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FedEx, the American company logistics major, has signed Dentsu Marcom as its creative and media agency. Senior sources close to the development have confirmed the news. The estimated size of the business is Rs 8 crore.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 3:27 PM

FMCG company CavinKare is soon going to launch Nyle cold cream and moisturiser in a bid to make Nyle an umbrella herbal brand straddling both skin-care and hair-care.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:40 AM

Re-entering the anti-marks segment, HLL has introduced a new variant, skinClarity, for its leading skincare brand — Fair & Lovely. Considering the FMCG major already has an anti-marks product, the new product is expected to further enhance the benefits in the anti-marks category within the skincare market.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:40 AM

Hutch and Research In Motion (RIM) have inked a deal through which Hutch will now introduce BlackBerry on its GPRS and EDGE networks. Till now, BlackBerry was available only to Airtel customers in India.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:39 AM

Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced the appointment of Manu Talwar as Chief Executive Officer, Mobility, for their Mumbai circle. Talwar will be reporting to Jayant Khosla, Director, Western region hub, of the telecom service provider.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:37 AM

After a stint of seven and a half years, Ajit Varghese, COO, Madison Infinity, a sub-brand of Madison Media, has decided to move on. An announcement on his replacement will be announced shortly.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 6, 2006 7:36 AM

Financial Times is in the process of augmenting its presence in India. The international business publication is planning a South Asia edition, which would be printed from India. FT is awaiting a final government to go ahead for this. Khozem Merchant has been identified as Country Head and Business Development Director, while MediaScope is partnering for the sales function.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 6, 2006 7:36 AM

Greenply Industries is reviewing its advertising duties and is keen to shift from its current agency Lowe. Its media account, which is currently handled by Lintas Media Group’s Initiative, too is up for a pitch.

Tuhina Anand Oct 6, 2006 7:35 AM

Radio Indigo 91.9 FM, a Jupiter Capital venture which was launched in Bangalore on September 19, has awarded its creative business to Asymmetric Advertising following a multi-agency pitch. With this win, Asymmetric will be handling all creative work for Radio Indigo.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:34 AM

ICCO Global Summit, currently on in the Capital, has thrown light on the emerging trends in the field of PR. In keeping with the theme of the summit is ‘Forget Best Practices, Think Next Practices’, Santosh Desai, President, McCann Erickson India, opened the session providing some food for thought when he said that media had been always a catalyst for change.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:33 AM

Several bigwigs from the PR world have descended on the Capital for the fifth ICCO Global Summit, which began on October 4, 2006. The second day of the Summit saw PR luminaries like ICCO President, John Saunders; Harold Burson, Founding Chairman, Burson-Marsteller, Louis Capozzi, Chairman, Publicis PR and Corporate Communication Group addressing the gathering.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:32 AM

Sabeer Bhatia, the co-founder of Hotmail, is back in the news. Identifying the Internet as a growing segment and online travel sites as a young, emerging segment, Bhatia has re-launched Arzoo.com, which had gone bust in 2001.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 6, 2006 7:31 AM

United Bank Ltd has awarded its integrated Middle East communication mandate to Percept Holdings, which will support United Bank’s business growth plans with an integrated communication strategy spanning events, PR, advertising and interactive marketing across the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar, as well as other markets.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:30 AM

Taking the concept of on-demand content a step further, STAR India has launched STAR 7827 Voice, an audio-on-demand concept through which it will provide primarily its television content on an audio format.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:29 AM

The newly formed Lodestar Universal on Thursday announced the rollout of ‘TV Graphics’, a TV segmentation study of raw TAM data.

exchange4media Staff Oct 6, 2006 7:29 AM

It is just his third week at work and Universal McCann’s recently appointed President APAC, David Morgan, is busy acquainting himself with the Universal McCann’s offices and clients in Asia. Currently in India, Morgan spoke on the strength that Lodestar’s merger with Universal McCann had brought to the group and the focus on India.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 6, 2006 7:28 AM