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Indian TV ad market to grow by 10% predicts Informa
MUMBAI: Zenith Optimedia‘s optimistic report about the growth of the Indian TV ad market has been backed by a study from UK researcher Informa Media & Telecoms. The Informa study says that the Indian TV ad market grew 9.5 per cent to $1.06 bn, whereas China grew 9 per cent year on year to $4 billion.
The spurt in these two countries‘ spends enabled the Asia Pacific region to edge ahead of Western Europe in terms of TV ad spend for the first time. The Asia Pac region‘s figure totted up to $27.9 billion as against west Europe‘s $26.7 billion. Informa had expected A-Pac to do the trick by 2012, but the region bested the research outfit‘s estimates. The US, says Informa, is the world‘s largest TV ad region with spends of $38.9 billion.
Going forward, Informa has predicted that, the US TV ad market will be worth $47bn by 2015. Asia Pacific will be second at $34.4bn with Western Europe still trailing at $33.6bn. The total TV ad market will be worth $141 billion at that time.
The Informa study also crystalball gazed for 2010 with net TV worldwide advertising expenditure expected to grow 3.7 per cent to $116 billion. India is predicted to increase to the tune of 10 per cent while China will see a 12 per cent rise. South Africa which is hosting the World Cup soccer next month will perk up 15 per cent, with Turkey and Vietnam keeping pace, Argentina is expected to rise 16 per cent.
Informa has forecast that some nations will degrow in 2010. Amongst these figure the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece (no surprises here!!!), Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Romania and Taiwan.
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Ember Cookware appoints Amit Singh as chief of supply chain
10-year veteran to lead operations as brand scales across D2C, quick commerce and retail.
MUMBAI: Ember just handed its supply chain the perfect seasoning because when your cookware is non-toxic and non-stick, the operations behind it better be fast and flawless. Ember Cookware has appointed Amit Singh as chief of supply chain and Services, bolstering its leadership team at a pivotal growth phase. Singh brings over a decade of experience in supply chain strategy, operations and large-scale network buildouts.
He began his career at Singapore-based retail giant Giant Hypermarket before joining Pharmeasy in 2015, where he played a foundational role in building and scaling its pan-India supply chain across B2B and B2C channels. At API Holdings, he later led supply chain operations for North India, managing end-to-end execution across complex, multi-city networks.
In his new role, Amit will oversee Ember’s complete supply chain and service ecosystem including sourcing, manufacturing coordination, logistics, last-mile delivery, post-purchase support and workforce development. His mandate focuses on building cost-efficient, resilient operations that shorten fulfilment times, strengthen inventory management and deliver a consistently high-quality consumer experience as the brand expands nationally.
Ember Cookware co-founder & CEO Siddharth Gadodia said, “Supply chain is where growth either holds or breaks. As we scale across channels and geographies, we need operations that are efficient, resilient, and built for speed, without ever compromising on the consumer experience. Amit has done this before, at real scale.”
Ember Cookware co-founder & CMO Himanshi Tandon added, “As we scale, supply chain efficiency becomes as important as product and brand. Amit’s mandate is to build the operational foundations that make our promise consistent at scale.”
Amit Singh commented, “Ember is building something genuinely different, a category-defining brand with a clear purpose and the ambition to match. I’m looking forward to building supply chain infrastructure that doesn’t just keep pace with growth, but enables it.”
The appointment forms part of Ember’s broader push to deepen leadership across key functions as it invests in its Innovation Lab, proprietary material technologies and operational backbone to support national expansion.
In a kitchenware world where non-stick promises are easy but delivery is hard, Ember isn’t just cooking up products, it’s cooking up an operation that keeps every promise sizzling from factory to fork.
