brand dossier > advertising/branding Advertising / branding Google introduces product listing ads in India 17 June 2013 WPP in data-sharing pact with Twitter 07 June 2013 Food commercials excite teen brains more than mobile plans, cars 09 May 2013 Media buyers say they dealt with UK ad sales teams 06 May 2013 New study says big brands buying fake Twitter followers 27 April 2013 Small businesses see red in browsers’ ad blocking technology 25 April 2013 Budweiser to unveil new “bow-tie” cans from May 18 April 2013 UK advertising watchdog bans more JTI ads attacking plain packaging 17 April 2013 DDB Mudra is South India’s Pepper Ad Agency of the Year 15 April 2013 Goa adfest plagued with plagiarism charges 12 April 2013 Mobile drives growth in UK online advertising 10 April 2013 No relief from excessive TV ads, says I&B minister Tewari 06 April 2013 ASCI can now block offensive ads at once pending probe 03 April 2013 US Supreme Court turns down airlines’ challenge over fare advertising 02 April 2013 Third head rolls over Ford India's sexist ‘Berlusconi’ ad 30 March 2013 Google to move into grocery delivery with Shopping Express 30 March 2013 Twitter ad revenue set to double this year 28 March 2013 Ford India’s ad agency puts foot in mouth, apologises 25 March 2013 Pepsi to unveil new bottle design next month 23 March 2013 Comcast Cable bans gun and ammunition ads 23 March 2013 Small businesses lagging behind in digital advertising: Boston Consulting 19 March 2013 EBay questions value of Google’s main advertising service 14 March 2013 Where to place your brand at mega events 13 March 2013 Whole Foods to introduce labelling on GM foods 11 March 2013 Celebrity endorsement attract kids to junk foods 08 March 2013 Vodafone India to launch 16th all-women store in Kerala 07 March 2013 TCS ranked world's 4th most valuable IT services brand 05 March 2013 Swiss luxury watch-maker Rolex voted UK’s top consumer brand 26 February 2013 Google, Facebook, Yahoo most trusted internet brands in India 25 February 2013 Luxury brand advertising: stronger visuals, fewer words 14 February 2013 Court approves bankrupt Hostess Brands' auction of Twinkies, other brands 12 February 2013 DGMT websites’ advertising revenues up 51 per cent 07 February 2013 Advertising could generate £100 bn for UK economy: report 01 February 2013 Outdoor fast food ads could promote obesity: study 31 January 2013 RIM becomes BlackBerry 31 January 2013 Nokia, Samsung, Sony rank as India's most trusted brands 30 January 2013 Future of Kellogs Frosties’ cereal mascot in doubt amid falling sales as parental concerns rise 28 January 2013 Japanese PR agency Ozma enters India in pact with Mileage Communications Group 28 January 2013 Anheuser-Busch lines up two brands for Super Bowl launch 11 January 2013 Carlyle Group led consortium to buy Chinese display-advertising provider Focus Media for $3.7 bn 20 December 2012 Gumtree, Coles, eBay top Google's most searched brands 15 December 2012 ACCC initiates proceedings against Dulux over energy cost reduction ad claims 06 December 2012 Publicis Groupe acquires luxury brands advertising agency AR New York 05 December 2012 Online ad spend to overtake TV advertising in Australia 27 November 2012 Srinivasan Swamy to head India chapter of International Advertising Association 05 November 2012 Ista Hotels to be rebranded as Hyatt Hotels 30 October 2012 Bajaj's Discover becomes the world’s largest selling motorcycle 04 October 2012 Ad campaign to boost new businesses 04 October 2012 UK high court ruling upholds Cadbury's claims over colour purple 03 October 2012 Deccan Chargers good fit for Videocon's brands: Venugopal Dhoot 07 September 2012 Honda Motor Co to get new identity by month end 07 September 2012 Twitter to let advertisers target users by interest 31 August 2012 Management, private equity firms jointly bid $3.5 bn for China’s Focus Media 14 August 2012 Is advertising on Facebook dead? 13 August 2012 Global social media revenues to reach $16.9 billion in 2012 26 July 2012 Air Arabia’s new safety video is no kidstuff 23 July 2012 Small, home business advertisers can now pay at their doorstep 18 July 2012 BBC’s ‘VirtualBagel’ experiment does not prove Facebook Advertising ineffective 16 July 2012 Japan’s advertising giant Dentsu to buy British rival Aegis for $5 billion 12 July 2012 Private label brands hit sales of larger brands: Accenture 11 July 2012 Yahoo, Facebook end patent dispute; launch advertising alliance 09 July 2012 WPP Group to acquire digital agency AKQA 21 June 2012 Delhi High Court restrains Emami from airing commercial 19 June 2012 Internet ad complaints poised to overtake TV: UK advertising regulator 31 May 2012 Salesforce.com close to buying Buddy Media for more than $800 mn 30 May 2012 Facebook-sponsored ads: 44 % say they would ‘never’ click on them 17 May 2012 TRAI slaps 12 minutes per hour cap on TV ads 15 May 2012 End of an era: iGate drops ‘Patni’ from its brand name 08 May 2012 ASCI ties up with TAM to check misleading ads 18 April 2012 Tata in Brand Finance's global top 50 20 March 2012 Twitter launches service to buy and place ads 17 February 2012 Sahara logo to stay on cricketers’ shirts as standoff with BCCI ends 17 February 2012 Maaza’s new commercial extols the brand as the real experience 08 February 2012 Mobiles, laptops, digital cameras, TV lead online sales 06 February 2012 Nokia sells media advertising business to US startup Matchbin 27 January 2012 Auto makers take to social media to tap young customers 23 January 2012 Google tipped to overtake Yahoo to become king of display advertising in 2012 17 January 2012 Nokia advertises Lumia smartphone on Jet Airways' plane 11 January 2012 Kraft Foods and Israel’s SodaStream enter into co-branding deal 06 January 2012 IDBI Federal Life launches Childsurance Ad Campaign 03 January 2012 Google India introduces Media Ads format on Google Search 26 December 2011 Sony to shed Ericsson tag; focus on smartphones 03 December 2011 India’s brand value rises nearly 32 per cent; rated 9th among 100 30 November 2011 Social media, mobile devices creating brand loyalty challenges for mid-size businesses 19 November 2011 Inter-ministerial panel to look into issue of misleading advertisements 17 November 2011 Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL join hands to share ad space 09 November 2011 Philips continues global media relationship with Carat 08 November 2011 Yahoo to buy online advertising firm Interclick for $270 million 02 November 2011 DAVP on revamp mode, says Ambika Soni 01 November 2011 Omnicom acquires 51-% stake in Anil Ambani's Mudra Group 31 October 2011 WPP projects improved full year margin forecast 28 October 2011 Pepsi launches limited-edition Diwali cans , PET bottles 27 October 2011 TTL integrates CDMA and GSM platforms under common brand Tata Docomo 19 October 2011 Cobra Beer revamps its brand image 11 October 2011 Fortune Brands renamed Beam Inc after splitting businesses 05 October 2011 Indian internet users to triple by 2014: Google 16 September 2011 UK advertising watchdog pulls up Tesco over sausage ad 15 September 2011 Tata among world's 50 most valuable brands; Google tops 13 September 2011 Twitter to step up “promoted tweets” in bid to cash in on growing user base 09 September 2011 Google settles Canadian pharma ad probe for $500 mn 25 August 2011 FSA clamps down on misleading product ads by finacial services firms 22 August 2011 Hero MotoCorp unveils new scooter and motorcycle models 09 August 2011 Digital marketers trail keyword trends, says UK marketing technology firm 03 August 2011 Liberty Shoes ropes in Hrithik Roshan as brand ambassador 02 August 2011 YES Bank wins 7 awards at Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards 02 August 2011 Health ministry launches campaign against bidi smoking 29 July 2011 ASA forces L’Oreal to pull ad campaigns featuring Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington 27 July 2011 Hero Honda to reveal new brand identity in London on 9 August 23 July 2011 Komli Media buys mobile advertiser Zestadz 20 July 2011 US court turns down Apple’s injunction over “App Store” 08 July 2011 Sony ranked Asia's top brand: Campaign magazine 05 July 2011 Vodafone inroduces own-brand content channel 05 July 2011 Google promotes Chrome through unique campaign 04 July 2011 WPP arm sparks privacy concerns in UK 29 June 2011 Kaya Skin Clinic appoints Salt Brand Solutions as its creative partner 28 June 2011 Madison appoints Rajdeep Bhattacharyya as director, digital 28 June 2011 Junk food ads still affecting kids, should be banned: AMA 28 June 2011 Cannes Lions 2011: India bags four metals on final day, ends with 24 metals 27 June 2011 Haresh Nayak elevated to Posterscope India board 24 June 2011 Cannes Lions 2011: India bags five metals in Design Lions; Out of Box grabs a gold 23 June 2011 Cannes Lions 2011: Four metals for India in Press Lions 23 June 2011 JK Cement signs Virender Sehwag as brand ambassador 22 June 2011 Cannes Lions 2011: India bags three metals in Outdoor, bronze in Radio 22 June 2011 Cannes Lions 2011: Lodestar strikes gold for India in Media Lions 22 June 2011 Infosys, Tata more influential in India than foreign brands: TLG - GlobeScan 21 June 2011 Logos and brands: the sizzle and the steak 21 June 2011 Cannes Lions 2011: BBDO India, Mudra lead Indian charge, bag five metals 21 June 2011 Mindshare appointed media AOR for NourishCo 20 June 2011 Zee TV unveils new brand identity 20 June 2011 SMG India elevates three key personnel 17 June 2011 Ignite Mudra bags the creative mandate for Sikka Group 17 June 2011 Google to buy online advertising company AdMeld for $400 million 14 June 2011 Shareholders revolt over executive pay rise at WPP 03 June 2011 Saatchi & Saatchi wins the creative duties for online classifieds service OLX 03 June 2011 Vizeum bags the media duties for IMS Learning Resources 01 June 2011 ASCI rules against 34 ads over the last five months 31 May 2011 Adrian Miller bids adieu to JWT 31 May 2011 Simone Barratt appointed president, GSI Global Marketing Services International 26 May 2011 MediaCom appoints Divya Gururaj as head, South and Southeast Asia 26 May 2011 Dentsu Marcom announces senior management changes 23 May 2011 TAG Ideation wins the creative duties for Blackberrys 23 May 2011 Ashish Mathur appointed managing director, Iris India 19 May 2011 MPG bags the media duties for Swiss brand Victorinox 19 May 2011 TBWA India appoints Sreejit Nair as managing director, Integer Group 19 May 2011 Hero Honda may rebrand to Hero Moto 18 May 2011 Publicis Groupe to acquire Rosetta Marketing for $575 million 17 May 2011 Madison Media Infinity appoints Sushma Jhaveri as COO 17 May 2011 Saatchi & Saatchi wins Skoda India's creative mandate 16 May 2011 Honda Siel ropes in ZenithOptimedia as media partner 16 May 2011 Google probed for carrying ads from illegal online pharmacies 13 May 2011 Airtel names its logo 'Wave' 13 May 2011 Emami ropes in Rediffusion-Y&R for Boroplus, Zandu creatives 12 May 2011 Mudra West bags BBC TopGear business 10 May 2011 Jishnu Sen appointed president and CEO, Grey Group India 09 May 2011 Apple replaces Google as the world’s most valuable brand 09 May 2011 IPL 2011: Attracting brands, loosing fans 07 May 2011 Sanofi-Aventis shortens name to Sanofi 07 May 2011 Govind Rubber ropes in Ignite Mudra for brand-building 06 May 2011 Parag Shahane joins Rediffusion-Y&R as creative head, art 06 May 2011 Godrej brand valued at $3 billion 05 May 2011 Starcom MediaVest Group appoints Mallikarjunadas CR as India CEO 04 May 2011 Lavanya Verma joins Publicis Capital as vice president 04 May 2011 Pepsi goes ‘social’ with vending machines 03 May 2011 Lintas Media Group launches media solutions arm Limelight 02 May 2011 State government's R-Day ad blooper on Maharashrtra Day in Marathi daily 02 May 2011 Tesco takes back price guarantee after customers cash in 29 April 2011 Law & Kenneth bags the corporate account for Hero Group 29 April 2011 Advertising and technology event ad:tech concludes in Delhi 29 April 2011 UK watchdog bans misleading Ryanair ad 28 April 2011 Havas’ MPG wins the media duties of Escada 28 April 2011 Lowe Lintas appoints S Subramanyeswar as national planning director 28 April 2011 Dentsu India appoints Nobuki Sakai as chief financial officer 28 April 2011 Star India hikes ad rates by 20 per cent 27 April 2011 Grey snaps up Fujifilm’s creative business 25 April 2011 Lowe Lintas bags the creative mandate for Suzlon 25 April 2011 Microsoft to boost advertising, online business with new global advertising sales head 23 April 2011 Roopam Garg joins ZenithOptimedia India as COO 21 April 2011 Paritosh Srivastava joins Publicis Ambience as executive vice president, Mumbai 21 April 2011 Eveready Industries ropes in Akshay Kumar as brand ambassador 21 April 2011 WPP acquires German firm Commarco 20 April 2011 Star India unveils new corporate logo, launches HD channels 18 April 2011 Scarecrow brings in Anindya Banerjee as executive creative director for its Delhi office 13 April 2011 Gautam Talwar promoted to chief strategy officer, Rediffusion-Y&R 13 April 2011 Ketchum embraces Sampark founders Bela, N S Rajan 13 April 2011 Anwesh Bose joins Mudra Max as branch head, North & East 12 April 2011 OMD wins the media duties for Guthy-Renker 12 April 2011 Dentsu Marcom appoints Titus Upputuru as executive creative director 12 April 2011 Fali Vakeel appointed vice-chairperson, Lowe Lintas India 12 April 2011 Online advertising to grow 50 per cent annually 09 April 2011 Creativeland Asia to handle the creatives for all Audi brands in India 07 April 2011 Chime Communications acquires Icon for £11 million 07 April 2011 Welcome to Bijlipur, says Base Batteries new campaign 06 April 2011 Carat Media to handle media buying for Sonear 06 April 2011 Raj Kamble joins BBH India as managing partner 06 April 2011 Isobar wins the digital duties for Tata Housing 06 April 2011 MediaVest bags the media mandate for Yahoo 06 April 2011 MPG India ropes in Kunal Jamuar as head of West India 06 April 2011 Sandeep Lakhina bids adieu to the Starcom MediaVest Group 01 April 2011 Grey India appoints Kaizad Pardiwalla as branch head, Mumbai 01 April 2011 Vizeum wins the media duties for Nickelodeon 01 April 2011 Rediffusion Y&R makes top-level management changes 01 April 2011 Rajesh Kamat quits Viacom18, joins CA Media as CEO 31 March 2011 Starcom strengthens Delhi team with senior level appointments 31 March 2011 Nike launches its second World Cup campaign 30 March 2011 Online advertising in UK soars past £4-bn 30 March 2011 VivaKi launches integrated services wing, VivaKi Specialist Services in India 30 March 2011 Scarecrow Communications wins the creative mandate for Ackruti City 29 March 2011 Nike launches Bleed Blue Pledge with Team India 28 March 2011 Bates 141 promotes Dheeraj Sinha as regional planning director 24 March 2011 Saroj Poddar group unifies 21 companies under ‘Advent’ brand; plans Rs10,000-cr spend 24 March 2011 Colgate-Palmolive to buy Unilever’s Sanex brand for $940 mn 23 March 2011 Publicis Groupe to acquire majority stake in heathcare advertising agency Watermelon 23 March 2011 Hemanth Shah appointed managing director, Aaren Initiative 23 March 2011 Deepak Singh, Ravinder Siwach elevated to group creative directors of Mudra Group 16 March 2011 Saints& Warriors wins the creative mandate for SAB TV 16 March 2011 Maaza says slow down with new campaign 15 March 2011 MediaCom wins the media mandate for MakeMyTrip 15 March 2011 3G a success, claims Airtel after Mumbai launch 09 March 2011 Hero Honda signs biggest-ever IPL sponsorship deal 08 March 2011 GVK ropes in TBWA as AoR for Mumbai Airport 08 March 2011 MEC wins the media mandate for DNA 08 March 2011 Ashok Leyland re-branding itself; may become Hinduja Leyland 08 March 2011 Elvis Sequeira joins Cheil Worldwide Southwest Asia as national creative director 07 March 2011 Sunil Gautam steps down as chairman, Hanmer MSL 01 March 2011 Kapil Tammal joins Scarecrow Communications as creative director 28 February 2011 Jubilant ties up with Dunkin’ Donuts to set up coffee outlets in India 25 February 2011 Zee Business ropes in Euro RSCG as creative partner 25 February 2011 Varun Mehta joins BBDO as senior creative director 24 February 2011 Ignite Mudra has Sudarshan Banerjee as new head 24 February 2011 Wal-Mart's Asda price scheme draws flak from rivals 23 February 2011 Publicis Groupe acquires Interactive Communications Ltd. in Taiwan 23 February 2011 Muthoot Group to sponsor IPL team Delhi Daredevils 23 February 2011 Publicis Capital wins the creative duties for Angel Broking 22 February 2011 WPP’s Quasar, GroupM to form an integrated digital agency network 22 February 2011 Rahul Jauhari joins Everest Brand Solutions as national creative director 22 February 2011 MEC wins the media duties for Flipkart 21 February 2011 Godfrey Phillips India appoints Ignitee Digital Solutions 21 February 2011 Jaypee Group brings Mudra Delhi on board 21 February 2011 Bates 141’s Sanjeev Gauba joins Law & Kenneth as senior vice president 21 February 2011 Citizen Watches ropes in Lintas Media Group for media mandate 19 February 2011 Rahul Jauhari bids adieu to Pickle Lintas 18 February 2011 Talwalkars ropes in Carat Media, Guava Creative Solutions 18 February 2011 Ignitee Digital Solutions wins digital duties for Oriflame 18 February 2011 Innocean launches sports marketing vertical 18 February 2011 Starcom Worldwide wins the media duties for Oriflame 16 February 2011 Netherlands team to sport Amul logo in World Cup 16 February 2011 Law & Kenneth brings Lerin Zacharia on board for Renault business 15 February 2011 Samsonite retains Karishma Initiative as its media partner 15 February 2011 Emami on verge of buying Marico’s ‘Sweekar’ brand 14 February 2011 Britain's ASA to get powers to regulate online advertising 12 February 2011 Dabur realigns creative duties for skincare portfolio 11 February 2011 Windchimes Communications to handle social media marketing for Loop Mobile 10 February 2011 India prominent in Audi's global branding 08 February 2011 ASCI rules against six ads in telecom, healthcare, FMCG sectors 08 February 2011 UK watchdog cracks down on ‘misleading’ ads by Wal-Mart unit 04 February 2011 Upcoming William-Kate nuptials give big fillip to UK TV advertising 04 February 2011 Honda Brio to ride with Grey Delhi 03 February 2011 UK ad watchdog rules against Asda's price guarantee ads 02 February 2011 Sony India eyeing World Cup to drive market share in flat panel TV segment 01 February 2011 Dentsu buys out Mogae’s stake in Indian operations 31 January 2011 BMB India wins creative duties for five accounts 28 January 2011 Chetan Ahuja joins TME as general manager, Mumbai 28 January 2011 Warner Bros hands over social media duties to Ignitee Digital Solutions 27 January 2011 Anurag Tandon joins DDB India as vice president, account management 25 January 2011 Hindustan Unilever opts for Lintas Media Group as OOH partner 25 January 2011 Vento talks its way to the best advertising award at ET-ZigWheels awards 24 January 2011 Coca Cola signs Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador 24 January 2011 Nokia most trusted brand; Tatas, Sony make top three 21 January 2011 Span Communications ropes in Asad Jamal as COO, media 21 January 2011 Happy Creative Services sports a big smile with three new wins 21 January 2011 UK watchdog deems Coca Cola’s ‘nutritious’ claim in ad misleading 20 January 2011 Everest Brand Solutions lands with GoAir creative business 20 January 2011 Ozone Media brings in Ajay Bansiwal to drive overseas expansions 20 January 2011 Law & Kenneth ropes in Sanjib Dey as COO 20 January 2011 Purple Spinach Communications wins the creative mandate for Cocoraj coconut oil 20 January 2011 Prasanna Sankhe bids adieu to Publicis Ambience 20 January 2011 DNA appoints Scarecrow Communications as its creative partner 18 January 2011 Mahindra Group’s new brand positioning says ‘Rise’ 17 January 2011 Bru ropes in Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor as brand ambassadors 17 January 2011 Vipul Thakkar joins Mudra South as executive creative director 17 January 2011 Pepsi goes unorthodox with World Cup campaign 15 January 2011 Scarecrow Communications bags creative duties