Stories on 29th Sep '17

25 and a huge force to reckon with!

Starting a week-long series coinciding with Zee TV’s completion of a quarter century. Read more

Shailesh Kapoor: Bollywood's Star Crisis: How soon can the youth take over?

For seven years now, the same five male stars have consistently taken the Top 5 positions: Salman, Akshay, Shah Rukh, Aamir and Hrithik Roshan, writes Shailesh Kapoor. Read more

Ramesh Narayan? elected? President of IAA India Chapter

Narayan is currently Vice President, IAA Global (Internal Communications) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations (AFAA). Read more

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Ranjona Banerji: Is my life in danger, Ravish Kumar asks PM

It is highly likely that someone from the BJP will provide some cock and bull explanation which blames Ravish Kumar for being threatened by BJP fans and members, writes Ranjona Banerji. Read more

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DDB Mudra West crafts 'All Work, All Play' for fbb's latest Chinos Collection

The campaign puts forth the idea of seamless fit that the clothing enables, coupled with a wide versatility in style. Read more

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Hooq aims to 'reignite' VOD market in India

Shifts its focus to Hollywood aiming to curate one of the largest repository of Hollywood content for the Indian audience. Read more

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WeWork assigns digital marketing mandate to iProspect India

The account will be serviced from Bangalore. Read more

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Sony rolls out Bravia marketing campaign

360-degree marketing campaign showcasing incredible picture and sound quality of Sony’s new range of Bravia TVs. Read more

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Fossil announces Varun Dhawan & Shruti Haasan as brand ambassadors

The celebrity duo to feature in Fossil’s first ever multimedia campaign in India - FossilFirsts. Read more

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Metro Shoes ropes in Katrina Kaif and Siddharth Malhotra as brand ambassadors

Metro Shoes will be running a print, digital and outdoor campaigns featuring Katrina and Siddharth. Read more

Stories on 4th Nov 14

SRK, Ranbir only celebs in $100 mn Club
Bollywood A-listers Shah Rukh Khan & Ranbir Kapoor emerged as the only two Indian celebs with more than $100-million valuation in perhaps the first ever celebrity brand valuation study in India
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/srk-ranbir-only-celebs-in-100-mn-club/

Ranjona Banerji: Are you serious, Mr Goswami?
The NewsHour on TimesNow had an interminable rant from Arnab Goswami about how the Congress party or sympathisers of the Congress party refused to come on his show discussing the Robert Vadra case, notes Ranjona Banerji
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/are-you-serious-mr-goswami/

Vistara ropes in strategic partners for 'brand building' initiative
They will continue to extend all support required for Vistara's 360 degree branding and customer engagement program
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/vistara-ropes-in-strategic-partners-for-brand-building-initiative/

Grey India unveils new campaign to propagate Swach Bharat initiative
This is the first phase of the campaigning, demonstrated by a 60 second TV commercial, which will be aired in 10 languages across all major networks
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/grey-india-unveils-new-campaign-to-propagate-swach-bharat-initiative/

DDB Mudra West wins creative mandate for ICICI Lombard General Insurance
DDB Mudra West’s Mumbai team will lead the account
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/ddb-mudra-west-wins-creative-mandate-for-icici-lombard-general-insurance/

Al Jazeera unveils 'Hear the Human Story' global brand campaign
The brand film featured at the special event was about the Gulabi Gang, also known as "vigilantes in pink", who tackle issues such as violence against women and corruption in northern India
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/al-jazeera-unveils-hear-the-human-story-global-brand-campaign/

Canon India's Dr. Alok Bharadwaj assigned senior role in Singapore
Dr. Bharadwaj will be heading the Corporate Strategy Group as the Senior Vice President
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/canon-indias-dr-alok-bharadwaj-assigned-senior-role-in-singapore/

What Ticks for Indian Consumers/ Teens - Ashwani Singla and Aditya Swamy
Continuing with our extracts from the second edition of the MxMIndia Annual, we present contributions by Ashwani Singla and Aditya Swamy

http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/what-ticks-for-indian-consumers-teens-ashwani-singla-and-aditya-swamy/

Stories on 9th Jul 14

Services sector with 9% CAGR: Eco Survey
As per the Economic Survey, in 2013-14, the growth rate of the combined category of trade, hotels, restaurants, transport, storage, and communications decelerated to 3.0 per cent while financing, insurance, real estate, and business services grew robustly at 12.9 per cent
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/services-sector-with-9-cagr-eco-survey/

BudgetSpeak #14: Ravi Rao: 10 Dreams that the Budget should see come true
Ravi Rao, Leader, South Asia, Mindshare hopes the Union Budget will help his 10 dreams come true
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/budgetspeak-14-ravi-rao-10-dreams-that-the-budget-should-see-come-true/

Snapdeal unveils TVC announcing Annual Sale
Quirky and insightful, the latest ad film focusses on how easy it is to be fashionable
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/snapdeal-unveils-tvc-announcing-annual-sale/

DDB Mudra releases new campaign for HBO Premium
The HBO Premium channels campaign has been launched with the aim of making sure that audiences have an uninterrupted ad-free viewing experience
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/ddb-mudra-releases-new-campaign-for-hbo-premium/

MindShift's campaign for HomeShop 18 draws good response
The campaign which explores humor via jokes and memes garnered 100 million impressions in less than a month
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/mindshifts-campaign-for-homeshop-18-draws-good-response/

Late editions on Thursday, July 10 & Monday, July 14
Our updates will happen at 3pm tomorrow (July 10) due to the Budget and at 2pm on Monday, July 14 given the World Cup final
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/late-editions-on-thursday-july-10-monday-july-14/

Boost for digital media in Rail Budget
Two categories of railway stations will now be wifi-ed and food can now be ordered at food courts via SMS
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/boost-for-digital-media-in-rail-budget/

Six Inches unveils OOH campaign for Philip Capital
The Philip Capital campaign reflects the positive outlook in the stock market and urges investors to ride it

http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/six-inches-unveils-ooh-campaign-for-philip-capital/

BudgetSpeak #16: Roopam Asthana: We expect a Budget that will overall business confidence
The focus of employment generation should be on Tier 3 cities and smaller towns so that growth in more equitable across the country, writes Roopam Asthana is C E O & Whole Time Director, Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company Ltd

http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/budgetspeak-16-roopam-asthana-we-expect-a-budget-that-will-overall-business-confidence/

BudgetSpeak #15: Arun Firodia: Need to lay down a roadmap for next five years

The main priorities before the government are reducing food inflation, job creation, energy security, defence and infrastructure, writes Arun Firodia, Chairman, Kinetic Group

http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/07/budgetspeak-15-arun-firodia-need-to-lay-down-a-roadmap-for-next-five-years/