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Singer India partners with Communicate India for brand strategy expansion
MUMBAI: Singer India, a subsidiary of SVP Worldwide, has partnered with Communicate India to enhance its market presence and brand visibility.
With a heritage spanning 170 years, Singer India continues to expand its footprint by diversifying its product range, redesigning its retail presence, and launching its flagship store in Nehru Place, New Delhi. The company is also introducing premium international brands like Pfaff and Husqvarna Viking to the Indian market.
Communicate India, a leading integrated communications agency, will spearhead Singer India’s brand storytelling efforts, using data-driven strategies to shape its communication approach and boost engagement. The agency has a proven track record in executing high-impact campaigns for multinational brands.
Singer India head of marketing & communications Shalini Gupta Vachher said, “As we evolve and innovate, we sought a partner who understands our vision. Communicate India impressed us with their strategic insights and fresh ideas, aligning perfectly with our commitment to consumer engagement and brand leadership.”
Communicate India CEO Akshaara Lalwani said, “Singer India is a legacy brand undergoing a remarkable transformation. Our goal is to ensure this evolution is not just noticed but deeply resonant with consumers. By combining data-driven insights with compelling storytelling, we aim to amplify Singer India’s presence while honouring its rich history.”
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