of Future Capital 13 January 2011 Sleepwell ropes in Innocean Worldwide as creative partner 12 January 2011 Companies warned against deceptive advertising on Twitter 11 January 2011 Aidem Ventures, eBus announce JV for India and MiddleEast 10 January 2011 McCann Delhi ropes in Jitender Dabas as planning head 10 January 2011 Isobar expands India operations 10 January 2011 Onads, Span Communications win G'Five Mobiles account 10 January 2011 Coca Cola signs Rs20 crore deal with Sachin Tendulkar 06 January 2011 Starbucks decides it’s famous; knocks name off logo 06 January 2011 LG Ad India strengthens team with senior level appointments 05 January 2011 Vizeum wins TTK Healthcare media mandate 04 January 2011 Aidem Ventures appoints M Suku as executive vice president 04 January 2011 CVL Srinivas joins Starcom MediaVest Group as India chairman 04 January 2011 Ignite Mudra bags the creative mandate of Sai InfoSystems 04 January 2011 ICICI Prudential Life ropes in Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador 03 January 2011 MediaCom India appoints Debraj Tripathy as COO 03 January 2011 Dentsu elevates Nitin Suri and Harish Arora to national creative directors 03 January 2011 PepsiCo ropes in Salman Khan as brand ambassador for Mountain Dew 03 January 2011 Kaushik Chakravorty to head Starcom MediaVest’s OOH arms 31 December 2010 Symphony looks to Ignite Mudra for brand building 30 December 2010 Mahindra’s pan India rally for Stallio concludes in Nagpur 29 December 2010 Mudra North & East strengthens team with new appointments 28 December 2010 IAA announces Olive Crown Awards for sustainable communication solutions 28 December 2010 Joseph Eapen quits as CEO Media Research Users Council 28 December 2010 The Serai, Jaisalmer wins international accolades 24 December 2010 Berri juice products pulled up for misleading branding 24 December 2010 Sonata gets younger with a new logo, tagline 23 December 2010 Titan to relaunch Sonata watches 22 December 2010 Dead man walking: Karnataka government ad backfires 22 December 2010 Boman Irani appointed the brand ambassador for Kent Tap Guard 22 December 2010 JWT Malaysia ropes in Param Saikia as CEO 22 December 2010 RK Swamy Media Group to run Shriram Capital's media campaign 21 December 2010 Sameer Pitalwalla appointed business head, 3G at UTV Interactive 20 December 2010 Digital Direction wins digital account of Speciality Restaurants 20 December 2010 Sachin Tendulkar to endorse Castrol brands 17 December 2010 Creativeland Asia ropes in Satya Shetty as chief implementation officer, digital 16 December 2010 Lodestar UM wins the media duties for Virgin Mobile in India 16 December 2010 Tendulkar, Dhoni may face off in PepsiCo, Coke battle 15 December 2010 Meenakshi Chohan joins TBWA India as vice president, account management 15 December 2010 Why Google tweeted Twitter 14 December 2010 Optus takes Vodafone to court over misleading advertising 14 December 2010 Vizeum wins the media mandate for TI Cycles 14 December 2010 Grey ropes in Kavita Gadkari as vice president, planning 14 December 2010 AdAsia 2011 chairman Madhukar Kamath unveils logo, theme for the summit 14 December 2010 Cleartrip appoints Publicis Capital as its creative partner 13 December 2010 Cheil Worlwide appoints Naresh Gupta as national head, planning 10 December 2010 Media Direction appoints Bhupesh Upadhye as national buying director 10 December 2010 Madison Media wins media mandate for Pidilite Industries 10 December 2010 Emirates hands over media, digital duties to Mudra Group 09 December 2010 Vizeum bags the media duties for UNI Television 09 December 2010 Madison World, OnMobile JV to offer mobile marketing 09 December 2010 Ogilvy India is Agency of the Year, DraftFCB Ulka bags Grand Effie at Effies 2010 08 December 2010 Vipul Mathur joins Manhattan Communications as international sales head 08 December 2010 Vizeum bags media duties of social enterprise d.light 07 December 2010 Tata Global Beverages re-launches Tata Tea Premium 03 December 2010 R K Swamy Media Group to handle consolidated media duties for Raymond 03 December 2010 Graham Kelly appointed executive creative director, OgilvyOne India 02 December 2010 R Jagannathan joins Web18 as editor, business and financial media 01 December 2010 Percept H wins the creative duties for Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals 01 December 2010 Chauhan's departure leads to top level changes at Rediffusion Group 01 December 2010 Aegis Media launches second OOH arm Brandscope 30 November 2010 Joseph George succeeds Charles Cadell as CEO, Lowe Lintas India 30 November 2010 Rediffusion Y&R ropes in N Padmakumar as national creative head 30 November 2010 Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's Turmeric Vision to launch food channel with Astro Networks 30 November 2010 RMAI awards held in Delhi 29 November 2010 ASCI cracks down on education ads after self-regulation guidelines 25 November 2010 Strides Arcolab rebrands specialities business as Agila Specialties 25 November 2010 Mobile ad network InMobi appoints Rob Marston to develop business in Australia 25 November 2010 Advertising to propel Boroplus to Rs500 crore brand in two years: Emami 23 November 2010 Media Contacts rejigs South Asia team 23 November 2010 Maruti Suzuki'smobile campaign wins ad award 22 November 2010 Jivox launches new user-engagement measurement tool BrandGage 22 November 2010 Apple's mobile ad network iAd to debut in Europe in December 19 November 2010 Aniruddha Banerjee bids adieu as chairman of Publicis Ambience 19 November 2010 Bharat Petroleum empanels Scarecrow Communications for new retail initiative 18 November 2010 Airtel unveils new brand logo, crosses 200 million subscribers 18 November 2010 MPG India appoints R Venkatasubramanian as senior director, investments 16 November 2010 Actor Amitabh Bachchan considers legal action against Airtel 16 November 2010 Ceat offers a way to dodge road idiots in new ad campaign 13 November 2010 Titan to launch world's first jewellery car 11 November 2010 Social media agency Vocanic expands network 10 November 2010 Prasoon Joshi appointed chairman of McCann Worldgroup’s creative leadership council 10 November 2010 Percept Talent Management eyeing CWG winners 09 November 2010 Saatchi & Saatchi Health marks the entry of Publicis Healthcare Communications in India 09 November 2010 Dainik Bhaskar Group ropes in Meridian as creative partner 09 November 2010 Crompton Greaves to sponsor rural marketing awards 09 November 2010 Levi’s reduces water consumption with WaterLess jeans 08 November 2010 Kellogg ropes in Percept OOH as activation agency for ‘Heart to Heart Oats’ 08 November 2010 Sundeep Sharma appointed country head, Motivator, as Rajul Kulshreshtha moves over as MD, Kinetic 03 November 2010 Australian telecom giant Optus pulled up for misleading ads 03 November 2010 Skoda reveals its meaner side for Fabia vRS 02 November 2010 PMG enters sports celebrity management arena, signs Virender Sehwag 02 November 2010 Rediffusion Y&R bags the creative mandate of MTS 02 November 2010 'Functional, probiotic foods' gain ground 01 November 2010 WPP Group's 3Q results best in decade 30 October 2010 Avian Media to handle public relations for Mach 28 October 2010 Ozone Media launches a seperate branding vertical 27 October 2010 Aegis Media launches search marketing firm, iProspect in India 27 October 2010 Study sounds red alert on ‘green’ products 26 October 2010 Gutenberg Communications to handle media duties for business summit with President Obama 26 October 2010 Mahindra Stallio TV commercial revolves around safe driving 25 October 2010 Prathap Suthan quits Cheil Worldwide to set up own agency 25 October 2010 Cathay Pacific restyles kits for first class travellers 19 October 2010 Now Gap's decision to reinstate old logo invites attack 18 October 2010 Joseph Ramsey appointed regional manager, Percept OOH 18 October 2010 Reebok goes zig-zag with new commercials 15 October 2010 Kanika Saxena quits UTV Bindass 15 October 2010 MEC Access bags IP business of Times Group's Alternate Brand Solutions 15 October 2010 Percept OOH wins Britannia's rural business 15 October 2010 Online advertising reaches $12.1 billion in first half 2010 14 October 2010 Gap flips back to old logo after public outcry 13 October 2010 Coca Cola rings in the festive season with new campaign 13 October 2010 Music accessories brand Skullcandy launches audio backpacks 13 October 2010 Manhattan Communications ropes in Rakesh Misra as COO, BTL 13 October 2010 OMD India bags media mandate of Renault-Nissan 12 October 2010 Digital ad agency Ignitee wins media duties for Whirpool's CSR initiative 12 October 2010 Volkswagen launches its 360 degree Vento campaign 09 October 2010 Mudra Connext wins media duties for Eastern Spices 08 October 2010 Big CBS ropes in Steinbranding as design agency 08 October 2010 ASK Group appoints Mediaedge:cia as media partner 08 October 2010 Luxury Nile cruiser Oberoi Zahra conferred 'Award of Excellence’ by Egyptian tourism ministry 07 October 2010 Komli Media acquires UK-based Indoor Media 07 October 2010 Kareena Kapoor to endore Mahindra PowerScooters 07 October 2010 Bangalore idea shop Happy bags creatives for outdoor brand Timberland 07 October 2010 Railways' first TV campaign uses childhood play to engage audiences 06 October 2010 DDB India bags creative duties of Bajaj Allianz 05 October 2010 Croma adjudged most admired retailer : Images Retail Awards 2010 05 October 2010 Electrolux ropes in Sonam Kapoor as brand ambassador 05 October 2010 Coca Cola retains top spot in Interbrand's 100 best global brands 01 October 2010 Publicis Groupe to acquire 20:20 Media, 2020 Social 01 October 2010 MF Global uses animation to give the real perspective to investors 01 October 2010 Union Bank of India awards media duties to Lintas Media Group 01 October 2010 Ravi Kiran ends 11-year association with Starcom MediaVest Group 01 October 2010 The Impact of Google Instant on SEO and PPC 30 September 2010 Diageo calls pitch to review media duties 29 September 2010 Tata Indicom ropes in Milestone Bradcom as OOH partner 29 September 2010 Lowe Lintas bags the creative duties of Homeshop18 29 September 2010 Akai hands over media mandate to Mudra Connext 28 September 2010 Will Google end up supporting counterfeiters? 25 September 2010 Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces re-brands in Sri Lanka; to enter China 25 September 2010 Planet Sports revamps brand logo 24 September 2010 Mudra Group revamps brand identity 21 September 2010 Dell ropes in iris for retail and marketing activation 20 September 2010 Publicis India, Capital Advertising merge to form Publicis Capital 20 September 2010 Dentsu MediaTech to strengthen Japanese agency's India operations 20 September 2010 Yahoo! India’s Big Idea Chair 2010 awards to celebrate best in digital advertising 20 September 2010 Meow gives way to Oye! for 104.8 FM 20 September 2010 Triton to handle creative mandate of Delhi Press 20 September 2010 Lokmat Group's Vijay Darda elected ABC chairman 18 September 2010 Maruti Suzuki earmarks Rs300 crore as ad spends 16 September 2010 Karisma Kapoor appointed brand ambassador for Kellogg India 16 September 2010 Everest Brand Solutions ropes in Romeen Yarkhan as executive creative director 16 September 2010 Coca-Cola remains “Best Global Brand”: Interbrand 16 September 2010 Zee News ropes in MWG TAG Ideation as creative partner 15 September 2010 Nissan Leaf’s tryst with Polar bear 14 September 2010 Dish TV appoints Quasar exclusive sales partner 14 September 2010 Online travel company Expedia ropes in Lowe Lintas as creative partner 14 September 2010 TBWA Mumbai wins the creative mandate for BagZone 14 September 2010 Mahindra launches ad campaign for new motorcycles range 13 September 2010 "Incredible India" mastermind to promote Goa at global travel mart 13 September 2010 Rajiv Dube is the new Chairman of ASCI 11 September 2010 Percept launches new arm, Activ for brand activation 09 September 2010 Chennai-based Muruguppa Group unveils new brand identity 09 September 2010 TBWA ropes in Rajesh Sharma as planning head 09 September 2010 TBWA to handle the creatives for Loop Mobile 09 September 2010 Nerolac Paints ropes in Shahrukh Khan as brand ambassador 07 September 2010 Fly Mobile launches music phone DS102 07 September 2010 Job ads continue upward growth in Australia 06 September 2010 Intex Technologies ropes in Grey Worldwide as creative partner 06 September 2010 Mudra Communications is the Agency of the Year at Mirchi Kaan Awards 2010 06 September 2010 Rediffusion Y&R bags the creative mandate for Hometown 06 September 2010 Livon, Recova shift creative duties to Cut The Crap from Mudra 06 September 2010 McCann Erickson wins the creative mandate of BIG CBS 03 September 2010 Mudra Max OOH promotes Mandeep Malhotra to president 02 September 2010 Ashwin Padmanabhan is national head, BIG Street 02 September 2010 Neeraja Kale promoted to senior vice president, branch head at Law & Kenneth, Mumbai 02 September 2010 Nokia tops India’s 'Most Trusted Brands' survey 2010 01 September 2010 PHD wins PepsiCo Australia’s media mandate 01 September 2010 Percept Limited restructures entertainment division 01 September 2010 Madison, BMB form JV to set up Indian arm 01 September 2010 Harley-Davidson India announces ‘Harley Rock Riders’ 01 September 2010 StratosHear launches mobile advertising network, MobiAdz 01 September 2010 Lowe Lintas bags creative mandate of Karvy Group 31 August 2010 Reliance Broadcast becomes single window to ADAG customers for advertisers 30 August 2010 KitKat's squirrel-ad production agency forms alliance with LA studio Radium 30 August 2010 Mindshare continues reign at top: Emvies 2010 30 August 2010 Promodome Communications bags Delhi tourism bid 27 August 2010 Wynncom launches India’s first Hindi QWERTY keypad phone 27 August 2010 Idea Cellular looks to ease language woes with new ad 27 August 2010 Sugar Free D’lite launches TVC 26 August 2010 UK ad body bans BT broadband advertisement over false speed claim 26 August 2010 News Corp. to merge online advertising network with MySpace 25 August 2010 Raymond Weil earmarks quarter of revenues from new range for cancer support 25 August 2010 Etihad Airways signs Katrina Kaif as brand ambassador 25 August 2010 Dell India signs on as diamond sponsor for The Indian Business Leaders summit and golf tournament 25 August 2010 Online video ad company Jivox reports 400 per cent growth in Q2, 2010 24 August 2010 Rajat Girdhar joins Madison Media as business director, digital 24 August 2010 Australian Defence arm ropes in Y&R as digital agency 23 August 2010 GoodKnight launches new ad featuring Vidya Balan 23 August 2010 Percept OOH wins outdoor campaign for R P Techvision 23 August 2010 Bring home an eco-friendly Ganesha from The Bombay Store 20 August 2010 TBWA\India bags creative account of Hygrevar 20 August 2010 Huawei ropes in Mudra Communications as creative agency 20 August 2010 Private firms to the rescue as PSUs pull out of CWG 20 August 2010 Contract bags creative duties of Lava Mobiles 19 August 2010 Rajneesh Bahl to head outdoor business of Percept OOH 19 August 2010 Lowe Lintas, Taproot India to share creative duties of DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund 18 August 2010 Indiabulls Securities appoints Onads as creative agency 18 August 2010 Anbu Chezhian appointed branch director of Law and Kenneth 17 August 2010 TBWA bags creative mandate of Yatra.com 17 August 2010 Anuja Chauhan bids adieu to JWT 17 August 2010 Vikram Malhotra joins Studio18 as COO 17 August 2010 Maruti launches new campaign for A-Star automatic 17 August 2010 Shell Advance offers fans the chance to race Ducati MotoGP Riders 13 August 2010 Cartoon Network, Perfetti team up for unique brand promotion through animated film 12 August 2010 Sandip Tarkas joins Manhattan Communications as independent director 12 August 2010 Goa tourism ropes in actress Prachi Desai as brand ambassador 12 August 2010 JWT replaces Rediffusion as Airtel's creative agency 11 August 2010 Vizeum wins media duties for apparel brand Blackberrys 11 August 2010 JWT Mumbai ropes in Lowe’s Tarun Chauhan as senior vice president and managing partner 11 August 2010 Vizeum India inducts S Yesudas on board as director 11 August 2010 Seema Sood to head events and PR division at Leo Burnett 10 August 2010 Tina Sachdev appointed creative head, Rediffusion Y&R 10 August 2010 Grey Advertising bags creative duties of Reliance Communications 09 August 2010 Coca Cola India ropes in Lodestar Universal McCann as media agency 09 August 2010 Mediacom bags media mandate for Unibic biscuits 09 August 2010 Australian ad body calls for public insight on advertising codes and ethics 06 August 2010 Reliance Communications awards media duties to OMD, MEC 06 August 2010 Aegis Global Academy ropes in Publicis 06 August 2010 Maxus Delhi appoints V Narayanan as general manager 06 August 2010 Furious Praful Patel cancels ‘pricey’ Air India makeover deal 04 August 2010 Amit Shankar to head creative operations for Grey Delhi 03 August 2010 Bates 141 bags creative duties for ophthalmology chain Centre for Sight 03 August 2010 Inorbit Mall bags two awards at CMO Asia Awards 2010 02 August 2010 Publicis Ambience bags RBI’s media awareness campaign 02 August 2010 Colgate Palmolive shifts creative duties to Bates 141 02 August 2010 Apple rated the most valuable brand: Forbes 31 July 2010 Nagesh Alai elected President, AAAI 31 July 2010 Procter & Gamble, IOC announce global Olympic partnership 29 July 2010 Grey bags creative duties for Chennai's VB Jewellers 29 July 2010 Starcom Worldwide wins the media mandate for Radio One 28 July 2010 Yuzdi N Badhniwalla appointed marketing head of Ozone Media 28 July 2010 Himachal Tourism ropes in Lowe Lintas as its creative agency 28 July 2010 Starwood Hotels & Resorts ropes in Starcom Worldwide as media agency 27 July 2010 Indian ad agencies fares well in AdFest 2010 27 July 2010 Barista Lavazza ties up with LiveMedia 26 July 2010 Digital Law & Kenneth to handle digital duties for Bharti AXA Investment Managers 26 July 2010 Piyush Pandey conferred AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 26 July 2010 OgilvyAction wins shopper marketing business for Coca Cola 22 July 2010 Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, study shows 21 July 2010 Grey Advertising to handle creatives for Killer Jeans 21 July 2010 RK Swamy BBDO to handle creatives for Valvoline Engine Oils 20 July 2010 Maxus appointed L’Oreal's media agency on record 20 July 2010 Monte Carlo awards creative business to Bates 141 20 July 2010 Law & Kenneth wins Renault account 20 July 2010 Ad blitz likely for Fiat 500, but re-launch denied 19 July 2010 Bajaj Allianz, Godrej Sara Lee ads gunned down by ASCI 19 July 2010 MTS looking for creative agency 17 July 2010 Creativeland Asia to drive creative mandate of Audi India 16 July 2010 TME Mumbai to handle media duties of Allied Blenders & Distillers 16 July 2010 Law & Kenneth appoints Anindya Banerjee as executive creative director, Delhi 16 July 2010 Lowe + Partners promotes Rupen Desai as president, South East Asia 15 July 2010 Publicis Groupe acquires China's G4 Advertising 15 July 2010 Venugopal Iyengar joins Sun Direct 15 July 2010 Hemanth Shah appointed president, OOH at Lintas Media Group 14 July 2010 Luxor pens deal as official writing partner for Commonwealth Games 14 July 2010 Gitanjali scouting for brand valuation agency 13 July 2010 Mahendra Singh Dhoni sets new benchmark, signs Rs200 crore endorsement deal 13 July 2010 Lintas Media bags media duties of Bill Gates-funded Urban Health Initiative 13 July 2010 Kunal Jeswani appointed country head, OgilvyOne, Neo@Ogilvy 13 July 2010 BBDO ropes in Nagessh Pannaswami as head of Mumbai operations 13 July 2010 Jivox to handle video ad inventory for HT Media 13 July 2010 Triton, Concept, Mudra to share GIC's creative mandate 13 July 2010 Adrian Miller joins JWT Delhi as chief creative officer 12 July 2010 Doordarshan calls pitch to award OOH duties 12 July 2010 Punit Goenka appointed MD of Zee News as Laxmi Goel quits 10 July 2010 Scarecrow Communications to handle creatives of Religare Arts Initiative 10 July 2010 Mediascope Publicitas