Advertising / branding
Tobacco retailers join manufacturers, down shutters
13 Apr 2016
The tobacco lobby says the size of pictorial warnings in India is much larger than the average of 20 per cent that is prevalent among the top five tobacco producing countries, including Brazil and China, comprising around 90 per cent of global tobacco production
Onus on brand ambassadors to prove product quality
12 Apr 2016
A parliamentary committee has mooted changes in the Consumer Protection Bill to penalise celebrities with a jail term of five years and a fine of Rs50 lakh for endorsing claims on product quality, in case the claims prove to be untrue
Internet advertising to overtake TVCs for the first time in 2017
23 Mar 2016
Internet advertising is expected to grow at more than three times the rest of the industry in 2016, says a new report
Trai releases consultation paper on `Issues related to `Radio Audience Measurement’ and ratings
16 Mar 2016
Now, you can WhatsApp misleading ads to ASCI
14 Mar 2016
Tata Motors rechristens its Zica hatchback to Tiago
23 Feb 2016
According to Tata Motors, Tiago was crowd sourced through an online hunt, from a shortlist of the final three entries – Tiago, Civet and Adore
Pay-per-click advertising lacks controls against fraud: study
18 Feb 2016
In 2014, marketers lost $11.6 billion in advertising because of fraudulent clicks
Ad doyen A G Krishnamurthy of Mudra fame dead
06 Feb 2016
AG Krishnamurthy, a doyen in the advertising world who founded Mudra Communications, and the Mudra Institute of Communications (Mica), Ahmedabad, passed away in Hyderabad on Friday
Google shuts Google Play for ad-blockers
05 Feb 2016
TCS named world’s most powerful brand in IT
04 Feb 2016
India's top information technology company Tata Consultancy Services has been rated as the world's most powerful brand in IT services by a leading global brand valuation firm, Brand Finance
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