts being dedicated to spam or adult sexual content in violation of YouTube’s guidelines.

Moneycontrol continues its winning streak, beats ET comprehensively across metrics

Both PVs and time spent are crucial parameters for media planners and advertisers who always choose platforms with better stickiness. It also showcases the reader’s trust, who’s consuming a lot more content of Moneycontrol as compared to ET.

Number one in unique visitors, over three times bigger on time spent and a similar lead on page views.

AnyMind Group’s AnyTag wraps up campaign on Blue Heaven’s skincare range

The content styles across creators focused on Diwali, festive functions and wedding-based content using GRWM videos. AnyTag concentrated on using Instagram as a platform for this.

The brand strategically associated with eight content creators, which included Shivangi Joshi, Tejaswi Prakash, Arnakshi Kashyap, Kareena Tekwani, Prerna, Megha, Jhanvi Bhatia, and Anushka Hazra. The campaign garnered a total reach of 4.68M with total views of 8.1M+. The brand page increased its followers by 10k, stated the company in the press release.

ZEE Entertainment launches monthly management mentorship program for performance enhancement

Zee Ent recorded a 61 percent spike in net profit to Rs 209.5 crore between July and September quarter

The 3M Program Special Committee has also identified business verticals that require a critical assessment. This includes – 1) Margo Networks (Sugarbox) 2) Teleplay & Zindagi 3) Hipi 4) Weyyak and 5) English Cluster of Linear TV Business. The Special Committee has advised that the identified business verticals will need to substantially reduce losses and enhance their performance levels.