expands OOH team with new appointments 07 July 2010 MPG bags media mandate for realty developer M3M India 07 July 2010 TBWA India to handle creatives for Star Health & Allied Insurance 07 July 2010 Weber Shandwick's Gillette campaign wins IPRA Golden World award 02 July 2010 1pointsize to handle creatives of Akshaya Homes 02 July 2010 Chintamani Rao replaces Les Margulis as president, RK Swamy Media Group 02 July 2010 Vizeum gets Dalmia Cement's media account 01 July 2010 Digital Law & Kenneth ropes in Noel Braganza as creative group head-copy 30 June 2010 Arun Verma design studio to handle BTL ads of LG 30 June 2010 Kerala Tourism empanells seven agencies for ad campaign 30 June 2010 Euro RSCG India appoints Narayan Devanathan as chief strategy officer 29 June 2010 Nitin Pradhan joins Leo Burnett as executive creative director 29 June 2010 Ogilvy wins Silver Lion at Cannes advertising festival 28 June 2010 Cannes 2010: Five works from India shortlisted for Film Lions 25 June 2010 Publicis wins gold, Ogilvy India bronze at Design Lions 24 June 2010 India adds 6 Press Lions to its kitty at Cannes 24 June 2010 Leo Burnett bags silver in Radio, bronze in Media Lions; 4 awards for India in Outdoor Lions 23 June 2010 India scores seven shortlists in Design Lions, duck in Cyber at Cannes 2010 23 June 2010 Big Street wins ad rights for 21 stations on metro route 23 June 2010 PDM India appoints Rukin Kizilbash as COO 23 June 2010 BBDO wins silver in PR Lions, Ogilvy bronze in Promo Lions at Cannes 2010 22 June 2010 Anindya Banerjee quits Publicis India 22 June 2010 McCann's Multani bows out 22 June 2010 Cannes Lions: 13 shortlists for India in Press Lions category 21 June 2010 Cannes Lions announces shorlists for Promo & Activation Lions, PR Lions, Direct Lions 21 June 2010 Publicis Ambience bags creative mandate for TBZ 21 June 2010 Media, Outdoor and Radio Lions feature Indian shortlists 21 June 2010 Contract Advertising appoints Sachin Talwalkar as VP, creative 21 June 2010 Grey Advertising to handle creatives for Bharti AXA General Insurance 19 June 2010 Green Goose Design Studio wins creative duties of IMN news 19 June 2010 Goral Ajmera joins Grey Mumbai as senior creative art director 19 June 2010 Clea PR bags PR mandate for IMN news 18 June 2010 TDI Media Services appoints Sanjay Dayal as assistant vice president 18 June 2010 Mediascope Publicitas appoints Gourav Tandon as COO 18 June 2010 Mudra Group to spruce up Kalpataru real estate brand through creative, media solutions 16 June 2010 Amitabh Bachchan roped in as brand ambassador, Zen mobile 15 June 2010 Star launches Ruby Star to present the Star perspective on life and relationships 15 June 2010 ESPN STAR sports gets Rs150 crore from FIFA World Cup ads 14 June 2010 Scandic Food India ropes in Carat Media as media agency 11 June 2010 Apple iAd may attract anti trust investigation from US regulators 11 June 2010 Komli Media acquires Australia’s PostClick 11 June 2010 BP buys Google and Yahoo search terms to curb damage to image 10 June 2010 Gautam Talwar appointed executive vice-president, Rediffusion Y&R 09 June 2010 Euro RSCG Delhi appoints Siddhartha Bindra as executive creative director 09 June 2010 Asian mobile ad network InMobi commences US services 09 June 2010 UIDAI appoints Percept/H as Aadhaar's creative agency 08 June 2010 Aegis Global Academy appoints Vizeum India as AoR 08 June 2010 Cyrus Dumasia to head Navia Asia's Western operations 08 June 2010 Nikon to launch exclusive Coolpix zones, spend Rs62 crore on brand building 07 June 2010 Sodexo rebrands its service vouchers and cards division 07 June 2010 Airtel retains Madison Media, allots OOH, digital duties 05 June 2010 LG launches new OOH campaign 05 June 2010 Haier launches kitchen appliances, LED TVs; appoints John Abraham as ambassador 02 June 2010 Uniliver wins the Advertiser of the year award at Cannes Lions 26 May 2010 eBay India launches the ‘Scorching hot deals’ campaign 25 May 2010 Outdoor Advertising Awards 2010 announces jury list 20 May 2010 Ajay Naqvi joins Mudra India as executive VP, and head north, east 20 May 2010 IndiGo airlines launches new ad campaign 18 May 2010 Asia Pacific overhauls Western Europe in TV advertising 14 May 2010 M&M's new TV ad for Xylo brings auto and fashion together 12 May 2010 LG draws up Rs50-crore advertising, marketing budget 11 May 2010 AMD announces “scratch & win" offer for system integrators 11 May 2010 Trash Google, says Yahoo’s new $85-million ad campaign 07 May 2010 The One Show 2010 features 37 shortlisted entries from India 20 April 2010 Lowe Lintas wins creative bid for Nirula’s 20 April 2010 Rediffusion’s marketing arm Wuderman undergoes restructuring 20 April 2010 Yatra breaks “Go See the World” campaign aimed at young affluents 15 April 2010 Limca unveils summer campaign ‘Splash of freshness’ 13 April 2010 Focus on creativity and not just research, say ad experts 09 April 2010 Idea goes online with ‘Use Mobile Save Paper’ campaign 05 April 2010 Kaushal Dalal joins Aidem Ventures as executive VP 05 April 2010 ASA rules Renault’s zero emission car ad claim misleading 31 March 2010 Sony Ericson’s new brand ambassador Kareena launches 5 high-end mobiles 30 March 2010 Cambridge launches into women's wear, discards old image for a new aspirational market 26 March 2010 Idea's 'oongli cricket' proves a hit 26 March 2010 Linc Pen launches the Graffiti Board Campaign for IPL 25 March 2010 Coca-Cola unveils new Fanta summer campaign, ‘Dikhao apne asli rang’ 23 March 2010 Indian Railways goofs up on India map on ad for luxury train 20 March 2010 Camel cigarette marketing campaign targeted teen girls: study 19 March 2010 Linc Pen inks deal with Rajasthan Royals 09 March 2010 Abhishek Bachchan to be face of Videocon d2h 09 March 2010 Calcutta High Court stays HUL's Rin V/s Tide commercial 05 March 2010 Pillsbury Atta with multi-grain comes out with new TVC campaign 04 March 2010 P&G moves HC against HUL; may launch tit-for-tat ad 04 March 2010 Festival of media awards releases 2010 shortlist 03 March 2010 Rin versus Tide: The limits to comparative advertising 03 March 2010 iVdopia launches video ads on Android after iPhone 25 February 2010 Idea Cellular demonstrates TVC campaign theme to save paper 24 February 2010 AB-Inbev engages Wieden+ Kennedy Delhi for Budweiser 23 February 2010 Coca-Cola's Sprite Gully Cricket championship returns for Season 2 17 February 2010 Law & Kenneth to handle creatives for Kelvinator, Sansui 16 February 2010 MEC takes over Colgate Palmolive's media biz from TME in India 16 February 2010 Idea takes its Use Mobile, Save Paper' campaign to Barista, Café Coffee Day 16 February 2010 iThink bags media representation for social-web content developer RockYou 15 February 2010 Facebook takes charge of banner ads from Microsoft 06 February 2010 Dailymotion video content now available on Yahoo 06 February 2010 UTV Bindass to launch maiden brand campaign, 'What I Am' 06 February 2010 eBay India launches ' It’s all about Loving Yourself ' campaign for Valentine's day 04 February 2010 Six Inches bags East African and Middle Eastern clients 04 February 2010 Cabvertisement’ emerges strong revenue stream for Meru 04 February 2010 Starcom MediaVest Group unveils Navia Asia's OOH sibling Vector 03 February 2010 Santosh Padhi, Divya Radhakrishnan on Dubai Lynx jury 03 February 2010 The new Naukri ad bids adieu to recession 30 January 2010 Roadies Challenge by Idea Cellular back! 29 January 2010 Pepsi gives 7Up a packging revamp 29 January 2010 Gourav Tandon promoted to COO of Navia Asia, India 28 January 2010 Rajat Sethi resigns as Dentsu Marcom's MD 28 January 2010 DAVP ad with ex PAF chief’s picture infuriates PMO 25 January 2010 Avesthagen receives patent for packaged-food carton 22 January 2010 Online leading advertising industry recovery, says Bellwether report 18 January 2010 HUL launches ‘Brooke Bond Sehatmand’ vitamins tea 16 January 2010 Tata Autocomp Battery drives ad visibility with Meru Cabs 15 January 2010 Google's China exit to lead to loss for advertisers 13 January 2010 Airtel Digital in the dock after Tata Sky complaint 12 January 2010 What a bad Idea, Sirji! says ASCI 11 January 2010 Apollo Munich Health Insurance demystifes health insurance in new campaign 11 January 2010 Dabur introduces third new Hajmola variant in raw mango flavour 09 January 2010 KFC Australia pulls out ‘racist’ ad after online row 08 January 2010 ‘Environment’ is Idea Cellular's next big idea 07 January 2010 An outdoor `Facebook' for all to interact! 01 January 2010 Government on consumer protection drive 31 December 2009 Subway to release new TVC with Phelps 30 December 2009 Kraft to unveil 20 new products in 2010 30 December 2009 Cannes Lions launches Cannes Creative Leaders Programme 29 December 2009 DCGI asks GSK to withdraw promotional campaign 26 December 2009 USFTC seeks more information on Google’s AdMob acquisition 24 December 2009 Advertisers demanding more than "click-through" metrics: Nielsen's 2010 trends 24 December 2009 AAAI and IAMAI enters partnership to develop digital ad business 24 December 2009 comScore announces new solution for online ad campaigns 22 December 2009 O&M leads at Effies 2009 22 December 2009 IAB announces Standard Terms for interactive advertising 3.0 for comments 21 December 2009 Knorr soups goes OOH way 21 December 2009 Bingo launches new campaign 21 December 2009 Nokia N97 Mini to be promted only through digital media 21 December 2009 Ford to unveil global marketing campaign 19 December 2009 TV viewers shun loud commercials: survey 18 December 2009 Colors CEO Rajesh Kamat is the 2009 Impact Person of the Year 18 December 2009 Cadbury Dairy Milk in an all new premium, international pack 18 December 2009 Online ads for education and print media record fastest growth 18 December 2009 Haagen-Dazs sours its launch with messy campaign; apologises 17 December 2009 UK advertising regulator rules P&G's Olay eye cream ad ‘misleading’ 16 December 2009 Tourism ministry releases three new social awareness commercials 15 December 2009 KFC, most memorable brand of 2009 14 December 2009 K&V Media launches full service digital agency; appoints Pinank Shah as CEO 14 December 2009 WGC appoints Publicis Groupe's MS&L 14 December 2009 Siemens' new ad for Indian market 14 December 2009 Shankar B joins Ignitee Digital Solutions as national business director 14 December 2009 Toyota Australia’s ‘sexist, incestuous’ ad backfires 14 December 2009 Ogilvy 360 launches Insider Circle 12 December 2009 Prasoon Joshi, executive chairman confirmed as speaker for Dubai Lynx 2010 12 December 2009 Chrysler announces UM as agency of record 11 December 2009 Yahoo launches year-end giving campaign 11 December 2009 Euro RSCG Worldwide named largest global ad agency 11 December 2009 Movie Munchies by Anil Ambani’s ADAG 11 December 2009 Prof Dhananjay Keskar appointed ASCI chairman 11 December 2009 SpiceJet appoints i-Vista Digital Solutions 10 December 2009 AOL to strengthen digital platform 10 December 2009 BBH wins Creative Agency of the year award 2009 10 December 2009 Shah Rukh Khan in new brand ambassador for Dish TV’s new campaign 10 December 2009 LG Mobile creates integrated, multi-media marketing campaign for James Cameron's Aavtar 09 December 2009 Sunil Gupta releases Living on the ‘Adge’ in Jhande Walan Thompson 09 December 2009 Coca cola enters premium energy drinks sector with Burn 09 December 2009 Ravi Deshpande named jury president for Direct Lotus, AdFest 2010 09 December 2009 Tribune aims to boost Hispanic Market through new cross-platform sales group 08 December 2009 Leisure retailer Odyssey to expand to 60 stores 08 December 2009 Asian Federation of Advertising Associations appoints Pradeep Guha as chairman 08 December 2009 Judging for two rounds of Effies 2009 concluded 08 December 2009 DAVP empanels 29 agencies 08 December 2009 Durex takes Aids awareness drive digital with interactive contests on Facebook 08 December 2009 Delhi High Court clears Good Knight ads 07 December 2009 Pizza Hut appoints Interpublic Group's Martin Agency as new creative agency 07 December 2009 Quasar bags digital account Eureka Forbes 07 December 2009 Yahoo! announces further integration with Facebook 07 December 2009 A brand is both an image and reality: Walter Vieira 07 December 2009 Three industry top guns to chair 57th Cannes Lions Adfest 05 December 2009 Yahoo, Microsoft agree to tango to take on Google 05 December 2009 Microsoft may pay newspapers to avoid Google 05 December 2009 Aamir promotes baked goodies from Parle 02 December 2009 Mudra wins mandate for Lonely Planet magazine 01 December 2009 Tirupati laddoo gets copyright 01 December 2009 Yes Bank plans expansion 01 December 2009 VGC to create new brand identity for Borosil 30 November 2009 Webdesign International Festival (WIF) in 2010 30 November 2009 Red Chilli from Bingo 30 November 2009 UTV New Media to revamp online properties 30 November 2009 Bright Outdoor wins BEST tender 30 November 2009 Theorem expands Indian operations 26 November 2009 Kerala tourism ties up with Google 26 November 2009 Maxus India, BBDO to handle Akzonobel (ICI paints) 26 November 2009 MPG India retains media business for Reckitt Benckiser 26 November 2009 Jayanto Banerjee VP, Bates 141 quits, Vaasu Gavarasana takes over as EVP 26 November 2009 Nominees announced for YoungGuns Awards 2009 26 November 2009 Internationalist silver and bronze for OMD and RK Swamy for innovative digital marketing solutions 26 November 2009 Vizeum bags Essar corporate account 26 November 2009 A ‘nano’ refrigerator from Godrej 25 November 2009 Ignitee bags Essar Steel Hypermart’s online account 25 November 2009 Coke gets ready for seasonal campaign 24 November 2009 Evian to launch new marketing campaign 24 November 2009 AOL to adopt new brand identity 23 November 2009 Carla Hendra to head O&M's new Global Strategy & Innovation Practice unit 21 November 2009 MMA announces 2009 global mobile marketing awards 20 November 2009 Penguin launches new marketing initiative 20 November 2009 Zee Interactive appoints Palasa as creative partner 19 November 2009 Yamaha Motors appoints ADK 19 November 2009 MMA launches global research panel 19 November 2009 Mark Tutssel, COO, Leo Burnett Worldwide juror for Cannes 19 November 2009 About.com ropes in Ozone Media 19 November 2009 Coca-Cola rebrands global juice brand portfolio 19 November 2009 Mercedes-Benz to develop new brand strapline 19 November 2009 BBC Worldwide appoints ZenithOptimedia 17 November 2009 Fashionandyou.com team in place 17 November 2009 Starcom IP wins digital duties for Tata Indicom 17 November 2009 Ogilvy Interactive Paris wins LV global account 17 November 2009 It’s Y!ou campaign rolled out in Hong Kong 16 November 2009 Lakme restructures business model 16 November 2009 Emami acquires Lakshmibilas 16 November 2009 Jordan Brand announces 25th anniversary 16 November 2009 CCD becomes gaming zone 16 November 2009 ADF appoints JWT for creatives 16 November 2009 China hires Mindshare to create tourism campaign 14 November 2009 The Partners named Britain’s most creative company 14 November 2009 Ogilvy PR wins Network of the Year at Asia Pacific PR Awards 14 November 2009 Colvyn Harris elected president, AAAI 13 November 2009 Singapore's Changi Airport appoints DDB and OMD 13 November 2009 FT launches innovative campaign aimed at media buyers 13 November 2009 Volkswagen GTI named 2010 Automobile 13 November 2009 Mahindra & Mahindra wins gold at Asia-Pacific PR Awards 2009 12 November 2009 Pepsi My Can goes digital with 'What’s Your Way' campaign? 12 November 2009 BBDO global study on slowdown effects released 12 November 2009 Rediffusion Y&R launches Brand Conversations 12 November 2009 Quasar sets up second digital agency Blazar 12 November 2009 Contests2win launches digital creative agency 12 November 2009 India wins two creative Global Awards for healthcare communcations 11 November 2009 Creativeland Asia gets Paul Menacherry on board 11 November 2009 Google to acquire ad firm AdMob 11 November 2009 Volkswagen to launch first TV ad in India 10 November 2009 Media announces shortlist for Agency of the Year Awards 2009 10 November 2009 Raghu Bhat quits Contract 10 November 2009 RK Swamy BBDO launches Guide to Market Planning 2009 10 November 2009 Attitudes to mobile marketing need to change, says mobile marketing body 09 November 2009 FAN and WPP announce partnership for effective digital marketing investments 09 November 2009 Weber Shandwick named International consultancy of the year 09 November 2009 Warner Bros Entertainment aims at Asian launch in 2010 09 November 2009 TOI launches campaign for future cities 09 November 2009 Lifetime achievement award for Sam Balsara 07 November 2009 Sir Roger Moore lends face to raise funds for PETA 06 November 2009 Rashna Pochkhanawala joins MEC Interaction 06 November 2009 Indian trio triumphs at London International Awards 06 November 2009 Advertising in the post-Google era 05 November 2009 Mudra Connext bags She Comfort, V-Guard 05 November 2009 Metrics for measuring mobile usage patterns launched 04 November 2009 Kareena Kapoor is Sony Vaio's new face 04 November 2009 Neo Sports aims at Rs 150 crore in gross billings 04 November 2009 CLIO Awards announces submissions on online entry system 03 November 2009 Pepsi releases digital campaign 03 November 2009 Creativeland Asia wins JM Financial’s creative duties 03 November 2009 YoungGuns Awards 2009 entries extended 03 November 2009 Zenith Optimedia bags Swarovski account 02 November 2009 Renilson Joseph joins BBDO as associate VP 02 November 2009 Pepsi takes consumers to Youngistaan with its new outdoor campaign 31 October 2009 Lexus to sponsor in-flight Wi-Fi 31 October 2009 Cyprus Tourism launches promotions targeting Indian tourists 31 October 2009 VOXmobile rebranded Orange in Luxembourg 29 October 2009 Ogilvy PR wins six government awards 29 October 2009 Nike unveils national brand campaign 29 October 2009 Carla Michelotti, Leo Burnett Worldwide wins AAF silver medal 29 October 2009 Eastman Kodak’s new marketing initiative 29 October 2009 New course in brand management by Brand-comm 29 October 2009 Dabur Amla oil in new avatar, beauty contests for rural markets 29 October 2009 New guidelines for food advertisements 29 October 2009 Komli Media, Artivision and Neo@Ogilvy team up to create and monetise online video content 28 October 2009 Pizza Hut retains JWT as creative partner 28 October 2009 Ogilvy wins UPS global account 28 October 2009 Coca-Cola to introduce mini can 24 October 2009 UNICEF to launch online campaign 24 October 2009 Dabur revamps Hommade premium culinary range 24 October 2009 ANZ to roll out new logo with $15 million spend 23 October 2009 Boots launches online health service in UK 23 October 2009 Weber Shandwick named International Consultancy of the year 23 October 2009 GroupM and Yahoo! in marketing pact 23 October 2009 LIA has 12 shortlists from India 23 October 2009 Law & Kenneth launches new design division 23 October 2009 Vizeum will be agency for Giovani 23 October 2009 Crompton Greaves adopts new logo 23 October 2009 Aish and Abhishek Bachchan finalise Rs 25-crore Lux ad 22 October 2009 Reliance Big TV campaign plans 22 October 2009 Heinz launches biggest marketing campaign in UK 22 October 2009 Coca Cola to launch Expedition 206 in 2010 22 October 2009 Seven agencies win Globes Awards for India 22 October 2009 GE joins consumer goods leaders in breast cancer awareness campaign 21 October 2009 Bates 141 bags LaOpala creative 21 October 2009 Singapore Tourism Board launches new MICE campaign 21 October 2009 Pepsi launches integrated marketing campaign 21 October 2009 American Express to launch ad campaign in Canada 20 October 2009 Chocolate shampoo for kids by Marico 20 October 2009 Hertz to revamp corporate identity 19 October 2009 Google launches first major UK ad campaign 19 October 2009 Reliance Big Entertainment appoints Sanjeev Lamba as CEO 19 October 2009 Montblanc releases first television ad featuring Anil Kapoor 19 October 2009 Danone's Actimel yogurt ad banned for claiming scientific proof 16 October 2009 Statement by Cannes Lions policy on International Ad festival entries 16 October 2009 Walt Disney Company appoints Starcom Worldwide 16 October 2009 M & C Saatchi India appoints Suranjan Das as executive director 16 October 2009 Indian Diary Association to hold ice cream competition 15 October 2009 First ever Cannes Report lists India as ninth best 15 October 2009 Weber Shandwick voted as agency of the year 14 October 2009 Yahoo! invites yodellers 14 October 2009 Nabendu Bhattacharyya launches own OOH 14 October 2009 Big TV’s new brand campaign 14 October 2009 MCCS appoints Mindshare as its media agency 14 October 2009 AdAsia to celebrate India Nite in Kuala Lumpur 13 October 2009 First Japanese food store to open in India 13 October 2009 Parle launches My Green Planet movement 13 October 2009 Pandas delight in new Cadbury Gems ad 13 October 2009 Moods goes to R K Swamy, Saheli to Publicis Ambience 13 October 2009 Brand Harvest enters mainline advertising 13 October 2009 Mudra launches OOH specialist venture 13 October 2009 McDonald’s to unveil new campaign 12 October 2009 PepsiCo awards piece of digital business to Huge 12 October 2009 Financial services firm Religare appoints Ogilvy 12 October 2009 Saatchi & Saatchi wins duties for Eko 12 October 2009 Dhanalakshmi Bank has appointed Ogilvy & Mather as its agency on record. 