Brands
Amazon, Tata & Hyundai top India’s most mobile-ready brands, FB in world’s best
MUMBAI: Ansible, the mobile marketing and technology agency of IPG Mediabrands, in partnership with global market research firm YouGov, and Powered by Google, has launched MDEX, that ranks world’s most “mobile ready” brands.
The Top 10 Most “Mobile Ready” Brands in India Are:
Amazon
Tata Motors
Hyundai
Maruti
Snapdeal
Horlicks
Lakme
Rin
Iodex
Bournvita
In total, more than 2,000 brands were reviewed across 15 countries (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, UK, Uruguay, and the USA) against 60 separate criteria, producing in excess of 240,000 data points.
The Top 10 Most “Mobile Ready” Brands In The World Are:
1. Facebook
2. Amazon
3. 7-Eleven
4. Hyundai
5. Microsoft
6. Nike
7. Google
8. Adidas
9. OLX
10.Target
Ansible India CEO Anjali Hegde said, “India is a mobile first nation and an entire generation has bypassed PC/Desktop to connect digitally. The new consumer is mobile first and uses it as a primary tool for information, entertainment, engagement, communication and commerce. MDEX puts into perspective and benchmarks the mobile readiness of brands to connect with this new consumer. It is an authoritative study which looks at the mobile ecosystem in a holistic way. This is a study is timely and would immensely benefit brands to remain ahead of the curve.”
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
