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Myntra aims to boost engagement on app with first-ever digital fashion reality show ‘Fashion Superstar’
MUMBAI: Bangalore-based fashion e-tailer Myntra has come up with a first-of-its-kind digital fashion reality show, Fashion Superstar, in association with Zoom Studios, to change the way India shops. With this, the company is planning to turn ‘catalogue-led fashion’ into ‘content-led fashion’, Myntra-Jabong head Amar Nagaram stated.
The show, which airs its first episode on 17 September, will go live on the Myntra App and Zoom TV, and will be judged by Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha and celebrity stylist Shaleena Nathani. It will capture the journey of 10 social media influencers as they compete through a variety of fashion styling and digital content creation tasks to showcase their penchant for fashion and social media. The show has been produced in association with Banijay India.
Speaking about hosting the show on the new and improved Myntra app, which in future will get more and more personalised content, Nagaram said that while their content was always running on Zoom TV, they had ambitions of making it available on their app for the longest time.
He said, “We started by introducing video catalogues on our app. Today, we have 33-35 per cent of our products in a video catalogue format. And we noticed that doing this increased the engagement time on our app. Today, we are just next to the social media platforms on the basis of average time spent on an app; with an engagement time of 20 minutes.”
However, they were trying to figure how video content could be used in a more versatile manner in accordance with the shopping experience that the app provided.
Nagaram further shared, “With influencer-led marketing taking the center-stage, we are now sure how to shape the user behavior using video. And that’s why we started this show.”
With the show, Nagaram’s focus is not on driving sales but to further increase the engagement on the Myntra app.
“We are measuring the engagement on the basis of time spent by the user and not by the revenue because that would be the metric of how good the content is coming on the platform. I can post a content, which user might click and buy the product, but if people are not watching the entire content we have a problem with it,” Nagaram said.
On being asked about getting advertisers on board, Nagaram pointed out that Myntra engaged with select partners to sponsor some parts of the choice. This was a conscious shows given that it was their first fairway into the content space and the team wanted to execute it to perfection.
With brands like Liva and Libas in tow, Myntra aims to showcase ‘meaningful collaborations’ throughout the course of its new show.
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Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