10 October 2009 WPPED Cream Awards 2009 announced 10 October 2009 Percept launches annual corporate cricket tournament in Goa 10 October 2009 Actress Vidya Balan endorses GoodKnight Naturals 10 October 2009 Choreos awards announced 10 October 2009 Samsung Mobile launches global marketing campaign 09 October 2009 McCann Erickson kicks off marketing campaign 09 October 2009 Fosters appoints Ogilvy RedCard 09 October 2009 Limca unveils its all-new refreshing campaign, ‘Doobo Tazgi Mein’ 08 October 2009 Burger King reopens at Amsterdam airport 08 October 2009 Percept, Hansa releases second CelebTrack - Dhoni tops list 08 October 2009 Sam Balsara wins Lifetime Achievement Award from AAAI 08 October 2009 New TV ad for Saint juice 07 October 2009 Internet advertising declines 5.3 per cent in the US 06 October 2009 New campaign for Husband’s Choice 05 October 2009 Percept/H bags media mandate for Fruit of the Loom 05 October 2009 Percept/H to handle SUV, MUV portfolio for Toyota 05 October 2009 Nissan Motors appoints Phonethics 05 October 2009 Ogilvy New Zealand launches new service 03 October 2009 Pizza Hut to have new ad agency 03 October 2009 Hrithik Roshan promotes Parle’s Bourbon 03 October 2009 R Madhavan brand ambassador for Spark Mobiles 01 October 2009 Coca-Cola presents a new style series 30 September 2009 Sonal Dabral only Indian on LIA 30 September 2009 Mudra Mumbai wins creative duties for Inorbit malls 30 September 2009 comScore, Omniture join hands to launch digital audience measurement service 29 September 2009 The American Diabetes Association and the Ad Council launch PSAs 29 September 2009 Ibibo.com launches iBeachBody for online modelling contest 29 September 2009 Mid-Day unveils new campaign today 29 September 2009 Winners at Young Achievers Awards 2009, announcement of special awards for digital 26 September 2009 Weber Shandwik to enter Korea 26 September 2009 Yahoo! to launch global brand campaign in India 26 September 2009 Sony appoints Neo@Ogilvy UK 26 September 2009 HCL launches Rs50 crore re-branding move with 'ME' 25 September 2009 Mobile marketing emerging as brand promotion aid worldwide 25 September 2009 Young Achievers Awards 2009 25 September 2009 Viren Razdan appointed as executive director, Orchard Advertising 25 September 2009 Dhoni and his band of boys get dunked in Pepsi’s new TVC 25 September 2009 Johnnie Walker Black Label celebrates 100 years 25 September 2009 Shormistha Mukherjee quits Saatchi & Saatchi 25 September 2009 Chivas Regal to launch cinema and print ad campaign 24 September 2009 Coca-Cola ad to feature real people’s music 24 September 2009 Nikhil Rungta joins Google India as marketing head 24 September 2009 Amitabh Bachchan to promote Max Vijay from Max New York Life Insurance 23 September 2009 Cadbury UK launches Caramel Nibbles 23 September 2009 Coke’s launches green campaign to promote recycling 23 September 2009 Google wins first round in trademarks battle against Louis Vuitton 23 September 2009 Nokia reaches out to visually impaired 22 September 2009 Nissan to launch campaign to promote Teana and X-Trail 22 September 2009 Ford expands reach with social media 22 September 2009 Rajeev Sabnis joins DDB Mudra as president 22 September 2009 Lipton launches Lipton Clear Green 22 September 2009 Eyeing recovery, Toyota plans $1 billion in marketing blitzkrieg in US 22 September 2009 Hawk-eyed Facebook advertisers watching every entry 22 September 2009 Top 100 global brands valued at $55 billion 19 September 2009 ‘Indian online advertising will grow tenfold by 2012’ 19 September 2009 India wins 39 metads at Spikes Asia 2009 19 September 2009 Godrej to acquire foreign brands 19 September 2009 Coke remains the most valuable brand in the world 19 September 2009 Surf Excel tugs hearts with new campaign 18 September 2009 PETA awards Parle 18 September 2009 Volvo to sponsor India International Regatta 18 September 2009 ASCI gets new board 18 September 2009 Bajaj makes moms into rock stars 17 September 2009 Raj Nayak re-elected as president of IAA 17 September 2009 Konkona sen and Irfan Khan promote Nerolac Paints 17 September 2009 Its Six Inches for HairXpreso's creative mandate 17 September 2009 Percept to position singer Adnan Sami's son as 'superstar Azaan' 17 September 2009 Creativeland Asia to promote JDL liquor brands 17 September 2009 Shell Advance is title sponsor for Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix 16 September 2009 Spikes Asia shortlists various categories 16 September 2009 AOL announces women’s lifestyle site 16 September 2009 Harley-Davidson ropes in The Republic to handle advertising 16 September 2009 Ashish Bhasin becomes director of Posterscope Asia Pacific 16 September 2009 Couple to promote Onida range, devil out finally 16 September 2009 Super campaign by Neo Cricket 16 September 2009 Volkswagen to add two brands after Porsche 15 September 2009 K7 computing appoints Publicis Ambience 15 September 2009 ESPN STAR Sports on aggressive growth path 14 September 2009 Facebook launches Facebook Lite 11 14 September 2009 Ogilvy announces ARF awards for excellence 14 September 2009 Sandipan Ghosh quits Mother Dairy 14 September 2009 Kajol promtes Danone's Yakult 12 September 2009 Lebara Mobile targets Eid and Diwali sales 12 September 2009 Aamir in animated avatar for Coke 12 September 2009 Directorate of Adult Education appoints Percept/H as creative agency 12 September 2009 Senior appointments at Euro RSCG 12 September 2009 Coca-Cola launches Khushiyan-Replay digital Initiative across India 10 September 2009 Plaza Centers to invest Rs3,000 crore for first mall in Pune 10 September 2009 Nikon launches two new cameras - D3000 and D300s 10 September 2009 Paint maker Jotun launches online visualisation software ‘ColourAdvisor’ 10 September 2009 Panasonic launches eco-friendly products 10 September 2009 Tourism ministry unveils guidelines for caravan, wellness and heliport tourism 10 September 2009 Acmic Interactive appoints Vamsi Vanka as GM 10 September 2009 AOL names Brad Garlinghouse as president, internet and mobile communications 09 September 2009 Sony Ericsson adopts 'make.believe' message in all consumer communication 09 September 2009 Big FM ropes in Sailesh Bijlani as cluster head, Maharastra and Goa 09 September 2009 Gayatri Gogate joins as VP, TBWA\Mumbai 09 September 2009 India's Ashwin Dhanuka chosen by Subway as franchisee of the year 09 September 2009 MPG makes two senior level appointments 09 September 2009 Mercedes-Benz presents Fashion Week, awards Rodriguez 09 September 2009 GreenShows Eco-Fashion Week, NY to have eco-conscious designers 09 September 2009 Subway launches new creative brand campaign 09 September 2009 Onida's devil to retire, brand to be relaunched 09 September 2009 Carlsberg has a new campaign in Malaysia 08 September 2009 JSW Group appoints Grey Mumbai for advertising campaign 08 September 2009 Dalda to be relaunched as Husband’s Choice 08 September 2009 Procter & Gamble transform approach to gain more consumer 08 September 2009 Aoollo Tyres to have new brand image 08 September 2009 Entries open for New York ad Festival 07 September 2009 Hyundai launches online display campaign for iX35 model 07 September 2009 AOL hires Leo Burnett 07 September 2009 Wasim Basir to quit Rediffusion Y&R 07 September 2009 Moneka Khurana becomes business director, west, Quasar Media 07 September 2009 Adman Sunil Gupta turns author 07 September 2009 Print and OOH media for Aliva 07 September 2009 Vital health information missing from alcohol labels: U K health charity 05 September 2009 Disney to influence fashion trends 2010 05 September 2009 Spikes Asia to honour Yasmin Ahmad 05 September 2009 K V Sridhar to talk about future of advertising at Taipei Film Festival 05 September 2009 British Airways to relaunch TV ads after a 2 year hiatus 05 September 2009 Oz state government moves to bar high caffeine drinks marketed as health drinks to children 04 September 2009 Virgin Atlantic appoints Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe / Y&R 04 September 2009 Aviva ropes in BBDO; new brand thought in place 04 September 2009 Yamaha launches"Win Win Win" campaign across full range 04 September 2009 100 million campaign for smart drinking opens in Britain 03 September 2009 Global real estate giant IREO appoints Crayons 03 September 2009 Six months of non- stop cricketing action on NEO Cricket 03 September 2009 New BMW showroom and workshop in West Delhi by Deutsche Motoren 02 September 2009 Samsung Ultra Touch mobile sponsors ibibo's fashion photography initiative 02 September 2009 Advantages doubled for Pantaloons Green Card and JetPrivilege members 02 September 2009 Tata Tea aims to emerge as global beverages leader 02 September 2009 Sony India to spend Rs5 crore in festive season 02 September 2009 Ralph Simon joins Hungama Digital board, Niloufer Dundh to head integrated media 02 September 2009 Budweiser looks for creative agency 02 September 2009 Social networking sites get over 20 pc of all US online display ad impressions: comScore Ad Metrix 02 September 2009 Australian television becomes strict on junk food ads 02 September 2009 Concerned Communicator Award by Patrika 02 September 2009 i-mint unveils new brand identity 01 September 2009 eBay India appoints W+K as creative agency 01 September 2009 Actress Amrita Rao to promote Vivel shmpoos 01 September 2009 Chrysler searches for creative ideas 31 August 2009 comScore appoints Anne Hunter as VP 31 August 2009 Kyoorius Designyatra 2009 all set to roll 29 August 2009 Hindustan Unilever declares winners of its Dove Real Woman Face Test campaign 29 August 2009 ITDC launches Ashok Alliance scheme 29 August 2009 Aegis pre-tax profits slump 86 per cent; mulls cost-cutting 29 August 2009 Orange acquires UK digital advertising network Unanimis 29 August 2009 Vodafone hands over £800-million ad contract to Omnicom's OMD 29 August 2009 Spikes Asia announces launch of new prestigious award 28 August 2009 ICICI Prudential releases fifth commercial 28 August 2009 Vision Express inaugurates 25th Store in India 28 August 2009 Apollo appoints JWT as creative agency 28 August 2009 Tata Tea launches another social campaign 27 August 2009 MIXX 2009 to showcase best minds fuelling interactive's creative revolution 27 August 2009 HUL slashes media buying agency business margins 27 August 2009 Sanjay Yashroy quits OMI 27 August 2009 Birla Sun Life announces cricketers as brand ambassadors 27 August 2009 Choice Hotels appoints Leo Burnett USA 27 August 2009 Kylie Minogue is best known personal brand in Australia 26 August 2009 Lcafe pitches new products for young Japanese 26 August 2009 Tata Elxsi creates advertising ‘buzz’ for Kellogg’s latest offering- ‘Honey Loops’ 26 August 2009 Packer's ConsMedia sells Seek stake for $441 million 26 August 2009 Percept/H bags Good Morning Tea, Tea Bags account 25 August 2009 Google, Airbus to increase brand awareness 25 August 2009 Yardley brand to launch soaps in India 25 August 2009 Percept executes OOH campaign for Lifestyle 25 August 2009 Despite recession Facebook increases ad revenue 24 August 2009 Group M merges US print-buying units 24 August 2009 TAG Media Network appoints Bunty Peerbhoy as chairperson 24 August 2009 GroupM’s Mindshare is best media agency of the year - Emvies 2009 winners 24 August 2009 Fashion Design Council announces Indian designers for Van Heusen India Mens Week 24 August 2009 Time Warner and Nielsen tie up 24 August 2009 Indian Chambers of Commerce conducts first ever Corporate Communications Forum 24 August 2009 Nokia and Microsoft enter alliance for mobile productivity 17 August 2009 Marlboro to unveil new cigarette after two years 17 August 2009 Chlorophyll launches brand alignment tool 17 August 2009 Mudra wins creative duties for Femina 17 August 2009 Taj Group adds Maldives property to Vivanta brand 17 August 2009 Incredible India releases international campaigns 17 August 2009 “A research person breathes through the blood of the consumer” 14 August 2009 Network 18 to hold BSA Hercules Cyclothon Bengaluru 2009 14 August 2009 Creativeland Asia launches student arm 14 August 2009 Ambareesh Chakraborty appointed principal consultant at RK Swamy/BBDO 14 August 2009 Viren Popli joins Mahindra & Mahindra 13 August 2009 Dhiren Amin quits Euro RSCG to join BBH 13 August 2009 Making print ads interactive 13 August 2009 WPP team to handle Vodafone account 12 August 2009 Facebook buys social media website FriendFeed for $50 million 12 August 2009 Brazilian ad campaign advises saving water in a funny way 12 August 2009 Monster Moves Media Account To OMD 12 August 2009 Mudra South to look after creative duties of Peter England People 12 August 2009 STAR expands its offerings to Comcast customers in San Francisco Bay Area 12 August 2009 Canon India earmarks Rs60-crore for marketing activities 12 August 2009 Facebook claims patronage of top US advertisers 11 August 2009 Shortlisted campaigns for Emvies 2009 11 August 2009 New research by WTTC confirms Mexico tourism to grow 11 August 2009 Six Inches launches MF Global campaign 11 August 2009 Channel [V] to revamp shows 11 August 2009 Titan contest winners meet brand ambassador Aamir Khan 11 August 2009 Weekend getaway campaign by Euro RSCG 11 August 2009 Britannia Industries launches Bourbon campaign 10 August 2009 Anupriya Acharya joins Aegis Media as CEO 10 August 2009 PMAA Awards announced 10 August 2009 Cox and Kings offer for travellers 10 August 2009 Ministry of adult education to appoint agency 10 August 2009 WGC appoints Mudra Communications for creative duties 10 August 2009 Sunfeast Marie Light launches outdoor campaign 10 August 2009 Microsoft sells Razorfish to Publicis for $530 million 10 August 2009 Pepsi launches Optimism Project 08 August 2009 Worldwide internet ad spending falls 08 August 2009 Diet Mountain Dew turns purple 06 August 2009 Health drink Yakult to be launched in India 06 August 2009 Knorr to promote soups in big way 06 August 2009 Procter & Gamble tries out social media 05 August 2009 Starcom IP wins digital marketing mandate for Kaya 05 August 2009 Dabur appoints Bates 141 for creative portfolio 05 August 2009 Contract bags creative business for Shell Foundation 04 August 2009 Ybrant Digital enters APAC region with Max Interactive acquisition 04 August 2009 London International Awards extends deadline once more 03 August 2009 TAG bags creative duties for Zee's Dish TV 03 August 2009 Bikram Voha joins Khaleej Times as senior editorial advisor for third time 03 August 2009 Kotak Mahindra Bank gets new brand identity 03 August 2009 Head & Shoulders tops survey on brands promoting health and happiness 03 August 2009 A P Parigi resigns as MD of ENIL 03 August 2009 Sai Nagesh appointed as chief growth officer, Dentsu Media 03 August 2009 O&M Singapore named ‘Creative Agency of the Year’ at Marketing magazine’s event 01 August 2009 AOL appoints Stephane Panier as head, Bebo 01 August 2009 Jill Beraud to take over as CMO, PepsiCo 01 August 2009 Ford’s Taurus to have multi-faceted campaign 01 August 2009 Nabendu Bhattacharyya, president OgilvyAction India quits 31 July 2009 Susana Tsui becomes regional president, Neo@Ogilvy 31 July 2009 OOH Media appoints Rajesh Kumar as head of special projects 31 July 2009 Reliance ties up with Gameloft 31 July 2009 Microsoft and ComScore to develop digital media planning technology 31 July 2009 Prahlad Nanjappa quits JWT 31 July 2009 Niloufer Dundh quits OOH Media 31 July 2009 72 show cause notices to TV channels 29 July 2009 TBWA\India appoints Arindam Sengupta as VP 29 July 2009 Punjab Heritage & Tourism Promotion Board appoints Percept for brand development 29 July 2009 Spikes Asia to present workshops 29 July 2009 Lintas wins Hindware account 29 July 2009 Indians trust opinions more than ads: survey 28 July 2009 Advertisers rely more on digital ads 28 July 2009 USA Today to be launched on August 3 28 July 2009 Unitech Wireless appoints Leo Burnett 28 July 2009 Navin Nair becomes head of SBU 28 July 2009 Manoj Malkani takes charge as VP at MPG 28 July 2009 Sumeet Chatterjee to join TransStadia 28 July 2009 GM, UK appoints McCann Erickson 27 July 2009 Commonwealth Games England (CGE) appoints Duncan Lewis as marketing director 27 July 2009 AMO Communications promotes Bob D'silva as NCD 27 July 2009 Big Cinemas appoints iContract for digital business 27 July 2009 Nike to change online ads 25 July 2009 Dabur ropes in Meridian Communications and Pickle Advertising 25 July 2009 IAB to standardise click-count measurement across media companies 25 July 2009 JWT releases 'The Small Movement' study 24 July 2009 ViziSense releases monthly web rankings 24 July 2009 New York Festivals nominates Piyush Pandey, Prasoon Joshi and Josy Paul 24 July 2009 WagonR mascot Mr WizeR comes to life 23 July 2009 WPP research on green behaviour reveals intersting marketing insights 23 July 2009 Coca-Cola to increase digital acitivity 23 July 2009 Satrcom global CEO Laura Desmond to head Media Spikes 2009 jury 23 July 2009 Web 18 appoints Simran Sablok 23 July 2009 Google unveils campaign for New York City 22 July 2009 Volvo uses digital medium to convey safety features 22 July 2009 Deadline for LIA extended to 31 July 21 July 2009 Barnes & Noble launches world's largest online electronic book shop 21 July 2009 WPP acquires Saffron Hill Research 21 July 2009 Parul Arora joins Grey Delhi as senior creative director 21 July 2009 Expedia signs deal with Travel Boutique Online 21 July 2009 Dr Dileep Padgaonkar becomes consulting editor, Times group 21 July 2009 K V Sridhar nominated for New York Festivals Creative Achievement Award 21 July 2009 Hariharan Vishwanath becomes national trading head, Mediaedge:cia 21 July 2009 Nominations for 61st annual Emmy awards announced 20 July 2009 Lexus launches digital campaign 20 July 2009 Vdopia to enhance interactivity of online video ads 20 July 2009 Rajasthan Tourism board empanels four agencies 20 July 2009 Ogilvy announces new social media model 18 July 2009 Coca-Cola introduces brand new 49-foot tall bottle at Atlanta 18 July 2009 OgilvyAction Asia Pacific appoints regional creative director for the first time 17 July 2009 Asia Pacific OOH Media Convention in November, 2009 17 July 2009 Maxus appoints Sanchayeeta Verma as GM, South 17 July 2009 Shivanand Mohanty is creative head, Dentsu Communications 17 July 2009 Euro RSCG wins Clearasil digital account 16 July 2009 Rediffusion-Y&R promotes Minakshi Achan as co COO 16 July 2009 The Upper Storey sets up unit in Mumbai 16 July 2009 Allied Media appoints Suresh Shah as investment director 16 July 2009 Grey Worldwide bags creative mandate from John Keells 16 July 2009 WagonR to have a mascot 16 July 2009 Ogilvy acquires majority control of T&A Communications, Vietnam 15 July 2009 Reckitt Benckiser to launch first corporate digital ad campaign 15 July 2009 Landmark to set up six stores 15 July 2009 TAG ties up with Future TV 15 July 2009 Spikes Asia jury announced 15 July 2009 Jatinder Singh joins Euro RSCG as MD 14 July 2009 LG launches network monitors in India 