Coca-Cola’s former head of marketing Shripad Nadkarni sets up food startupNadkarni, who started marketing consulting firm MarketGate after quitting Coca-Cola in 2005, had sold the company to Publicis Groupe about ...
19 Jul, 2016, 03.23 AM IST
Direct selling companies hit by ecommerce; HUL, Eureka Forbes embrace changeDistributors of Amway, Oriflame and Tupperware are selling products online through Flipkart, Snapdeal, disrupting the direct-sales business...
26 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Drums Food International raises Rs 4.2 crore in an internal funding roundDrums Food International, owner of Hokey Pokey ice-creams and Greek yogurt brand Epigamia, has raised Rs 4.2 crore in an internal round of ...
28 Aug, 2015, 04.42 AM IST
Food companies feel the heat, rush to ensure regulatory complianceThe biggest food companies in India include Nestle, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Mondelez, Hindustan Unilever, Britannia and Kellog...
09 Jun, 2015, 04.05 AM IST
Indulge Beverages raises Rs 12.5 croreProceeds from the round will be used by the startup, which develops and markets a range of premium coffee, tea pods and capsules under the ...
09 Apr, 2015, 03.06 AM IST
FMCG market sees rise in new breed of energetic and bright young entrepreneursFMCG's new brigade of entrepreneurs are winning over customers & investors with their irreverent approach towards giants that dominate mark...
20 Nov, 2014, 04.56 AM IST
Comedian Kapil Sharma on the cusp of stardom; brands line up with endorsement offersSharma and Preeti Simoes, creative director of Comedy Nights with Kapil, had worked out a strategy of waiting for big brands and refusing l...
10 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Publicis Groupe acquires Mumbai-based Convonix
Publicis Groupe today said it has acquired Mumbai-based digital marketing consulting Convonix for an undisclosed sum.
11 Mar, 2013, 06.18 PM IST
Pepsi to launch Tropicana in powder formatFor PepsiCo, this isn't its first foray in the powder category. It had extended its sports drink Gatorade to powder format in early 2010 by...
19 Dec, 2012, 02.48 AM IST
- Publicis Groupe announces two acquisitions in India
Publicis Groupe announced today the acquisition of two agencies in India: iStrat, an integrated digital agencies and MarketGate.
07 Dec, 2012, 01.56 PM IST
Retail baron Kishore Biyani plans to take tales from Amar Chitra Katha to digital spaceKishore Biyani, wants to be a storyteller now-he plans to take Amar Chitra Katha comics to digital space as animations, e-books.
04 Oct, 2012, 08.14 AM IST
Red Bull has wings; to go solo in India after tie up with Narang Group soursWith this move Red Bull – the euro 4.2-billion Austrian energy drinks multinational – will go solo in India and set up its own independent ...
26 Sep, 2012, 01.42 PM IST
Prakash Nedungadi to fire up Aditya Birla Group's consumer businessPrakash Nedungadi in his first stint had turned the group's high-profile acquisition in the apparel space into an enduring business model.
08 Aug, 2012, 09.17 AM IST
- Cadbury registers record growth in 2011
Cadbury India reported its highest-ever sales & net profit in 2011 as the firm synonymous with chocolates aggressively ramped up distributi...
03 Jul, 2012, 04.16 PM IST
- Mobile cos line up Rs 100 cr for cricket advertisements
Small mobile phone manufacturers are embracing the big-budget world of cricket advertising as they look to give their obscure regional bran...
22 Dec, 2009, 12.26 AM IST
- Insurance Cos reel off products with filmy touch
Financial service firms, particularly insurers, are embedding their products in the story line of movies, hoping to see audiences flocking ...
18 Dec, 2009, 01.01 AM IST
- Marlboro Man sheds cowboy image
The Marlboro Man, created by ad agency Leo Burnett in the early 1950s for Philip Morris’ cigarette brand, however, has shed his Stetson hat...
17 Oct, 2009, 03.28 AM IST