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Sunil Kukreti, General Manager and Branch Head, Dentsu Communications, Delhi, has put in his papers. He had joined the agency six months' back from Interact Vision. Though he confirmed the news and added that he would be joining his new assignment shortly, he refused to divulge further details.
Tuhina Anand Dec 4, 2006 9:48 AM
Print is in no danger of being dislodged as the most preferred medium as far as media planning is concerned, this assurance was given by Hans-Peter Rohner, CEO, PubliGroupe, at the Impact-One-on-One event. He was speaking on ‘Is ROI driving media planning or is the development of media promoting ROI-thinking?’
Tuhina Anand Nov 30, 2006 7:44 AM
Sainath Saraban has been promoted as Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett, Delhi. In his new role, he would be spearheading the creative team in Delhi. The development was confirmed by Jayshree Sundar, President-North, Leo Burnett. Saraban had joined the agency 14 months back as Creative Director.
Tuhina Anand Nov 29, 2006 11:16 AM
Latitude23, a Delhi-based agency, has added two new businesses to its kitty. These include the advertising duties for the entire range of Ozone, a premium range of product offering of Ozone Ayurvedics, and Mark Pi’s Crazy Noodles.
Tuhina Anand Nov 27, 2006 9:43 AM
R Rajmohan has quit the Outlook Group where he was National Head-Advertising. He is joining Images Multimedia Group as President and Publisher from December 1. Rajmohan has been with the Outlook Group for the last eight years. At Images Multimedia, Rajmohan would play a key role in adding more titles and grow the business.
Tuhina Anand Nov 17, 2006 9:43 AM
R Rajmohan has quit the Outlook Group where he was National Head-Advertising. He is joining Images Multimedia Group as President and Publisher from December 1. Rajmohan has been with the Outlook Group for the last eight years. At Images Multimedia, Rajmohan would play a key role in adding more titles and grow the business.
Tuhina Anand Nov 16, 2006 5:32 PM
The Bates Enterprise and David merger is more or less tied up and a formal announcement is expected in the next few days, sources close to the development inform. It is also learnt that the new entity is most likely to be christened Bates David Enterprise.
Tuhina Anand Nov 14, 2006 9:26 AM
David Wittenberg, Director, Innovations Workgroup at Optimus Solutions Ltd, is in India and along with Ajay Gupta, CEO, Corporate Leadership Institute, plans to reach their clients and show them the importance of innovation and how it can help their clients in turning around their businesses.
Tuhina Anand Nov 13, 2006 8:44 AM
Meridian, O&M’s agency that was launched in January this year, is spreading the message of planting trees through 30 print campaigns. And the agency has found the perfect platform to carry this message, ‘Bangalore Bias’, a newly-launched city centric afternoon newspaper.
Tuhina Anand Nov 9, 2006 8:46 AM
Sanjay Bahadur has joined as Associate Publisher-Impact, for India Today Group’s newspaper project. He moves from Hindustan Times where he was VP-Media Marketing.
Tuhina Anand Nov 9, 2006 8:45 AM
Naren Kaimal and Amardeep Singh, Executive Creative Directors at Dentsu India, have put in their papers. The duo had recently been appointed as national creative resource for all the three Dentsu companies in India and also Dubai. Their next destination is not known.
Tuhina Anand Nov 7, 2006 9:30 AM
Serum Marketing and Communication Services marks a new beginning for Abhinav Dhar and Ajit Hoon, who recently parted ways with M&C Saatchi. The duo has joined hands with Chetan Marwah, who describes himself as a brand strategist, to launch this new venture.
Tuhina Anand Nov 6, 2006 8:36 AM
Real estate major DLF is scouting for a creative partner. Though the size of the business couldn’t be ascertained, sources close to the development peg it to be at least Rs 40 crore. It is learnt that Grey Worldwide and David are among the agencies in the fray for the business.
Tuhina Anand Nov 6, 2006 8:35 AM
Artemis Health Sciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apollo Tyres’ Onkar S Kanwar-controlled PTL Enterprises Ltd, has called for a creative pitch. The size of the business would initially be around Rs 2.5-Rs 3 crore, but given the magnitude of the project might go higher. The company is setting up its first hospital in Gurgaon by April 2007.
