Tag: Brand Makers

Facebook, Instagram global outage: Mark Zuckerberg’s valuation drops by $ 2.79 billion

Meta is also integrating AI to help businesses create ads on Facebook and Instagram, reminding customers they left an item in their cart or offering a discount for a purchase they’ve been waiting to make.

However, Mark Zuckerberg continued to maintain his position as the world’s fourth richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Nidhi Khare to be Consumer Affairs secretary; takes over from Rohit Kumar Singh

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come up with draft norms for "Online Consumer Reviews" and circulated it among stakeholders. The draft QCO specifies that all organisations (termed as review administrator) managing and publishing online consumer reviews shall comply with the norms. They must ensure that only "genuine" reviews get published and they won't publish any "fake or false" consumer reviews online. (Image source: News18 Hindi)

Nidhi Khare, a 1992 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Jharkhand cadre, is currently the Secretary of the Department of Land Resources.

Sudhanshu Vats, Pidilite Industries’ new MD designate: More about the marketer from the HUL CEO factory

During his tenure, Sudhanshu Vats shaped many popular household brands, most notably Lipton, Vim, Wheel, Surf, Rin, Dove, Pears, Lifebuoy and Lux. He launched Domex, Lipton IceTea and Comfort in India.

A marketing veteran, a marathoner and a product of the HUL CEO factory, Sudhanshu Vats led Viacom18 and EPL before he joined Pidilite Industries in 2021.

Pidilite Industries’ Bharat Puri to leave; Look back at the marketing maven’s journey

He shared a second piece of advice as well. “Superior products always win,” he said. “New and improved is normally just new and improved for advertising purposes. Consumer is very smart.”

Bharat Tilkaraj Puri, an IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus, has steered iconic organisations and brands, and has been a true champion of creativity from the beginning.

Storyboard18 Visionaries – Bengaluru chapter: Blockbuster celebration of marketing brilliance

From decades-old organizations to decade-old startups, leaders across a spectrum of companies and industries gathered at the Storyboard18 - Visionaries Bangalore edition on February 28. (From top left: Ramesh Srinivasan, Ishita Grover, Ravi Desai, Pranesh Urs. Bottom left: Shubhranshu Singh and Sumit Virmani)

Over a hundred marketing leaders and CXOs gathered to celebrate leading marketing minds at the Bengaluru chapter of Storyboard18 Visionaries.

Confectionery Kings: Meet the Indian execs running global ops for Mondelez, Perfetti, Mars, Hersheys

A host of leading foods and confectionery companies boasts a list of Indian executives who are transforming the business and marketing landscape through their business acumen, deep rooted customer understanding and unmatched marketing skills. (From left to right: Hemant Rupani, Anil Viswanathan, Avik Sarkar, Sameer Suneja, Ankit Desai, Deepak Iyer and Sudhanshu Nagpal. (Image source: Alchetron.com and LinkedIn))

The number of Indian executives running global operations for the world’s largest confectionery companies is on the rise. Take a look at some of the confectionery kings.

Who is Priya Nair – Unilever’s new group President managing a 12 billion euro global business?

In 2023, Priya Nair became a part of the Unilever Leadership Executive which also comprises Nitin Paranjpe, Unilever's Chief People and Transformation Officer, and Rohit Jawa, who is the current CEO of HUL

Priya Nair joined Hindustan Unilever in 1995. Today, she’s leading a 12 billion euro business group for Unilever globally.