Tag: Advertising

Shantanu Deshpande: Public memory is fickle. Public love is permanent

The founder highlights a common mistake made by managers, including Deshpande himself, which involves imposing their value system on Gen Z employees.

Shantanu Deshpande, founder and CEO of Bombay Shaving Company, digs deep into BSC and Bombae’s marketing strategies and how the company’s services arm is scaling at warp speed. He also addresses the need for more founders to put themselves out there and tell their stories.

Panelists at Goafest discuss gender bias in advertising and media representation

The one daily soap which shook everybody was Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi. The character, Jassi is an ugly duckling who is working in a fashion house and she became a character everybody could relate to. Unfortunately, not many such characters have surfaced on television screens. (From left to right: Tarun Katial, Anand Narasimhan, Megha Tata, Anupriya Acharya and Kailashnath Adhikari)

Panelists discuss Indian women empowerment ad; data shows need for significant change.

What’s Goa’s advertising scene like?

Post the pandemic, the average traveller in Goa has changed, she said. “For the longest time, Goans thought the foreigners had the purchasing power, which is true to some extent. However, that has changed in the last couple of years. A lot of Indian travellers are big spenders. Today, the specialty restaurants of Goa cater to the Indian traveller because they are all for experimentation,” Gunjan Bakshi added.(Representative Image: Mayur Deshpande via Unsplash)

India’s smallest state Goa hosts the biggest advertising festival in the country, the Goafest. However, when it comes to its own advertising industry, things are a bit different.

7 in 10 brands cannot remember the last time a brand did anything that excited them: Wunderman Thompson

For Asia-Pacific, it is anticipated that ad spends will increase by 5.8 percent, with AI-driven ad placements contributing to the increase in digital ad spend in markets like India. (Representative Image: Alexander Shatov via Unsplash)

Wunderman Thompson’s latest research ‘The Age of Re-Enchantment’ finds 65% of consumers want brands to wow them, outlines emerging trends and opportunities for brands seeking to connect with consumers in an uncertain world.

Snap’s Ajit Mohan: Now that we have the scale, it is time to build a business around it

As Snap Inc., the parent of visual messaging app Snaptchat, hit a milestone of 200 million monthly users in India, Ajit Mohan, president of the company’s Asia-Pacific unit, shared its vision for India, focus on monetisation and building ad revenue, plans for aggressive hiring across roles including a new leader for India.

Goafest 2023: “The ABBY has always been seen as a plus on someone’s CV,” Pallavi Chakravarti

"We looked for relevant subject matter, good brand fits, fresh ideas, sharp insights and arresting execution. The intent was to recognise work that can hopefully compete at the highest level and stand up to the scrutiny of juries around the world," says Pallavi Chakravarti.

Pallavi Chakravarti, founder and chief creative officer of independent creative shop Fundamental, was the jury chair of the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion category at the ABBY One Show Awards 2023.