Month: June 2024

SBI General Insurance appoints Naveen Chandra Jha as MD and CEO

Prior to his current role at SBI General Insurance, Naveen Chandra Jha, Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India, served as the Chief General Manager of Amaravati Circle, Andhra Pradesh.

In his new role, Naveen Chandra Jha’s emphasis is on overall business strategy, operations, budgeting, and strategic growth.

Meta India’s HR head Rishi Raj Gupta steps down

Rishi Raj Gupta began his career at RPG Enterprises, and went on to work across Walmart, Accenture Management Consulting, and Cipla.

During his stint, Rishi Raj Gupta led HR for all functions and teams based in India – for all Meta family of apps – Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – thereaby enabling a multi-billion USD revenue in India. Additionally, he also led HR for the Legal, Public Policy and Comms teams for the Asia-Pacific region.

Angel One sees surge in web traffic and app installs following IPL sponsorship

Discussing the impact of their IPL sponsorship, Prabhakar Tiwari highlighted a significant surge in web traffic and app installations, signalling a strong positive response from consumers. (From left to right: Amin Lakhani and Prabhakar Tiwari. (Stills from the video)

In an interview on Media Dialogues With Storyboard18, Prabhakar Tiwari, Chief Growth Officer of Angel One, stressed the importance of visibility and brand recall in a competitive market landscape, citing research that positioned Angel One among the top three most recalled brands during the IPL season.

Sheela Foam unveils refreshed brand identity and ambitious growth plans for Kurlon

The initiative, which includes a revamped logo and a new campaign, marks a significant milestone for the 60-year-old brand as it looks to expand its market presence and surpass the ₹ 1,000 crore revenue mark. (From left to right: Nilesh Mazumdar and Piyush Pandey. (Still from the video)

The iconic mattress brand Kurlon may be 60 years old, but it is changing things up with a new and refreshed positioning.

Walmart Vriddhi empowers over 58,000 MSMEs through digital training

The Walmart Vriddhi program, launched in 2019 with Swasti as the program partner, is designed to equip MSMEs with the know-how and tools they need to succeed in supply chains by combining Walmart’s supplier development experience and Flipkart’s platform expertise. More than 14,500 MSMEs are currently onboarded onto the Flipkart marketplace and are seeing notable increase in sales since joining the pan-India platform. (Image source: Google Play)

One of the graduate story examples here is of MohanJodero Handicrafts, established by Yashovardhan Sharma, where he leverages digital marketing, SEO (Search engine optimization), and social media insights gained through Walmart Vriddhi to sell his handcrafted products to customers from across India.

Water Wars: Clear Premium Water plans to double revenue growth, says founder Nayan Shah

Clear Premium Water is significantly investing in its D2C channel. At present, online sales account for about 15% of its total revenue, while the remaining 85% is generated through traditional offline channels, says Nayan Shah, Founder & CEO of Clear Premium Water.

The premium bottled water market is heating up with legacy and new players ramping up brand building and operations. One such brand, Clear Premium Water plans to expand its retail outlet network to 175,000 from 100,000, at present.

YouTube gives Premium users early access to latest experimental features

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.

YouTube crossed a major milestone earlier this year, with over 100 million YouTube Music and Premium subscribers worldwide.