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Rhiti Group join hands with Stanvee India to help elevate their brand experience
Mumbai: Integrated marketing and brand experience company Rhiti Group has announced a partnership with Mumbai-based Stanvee, a premium convenience services provider, to help elevate their brand experience and public profile. Rhiti Group works to create and build the entire ecosystem for entertainment, media and sports.
An agreement to this effect, which also involved Rhiti taking up equity stake in Stanvee India, was signed by Rhiti Group chairman and managing director (CMD) Arun Pandey and Stanvee Group chairman and managing director (CMD) Suraj Kumar Behera, recently.
Both organisations promised a slew of developments in the months to come, which they believe will make Stanvee a household name in a very short time.
Speaking on the partnership, Arun Pandey said, “Stanvee is an organisation positioned perfectly to succeed in the digital economy of today and more so in the future. Consumers of the post-pandemic world are today willing to pay a premium for convenience and Stanvee’s offerings we believe have caught the pulse of the new age consumer. With Rhiti’s strengths in marketing and brand elevation, we are extremely confident of the roaring success of this partnership and look forward to exciting times together.”
Also sharing his views was Suraj Kumar Behera of Stanvee who said, “We are glad to have Rhiti as our partners in our journey to become the most trusted and valued brand in consumer convenience services. Stanvee has just the right mix of easy to access services for consumers across the value-chain, in a post-pandemic digital economy. With the proven credentials of Rhiti, we believe our messaging and brand experience will reach the next level in what we believe will be a mutually fulfilling partnership for years to come.”
Brands
Lululemon picks former Nike executive to be its next chief
Heidi O’Neill, who helped grow Nike into a $45 billion giant, will take the top job in September
CANADA: Lululemon has found its next chief executive, and she comes with serious credentials. The athleisure giant named Heidi O’Neill as its new CEO on Wednesday, ending a search that has left the company running on interim leadership since earlier this year. O’Neill will take charge on September 8, 2026, based out of Vancouver, and will join the board on the same day.
O’Neill brings more than three decades of experience across performance apparel, footwear and sport. The bulk of that time was spent at Nike, where she was a central figure in one of corporate sport’s great growth stories, helping take the company from a $9 billion business to a $45 billion global powerhouse. She oversaw product pipelines, brand strategy and consumer connections, and played a significant role in shaping how Nike spoke to athletes around the world. Earlier in her career, she worked in marketing for the Dockers brand at Levi Strauss. She also brings boardroom experience from Spotify Technology, Hyatt Hotels and Lithia and Driveway.
The board was unequivocal in its enthusiasm. “We selected Heidi because of the breadth of her experience, her demonstrated success delivering breakthrough ideas and initiatives at scale, and her ability to be a knowledgeable change and growth agent,” said Marti Morfitt, executive chair of Lululemon’s board.
O’Neill, for her part, was bullish. “Lululemon is an iconic brand with something rare: genuine guest love, a product ethos rooted in innovation, and a global platform still in the early stages of its potential,” she said. “My job will be to accelerate product breakthroughs, deepen the brand’s cultural relevance, and unlock growth in markets around the world.”
Until she arrives, Meghan Frank and André Maestrini will continue as interim co-CEOs, before returning to their previous senior leadership roles once O’Neill steps in.
Lululemon is betting that a Nike veteran who helped build one of the world’s most powerful sports brands can do something similar for an athleisure label that has genuine love from its customers but is still chasing its full global potential. O’Neill has done it before at scale. The question now is whether she can do it again.
