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Mindshare India wins at the I-Com Data Creativity Awards 2018
Mumbai, 12 April, 2018: Mindshare, India’s largest media agency, a part of GroupM, won the award in the ‘Emerging Market Regions Award Category’ for their innovative campaign for CEREBRO, a content recommendation engine at the 9th edition of the I-Com Data Creativity Awards, part of the I-COM global Data Summit 2018 held at San Sebastian, Spain. Mindshare was the only Indian agency to win at this prestigious awards function. The award also contributed towards Mindshare Global winning the ‘Smart Data Agency of the Year’ and GroupM winning ‘Smart Data Agency Network of the Year’ titles respectively.
The awards are presented to organizations which bring competitive advantage to their clients through their creativity and by leveraging value from data.
Mindshare International also won Data Hackathon for Lufthansa.
Mindshare India won the award for a content recommendation & personalization solution called ‘Cerebro’ which was created to enhance their client Hindustan Unilever’s pilot for their OTT brand Krispy. ‘Cerebro’ helped Krispy to increase Monthly Active Users and stickiness to the platform. It recommends the type of content likely to drive viewership, the most suitable sources of the content and a personalized delivery of the content to consumers based on their content preferences.
Commenting on the win M A Parthasarathy, Chief Product Officer, Mindshare South Asia said, “This award is a testament to the focus on data & analytics of our team. Mindshare receiving the award among global competitors is particularly heartening, and shows we are leading the way on the creative use of data. We at Mindshare are very focused on delivering great quality and efficient results to our clients with our integration of data, technology and content and awards like this only encourage our efforts to push harder and set new standards.”
About Mindshare:
We were born in Asia in 1997, a start up with a desire to change the media world. Now we are a global agency with 116 offices in 86 countries and billings of $35bn (source: RECMA). We aim to be our clients’ lead business partner, to grow their business and drive profitability through adaptive and inventive marketing. We do this through speed, teamwork and provocation because in today’s world everything begins and ends in media. We create new things and have fun doing it. Mindshare is part of GroupM, the media investment management arm of WPP, the world’s leading communications services group. Visit us at www.mindshareworld.com and follow us on Twitter @mindshare_In and https://www.facebook.com/MindshareIndia/ and LinkedIn.com/company/mindshare.
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Maruti Suzuki posts record FY26 profit of Rs 14,445 crore, dividend at Rs 140
Sales hit 24.22 lakh units as Q4 revenue crosses Rs 50,000 crore mark
NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki India Limited reported its highest-ever annual performance for FY2025-26, with record sales volumes, revenue and profit, alongside a dividend of Rs 140 per share.
The company posted net sales of Rs 1,74,369.5 crore for the full year, marking a 20.2 per cent increase over FY2024-25. Net profit stood at an all-time high of Rs 14,445.4 crore, up slightly from Rs 14,297.6 crore in the previous year.
Total sales for the year reached 24,22,713 units, compared to 22,34,266 units last year. Domestic sales accounted for 19,74,939 units, while exports rose sharply to 4,47,774 units from 3,32,585 units a year earlier. The company retained its position as India’s top passenger vehicle exporter for the fifth consecutive year, contributing 49 per cent of total exports.
Exports of the made-in-India e VITARA, the company’s first battery electric vehicle, expanded to 44 countries, highlighting its growing global footprint.
In the January to March quarter, Maruti Suzuki recorded its highest-ever quarterly sales of 6,76,209 units, an increase of 11.8 per cent year-on-year. Domestic sales stood at 5,38,994 units, while exports touched a record 1,37,215 units.
Quarterly net sales crossed the Rs 50,000 crore milestone for the first time, reaching Rs 50,078.7 crore, up from Rs 38,839.1 crore in the same quarter last year.
Operating profit, measured as EBIT, rose 30.4 per cent to Rs 4,409.2 crore, reflecting improved operating efficiency. However, net profit declined 6.9 per cent year-on-year to Rs 3,590.5 crore, primarily due to mark-to-market impacts.
The company said growth in the second half of the year was supported by a reduction in GST rates, which boosted demand in the domestic market. However, production constraints remained a challenge, with around 1,90,000 pending customer orders at the end of the year, including nearly 1,30,000 in the small car segment. Dealer inventory levels were also low, at about 12 days of stock.
During the year, Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited was amalgamated into the parent company, effective 1 December 2025, with financials restated from 1 April 2025 for comparability.
The board recommended a dividend of Rs 140 per share, up from Rs 135 in FY2024-25, marking the highest payout in the company’s history.
With strong export momentum, improving domestic demand and continued capacity constraints, Maruti Suzuki enters FY27 balancing growth opportunities with supply-side challenges, even as it strengthens its position in both conventional and electric vehicle segments.