Tuhina Anand Nov 3, 2006 9:14 AM
After acquiring majority stake in Bangalore-based design agency Ray + Keshavan, WPP is now looking at merging Bates Enterprise and David in the region. Sources close to the development have said that WPP was constantly in talks with both the agencies and a clear picture would emerge in less than a week’s time.
Tuhina Anand Nov 2, 2006 7:54 AM
With WPP acquiring majority stake in Ray + Keshavan Design, the latter is hoping to gain from the depth of knowledge that WPP holds in the specialised design area. The deal marks the entry of WPP's Enterprise IG, a leading international brand agency with 22 offices in 20 countries.
Tuhina Anand Oct 31, 2006 9:16 AM
Pallav Moitra, Associate Publisher of India Today Group’s Business Division, has put in his papers. He is joining Delhi-based Images Group as COO.
Tuhina Anand Oct 27, 2006 9:07 AM
STAR News has continued its good run by toppling the monopoly of Aaj Tak in the Hindi news segment for three consecutive weeks in the all India market. It has also retained the number one position in the HSM (Hindi Speaking Market) for the last three consecutive weeks as per TAM data.
Tuhina Anand Oct 27, 2006 9:02 AM
TBWA\India has bagged the creative mandate for Dukes Foods Ltd following a multi-agency pitch that also saw the participation of Saatchi & Saatchi and Orchard. Mindshare will continue to handle the media planning and buying for the company. David was the incumbent creative agency.
Tuhina Anand Oct 25, 2006 6:47 PM
Sudhir Sahni, VP-Client Services at O&M Delhi, has been promoted as President, Client Services. He has been with the agency for the last 10 years.
Tuhina Anand Oct 24, 2006 6:41 AM
Sercon, which specialises in providing a complete range of BTL activities to its clients, is on the lookout for agencies to enter into a strategic alliance. It is learnt from sources that 141 Worldwide, a through-the-line marketing services company, is among the agencies that Sercon is in talks with.
Tuhina Anand Oct 24, 2006 6:41 AM
Premjeet Sodhi, the Senior Vice-President and Head of Intellect, has been elevated to the position of Head of Initiative and will be relocating to Delhi. The development follows Initiative President, Kartik Iyer’s decision to move to Active International India.
Tuhina Anand Oct 20, 2006 9:11 AM
Mindshare has effected some key changes. Girish Menon has moved to Mindshare, Vietnam as Managing Partner on the Unilever business. Following this move, Subramanian replaces Menon as GM, Mindshare, Bangalore. He was earlier the Business Director, Mindshare, based in Chennai.
Tuhina Anand Oct 19, 2006 8:28 AM
TI Cycles of India, makers of popular cycle brands BSA and Hercules, has forayed into fitness equipment with BSA Workouts. Seeing opportunity in this market, where the home fitness equipment market is estimated to be worth nearly Rs 300 crore, the company has decided to enter this segment.
Tuhina Anand Oct 18, 2006 9:53 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
What can Delhi do to become a buzz-point in the ad circuit? Industry veterans are of the opinion that there is a need for platforms where ad professionals can come together – may be by revamping the DAC. Also, creative hands in Delhi need to raise the bar and create ripples.
Tuhina Anand Oct 4, 2006 8:37 AM
There is definitely enough business and all prominent advertising agencies have set up shop in Delhi, but where is the buzz? Where are the forums to get the ad fraternity together? Something, somewhere is holding Delhi back from rivaling Mumbai.
Tuhina Anand Oct 3, 2006 6:53 AM
Gul Raj Bhatia, the former Country Marketing Manager, Imaging and Printing Group, of HP, has joined Wyeth Consumer Healthcare as Country Manager. In his new role, Bhatia will be primarily looking at growing the business across the existing brands and also explore possible growth opportunities.
Tuhina Anand Sep 29, 2006 8:16 AM
The India Today Group has assigned the creative mandate for two of its magazines – ‘Business Today’ and ‘Golf Digest India’ – to Euro RSCG Delhi. Size of the business is estimated to be in the region of Rs 7-8 crore.
Tuhina Anand Sep 28, 2006 7:45 AM
Law & Kenneth Delhi has bagged the creative account for Sony’s brands Walkman and Xplod following a multi-agency pitch. The size of the business is estimated to be upwards of Rs 15 crore.
Tuhina Anand Sep 28, 2006 7:44 AM
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