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Kabir Lumba has become Executive Director of Lifestyle International (P) Ltd, a leading retail chain in India. In this capacity, he heads the organization in India. Prior to this he was President, Lifestyle, and headed the buying and merchandising functions. Lumba has held a host of responsibilities ranging from COO of Proline India and Pantaloon. He spent two years at Pantaloon from March 1997 to February 1999. He was also COO of Proline from 1999 to February 2004. He was also actively involved in the launch of Fila in India.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 12:34 PM

Satinder Mehta, Regional Manager with Raj Express, has called it quits. He has joined Ansal Properties as Manager, Media Relations. Mehta started his career with Ranchi Express and, after a 12-year tenure, left the organization as Marketing Manager. He moved to Dainik Jagran as Marketing Manager, and was part of the National Marketing team for three years prior to joining Raj Express.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 12:33 PM

Kunal Banerji has moved on after a short stint with Unitech as VP, Marketing & Sales. He has joined Ansal API as VP-Marketing & Corporate Communication. Banerji, who has over 25 years’ experience in marketing, was associated with Omaxe as Senior VP-Marketing & Sales, for three years. He started his career in 1979 and has worked in the capacity of VP in companies like Fujifilms, JK Tyre and O&M Singapore, to name a few.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 12:29 PM

Kinetic Worldwide, the out-of-home planning-and-buying specialist, is – literally and figuratively – gaining mass in the US.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 7:37 AM

Yahoo! and eBay have formed a multi-year strategic partnership designed to mutually benefit both companies by better serving their user, merchant, and advertising communities in the US. The agreement covers search and graphical advertising, online payments, a co-branded toolbar, and the opportunity to explore ‘click-to-call’ functionality.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 7:36 AM

The Indian PC market, now at around 5m units a year, is set to double in the next few years. It's already the fastest growing market in the Asia-Pacific region. No wonder that PC manufacturers are making a beeline for setting up shop and expand their presence in the country.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 7:35 AM

Fruit juice chase has gathered a wild momentum. As the market gets crowded, there's an unprecedented rush for innovation, fuelled by close to 20 new entrants - big and small - during the past year. Almost all seem to be in a hurry to dish out something new to tickle the consumer palate.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 7:34 AM

Rexona has kicked off a nationwide ‘No BO’ (body odour) movement in Mumbai with Mandira Bedi. This movement against body odour will reach over 1.5 million young Indians spread over 1,000 colleges and IT and BPO companies in seven cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 27, 2006 7:33 AM

It’s been a year since Maruti Swift was launched on May 25, 2005, and in this one year, the compact car from Maruti Suzuki has won several accolades. Swift has created a record of sorts by clocking sales of over 61,200 units in the first year of its launch.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 7:32 AM

Shopper’s Stop Ltd has launched Mothercare in India as a part of their exclusive franchise agreement with Mothercare Plc of UK. Under this agreement, Shopper’s Stop plans to open over 40 stores, comprising shop-in-shops, shops in department stores as well as standalone high street and mall stores across the country in the next five years.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 27, 2006 7:31 AM

Euro RSCG Delhi is gearing for changes over the next few months in order to become a more active player in the market. The agency is hiring people at all levels.

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 7:29 AM

Professionals from the fields of advertising, marketing and communication in Gujarat have come together to make a new a beginning and launch its very own ad club called ‘Brand Klub’, Ahmedabad. The purpose of Brand Klub is to build a platform and plan events to help its members improve their professional competencies.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 27, 2006 7:28 AM

Five years after The Hindu-Eenadu alliance came into being, the duo have joined hands with Daily Hindi Milap and Siasat Daily to announce a new advertising alliance – the ‘New CHARminar’ – starting June 1, 2006.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 27, 2006 7:27 AM

<p align=justify>“India has been an exporter of market research talent and is one of the most talented markets in the world in terms of market research expertise. That said, the market here is growing extremely strongly – in addition you have markets like China, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam – all growing in double digits. So it’s creating an enormous drain in terms of market research expertise.”

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2006 12:00 AM