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Colgate-Palmolive signs Sharapova as brand ambassador in US
MUMBAI: Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova has been roped in by Colgate-Palmolive for their deodorant and body spray brands in the US. Sharapova will appear in all ads for the company’s deodorant and body spray.
Sharapova already appears in ads for Palmolive deodorant that are aired across Europe currently. In the US, she will represent the Lady Speed Stick brand. According to a media report, the deal will run through three years and is worth at least $2 million annually.
A media report said that Colgate-Palmolive felt that the 18-year-old’s beauty, grace and active lifestyle made her a perfect ambassador for Palmolive’s brand values of protection, reliability and confidence.
Sharapova was quoted as saying, “These products are such a part of both my personal and professional life — there’s such a natural connection for me. I’m looking forward to working with them for years to come.”
Ranked as the number two tennis player in the world, Sharapova, also represents brands such as Tag Heuer, Motorola, Nike and has also clinched a deal with Parlux Fragrances to make her own fragrance.
In the latest Nike campaign, she features along with fellow Wimbledon champion Roger Federer and the marathon runner Paula Radcliffe.
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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.
