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Max to up store count to 56 by March 2011
BANGALORE: Dubai-based Landmark Group’s value fashion retail brand Max plans to increase the number of stores in the country from the current 38 to around 50-56 by the end of March 2011. This was revealed by Max executive director Vasanth Kumar during the launch of the 37th and 38th store in Bangalore.
“Next Friday, we open an outlet in Cochin. Till the end of March, we’ll be opening a store almost every 10 days,” informed Kumar. The chain has witnessed year on year growth of around 35 per cent over the last three years.
The Landmark uses radio strategically for its Max brand of stores- during store launches in any city. It uses ‘bursts of advertisements’ on any of the top three radio stations based on listenership numbers, to create awareness about its presence in a locality. It uses the print media and outdoor billboards within a five kilometer radius of the new store. Besides mass media communication bursts during launches, it also holds local events with a social cause and/or invites the common people to see celebrities in the new store.
It spends around 3-4 per cent of its revenues towards marketing, brand building and mass media communications.
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Collective Artists Network reshuffles talent leadership
Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee take expanded roles in core division.
MUMBAI: Collective Artists Network just handed the talent baton to its homegrown stars because when your agents have been building careers this long, it’s time to let them run the show. Collective Artists Network has announced the next phase of leadership for its talent management business, elevating senior agents Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee to expanded roles within the division. The move strengthens the company’s foundational talent arm while it continues to grow into content creation and production-led ventures.
Each of the three has played a significant part in shaping artist careers across films, digital platforms and brand partnerships. Together they now represent the next generation of leadership for Collective’s talent operations, with a continued focus on long-term career building, strong partnerships and adapting representation to a fast-changing media landscape.
Collective Artists Network founder and Group CEO Vijay Subramaniam remains actively involved in guiding artist strategy and key relationships. He said, “Talent management has been the foundation on which Collective was built, and that philosophy continues to guide how we grow the company. As we enter this next phase, it’s important that the people leading this business have both deep context and long-term convictions.”
Collective Artists Network partner and head of talent Janahavi Rawal added, “Collective’s talent business has always been built on trust, long-term thinking, and a deep understanding of where artists want to go next. Fiona, Jinal, and Arjun have each played an important role in shaping the careers of the artists we represent, and this phase is about empowering our senior agents further while building the right support systems around them.”
The leadership evolution reflects Collective’s belief in promoting from within and creating clear ownership across verticals. In a talent world where yesterday’s agent is tomorrow’s partner, Collective isn’t just reshuffling chairs, it’s handing the spotlight to the people who’ve been quietly directing the show all along.