14 July 2009 BSNL launches on-ground activation 14 July 2009 Niraj Dadoo appointed as COO,CFO at TBWA India 14 July 2009 Contract’s unique marketing initiative for HM 14 July 2009 International Chocolate Show appoints PR firm 14 July 2009 Wunderman takes on global Microsoft ad work 13 July 2009 Euro RSCG wins two Heineken Brands 13 July 2009 The digital medium is the medium for the new-age consumer 09 July 2009 Hyundai calls $1-billion media pitch 09 July 2009 Yahoo! Announces Search Pad beta 09 July 2009 Burger King's Goddess Laksmi ad in Spain offends Hindus 09 July 2009 Andrew Flack appointed as VP, global brand marketing, Hilton 09 July 2009 World Tour of the 2009 New York Festivals international advertising awards show - Schedule 09 July 2009 Beehive bags Chambor account 09 July 2009 Lowe Lintas appoints Nagananda Kumar as corporate coach, HR director 09 July 2009 Amit Chaudhery to join Text 100 as MD 08 July 2009 McDonald's appoints VCCP to handle recruitment ad business 07 July 2009 Mudra to launch new unit 07 July 2009 Ishanya launches design services 07 July 2009 Tommy Hilfiger's new sleek designs 07 July 2009 Tribal DDB India appoints Max Hegerman as president 07 July 2009 Samsonite assigns creative duties to Contract 07 July 2009 International Association of Internet Professionals (IAIP) to be established 07 July 2009 Unilever reviews media accounts in key global markets 07 July 2009 Apollo Tyres connects with target group 07 July 2009 Videocon unveils new brand identity 07 July 2009 Subway to star Michael Phelps TV campaign 04 July 2009 Animation festival to be held 03 July 2009 Omnicom appoints Tim Lowe as CEO 03 July 2009 Mediabrands launches Media Operations management Systems with Microsoft 03 July 2009 MTV and Kurkure to rock on 03 July 2009 Government ropes in 11 agencies for ideas on Commonwealth Games 2010 03 July 2009 Yahoo! appoints Penny Baldwin Senior Vice President, global integrated marketing and brand management 02 July 2009 Tata Teleservices plans outdoor advertising for GSM launch 02 July 2009 Mahesh Narayanan joins AdMob 02 July 2009 New Happydent ad fails to impress 02 July 2009 Novotel opens in Mumbai 02 July 2009 ASCI releases report – two ads withdrawn 02 July 2009 Manish Agarwal joins UTV New Media Ventures 02 July 2009 New Gillette campaign pushes brand beyond shaving 01 July 2009 Aston Martin to use Toyota technology to build supermini 01 July 2009 Maxus, Lodestar bag Land Rover and Jaguar accounts 01 July 2009 Ajit Thakur to head GEC at Balaji 01 July 2009 Sanjay Raina to join MEASAT Broadcast Network System 01 July 2009 Yuvraj Singh to promote Fiat Grande Punto 01 July 2009 Pierre Cardin to sell certain permanent licenses in China 30 June 2009 Recession fails to dent online advertising revenues in India 29 June 2009 Microsoft to spin-off Razorfish: reports 29 June 2009 Parle Agro launches wheat snack - Hippo 29 June 2009 GroupM forecasts global ad spending to fall 5.5 per cent in 2009, 1.5 per cent in 2010 29 June 2009 Gaurav Tandon to join Navia Asia 29 June 2009 Cannes Update: India wins two golds 29 June 2009 AAAI to revamp itself 29 June 2009 OzTern Digital Services launches tool to track competitors 26 June 2009 Microsoft, Publicis in deal to create new digital advertising formats 26 June 2009 Italian Coffee brand enters India 26 June 2009 UN, IAA launch environment campaign Hopenhagen at Cannes 25 June 2009 Cannes Update: Media, Outdoor and Radio Lions winners announced 25 June 2009 Union Bank of India zeroes in on six agencies 25 June 2009 IAA launches 'young professionals' membership 25 June 2009 Google to educate ad agencies on digital advertising 24 June 2009 Kit Kat wins Media Grand Prix at Cannes 24 June 2009 VLCC to strengthen marketing plans 24 June 2009 Umbrella to unveil corporate brand identity for VE 24 June 2009 Future Brands to enter private labelling 24 June 2009 Rajiv Hiranandani, Kunal Bajaj appointed as co-chairs, MMA 24 June 2009 Cannes Update: India shines on day 3 24 June 2009 Vodka brand eyes market in Turkey 23 June 2009 Big Animation brings out Little Krishna’ animated series 23 June 2009 Pizza Hut to retain name 23 June 2009 New York Festivals ad awards to come closer home 23 June 2009 Cannes update: promo Grand Prix goes to Japan, PR & Direct to Australia 23 June 2009 Malayala Manorama launches education website 23 June 2009 Apollo Tyres appoints Capital as creative partner 22 June 2009 Mudra Connext to handle Wipro 22 June 2009 The 56th Cannes International Advertising Festival kicks off 22 June 2009 Associated Press to incorporate ads, enhance web content 20 June 2009 Ogilvy Entertainment, BBC to develop a new magazine series on space 20 June 2009 Andy Bhatt transferred to BBDO New York as head of interactive production 20 June 2009 Former IPA president becomes chair of ASA funding body 20 June 2009 British Airways plans partnership with McLaren F1 team 20 June 2009 Ignitee Digital Solutions creates programme for digital advertisers 19 June 2009 Meera Sharath appointed managing director of WPP's digita arm, Syzygy 19 June 2009 Colin Mitchell, John Shaw appointed joint worldwide planning director at Ogilvy & Mather 19 June 2009 Nokia, New York appoints Carat 19 June 2009 Subway zeroes in on Arms Communications and Alliance Advertising as partners 19 June 2009 CNN study shows ads make hearts thump, skin tingle 19 June 2009 Sony launches new soccer - photography campaign, Soccergraphy 18 June 2009 Hewlett Packard announces value campaign programme 18 June 2009 Kurlon repositions itself into home comfort segment 18 June 2009 Nokia 5530 XpressMusic with touchscreen announced 18 June 2009 Christopher Graves appointed global CEO, Ogilvy Public Relations Asia 18 June 2009 Spikes Asia introduces the best in advertising technical innovation within Asia 18 June 2009 Citibank launches viral marketing campaign 17 June 2009 Luke Bradley Jones 17 June 2009 Movada appoints Harbhajan Singh ambassador 17 June 2009 Samsung showcases ‘Metro’ range 17 June 2009 Yash Khanna joins CMCG India as president 17 June 2009 Ayur to launch 24-hour awareness channel 17 June 2009 Saatchi & Saatchi calls for entries for online Red Cross 17 June 2009 Maa to launch rural marketing division 17 June 2009 Boston Globe appoints Peter S Canellos 17 June 2009 Ambika Sharma, Jagran Solutions, to judge MAA Globes Awards 17 June 2009 Leo Burnett Mumbai brings in a new ECD 17 June 2009 Lowe Kolkata wins creative duties for Amrit Group 17 June 2009 BSNL empanels four agencies 17 June 2009 KFC in worldwide seach for new face 17 June 2009 Big TV to launch new campaign 17 June 2009 Ogilvy India bags creative mandate from Mother Dairy 15 June 2009 Indian Outoor Survey (IOS) to be released today 15 June 2009 Two senior changes at Ogilvy PR, Asia Pacific 13 June 2009 Indian Express appoints V Natrajan as VP 13 June 2009 Supermodel Claudia Schiffer becomes face of Alberta Ferretti’s first signature fragrance 13 June 2009 Coca Cola launches international television commercial 13 June 2009 HUL introduces cream-based kitchen cleaner Cif 12 June 2009 Interactive advertising generates busines worth $300 billion: IAB 12 June 2009 Leji Koshy quits Big Cinema, joins Sadhna News 12 June 2009 Rooh Afza targets the youth 12 June 2009 Amul ranked as No 1 dairy product brand 12 June 2009 WB Turner launches new marketing campaign 12 June 2009 Raj Bhattacharya appointed as business head at Selvel-One 12 June 2009 MTV and Portico launch new range of towels 11 June 2009 C3CUBE to launch series of multimedia projects 11 June 2009 Dentsu India launches ClozR Communications 11 June 2009 Elucido Media to expand 11 June 2009 Anthony Edwards appointed as communications planning director, Euro RSCG 11 June 2009 Yannick Colaco promoted to COO, Nimbus Sport 11 June 2009 Barista becomes Barista Lavazza 11 June 2009 Salman Khan promotes Chlormint 10 June 2009 Italian watch brand Morellato launches first television ad 10 June 2009 IAA-Dentsu Global Student Poster Competition announces winner 10 June 2009 Ogilvy & Mather, US wins at US Effies 10 June 2009 Publicis India bags creative duties of Dr Morepen 09 June 2009 WPP's 141 Sercon wins marketing and creative mandate from Shriram Life 09 June 2009 S Yesudas to head Vizeum India 09 June 2009 Saumya Chattopadhyay appointed planning head Rediffusion - Y&R, Mumbai 09 June 2009 Nescafe targets Starbucks 09 June 2009 Piyush Pandey to head Craft jury at Spikes Asia Festival 09 June 2009 Saurabh Dasgupta to judge Globes Awards 2009 08 June 2009 Tata campaign encourages consumers to save power 08 June 2009 Pepsi launches Aliva, new baked savoury cracker 08 June 2009 Mudra ties up with UK's Portland Design for retail, leisure ads 08 June 2009 Leo Burnett launches HP’s green-computing campaign 06 June 2009 WPP acquires stake in MDS, China 06 June 2009 Five per cent decline in internet advertising, says IAB 06 June 2009 Inorbit malls gets three awards at the Images India Shopping Centre Forum 2009 06 June 2009 Dentsu Impact's Ritz ad truly international 06 June 2009 Amod Dani, Vikram Pandey become creative directors at Leo Burnett 06 June 2009 Market regulator forces Reliance MF to withdraw ad 06 June 2009 Titan presents Red Panda watch on World Environment Day 05 June 2009 A Mathew George appointed sales head, Big FM 05 June 2009 Grady Burnett of Google AdWords to join Facebook 05 June 2009 Shubha George promoted COO, MEC South Asia 05 June 2009 Emnet Samsara Media revamps screens in BEST buses 05 June 2009 Prasana Krishnan promoted to COO, Neo Sports Broadcast 05 June 2009 WPP reports continuing sales slump, but rewards top execs 03 June 2009 Google named world’s most valuable global brand 30 May 2009 OpenX shakes up online ad market with fresh funds infusion 27 May 2009 Online, radio advertising wins the day for political ads 25 May 2009 Videocon assigns media duties to ZenithOptimedia 22 May 2009 Alcatel-Lucent to offer new mobile ad service jointly with 1020 Placecast 22 May 2009 IDG expands online ad network 22 May 2009 Taj introduces new premium hotel Vivanta at Panaji 22 May 2009 Vodafone wins PETA award 22 May 2009 Anshumani Khanna and Priya Gurnani, Contract Advertising, winners of AAAI Young Lions 21 May 2009 Aruna Tadanki joins Yahoo! India as MD 21 May 2009 Vaasu Gavarasana to head Dentsu Communications' Bengaluru operations 21 May 2009 Mindshare wins £55m InterContinental Hotels account 20 May 2009 Publicis Dialog to promote olive oil in India 20 May 2009 Walt Disney launches new website for Disney fans 19 May 2009 Leroy Alvares becomes CEO of Wunderman India 19 May 2009 Integrid Media restructures digital division 19 May 2009 IAB releases best practices guidelines for social advertising 19 May 2009 Bipasha Basu becomes brand ambassador for Fa Men Xtreme and Aristocrat 18 May 2009 IMC appoints MS&L Worldwide as global strategic communications adivsor 18 May 2009 IAMAI makes fresh appointments 18 May 2009 Shamik Talukder, Raju Sarin join as directors, OOH Media 18 May 2009 Yell teams up with Google to launch search marketing for advertisers 15 May 2009 NYTimes.com launches Times Wire 14 May 2009 IAB releases Click Measurement Guidelines report 14 May 2009 Major advertisers looking at mobile adspend 14 May 2009 Vijender Singh becomes Pepsi’s brand ambassador 14 May 2009 Andrew Heller, promoted to vice-chairman TBS/Management changes at TBS 13 May 2009 Digitas appoints Sunita Prakash 13 May 2009 Euro RSCG announces new APAC strategic council 13 May 2009 Dilip Marathe joins Rediffusion – Y&R 13 May 2009 Ashok Vidyasagar, senior VP Bates 141, quits 13 May 2009 India to host 38th World Magazine Congress 13 May 2009 Coir Board empanels agencies to execute creatives 12 May 2009 AdAsia 2009 to be held in October 12 May 2009 Publicis Worldwide promotes COO Richard Pinder 12 May 2009 Posterscope brings Hyperspace to India 12 May 2009 Ajay Verma joins eBus as chief executive 11 May 2009 Appy Fizz and Grappo Fizz using online medium to promote itself 11 May 2009 Ramanuj Shastry to join Saatchi & Saatchi 11 May 2009 M&C Saatchi launches digital communications company in India 11 May 2009 Ad group WPP to axe 7,200 jobs 05 May 2009 Chrysler to launch ad campaign to reassure nervous buyers 04 May 2009 Nine agencies in D&AD Awards 2009 04 May 2009 Shlok Media launhces OOH specialist unit 04 May 2009 Girish Shah nominated to CMO Council Worldwide’s Asia Pacific Advisory Council 04 May 2009 Nokia inaugurates a new concept store in Mumbai 02 May 2009 Sanjoy Ghosh quits Dainik Jagran to float NGO 30 April 2009 Subramanian joins O&M 30 April 2009 Ajay Vidyasagar may join Sun TV 30 April 2009 IIFT students' book on branding launched internationally 30 April 2009 Hyundai becomes the travelling partner for Shah Rukh Khan 30 April 2009 McDonald's loses fight over `Mc' to Malaysia's McCurry 29 April 2009 Yahoo! announces Big Bang marketing initiative 29 April 2009 Clio Awards 2009 shortlist announced 29 April 2009 The New York Times considers charging for website 28 April 2009 Magna forecasts 32 per cent increase in online video ad spend for 2009 28 April 2009 Mirc Electronics to launch new campaign 28 April 2009 TBWA India shifts office 27 April 2009 Dabur to enter apple soft drink market 27 April 2009 Vodafone’s `ZooZoos' doing the rounds 27 April 2009 Cannes Lions 2009 jury announced 24 April 2009 Bajaj bikes turn into hi-tech robots 24 April 2009 Advertisers in Europe raise '09 internet-ad budgets 23 April 2009 Design Bridge and Brandscapes Worldwide join hands for India 23 April 2009 Samsung appoints BMB for global launch music phone 23 April 2009 IPL strong on cricket websites 23 April 2009 Euro RSCG to handle creatives for Café Coffee Day's pilot project 23 April 2009 Lipton announces world’s largest Jigsaw challenge 22 April 2009 Sourabh Mishra quits TBWA India 22 April 2009 Sameer Desai quits Design Sutra 22 April 2009 Mudra Connext appoints Pradeep Ramakrishnan as VP 22 April 2009 Madison Media wins Best Communications Strategy award at Festival of Media 22 April 2009 Coca-Cola launches online social media campaign 21 April 2009 Aamir Khan to promote Titan watches 21 April 2009 Festival of Media Awards announced 21 April 2009 Nestle US to expand to Middle East 20 April 2009 Fanta Orange in natural flavour and new packaging 20 April 2009 Nandini Nair appointed group creative director TBWA India 20 April 2009 YouTube begins redesign to attract advertisers 18 April 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo signs up as global ambassador for Castrol 18 April 2009 David Beckham to appear in global Motorola ad campaign 18 April 2009 Perk sets up own website 18 April 2009 Largest US publisher Gannett’s quarterly profit down 60 per cent 17 April 2009 Manjiri Kamat is now general manager of Mediaedge:cia (MEC) 16 April 2009 TAM launches TAM Sports 16 April 2009 Harbhajan Singh to become a brand 16 April 2009 Bank of Baroda appoints three agencies 16 April 2009 'Take Courage' line fall foul of code: ASA ruling 16 April 2009 Message to media: ad scenario remains bleak 15 April 2009 Sachin Tendulkar becomes brand ambassador of Jaypee Cement 15 April 2009 New round of Cola Wars begins with Pepsi suing Coke over sports drink claims 14 April 2009 Percept wins CAG Shied Cricket Tournament 2009 14 April 2009 Microsoft promotes Discovery programmes 14 April 2009 Indian drug pricing regulator to launch national media campaign 14 April 2009 Big B sings for an ad film for the first time 14 April 2009 IOCL appoints three creative agencies 14 April 2009 O&M continues on winning spree 13 April 2009 Sanjib Dey promoted to president, Saatchi & Saatchi 13 April 2009 Panasonic to change agencies 13 April 2009 Asian Paints websites Chlorophyll bags international award 11 April 2009 4Ps announces Power 2009 Awards 09 April 2009 Aegis Media expands operations 09 April 2009 JWT shuts Chicago office 08 April 2009 Lynn de Souza to represent India at Cannes 08 April 2009 TBWA wins Style Spa 08 April 2009 Santoor rides on election wave 08 April 2009 L’oreal appoints Percept D’Mark for two brands 08 April 2009 BBH Asia Pacific launches new pro-environment initiative to curb unnecessary printing 07 April 2009 Bridgestone chooses DDB Berlin for global brand campaign 07 April 2009 Ormax Media launches TV awareness score Showbuzz 07 April 2009 Nestle launches new campaign celebrating 25 years of Maggi 07 April 2009 Network Advertising Initiative appoints Charles Curran 07 April 2009 Sandeep Goel joins Mudra Connext as VP 07 April 2009 UK’s recession-hit Press Gazette to close 07 April 2009 Net advertising expands at print’s expense 06 April 2009 Pradeep Guha becomes part of advisory board of Komli Media 06 April 2009 O&M sweeps maximum awards at Goafest 2009 06 April 2009 Australian regulators haul up coke for misleading ads 02 April 2009 Chicago Sun-Times files for bankruptcy protection 01 April 2009 Detroit newspapers offer free online editions, cut down home delivery to three days a week 30 March 2009 BBC World News to promote World News Today 28 March 2009 Management changes at Leo Burnett 28 March 2009 Ad spending on online editions of newspapers continues to decline 28 March 2009 BBC World announces new ad campaign in Botswana 28 March 2009 Saatchi & Saatchi to showcase the longest driverless rail network in the world for Dubai Metro 27 March 2009 ‘Maa’ fruit drink creative goes to Bates 141 27 March 2009 Moet & Chandon makes Scarlett Johansson as the first face of champagne 26 March 2009 Veteran communicator Roger Pereira appointed global vice chairman of PR firm Edelman, Robert Holdheim to be India head 26 March 2009 ‘Budweiser not your brand’, EU court tells Anheuser 26 March 2009 Virgin Mobile moves OOH business to Bates 141 26 March 2009 Marico assigns Sweekar and Revive to Rediffusion Y&R 26 March 2009 TBWA wins creative business for Meow FM and Mail Today 26 March 2009 Rediffusion Y&R restructures senior management 26 March 2009 Diversified business group RPG Enterprises turns publisher with launch of Open 26 March 2009 Elder Health Care launches new brand ‘Fuel for Men’ in alliance with VLCC 25 March 2009 Interface Communications creates new ad for Scorpio 25 March 2009 Discovery Channel to have new logo for Asia Pacific region 25 March 2009 Marico selects BBH as creative partner 25 March 2009 Google - WPP marketing research awards programme bestows 11 grants 23 March 2009 ASCI withdraws two ads, asks for modification of five 23 March 2009 Adani Wilmar to hike refining capacity; draw brand revamp strategy 23 March 2009 S Kumars plans JV with DKNY: report 23 March 2009 Philips introduces an advanced decorative home lighting collection 21 March 2009 PCRA iniates campaign on fuel conervation 21 March 2009 McDonald's UK launches biggest Monopoly promotion 18 March 2009 Thums Up rolls out digital initiative 18 March 2009 BPL Mobile is now Loop Mobile 18 March 2009 New KFC ad in UK focuses on freshness 18 March 2009 Orbit takes on Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador 18 March 2009 Digital media marketers explore opportunities during current ad slump 18 March 2009 Leo Burnett's Arc creates integrated campaign for HP 17 March 2009 AOL People launches Bebo across Europe 17 March 2009 Brand Affinity offers choice of celebrities for online ads 17 March 2009 Frooti relaunched 17 March 2009 After terror attacks, tourism ministry woos foreign tourists 17 March 2009 Honda ropes in Meridian, Delhi for creative duties 16 March 2009 WPP's Syzygy working on launch work for Mazda3 16 March 2009 Carlsberg UK appoints Saatchi & Saatchi 14 March 2009 Sears Tower to lose its name 14 March 2009 Hill & Knowlton acquires remaining stake in Feedback Hill & Knowlton 14 March 2009 Kaushik Ghosh appointed VP, ad sales at Star Entertainment 14 March 2009 Crayon and HS&P to merge 13 March 2009 Hype wins contract for train handles 13 March 2009 Komli launches first online media planning tool 13 March 2009 Bajaj Electricals launches premium Platina appliance range 12 March 2009 Delhi autos to become ad-display vehicles 12 March 2009 Google moves to gear ads to user behaviour 12 March 2009 Pepsi has new brand ambassador in Andhra 09 March 2009 Quaker launches new campaign 09 March 2009 Dubai International Advertising Festival venue announced 09 March 2009 IAB launches principles for online advertisers 