Tag: brand marketing

India’s five edtech unicorns spend over Rs 2,250 cr on advertising; Rs 5,500 cr on employees in FY22

Many edtech firms laid off thousands of employees to conserve cash. The five edtech unicorns, put together, laid off more than 3,000 employees. Unacademy, in fact, brought its team size down to under 3,000 from more than 6,000 in April 2022. PhysicsWallah was the only company on the list to not have laid off any employees. (Representative Image: Thomas Park via Unpslash)

Unacademy, PhysicsWallah, Vedantu, Eruditus, and upGrad cumulatively spent more than Rs 2,250 crore on ads and promotions, and Rs 5,465 crore on employees but with funding winter and slower growth these excesses are becoming a thing of the past.

Clutter Breakers: Why Piyush Pandey is cheering for Cadbury Dairy Milk’s latest IPL ad campaign

Piyush Pandey calls Cadbury Dairy Milk a “brave” brand for taking a sport like cricket, which is considered to be a religion in a country like India, and using its mass appeal to promote other sports.

In an exclusive conversation with Storyboard18, Piyush Pandey, Ogilvy’s chairman global creative and executive chairman India, talks about how Mondelez India is acting like a responsible corporate citizen with points of view on things that matter to people.

Advertisers fall from 60 to 35 on TV during first seven matches of IPL 16: TAM

TAM data also shows that during the initial phase of IPL 16, many e-commerce categories have shifted away from TV advertising. In IPL 15, the top five categories were dominated by e-commerce players. (Image via Twitter - @IPL)

Changing media consumption habits seen as primary reason for significant decline in IPL 16 TV advertisers during initial phase.

Nokia India’s Amit Marwah: If you have the right mind share, market share always follows

Nokia India's Amit Marwah highlights, "In Nokia’s new logo, there are different colour lanyards that highlight gender equality. The logo is colourful and reflects energy. It also resonates with our consumers and our partners. This also includes catering to other customer domains like startups."

Storyboard18 got in touch with Nokia India’s Amit Marwah, head of marketing and corporate affairs, to talk about the company’s newly rebranded logo, reasons for the makeover, as well as challenges and apprehensions following this decision.

Storyboard18 Impact: Govt to ask influencers to display qualifications while endorsing health products

The proposed overhaul of these laws comes amid a surge in applications from non-governmental organizations, trade bodies, and private firms seeking permission to use terms like “India,” “Commission,” “Corporation,” and “Bureau” in their names.

The development comes days after Storyboard18 reported about how the Indian nutraceutical market has emerged as the sunshine sector where multiple direct-to-consumers (D2C) and legacy brands launch wellness products and get influencers to promote them.

JioCinema gets record number of advertisers and sponsors in TATA IPL 2023 opening week

JioCinema set the tone with the season-opening clash between MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings and Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans, achieving a peak concurrency of 1.6 Cr. In addition, JioCinema registered over 2.5 Cr. downloads, a record for the most installed app in a single day. (Image via Twitter - @IPL)

JioCinema’s free streaming of the TATA IPL 2023 for all viewers in India has resulted in a record-breaking number of views in the first week – over 375 Cr. This followed a first weekend which amassed 147 Cr. views, the highest-ever opening weekend for the TATA IPL on digital.

Offshore betting firms flood Indian media with illegal ads ft. Bollywood stars, sports legends

For quite some time now, companies like 1XBet, DafaBet, Fairplay, Parimatch, and Betway have been ramping up their advertising efforts in India, coinciding with the action-packed events like Indian Premier League cricket season, World Cup and others. In fact, they have been using the GST chaos for moment marketing purposes as well. Platforms like Fairplay have been using influencers to promote features such as '24X7 winning withdrawal, no GST, and referral code bonuses’.

Companies like 1XBet, DafaBet, Fairplay, Parimatch, and Betway are ramping up their advertising efforts in India, coinciding with the action-packed Indian Premier League cricket season.

Campa Cola revival is one of the best things to happen: Arnab Roy, Coca Cola

India is a very price conscious market and affordable price points like Rs. 10 price point or Rs. 20 price point are very important. The premium price point range, involves some good pack mix interventions and so, the overall profit pool remains at a level. (Image 1 by Laura Chouette via Unsplash, Image 2 by @just_drinks via Twitter)

Arnab Roy, VP – marketing, Coca-Cola, on the revival of Campa and growth of the cola category.