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HUL leads advertiser’s tally in week 37: Barc
Mumbai: FMCG major Hindustan Lever Ltd (HUL) led the top-ten advertisers list in Barc week 37 (11 – 17 September) with total ad volumes of 4718.72. Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd was a close second at 4028.89 (‘000s). Cadbury India stood third at 944.54.
Brooke Bond Lipton India, ITC Ltd, Godrej Consumer Products, Colgate Palmolive India, Amazon Online India, Procter and Gamble, and GCMMF followed at the remaining seven positions in that order.
Among the brands Dettol Toilet Soap led the tally with ad volumes of 542.01.
Video streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar stood out in the FMCG-dominated list at the sixth spot with 349.3 (‘000s). Amazon India (329.66) and Reliance Digital (304.61) broke the monotony at the eighth and tenth positions respectively.
Rest of the list was populated by FMCG brands including Lizol, Harpic Power Plus 10X Max Clean, Dettol, Dettol Antiseptic Liquid, and Harpic Bathroom Cleaner.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