07 March 2009 Google expands its AdSense with expandable ads 07 March 2009 ‘Quality of feedback is the key’ 05 March 2009 Indian search engine Guruji gets into online advertising 05 March 2009 Mudra bags creative mandate of innerwear brand Jockey 05 March 2009 ZillionTV enables viewers to earn from watching TV ads 05 March 2009 Google and Yahoo set guidelines in Britain 04 March 2009 Mindshare awarded Global Media Agency of the Year by Advertising Age 03 March 2009 Visa introduces first global advertising campaign 03 March 2009 Ranbaxy hospital group Fortis taps outdoor opportunities 03 March 2009 Rediff bags Tata Nano account 03 March 2009 Singapore Tourism invests in global marketing initiative 02 March 2009 Webchutney launches mobile marketing arm 02 March 2009 Sharad Haskar shortlisted in Sony World Photography Awards 02 March 2009 Kiran Bedi becomes brand ambassador of No Marks cream 02 March 2009 Vdopia announces VDO Labs for video advertising research 02 March 2009 MRM Worldwide to acquire stake with digital agencies 02 March 2009 Bob Gamgort, president of food giant Mars, resigns 28 February 2009 Shalini Dam selected as jury member for AdFest 2009 28 February 2009 Google News searches to show advertisements 28 February 2009 Sameer Sainani becomes Radio Mirchi's national sales head 28 February 2009 Jaguar, Land Rover to invest in mobile advertising 28 February 2009 CNN International in global sonsorship deal with Suzlon Energy 27 February 2009 JWT unveils new website to track brands, consumers in the downturn 27 February 2009 MTV redesigns UK website 27 February 2009 Nissan promotes Nissan Sports Adventure with Yahoo! ad campaign 27 February 2009 Unilever to launch ice cream in Romania 27 February 2009 Unilever logo will appear in ads 27 February 2009 Global landscaping honour for Lodha Bellissimo 26 February 2009 Business award for Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan 26 February 2009 Cannes 2009 to have special focus on climate change 26 February 2009 French cheese brand Boursin launches its first brand campaign in a decade 26 February 2009 Wilson Racquet signs long-term agreement with Laura Robson 26 February 2009 Laqshya CEO Soumitra Bhattacharyya quits 26 February 2009 Ashish Limaye becomes Starcom MediaVest Group general manager - marketing 26 February 2009 Titan to cut back on brand building 26 February 2009 Nike kicks off new ad 26 February 2009 Yahoo introduces three new ad products 25 February 2009 UK Govt appoints ad agency to promote information for separated parents 25 February 2009 Yahoo rolls out new ad target schemes 25 February 2009 HDFC’s new television ads 25 February 2009 Rediffusion DY&R bags creative mandate for Arvind Mills' Arrow 25 February 2009 UTV World Movies to release titles on home video through Shemaroo World Cinema 24 February 2009 Mattel celebrates 50 years with Barbie 24 February 2009 Tata to launch Xenon XT 24 February 2009 AMO to handle creative mandate for Wella 24 February 2009 Rediffusion's TME is the Eveready media agency 24 February 2009 The new Bajaj promotes a cat fight 24 February 2009 Coca Cola ropes in cricketer Gautam Gambhir as brand ambassador 24 February 2009 Digital media and retail activation predicted as future media vehicles 21 February 2009 Kunal Dasgupta quits SET 21 February 2009 Tommy Hilfiger to introduce limited edition watch through Titan 21 February 2009 Hewlett-Packard selects Omnicom Media to handle global media duties 21 February 2009 French ad body to sign "obesity" charter 21 February 2009 World Federation of Advertisers launces media, marketing network 21 February 2009 Rahul Welde named chairman, WFA's Asia-Pacific Media & Marketing Network 21 February 2009 Mudra bags civil aviation ministry's ad contract 21 February 2009 Nepal for all Seasons campaign to run through in 2009 & 2010 19 February 2009 Kraft Foods opts for a delicious logo makeover 19 February 2009 Maxus appoints Sidharth Parashar national trading head 19 February 2009 First round of Effie in March 19 February 2009 Saatchi & Saatchi HK creates campaign for environment forum 19 February 2009 Back to the cola wars as Coke catches Pepsi's drop 18 February 2009 Mercedes launches digital campaign 18 February 2009 Audience measurement system for mobile media soon 18 February 2009 Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2009 flagged off 17 February 2009 Sushma Jhaveri joins Carat India 17 February 2009 Cochin Advertising Club invites entries for Pepper creatuive 2009 awards 17 February 2009 RBS splurged £200 million on celebrity endorsements 16 February 2009 Philippe Berthelot promoted to global business director for Lipton tea account 16 February 2009 Coca-Cola launches online films to promote recycling 16 February 2009 Prasson Joshi to judge Titanium and Integrated Lions category at Cannes 16 February 2009 Lois Jacobs becomes global chief executive officer at WPP B to D Group's 16 February 2009 After closing down Print Ads, Google exits Audio Ads programme 13 February 2009 AdAsia ranks Leo Burnett second best Agency 13 February 2009 BEST seat rests up for ads 13 February 2009 Goafest dates announced 13 February 2009 Madison launches Platinum Public Relations 13 February 2009 P&G's Pantene ad wins silver medal at New York film festival 13 February 2009 Mobile2win announces merger with Altruist Technologies 12 February 2009 Subho Sengupta joins Saatchi & Saatchi 12 February 2009 WPP, world's leading marketing communications group, acquires stake in Smart Media 12 February 2009 UK plans anti-terror ads on Pak TV 12 February 2009 Percept launches Horrotainment 11 February 2009 Milind Dabke quits Percept Pictures 11 February 2009 Vaybhav Singh and Swami Anand Tirth to join Dhar & Hoon 11 February 2009 KVIC appoints agencies for creative and media 11 February 2009 Promotion Marketing Awards of Asia 2009 Open for Entries 10 February 2009 Branding agency Landor Associates helps Citroen unveil new logo 10 February 2009 MasterCard to sponsor 2011 Rugby World Cup 10 February 2009 comScore appoints Mike Read 10 February 2009 WPP's interactive Quasar Media eyes global business 10 February 2009 JWT to design campaign for GoaFest 10 February 2009 Naughty and nice: Landor's new brand identity for China's Jissbon 09 February 2009 WPP acquires 90-per cent stake in Italy's H-art 09 February 2009 Titus Upputuru plans to join Dentsu India 09 February 2009 Microsoft to create celebrity site 07 February 2009 Axe launches ad for iPhone 07 February 2009 Recession: a boost for online marketing 06 February 2009 KFC to launch nationwide menu in US 05 February 2009 Dabur hunts for super champ 05 February 2009 GlaxoSmithKline plc announces board changes 04 February 2009 Gartner announces three finalists for the Wireless & Mobile Excellence Award 04 February 2009 Rohit Misra is president, Rediffusion Y&R 04 February 2009 Percept/H wins creative duties for Celio 04 February 2009 Radhesh Uchil joins Platinum Media 04 February 2009 Raj Kundra invests in Rajasthan Royals 04 February 2009 Philips appoints Rajeev Chopra 04 February 2009 Yahoo executive Coleman joins AOL 04 February 2009 Tourism ministry to spend Rs20 crore on online advertising 03 February 2009 Sunil Manocha quits Neo Sports to join Live Media 03 February 2009 OOH firm Hype in content tie-up with digital agency Phonethics 03 February 2009 Coca-Cola launches Fanta Apple in India 03 February 2009 Pavers England expands footprint in India 02 February 2009 Ads to grow at 2 per cent in 2009 02 February 2009 That glitzy mall TV may be profiling you 02 February 2009 Nandini Sethuraman to head marketing at Marks & Spencer India 02 February 2009 Tata GSM goes to Ulka DraftFCB 02 February 2009 Yatra.com diversifies into digital marketing space 02 February 2009 WPP and Omniture announces partnership 02 February 2009 Glam Media to open offices in Mumbai 02 February 2009 David King is chief executive at Time Out Group 31 January 2009 Arvind Mohan appointed on Global Planning Board, Young & Rubicam 31 January 2009 Coke unveils new marketing strategy 31 January 2009 Chandradeep Mitra quits Mudra Max 31 January 2009 Bell Bajao campaign resurfaces 31 January 2009 Aamir Khan in Incredible India campaign 29 January 2009 Shivkumar Menon quits Zoom 29 January 2009 MTV and Archies launch Roadies merchandise 29 January 2009 Jishnu Sen promoted to COO at Grey 29 January 2009 Viacom, Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate plan a premium movie channel 28 January 2009 Pallav Moitra resigns from Paprika Media 28 January 2009 Roots India to be known as TapRoot India now 28 January 2009 Reva account assigned to Temple Advertising 28 January 2009 eBay marketer Minal Shah quits 27 January 2009 Large brands move to online advertising in Singapore 24 January 2009 Mithun Roy joins TBWA in Mumbai 24 January 2009 JWT's Dias, Leo burnett's Padhi set up new venture Roots India 24 January 2009 Entries open for 2010 PoY awards 24 January 2009 Heinz changes label after nearly six decades 24 January 2009 Mudra bags Creative Lantern Award 24 January 2009 Neo Sports appoints McCann Erickson 23 January 2009 Cannes 2009 jury president announced 23 January 2009 BMW India introduces the new BMW 3 Series in India 23 January 2009 Ogilvy names John Seifert as North America region chairman 23 January 2009 Beyond Interaction now to be known as MediaCom Interaction 23 January 2009 PepsiCo unveils high-voltage online campaign for new drink 23 January 2009 Atheist ads do not violate code, says UK watchdog 22 January 2009 Nimbus Sport bags contract for Sri Lanka cricket rights 21 January 2009 Crayons and JWT to handle Congress party's election account 21 January 2009 US Ad giant Clear Channel axes 1850 jobs; more cost cuts in offing 21 January 2009 Ad agency Publicis funds NGO's effort to help rediscover Gandhi 21 January 2009 Kotak Life Insurance enters alliance with DHFL Vysya Housing Finance 21 January 2009 Google cancels print ad programme 21 January 2009 Fiat Linea's eye-catching ad 21 January 2009 Honda serves notice to Maruti Suzuki 20 January 2009 Lintas makes senior management changes 20 January 2009 Ghajini inspires M&C Saatchi's new campaign for Bajaj Allianz 20 January 2009 Jury appointed for IAA Creative Lantern Awards 20 January 2009 Thomas Cook launches road show 20 January 2009 ET Now unveils new logo 20 January 2009 Ford India widens marketing efforts with three new dealerships 19 January 2009 Airtel launches triple play with Airtel Digital TV interactive 19 January 2009 Car advertisments in London to carry fuel economy data 19 January 2009 Life insurance is the most preferred investment option for Indians 19 January 2009 Brijesh Jacob to join White Canvas 19 January 2009 First product innovation awards announced 19 January 2009 Diageo - Patel Wines tie-up to extend initiative 19 January 2009 Coca-Cola faces class-action lawsuit over drink’s nutritional claims 16 January 2009 WPP launches global mobile agency 15 January 2009 Vyas Giannetti Creative collaborates with six international design agencies 15 January 2009 Coca-Cola to unveil a new global ad campaign 15 January 2009 M A Parthasarathy, Alok Sinha join Mindshare as partners 15 January 2009 Sandeep Vij of Mudra promoted to Chief Knowledge Officer 15 January 2009 Coke reduces European ad agencies 14 January 2009 BAA to relaunch Heathrow airport as a consumer brand 14 January 2009 Tata Indicom unveils new TV ad 14 January 2009 3.3 million active internet users in rural India 14 January 2009 Saatchi & Saatchi appoints Pinaki Bhattacharya as senior VP, planning 14 January 2009 Ramswaroop Gopalan to head, digital services at Rediffusion Y&R 13 January 2009 Interpublic, Navteq demonstrate location-based ad targeting 13 January 2009 BBC World Service and Ericsson join hands for project in Bangladesh 13 January 2009 MMA appoints Mike Wehrs as president and CEO 13 January 2009 Local trains to have LCD screens 12 January 2009 Starwood launches eco-friendly hotels 12 January 2009 HUL to license' Lakme' and 'Lever Ayush' brands to Lakme 10 January 2009 Gerry Human is now worldwide executive creative director, Unilever 10 January 2009 PepsiCo to revamp Tropicana advertising, marketing and packaging in the US 10 January 2009 Teaser ads announce Xylo launch 10 January 2009 Walt Disney to build new theme park in China 10 January 2009 Nokia India launches Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 09 January 2009 Jotun Group ties up with the retail giant 'Lifestyle International (P) Ltd' 09 January 2009 Percept completes 25 years 09 January 2009 Dabur ropes in Winnie the Pooh to promote its 'eazee squeezee' honey packs 09 January 2009 Ogilvy sacks 10 per cent North America staff 08 January 2009 Virgin Mobile's funny bone comes up with another humorous ad 08 January 2009 Farid Kuresha joins Zee Group's OOH Company 08 January 2009 Rajasthan Royal to have new logo 08 January 2009 Russell Barrett joins Bates 141 as executive creative director 08 January 2009 DreamWorks and PepsiCo unite to publicise film 07 January 2009 Champagne Indage renamed `Indage Vintners' 07 January 2009 Agnello Dias to be on jury panel of New York Festival 07 January 2009 Obama's campaign spent over $16 million on online advertising 06 January 2009 WPP plans to lay off staff at global agencies 06 January 2009 Hindware launches new campaign 06 January 2009 Campaign launched for New Vauxhall Insignia by DLKW 06 January 2009 Apollo Hospitals appoints Bates 141 05 January 2009 PR Pundit celebrates 10th anniversary 05 January 2009 K V Sridhar to be judge at New York Festivals 2009 05 January 2009 Creativeland Asia bags two new accounts 05 January 2009 Katrina Kaif features in Nakshatra's new TV commercial 03 January 2009 Coca-Cola's digital billboard in New York goes green 03 January 2009 Taj rebrands two properties 03 January 2009 Lintas to handle media mandate for Oriental Cuisines Pvt Ltd 02 January 2009 Croma unveils 10th Mumbai store at Phoenix Mills 01 January 2009 Sugar Free Natura's new ad panders to the sweet tooth 01 January 2009 Samrat Dasgupta promoted to regional creative director at Lowe 01 January 2009 Sony Ericsson's new C905 Cyber-shot mobile handset seems more camera than phone 29 December 2008 Trident Hotels ranked 'Best First Class Hotel Brand' at Galileo Express TravelWorld Awards 2008 29 December 2008 Adidas Originals celebrates 60 years 29 December 2008 Virgin Atlantic to launch new brand campaign 29 December 2008 FDA hauls Coca-Cola for "misbranding" 27 December 2008 Ads on taxis, autorickshaws in Delhi soon 27 December 2008 Beckham gives up Pepsi contract 27 December 2008 Aviva launches new advertising campaign 26 December 2008 UniverCell plans own brand of mobile phones 26 December 2008 Amrutanjan to get makeover 26 December 2008 Tata Sky to tap regional markets 24 December 2008 BPL reiterates safety message 23 December 2008 Lowe Lintas makes changes in senior management 23 December 2008 Brands are becoming properties of people 23 December 2008 DLF announces five lifestyle brands in India 22 December 2008 Tata Capital has a new brand identity 22 December 2008 Reliance Retail to set up 100 stores by 2011 22 December 2008 Italian eye-wear Luxottica to set up 100 outlets in India 22 December 2008 Compact Disc gets Pele to act in Rs309 crore animation film 19 December 2008 Does P&G's marketing on social networks make sense? 19 December 2008 Idea's launches new ad film 19 December 2008 Maruti to launch new car, calls for creative pitch 19 December 2008 World Gold Council to release first global campaign in India 19 December 2008 Pepsi's launches new televsion advertising 16 December 2008 Dabur ropes in TV stars 16 December 2008 Target Corporation US ties up with Kohinoor Foods 16 December 2008 Microsoft launches 'Your World on Live' 16 December 2008 British Heart Foundation says companies mislead parents on health food 16 December 2008 New logo for Dooars and Terai tea 16 December 2008 Russian patent office rebuffs ad firm's attempt to patent smiley 16 December 2008 ITC Welcomgroup given Helen Keller award 13 December 2008 SpiceJet appoints Contract Advertising 13 December 2008 McDonald's new campaign 13 December 2008 Bangladesh launches tourism brand 13 December 2008 Government maintains stand on surrogate advertising 13 December 2008 US Advertising Council launches public service ads 13 December 2008 Saraswat Bank has a new logo 11 December 2008 Unilever shifts creative duties of Knorr 11 December 2008 Standard Chartered launches Platinum Debit Card 11 December 2008 TDI wins rights to Goa airport 11 December 2008 Reliance Trends introduces winter fashion range 10 December 2008 Spikes Asia to be held in Singapore 10 December 2008 Rediffusion Y&R bags creative duties of Orra 09 December 2008 Unicef, Novartis among Mudra's new acounts 09 December 2008 McDonald's changing packaging and remodelling US locations 08 December 2008 Tennet's Beer uses outdoor advertising 08 December 2008 Madonna poses for Louis Vuitton advertisement 06 December 2008 Google enters into agreement with advertisers 06 December 2008 In-Store Asia to be held in March 2009 06 December 2008 Reliance enters footwear market 06 December 2008 Tata Indicom to introduce new campaign 05 December 2008 Honda Siel's new marketing campaign 05 December 2008 Genesis Burson-Marsteller in an 'exclusive' partnership with Hand in Hand 04 December 2008 Anand Narasimha quits Bates 141, is now a brand consultant 04 December 2008 Nikhil Nehru becomes chairmain, Results International Group (RIG) 04 December 2008 Crossbow Innovative Advertising bags exclusive rights for Airscreen and Airframe 04 December 2008 India Tourist Board plans campaign in UK 03 December 2008 Oriflame to enter oral care and wellness sector 03 December 2008 Dentsu to handle TSG-NACO account 03 December 2008 Komli Media launches ViziSense 02 December 2008 Google, Apple, Amazon, Nintendo in Best Global Brands in 2008 02 December 2008 HFCL appoints Quadrant Communications as creative agency 02 December 2008 Nitin Alawadhi joins TOI 02 December 2008 Leaders in Brand Loyalty Congress 2009 01 December 2008 Banana Moon, global swimwear company plans entry into India 01 December 2008 Bachchan and Dhoni promote Dabur Honey 01 December 2008 UK's Advertising Standards Authority acts against iPhone 3G ad 01 December 2008 Arvind to demerge businesses 29 November 2008 JWT, O&M sweep awards at Effie 2008 29 November 2008 International Herald Tribune postpones luxury goods conference 29 November 2008 Aegis CEO Robert Lerwill steps down 28 November 2008 FTC rescinds 40-year old rule on cigarette ads 28 November 2008 Lintas reverts to original name Lowe Lintas 28 November 2008 Nirula's appoints Bates 141 28 November 2008 Tham Khai Meng becomes global creative chief and chairman of O&M's WW Creative Council 28 November 2008 24/7 Real Media and OgilvyOne enter joint venture to launch ITOP in China 26 November 2008 ASA, UK takes action against iPhone 3G ad 26 November 2008 Effie Awards tomorrow 25 November 2008 GM ends its deal with Tiger Woods 25 November 2008 ING Vysya Bank launches kids portal “www.kidzzbank.com” 24 November 2008 Microsoft appoints Asia-based head of Ad operations 24 November 2008 Nokia global to zero in on agency 24 November 2008 Creative heavyweights join ADFEST jury 24 November 2008 ASCI reviews 27 ads till September 2008 24 November 2008 Jatin Das selected Creativity & Business International Network ambassador 22 November 2008 AME 2008 winners - Euro RSCG Zurich and ZenithOptimedia New York 22 November 2008 Muralitharan roped in for KFC 22 November 2008 A puppy called Condom creates AIDS awareness 22 November 2008 AB Electrolux plans a comeback to India 21 November 2008 Servo launched in Oman 21 November 2008 JWT and Youth Dynamix join hands 20 November 2008 Royal Orchid Hotels awards duties to Pickle Advertising 20 November 2008 Capgemini reinforces global branding campaign 20 November 2008 ToyWatch unveils its collections in India 20 November 2008 O&M India raises the bar for the Indian ad industry again 19 November 2008 Tirupati laddu to get GI tag 19 November 2008 ICICI's two brands go to Dentsu Creative Impact 18 November 2008 Zapak gaming summit on 21 November 17 November 2008 ITC makes extra offerings 17 November 2008 Axe in the news 15 November 2008 SafePoint