Brand Makers – Page 32

AI will have profound impact on every industry: Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm

Paytm leverages Artificial Intelligence to strengthen operations

Paytm laid off more than 1,000 employees from its operations, sales, and engineering teams in December after adopting AI in most of the operational work.

Meet the female trailblazers at the top of the world’s most famous ad agency – Ogilvy

These inspiring female leaders are at the helm of creative innovation, brand strategy, and agency growth, pushing boundaries and redefining success in the advertising world. (L-R: Devika Bulchandani, Liz Taylor, Stacey Ryan-Cornelius, Fiona Gordon)

Ogilvy’s trailblazing women that are redefining creativity, strategy, business and leadership in the fast-evolving world of advertising.

Starbucks’ new CEO Brian Niccol’s “beat-up notebook” and simple success mantras

Brian Niccol was previously CEO at Chipotle Mexican Grill and Taco Bell.

From “believe in yourself” to “I know what to do,” Brian Niccol’s confidence and gut instinct landed him the top job at Starbucks.

Fiona Gordon promoted to Global CEO of Advertising of Ogilvy

Gordon will report to Devika Bulchandani, Global CEO of Ogilvy, and join the agency’s Global Executive Committee.

Amul wins trademark infringement case against Italian brand Amuleti

Amul has registered a turnover of Rs 65,911 crore (nearly $7.75 billion) for the fiscal 2025

Meta Inc. has ordered to block or delete the social media account of Terre primitive for promoting Amuleti.

GCPL elevates Ashwin Moorthy to Global Head of Category Direction and Innovation

Ashwin Moorthy began his career at Mindshare as a media planner and went on to work at Unilever. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Ashwin Moorthy was also inducted into the GCPL Global Management Committee and will be part of the senior management.

Ather Energy CEO Tarun Mehta’s annual remuneration rises 36.3% to Rs 3 crore in FY25

Ather Energy CEO Tarun Sanjay Mehta

Tarun Mehta holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in technology in engineering design from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras under the dual degree programm

Bikaji Foods, Gopal Snacks, Prataap Snacks shares jump after govt slashes GST rates on namkeen

Bikaji aims to set up a House of Brands to cater to unique customer tastes and preferences and establish Bikaji as a key player in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) domain

The GST rate of extruded savoury/salted (other than un-fried or un-cooked snack pellets), falling under HS 1905 90 30 has been reduced from 18% to 12%

Britannia MD Varun Berry joins Asian Paints board as independent director

Varun Berry pictured here at Storyboard18's Visionaries marquee chapter in Bengaluru.

Varun Berry is Vice Chairman and Managing Director of foods major Britannia Industries Limited.