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MEC India to handle Vistaprint media duties
MUMBAI: MEC India, a leading media agency, has been awarded with the media duties for Vistaprint. The account will be handled by MEC’s Mumbai branch.
Vistaprint is a brand from the house of Cimpress, a company based in the Netherlands, which started operations in India four years ago. A leading printing solutions expert globally, Vistaprint India maintains the same world class standards of quality & customer service.
MEC India General Manager – West Mukti Kumaran said, “We are excited about extending our footprint in the e-commerce space. Online printing is an exciting category and is poised to take off in a big way in India. We look forward to a mutually fulfilling partnership.”
Vistaprint Bharath CMO Bharath Sastry said, “With MEC’s proven track record on e-commerce brands, we are assured that they will create relevant campaigns that will strengthen our business in India.”
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.