launches campaign with Kiran Bedi 15 November 2008 Zatak takes a dig at Axe 15 November 2008 Grey Bangalore bags creative duties for Wockhardt hospitals 15 November 2008 Digital Media Awards on 25 November 13 November 2008 Corporate Strategy & Branding conference in Hong Kong 13 November 2008 PR is new category at Cannes Lions 2009 13 November 2008 Allergan and Kaya Skin Clinic announce BOTOX tie-up 13 November 2008 Dove and Femina search for cover girl 13 November 2008 Croma to launch private label 12 November 2008 Cadbury Perk presents Zapak Gameplex Premiere League - India’s first national gaming leagues 12 November 2008 JWT India CCO Agnello Dias to chair Indonesian advertising awards function 12 November 2008 Airtel's second rural commercial on air 12 November 2008 "Jumbo King has found its niche" 11 November 2008 Anil Thomas joins McCann Erickson Bengaluru 08 November 2008 Olympic boxer Vijender Singh to promote Bajaj Allianz 08 November 2008 Orchard Advertising is creative agency for Colors 08 November 2008 Dhoni to promote Dabur Chyawanprash 08 November 2008 Godrej to promote Eon LCD TV 05 November 2008 Nitin Suri joins Bates 141 05 November 2008 I M Swaminathan appointed vice-president Times Internet 05 November 2008 Victorinox India appoints Percept/H 05 November 2008 McCann's to bring second agency to India 05 November 2008 Bharti unveils new brand identity 04 November 2008 Karl Gomes appointed as national creative director, Rediffusion Y&R 04 November 2008 Hemant Sapre joins M&C Saatchi as senior creative director and vice-president 04 November 2008 Actress Kareena Kapoor to promote Pepsi snacks 04 November 2008 Coca-Cola launches Fanta Apple 04 November 2008 Museum of London unveils new brand identity 31 October 2008 The Mickey Mouse Show to promote Walt Disney in Delhi, Mumbai 31 October 2008 Indian winners, finalists for London International Awards 30 October 2008 Burberry searches for global advertising agency 30 October 2008 PepsiCo will spend around $1.2 billion over the next three years to overhaul some of its soft drink brands 27 October 2008 Aamir Khan introduces Tata Sky Plus 27 October 2008 Manish Ajgaonkar joins Contract as creative director 27 October 2008 Reliance rebrands Adlabs as Big Cinemas 25 October 2008 Srikanth Srinivasamadhavan becomes GM, Unilever, south Asia 25 October 2008 I&B ministry to take decision on Virgin Mobile ad 24 October 2008 Airtel voice message service to have A-list star voices 24 October 2008 Percept Picture Company hires Rajan Vahi as COO, Preeti Mascarenhas as chief strategy officer 24 October 2008 Horlicks may make Indian kids ‘taller, stronger, sharper’, but not in the UK 24 October 2008 Dell launches its first ever brand campaign for India 23 October 2008 Bates 141 appoints key persons 23 October 2008 TBWA appoints Rahul Sengupta as national creative director 23 October 2008 Last date for entries to Effies 2008 announced 23 October 2008 MTV sets up new unit for content 23 October 2008 Double Diamond tea relaunched 23 October 2008 Four agencies to handle Incredible India campaign 21 October 2008 New Coke ad highlights the essence of Diwali 21 October 2008 Genesis Burson-Marsteller named 'Indian Consultancy of the Year' 21 October 2008 Nivea and MTV's fun element campaign 21 October 2008 New ad campaign for Tata Indicom 21 October 2008 Swasti Bhowmick is new group CFO at Rediffusion-Y&R 20 October 2008 Hajmola dhabas on highways 20 October 2008 Dhoni to promote Chocolaty Candy by Godrej 20 October 2008 50 years of Femina 20 October 2008 Pepsi may rebrand Tropicana in the UK 18 October 2008 Atin Promotions wins rights for 'Bus Grab Handles' on Jet Airways buses 18 October 2008 Peter Harris becomes head of Iris Sponsorship 18 October 2008 Gitanjali Group to present a special diamond-studded trophy to 1983 cricketers 18 October 2008 V K Chopra elected president Delhi Ad Club 18 October 2008 Lee's 'Make History' campaign to bring like minded people together 17 October 2008 Parle Agro launches 'Saint Juice' 17 October 2008 Bhushan Kumar is senior creative director at Publicis Ambience 17 October 2008 OgilvyOne, India’s only agency to win medals at the DMA ECHO 17 October 2008 India: a market of paradoxes 17 October 2008 Rajiv Lal becomes CEO of Perspectrum Consultancy 15 October 2008 Shah Rukh Khan to promote Linc pens 15 October 2008 Priyanka Chopra to promote Nokia 15 October 2008 TBWA appoints Ambareesh Chakraborty as head, creative functions 15 October 2008 Nishad Ramachandran will head iContract 15 October 2008 100th anniversary campaign by Lee Cooper 14 October 2008 Mindshare announces senior level appointments 14 October 2008 Rediffusion DYR has a new identity 14 October 2008 Rosebys comes to India 14 October 2008 Rangoli by BBH ushers in British Airways inaugural route 13 October 2008 TDI International wins Kochi account 13 October 2008 Lintas Bangalore bags Wockhardt account 13 October 2008 Budweiser renews Manchester United sponsorship 08 October 2008 Sony India launches festive season marketing blitz 08 October 2008 TNS gives in to WPP’s offer 07 October 2008 Spikes being relaunched as major ad festival in Asia 07 October 2008 Britannia unveils new campaign to celebrate 90th anniversary 07 October 2008 New campaign for Airtel DTH 07 October 2008 Rajeev Raja to join DDB Mudra as creative head 07 October 2008 Mudra launches new event solutions unit Celsius 07 October 2008 Wasim Basir appointed as group executive vice-president Rediffusion DYR 07 October 2008 Pizza Hut reflavours itself as Pasta Hut in the UK 07 October 2008 Five imperatives for online industry’s growth in India: George Gallate, global chairman of Euro RSCG 4D 06 October 2008 Challenges in dealing with publishers and advertisers: Harish Bahl, CEO, Smile Interactive Technologies 06 October 2008 The need for standards and norms: Farokh Balsara, partner, Ernst & Young India 06 October 2008 Shah Rukh Khan to promote Jet Airways 06 October 2008 Coca Cola, launches new mobile website for Diet Coke drinkers in the UK 06 October 2008 Phonevalley opens Asia Pacific office 06 October 2008 Kaushik Roy becomes associate creative director, Contract 06 October 2008 Bharat Patel elected chairman ISA 06 October 2008 The time has come for online video advertising 04 October 2008 Print campaign for Teacher's achievemet awards 04 October 2008 Abhinav Bindra is brand ambassador for Samsung India 04 October 2008 MTNL appoints Percept/H as creative partner 04 October 2008 Brand building will be the focus of the rapidly growing digital media: IAMAI conference 03 October 2008 Festive campaigns by Coca Cola and Cadburys 03 October 2008 Coke's new on-the-go packaging innovation with new Sprite Xpress 03 October 2008 Crayons wins Congress party account 03 October 2008 Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance launches new TV commercial to address the need for insurance 01 October 2008 No TV commercials for Titan's Raga Diva 01 October 2008 DAVP increases advertisement rates by 24 per cent 29 September 2008 UN secretary-general for public awareness partnership with advertising leaders on climate change 29 September 2008 Toyota amends UK ad for Lexus RX400h after rap from ASA 27 September 2008 Brands and language, and the language of brands 27 September 2008 CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards 2008 names top Indian consumer brands 27 September 2008 Percept to handle Wrigley’s Boomer - Bubble Blowing Championship 26 September 2008 Percept/H lands creative account for Everest Industries' roofing division 26 September 2008 Ministry of tourism launches Incredible India campaign in Tokyo 25 September 2008 Tourism Malaysia online advertising campaign launched 25 September 2008 Young Achievers Awards announced 25 September 2008 Minshare unveils new corporate identity 25 September 2008 Rediffusion D Y & R wins Maxo account 25 September 2008 Make Fitness Fun with Reebok and Bipasha Basu 25 September 2008 Yahoo launches digital advertising platform for old media; rumoured to have revived AOL talks 25 September 2008 Sandeep Pathak is new CEO Bates 141, Mukherjee COO 25 September 2008 Two promotions at TBWAIndia 25 September 2008 Major people movement in R&PM Edelman 25 September 2008 US antitrust group supports Google-Yahoo deal 24 September 2008 Downturn wipes out $67 billion value of global brands: Report 24 September 2008 Alok Aggarwal becomes COO India, Cheil Worldwide and Krishan Kant to head BTL 24 September 2008 BBH finalises three-member core team 24 September 2008 Dhoni to promote cement now 23 September 2008 Kohler's award-winning ad comes to India 23 September 2008 Pepsi to outlay $500 million in India: Reports 22 September 2008 Tata-AIG’s promotional budgets may shrink: Reports 22 September 2008 Tendulkar becomes brand ambassador for The Royal Bank of Scotland Group 20 September 2008 Madhukar Kamath elected chairman of ASCI 20 September 2008 R. Subramaniyam to head Ogilvy Live 20 September 2008 Hero Honda launches music video ad to celebrate silver jubilee 19 September 2008 WWF 'Earth hour' wins Platinum at AME Awards 19 September 2008 'I am a PC' campaign by Microsoft targets Apple's market 19 September 2008 Shorlisted entries for Young Achievers Award 19 September 2008 Brylcreem and MTV present ‘Dhoni’s Style 11’ 16 September 2008 Shalini Dam becomes national creative director for Grey Worldwide, India 16 September 2008 TBWA Worldwide acquires 49-per cent cent stake in Omnicom's TBWA India 15 September 2008 Vodafone radio ad banned for racing through terms and conditions voice over 13 September 2008 Sudhir Sahni becomes president, O&M Delhi 12 September 2008 Titan-WWF range of watches launched 12 September 2008 Nielsen launches Prizm insight for mobile advertisers 11 September 2008 Parle Agro presents the New Look Appy Fizz 11 September 2008 Taj to open 50 hotels under The Gateway Hotels banner 11 September 2008 Ameer Ismail promoted to executive director, LINOpinion 10 September 2008 Google moves into TV advertising; strikes pact with NBC Universal 09 September 2008 Advertisers opposes Yahoo-Google ad deal; authorities may take antitrust action 09 September 2008 Rural solutions agency from Mudra 09 September 2008 Madison World bags Levi Strauss account 09 September 2008 Colvyn Harris is chairman of GoaFest 2009 09 September 2008 PerceptKnorigin online agency for Surf & Fish's real estate portal 08 September 2008 BCCL acquires stake in Manhattan Communications 06 September 2008 Ashish Medhekar appointed executive vice-president and head for Everest Brand Solutions 06 September 2008 Indian Idol 4 unleashes marketing campaign 06 September 2008 Asian Paints launches new campaign 05 September 2008 Rajesh Kaul becomes president of MSM Discovery 04 September 2008 GM searches for agencies to handle Captiva 04 September 2008 Mudra Group launches brand strategy and design consultancy Water 01 September 2008 Kyoorius Designyatra 2008 to be held in Goa 01 September 2008 Raj Kurup appointed on London International Awards jury 01 September 2008 Navin Shah promoted to CEO, Percept Picture Company 30 August 2008 O&M appoints Rahul Saigal as vice-president, retail 30 August 2008 Global online advertising to overtake radio advertising in 2008 28 August 2008 Online banner advertisement to grow by 40 per cent in 2008-09 28 August 2008 iPhone commercial banned in the UK over misleading claims 28 August 2008 MindShare Fulcrum appoints Jignesh Ghelani as buying head 28 August 2008 GfK gives up, WPP expected to win TNS: Reports 27 August 2008 RK Swamy includes its MR firm Hansa in new group identity 27 August 2008 Lintas Media Group Delhi becomes first media agency for Jindal Stainless 27 August 2008 O&M wins creative mandate for IDBI Bank 27 August 2008 ADFEST 2009 from 19 - 21 March at Pattaya, Thailand 27 August 2008 Makeover artist Publicis to revamp NCPA’s image 26 August 2008 Ministry of tourism partners NDTV in ‘7 Wonders of India’ campaign 26 August 2008 Plywood major Greenply appoints Alliance Advertising 26 August 2008 McCann Erickson gets Sun Direct’s business 26 August 2008 Percept H to manage creative duties for Integrated Group 26 August 2008 MediaCom gets Deccan Cargo account 26 August 2008 Samsung introduces the TouchWIZ F480 in the Indian market 26 August 2008 Digital Signage Asia 2008 commences from 3 October 26 August 2008 Tata Motors plans big promotion of Jaguar, Land Rover in India 25 August 2008 Avon introduces its first podcast in London 25 August 2008 I&B ministry axes Axe chocolate-man ad 25 August 2008 VCs favour advertising start-ups in India: DowJones report 23 August 2008 Asia's first Media 360 Summit to be held in September 23 August 2008 Idea Cellular’s Mumbai launch branded as world’s ‘largest single-city launch’ 22 August 2008 Swarovski’s media duties to be managed by Alliance Advertising 22 August 2008 Shashwati to head Europe marketing operations for Zee 22 August 2008 Vivek Lakhwara becomes CEO at Lintas' Aaren 22 August 2008 Akshay Kumar to promote Levi's 22 August 2008 CII Marketing Summit: Democratise commerce, says C K Prahalad 21 August 2008 CII Marketing Summit: Change mindsets to reach untapped markets 21 August 2008 CII Marketing Summit: Use value-based pricing to increase market share, says Alyque Padamsee 21 August 2008 Broadcaster Sony, Dentsu trade legal notices over IPL ad agreements: report 21 August 2008 Publicis Hong Kong becomes Western Union's first-ever global agency of record 21 August 2008 CII Marketing Summit: Regional mobile advertising key to propel growth in rural and mass markets 21 August 2008 Creativeland Asia to set up creative laboratory in Kochi 21 August 2008 TRAI issues guidelines for TV rating; moots self-regulation through Broadcast Audience Research Council 19 August 2008 Anil Ambani's Big Street walks tall on 10-year OOH contract for Mumbai SkyWalk 19 August 2008 Management expansion at McCann Healthcare Worldwide 19 August 2008 Superbrands partners Teacher's to commemorate India's best brands 19 August 2008 Madison planning Platinum Media as a second agency with Basabdatta Chaudhury at the helm 19 August 2008 Mahesh Chauhan becomes Group CEO at Rediffusion 19 August 2008 Taj brand valued at Rs4000 crore 18 August 2008 BBC World Service Trust launches condom ad campaign 14 August 2008 Shell ad banned in the UK; WWF launches counter campaign 13 August 2008 M&C Saatchi India wins Franklin Templeton’s brand communication mandate 12 August 2008 RPG Cellucom appoints Ogilvy & Mather as creative agency 12 August 2008 Women to Watch 2008 Awards 11 August 2008 Google, Yahoo allow users to opt out of targeted advertisements 09 August 2008 Google sells Performics search-marketing unit to advertising giant Publicis 07 August 2008 Percept H Wins creative duties for SBI Mutual Fund 06 August 2008 Timex launches 'Conversation Starters' campaign; brand ambassador Brett Lee unveils the new collection 30 July 2008 Madison wins Grand Emvie 29 July 2008 Ad Club announces Young Achievers Awards for the first time 18 July 2008 Build a strong, tangible brand: The Kingfisher way! 11 July 2008 Kingfisher extends Kingfisher brand to wines in India 10 July 2008 Pepsi ousts Sachin as brand ambassador 10 July 2008 General Motors India rolls out an aggressive marketing communication campaign for Chevrolet Spark 07 July 2008 ASCI gets advertisers to fall in line 03 July 2008 BT takes Virgin to ASA over misleading broadband speeds 03 July 2008 Bata sells off Hawai to Brazilian firm; to open 250 new stores 23 June 2008 Aker Kvaerner changes its name to Aker Solutions 12 June 2008 Broadband advertising: Call for new code to cover mobile internet 07 June 2008 Ford Flex marketing campaign to kick off in style 07 June 2008 DJ&C to become a Rs1000-crore brand by 2010 under Future Brands 30 May 2008 Avon to launch new line 'Bond Girl 007' 27 May 2008 News Corp's Fox Network to launch Latin American online advertising network 19 May 2008 Lynn de Souza to head the newly consolidated Lintas Media Group 15 May 2008 Priyanka Chopra to be new brand ambassador of Pond’s 07 May 2008 Personal branding: The art of managing your personal brand 07 May 2008 Rondeep Gogoi moves to Mudra, Delhi as creative director 30 April 2008 Dentsu Marcom's new Mumbai head is R Ravi Shankar 30 April 2008 International oil majors fare poorly in transparency, says Transparency International 28 April 2008 Tatas 57th in global ranking: Brand Finance 28 April 2008 HPCL empanels Leo Burnett, JWT and Mudra for its Rs45-crore account 28 April 2008 7UP to rescue of Earthlings from alien invaders 26 April 2008 Lowe Worldwide accepts Prem Mehta’s decision to retire 25 April 2008 Shoppers Stop “Starts Something New” 24 April 2008 Cricketer Ishant Sharma brand ambassador for Fly phones 24 April 2008 JWT Bangalore wins ING Vysya Bank's creative work 23 April 2008 OOH Media partners CNBC TV18 for Emerging India Awards 2008 22 April 2008 Marketing via controversy: The Indian Premier League 21 April 2008 Kingfisher Airlines announces ‘Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Award’ for DLF Indian Premier League 21 April 2008 I&B Ministry says no more surrogate ads; broadcasters seek clarifications 17 April 2008 Vidya Balan new brand ambassador for Toshiba 16 April 2008 Ryan Menezes joins McCann Erickson as executive creative director 14 April 2008 Euro RSCG to manage advertising and PR for MDLR Airlines 14 April 2008 With employees as brand ambassadors, Ford set to re-claim its title in the US 11 April 2008 Yahoo to test Google AdSense; in alliance talks with AOL 10 April 2008 JWT India partners Japan's ADK to focus on Japanese business opportunities 10 April 2008 Philips hands over N. American LCD TV production to Japan’s Funai 09 April 2008 Amco launches new ad campaign for its risk-free batteries 09 April 2008 Goafest: Ad firm StrawberryFrog coming to India says founder Scott Goodson 07 April 2008 The Times of India's “Lead India” campaign wins Grand Prix for JWT India at Goafest 2008 07 April 2008 Leo Burnett's Luxor ad wins award, generates controversy at Goafest 2008 07 April 2008 Draw from our experience: NASSCOM tells ad industry 04 April 2008 3G big-bang will blind the industry within three years, says Nokia India CEO 04 April 2008 Advertising festival Goafest 2008 set to roll from 3 April 02 April 2008 Giorgio Armani to set shop in India 31 March 2008 Brand Deccan fades out as Kingfisher zooms in 28 March 2008 Katrina Kaif new brand ambassador for Slice 20 March 2008 Cinthol’s new brand ambassador:Hrithik Roshan 20 March 2008 Kingfisher Airlines bags DLF Indian Premier League umpiring rights for Rs.106 crores 20 March 2008 Samsung launches 5 new mobile phones; Aamir Khan to endorse the brand in India 13 March 2008 Nicholas Piramal renamed Piramal Healthcare in group-wide rebranding exercise 11 March 2008 Reliance Energy to become Reliance Infrastructure Ltd 11 March 2008 Xerox associates with Bombay Ad Club 08 March 2008 Edelweiss Capital emerges title sponsor for ICL 06 March 2008 Virgin Mobile to enter Indian telecom market in pact with Tata Teleservices 03 March 2008 Product of the year debuts in India 28 February 2008 Latest Thums Up’s campaign has brand ambassador Akshay Kumar doing a daredevil car chase on Malaysian streets 22 February 2008 DaimlerChrysler India renamed to Mercedes-Benz India 21 February 2008 Reliance Communications consolidates global telecom business under "Reliance Globalcom" 20 February 2008 Chevrolet's 2008 Malibu at Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards 20 February 2008 HSBC heads the list of world's most valuable banking brands 19 February 2008 New TV Channel FIRANGI launches High Voltage Marketing Campaign across media 12 February 2008 Maaza launches communication initiative for the Summer of 2008 12 February 2008 Kale Consultants announces new brand positioning, focus on airline, logistics and travel 12 February 2008 Pepsi’s new brand ambassadors: Ranbir and Deepika 12 February 2008 Brand consolidation for Bosch in India 02 February 2008 WPP's JWT India to secure majority stake in Encompass 28 January 2008 Business of cricket: Ambani, Mallya, SRK, and Preity Zinta win IPL bids 24 January 2008 Big FM repositions its plank in TN 21 January 2008 Sify Technologies Limited launches new logo and identity 07 January 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic ‘Amateur Challenge’ Golf competition in Jan - Feb 2008 07 January 2008 No more “up to” business in advertising broadband: TRAI to ISPs 02 January 2008 Automobiles and their placement in movies: Good for the image? 