Brands
Skechers GoRun 5 associates with Tiger Shroff
MUMBAI: Skechers Performance, an American sports lifestyle brand, recently introduced the latest version of their popular GoRun range called the GoRun 5.
To highlight the benefits of the product, popular actor Tiger Shroff, took the Skechers Performance GoRun 5 Challenge last Friday. The actor tried to run at the speed of 16 kmph on a treadmill wearing the shoes that were designed for speed with innovative performance technologies.
Shroff beamed said, “I enjoyed running in these shoe, they were very comfortable.”
Skechers Performance India CEO Rahul Vira said, “The GoRun series comes with lightweight cushioning, the M-Strike technology and a parametric web outsole for better flexibility, agility and durability during a run.”
The GoRun 5 challenge has been thrown open to all. A branded truck will be moving across the nine other cities apart from Mumbai. Consumers from Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Surat, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai and Goa can take up the challenge.
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.
