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TAM AdEx: Top 10 brands contributed 10 per cent share of TV ad volumes
Mumbai: TAM AdEx India has released a television advertising half-yearly report for Jan-Jun’24.
Jan-Jun’24 saw a minor three per cent drop in ad volumes on television over Jan-Jun’23.
In Jan-Jun’24, ‘food & beverage’ (24 per cent) was on top followed by ‘personal care/personal hygiene’ sector with 16 per cent share. ‘BFSI’ is the only newly entered sector in the top 10 list during Jan-Jun’24. The top 10 sectors contribute nearly 90 per cent of the ad volume share in Jan-Jun’24.
The top 10 categories together added 32 per cent share of ad volumes in Jan-Jun’24. In the period from Jan-Jun’24, the categories ranked third, seventh, eighth, and ninth showed a positive shift in rank compared to the same period in 2023. ‘Rubs and balms’ was the new entrant among the top 10 categories during Jan-Jun’24. Categories on rank three, seven and ten were from the ‘food & beverages’ sector.
The ‘milk beverages’ category saw the highest increase in ad secondages with growth of 24 per cent followed by ‘rubs and balms’ with 40 per cent growth during Jan-Jun’24 compared to Jan-Jun’23.
‘HUL’ topped the list followed by ‘Reckitt’ during Jan-Jun’24. The top 10 advertisers together added 45 per cent share of ad volumes during Jan-Jun’24. ‘Reliance Jio Infocomm’ observed a positive rank shift along with ITC and Wipro.
The top 10 brands contributed 10 per cent share of television ad volumes. During Jan-Jun’24, total 7.8K plus brands were present on television.
Five out of the top 10 brands were from ‘Reckitt Benckiser’ and two were from ‘HUL’.
During Jan-Jun’24, ‘GEC’ outperformed ‘news’ channels as the leading genre for advertising, similar to the same period in 2023. The top five channel genres accounted for more than 90 per cent share of ad volumes during both Jan-Jun’24 and Jan-Jun’23.
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Hardik Jhaveri named senior director marketing at Colgate-Palmolive Asean hub
Former Hill’s Pet Nutrition general manager returns to the company to steer marketing for South Asean from Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR: Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed senior director marketing for the South Asean hub at Colgate-Palmolive, marking a return to the consumer goods major after a three year stint with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will lead marketing strategy for the region.
Jhaveri joins the role after serving as general manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Taipei, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the business with full profit and loss responsibility. The role placed him at the helm of operations in Taiwan, managing growth in what he described as a start-up style environment within a global multinational.
Before that, Jhaveri spent over a decade with Colgate-Palmolive across several marketing and innovation roles in Asia. As associate director innovation for Apac excluding China, based in Hong Kong, he led new product development and launches across multiple markets.
His portfolio ranged from developing specialised oral care products such as a diabetes focused toothpaste for the Indian market to launching premium oral care experiences under the Colgate Total brand in Australia. Alongside innovation, he also worked on launch planning, brand strategy and communications for the company’s oral care portfolio.
Earlier in his Colgate-Palmolive journey, Jhaveri held roles including marketing manager innovation, senior brand manager and brand manager. His work spanned urban and rural markets in Mumbai and customer development responsibilities in the Greater Kolkata Area.
Prior to his long association with Colgate-Palmolive, Jhaveri worked as brand officer home care at Unilever, where he helped drive marketing initiatives for the Rin detergent brand, including nationwide relaunch and on ground activation campaigns.
He began his career in advertising with Bates David Enterprise, working on brands such as IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
Jhaveri holds a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business and has also completed a level 4 diploma in wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Announcing the move, Jhaveri said he is excited to begin his new chapter at Colgate-Palmolive’s South Asean hub and thanked colleagues and mentors who supported his journey at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