28 December 2007 Takeovers and racial prejudice 21 December 2007 Tata Motors to unveil “Rs1-lakh car” at New Delhi Auto Expo 19 December 2007 Kareena Kapoor signs on as Anne French brand ambassador 15 December 2007 Tissot’s latest brand ambassador: Deepika Padukone 14 December 2007 LGEIL planning Rs1,000 crore for marketing 14 December 2007 Peter England moves in to the Elite league 12 December 2007 Eight US states sue Camel cigarettes maker Reynolds Tobacco over magazine ad 05 December 2007 Reebok Launches the GOAL collection in association with the John Abraham-Bipasha Basu starrer 03 December 2007 Mudra Communications to make a mark in South 30 November 2007 WPP to acquire Quasar Media in India 19 November 2007 Reliance mulls co-branding initiative for Vimal 15 November 2007 IBM predicts the end of advertising "as we know it" 15 November 2007 LG repositions brand on aspiration plank 15 November 2007 LG repositions brand on aspiration plank 12 November 2007 Incredible India pavilion at China International Travel Mart attracts visitors 03 November 2007 Publicis Groupe''s PR arm Manning Selvage & Lee''s to acquire top Indian PR firm Hanmer & Partners 02 November 2007 Kingfisher Airlines Names Deepika Padukone as Brand Ambassador 31 October 2007 VSNL to be rebranded Tata Communications Limited 31 October 2007 Timex Watches rebrands itself Timex Group 31 October 2007 Louis Philippe targets youth with sub-brand Lp 27 October 2007 Donear Industries postpones retail launch to December; appoints cricketer Yuvraj Singh as brand ambassador 26 October 2007 HBO wants to be known as a brand in India, rather than a TV channel 26 October 2007 Royal Classic looking at Middle East and South Asia (MESA) markets 26 October 2007 TCL introduces "Health TVs" this Diwali 23 October 2007 Kodak launches spectacle lenses 19 October 2007 Philips to add to its product range; Chalks out aggressive advertising budget 19 October 2007 United Spirits'' Bagpiper outpacing Diageo''s Johnnie Walker 19 October 2007 Hidesign to tap Chinese market with range of acessories 17 October 2007 Kores enters gift-marketing segment, launches metal pens 17 October 2007 Arvind Brands targets the south; plans brand extension in to footwear, watches 16 October 2007 Ricky Ponting is the new brand ambassador for Valvoline Cummins 16 October 2007 Lowe steals the show with Grand Effie at Advertising Club, Mumbai 13 October 2007 Nokia Siemens Network transfers Berlin radio access R&D operations to Wipro Technologies 12 October 2007 Angry with ad-rate hike, advertisers threaten TV boycott 12 October 2007 Future Group planning an ad spend of Rs 50 crore 11 October 2007 US Polo Association ties up with Arvind Mills 11 October 2007 Amway India launches TV campaign 09 October 2007 Greg Norman Collection signs licensing agreement with Better Than Before (BTB) 08 October 2007 Saying ''cheers'' to India, UB Group kicks off McDowell promo tour 08 October 2007 Fiat India seeks new advertising agency 08 October 2007 Dish TV signs up Shah Rukh Khan 04 October 2007 Goodbye, Chrysler, no go, Benz, says Daimler - but shareholders do not like it 04 October 2007 Reebok for long-term association with sportspersons 04 October 2007 Wipro launches quad-core desktops 04 October 2007 Cow-Girl comes to town: Wrangler targets Indian women for its Wrangler Girl brand 03 October 2007 Tata Tea is waking up India with Jaago Re campaign 03 October 2007 BIG 92.7 FM rolls out TV campaign with Abhishek Bachchan as brand ambassador 29 September 2007 Sagarika Ghatge, aka Preeti Sabharwal, Reebok''s "Chak de" brand ambassador at Women''s World 28 September 2007 BSNL to change colours as part of brand strategy 28 September 2007 Kishore Biyani's Future Group to infuse Rs 750 crore for 'Brand Factory' 27 September 2007 Oberoi Towers to be re-branded Trident Towers; terminates Hilton alliance from Trident 26 September 2007 Carlsberg launches premium beer in India 24 September 2007 Incredible India bites into Big Apple 24 September 2007 The business of Twenty20 cricket advertising - a Monday with dollar signs! 24 September 2007 From Maxtouch to Orange to Hutch to Vodafone, but Coke still bets on the Orange; Fanta has a new ad campaign 22 September 2007 Flying Machine prepares to fly long haul with Abhishek Bachchan on board as brand ambassador 20 September 2007 Lara Dutta and Bobby Deol to endorse ''Pantaloons'' 20 September 2007 Star seals the deal for an exclusive Vodafone rebranding campaign 20 September 2007 Vodafone to ''Make The Most Of Now'' with Hutch essence 20 September 2007 It''s a dog''s life: Hutch''s pug survives, the brand goes 19 September 2007 Publicis buys Capital Advertising 19 September 2007 Ads on Delhi Metro through Reliance Anil Dirubhai Ambani Group''s BigStreet 18 September 2007 FritoLay plans aggressive campaigns, to add variants to its brands 18 September 2007 Adidas ''Originals'' comes to India 17 September 2007 Aston Martin, Apple iPod, YouTube, Bang and Olufsen tops UK Superbrands'' Coolbrands list 14 September 2007 Reliance ropes in A R Rehman, Vishwanathan Anand, Aamir Khan for Vimal relaunch 14 September 2007 Something for luxury retailers to aspire to: Selfridges creates "The Wonder Room" 13 September 2007 Future Media signs ad-deal with Inox multiplexes 12 September 2007 Mudra DDB bags VW India account 12 September 2007 Leo Burnett is Bacardi''s new brand manager 11 September 2007 Moser Baer India launches optical disk drives; aims to capture 20-per cent market 11 September 2007 TV 18 Rebranded: now called Network 18 11 September 2007 Hindustan Unilever to set up ''hairwash domes'' to promote Dove 04 September 2007 DTH operators can pick channels of choice, rules TRAI 03 September 2007 China's Avic 1 floats public competition to find a name for its new aircraft 01 September 2007 Audio hardware maker Sonodyne plans a comeback 30 August 2007 Globus appoints Kareena Kapoor its new brand ambassador 29 August 2007 $3 billion worth of deals concluded at the Moscow air show 27 August 2007 Image makeover on at Union Bank 23 August 2007 Movie Channel MAX appoints TBWA as its creative agency 22 August 2007 Advertising Standards Council of India prohibits surrogate liquor ads 21 August 2007 Air India''s advertising campaign to promote non-stop US flights 21 August 2007 Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy''s Fendi to open six stores in India 20 August 2007 Microsoft completes acquisition of aQuantive, creates advertiser and publisher solutions group 14 August 2007 UTI Bank officially becomes Axis Bank 30 July 2007 Google ranked fastest growing brand: Interbrand survey 28 July 2007 Maruti Udyog to be known as Maruti Suzuki India 26 July 2007 ITC extends the Ashirwad range to spices 26 July 2007 ITC launches new campaign for Mint-O-Fresh Cool Green 26 July 2007 WPP eyeing acquisitions in India 12 July 2007 Coke's deft Olympian manoeuvre 19 June 2007 eBay pulls out advertisements from Google 16 June 2007 Asian Dhall rebrands itself 15 June 2007 HLL''s Unveils new corporate identity 09 June 2007 Ceat starts brand restructuring exercise 11 May 2007 No managment changes in Lintas India at present: Prem Mehta 11 May 2007 New ad campaign from Citi 07 May 2007 UTI Bank to change name to Axis Bank 30 April 2007 Google dethrones Microsoft as top global brand 27 April 2007 ZenithOptimedia launches digital advertising arm 20 April 2007 Advertise with us 26 March 2007 Advertise with us 26 March 2007 Image overhaul for Jet Airways 24 March 2007 IOC told to stop using Red Cross symbol 16 February 2007 Tata only Indian brand to figure among global top 250 08 February 2007 Rajesh Ananthasubramanian to head Brand Portrait''s US, Canadian operations 08 February 2007 Brand India vies for top global charts by next decade 06 February 2007 Ambani brothers in fray for ICC sponsorship bid 24 January 2007 Kingfisher Airlines is Toyota's official F1 racing team partner 15 January 2007 J Srinivasan: The rubber baron 28 December 2006 TTK LIG: A global scale company and not a contract manufacturer 28 December 2006 How to understand the brand 27 December 2006 Firstsource reflects ICICI Onesource's philosophy 23 November 2006 PUMA and Ducati team up with new cooperation 07 November 2006 Grey Worldwide is first Indian advertising agency to win an Euro Effie 28 September 2006 FCB-Ulka Healthcare introduces new service 24 September 2006 World's largest Wrangler store in Bangalore recreates 'urban cowboy image' 23 August 2006 CEOs as brand ambassadors for cars? 18 August 2006 Coke retains top slot in BusinessWeek / Interbrand global brand rankings 01 August 2006 Realty''s latest fad 28 July 2006 Wockhardt acquires Dumex with Protinex, Farex brands from Royal Numico NV 30 June 2006 Indian brands must establish national advantages 27 May 2006 Subex Systems'' new brand signature highlights strategic focus 23 March 2006 Intel unveils new brand identity 03 January 2006 Suzuki Motor seeks injunction against 10 "Suzuki" brands 08 December 2005 Bharat Forge-Kalyani Group unveil new corporate identity 26 November 2005 AT&T begins life afresh with a new corporate logo 21 November 2005 Space TV yields ground to Tata Sky 14 November 2005 Tata Indicom launches India''s best-prepaid plan on True Paid 20 September 2005 Britannia New Zealand to launch new cheese flavours; 15 September 2005 Hindustan Lever launches spiced tea 02 September 2005 Jim Beam Brands acquires Teacher''s scotch whisky in India 11 August 2005 LG announces Onam festive offer on 'My PCs' 05 August 2005 Johnnie Walker celebrates 200th birthday of John Walker 25 July 2005 Wockhardt becomes only pharmaceutical Superbrand in India 20 July 2005 T-Sky to be the Tata-Star DTH service 08 July 2005 GSK makes a ''horlicks'' out its media meet 17 June 2005 Yamaha launches Fazer variants 13 June 2005 Texport Electronics to launch plasma TV 30 May 2005 Swift show of aggressive pricing 26 May 2005 Coke launches Maaza in pineapple and orange variants 26 April 2005 A780 : Motorola''s next generation offering 26 April 2005 Rajesh Exports to enter branded jewellery market 21 April 2005 The 1,00,000th Ford Ikon rolls out 05 April 2005 Coca -Cola launches new ''Thanda Series'' ad campaign 31 March 2005 Blaupunkt launches the first Blaupunkt Brand Shop in Mumbai 28 March 2005 Tata Tele signs up Sania Mirza as brand ambassador 19 March 2005 It''s time stupid: JWT 10 March 2005 Legends of photography to grace NewSchool 2005 17 February 2005 Hindustan Motors launches new Lancer Lx 09 February 2005 Amway India launches skincare range 09 February 2005 S Kumars enters men''s readymade segment 01 February 2005 Western Union signs three-year contract with ESPN STAR Sports 25 January 2005 150 brands vie for CII''s brand award 20 January 2005 Tamil movie to promote Old Secret rum 12 January 2005 Ayurveda unlimited: The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy expands 27 December 2004 BPL launches CampusZone to net college users 18 December 2004 Kerala adfest-2004 inaugurated 03 December 2004 Madison forays into in-film advertising 23 September 2004 Hyundai launches premium hatch back Getz 16 September 2004 Toyota to launch Innova in India next year 16 September 2004 Tata Motors launches Indigo Marina 16 September 2004 Oscar comes up with new schemes in consumer electronic products 03 September 2004 Medicine Shoppe ties up with Oriental Insurance 31 August 2004 Dainik Bhaskar Indian Marketing Awards 30 August 2004 Coca-Cola India's wins a gold trophy for innovative marketing 21 August 2004 Nissan launches X-Trail sports vehicle 19 August 2004 World Phone ties up with Rediff for wider distribution of its VoIP calling cards 19 August 2004 Tata Honeywell puts dealer business online by launching iStore 19 August 2004 Sara Lee Apparel launches Hanes in India 18 August 2004 Goodlass Nerolac wins two Emvies 17 August 2004 Optimum Media Solutions (South) on a winning spree 11 August 2004 Gillette Introduces the New Ultra Comfort Shaving Gel 11 August 2004 Godrej Consumer Products launches Cinthol perfumed deodorant sprays 07 August 2004 Samsung launches prelims of World Cyber Games at Hyderabad 06 August 2004 Audience Measurement and Analytics launches Asia''s first online TV audience rating service 05 August 2004 Close-Up ties up with Kyon! Ho Gaya Na to reach out to its audience 26 July 2004 Gucci eyewear 10 July 2004 Pepsi set to reach out to consumers with mega "toss ka boss" initiative for icc champions trophy, 2004 03 July 2004 Gillette introduces MACH3Turbo 01 July 2004 Fruit juices go local 23 June 2004 Business Superbrands 2005 10 June 2004 Changing model 05 June 2004 Mattel Toys launches Hot Wheels 'Hot 100' 29 May 2004 Aiwa launches 22 new personal audio products 29 May 2004 Americans to get a taste of India 19 May 2004 Dabur Foods launches Real Junior for children below 6 years 15 May 2004 A contrarian launch strategy 10 May 2004 Henkel Spic now challenges HLL and P&G with price cut 07 May 2004 Knorr Annapurna’s Soupy Snax gives break-time moments a fresh perspective 05 May 2004 Time to dream smart 04 May 2004 5-day summer extravaganza by APTDC 28 April 2004 Pepsi launches summer initiative for 7UP consumers 28 April 2004 Essilor launches Airwear 24 April 2004 EURO RSCG bags Capgemini branding campaign 21 April 2004 Capgemini launches a new global brand campaign 20 April 2004 HLL rolls out consumer promotion campaign 16 April 2004 HLL rolls out consumer promotion campaign 16 April 2004 Delhi Advertising Club awards 14 April 2004 Coke reshuffles brand priorities 13 April 2004 Finding Ms Bigbuy 10 April 2004 Godfrey Phillips launches Maxus brand 10 April 2004 First professional family event management company launched 10 April 2004 Coca-Cola launches Vanilla Coke 08 April 2004 Hutch launches over 250 Java-based mobile games 07 April 2004 Prof Jagdish Seth talks on new frontiers in brand building 07 April 2004 Southern star Chiranjeevi launches Thums Up Mega Thunder celebrations 06 April 2004 Mastercard, Citibank & MTV launch new form of plastic 05 April 2004 Predictable tale 30 March 2004 Coke may sign up Mammootty: But he’s thanda… 23 March 2004 Whirlpool''s new launches aimed at mass market 21 March 2004 BenQ launches new media campaign 16 March 2004 Maaza to be available in small packs 04 March 2004 New wash in the mid priced detergent market 01 March 2004 EC Bans election related advertisements on TV 28 February 2004 A few home truths 20 February 2004 Coca-Cola reaches out to over 200 villages in AP 17 February 2004 Images speak with Miguel Ferre 14 February 2004 Sasi Advertising launches advertising academy 09 February 2004 Marico Industries launches Parachute Shampoo in AP 31 January 2004 P& G fires a salvo with Rejoice in the shampoo wars 29 January 2004 Hyderabad to be venue of Agritex ''04 29 January 2004 Maddy hires IMG to manage his commercial affairs 27 January 2004 Lord Krishna Bank goes for major brand makeover with new logo 22 January 2004 Smirnoff sports a new look 15 January 2004 New Rin powder launched 05 January 2004 Godrej is No 1 Ayurvedic soap available at an attractive price 03 January 2004 Kotex Leak Guard launched 29 December 2003 One-stop shop for branded wear Go Bananas opens in Hyderabad 29 December 2003 The condom experience 23 December 2003 Rasna tops list in most trusted brands survey in beverages 22 December 2003 Hatsun Agro plans new brand strategy 20 December 2003 HLL Launches Sunsilk Naturals 17 December 2003 Godrej Tea introduces new value packaging in tea industry 10 December 2003 Holding the high ground 06 December 2003 MUL''s Upgraded Grand Vitara 06 December 2003 Narayanamurthy leads the pack 24 November 2003 Express call 11 November 2003 FairGlow soap for Rs 5 07 November 2003 Honda launches new City 07 November 2003 Godrej Renew launched 06 November 2003 Rasna Shake Up launched 29 October 2003 Oakleyoffer to get 'real' 27 October 2003 Pioneer Embroideries to set up Hakoba Fashion Galleries chain 27 October 2003 8 PM Bermuda rum launched 20 October 2003 Jagdish Sheth predicts economic invasion of India by US 15 October 2003 Cartier eyewear now in India 13 October 2003 Tender-coconut water brand Elaneer a threat to Pepsi, Coke 13 October 2003 Mountain Dew dudes are back 13 October 2003 Tender-coconut water brand Elaneer a threat to Pepsi, Coke 13 October 2003 Elle unveils six new styles in its eyewear collection for women 01 October 2003 Pepsi forays into new business with Aquafina Bulk Water 29 September 2003 Ad spend to grow by 12-15% soon; Zee Telefilms to benefit 22 September 2003 EIH focuses on image building 20 September 2003 Online ad industry cheers up 15 September 2003 Ad Club exhibition honours those who made a mark in Cannes 13 September 2003 Dr Batras' unveils new products 04 September 2003 Nerolac consumer scheme 03 September 2003 TAG Heuer launches its first eyewear collection: Sport Vision 03 September 2003 Alto repositioned with price cut 02 September 2003 Mindshare to handle media buying account of Reid & Taylor 01 September 2003 Superbrands India honours its first crop of consumer toppers 30 August 2003 Energy booster 29 August 2003 Oakley unveils five new models of trendy eyewear in India 28 August 2003 Timex declared superbrand 28 August 2003 Fiat India unveils Palio NV 26 August 2003 Nerolac Paints unveils strategy; Bachchan is brand ambassador 26 August 2003 JK Tyre's Jet-Trak Mahayatra 26 August 2003 Bloom, gloom, boom 23 August 2003 EFFIE Awards held 23 August 2003 Blue Dart named ''Superbrand'' 19 August 2003 Yahoo! presents Effie Awards 14 August 2003 JK Tyre, Maruti excel in test 09 August 2003 Timex signs Brett Lee as brand ambassador for Billenium 09 August 2003 Brand with Bollywood 29 July 2003 Driving the brandwagon 29 July 2003 Mixed tunes 27 July 2003 LG Electronics unveils a new range of washing machines 23 July 2003 MTS storms the market with new-generation water heaters 23 July 2003 Amitabh Bachchan is Reid & Taylor's new brand ambassador 17 July 2003 Spitz launches Power Horse 17 July 2003 Horlicks gets new flavours 10 July 2003 Pantene Long Black launched 10 July 2003 Cargill launches ActiLite oil 10 July 2003 Ajanta Health launches a slew of oral care, cosmetic products 08 July 2003 Pond''s casts its magic again 30 June 2003 WPP Media walks away with Media Agency of the Year award 30 June 2003 Changing flavours 28 June 2003 And the hatchback sails on 24 June 2003 Vend it like Beckham 22 June 2003 Zee, Turner expand alliance 20 June 2003 HR managers morphing into business strategists: Seminar 17 June 2003 Madison Comm to handle media buying account of Fun Republic 17 June 2003 Pay channels attract people to buy STBs at attractive rates 13 June 2003 Mudra emphasises on product, appoints Kaushik Roy as CCO 12 June 2003 Parakh Foods rated as fastest growing FMCG company 11 June 2003 Hemant Misra is president, north and east, Mudra Communications 10 June 2003 Expect a major shake-up in TV content 10 June 2003 Seasoned flavours 06 June 2003 R K Swamy passes away 06 June 2003 Longines launches DolceVita Round collection of watches 20 May 2003 Rasna''s energy drink Juc-Up launched in Indian markets 10 May 2003 Amul focuses on ice-cream; eyes 17% growth to Rs 3,200 crore 02 May 2003 Qibla Cola Company launches new alternative product range 29 April 2003 Carolina Herrera launches a classic and feminine fragrance 25 April 2003 Godrej Consumer Products introduces Godrej Shave Gel 24 April 2003 Cola price war goes to another level; Coke, Pepsi slug it out 16 April 2003 Surf Excel Automatic, a low lather detergent, launched 12 April 2003 Balsara’s Meswak toothpaste blends heritage with science 09 April 2003 Liquor companies play musical chairs with surrogate ads on TV 08 April 2003 Philips India introduces new ultra-slim DVD-video player 04 April 2003 Weekender Kids promotion on Disney Merchandise starts 04 April 2003 Rasna launches sachet priced at Re 1; plans national expansion 25 March 2003 Britannia New Zealand Foods launches tasty Malai Chaska 24 March 2003 Brands, trademark transferred from promoters'' firm into