Brands
The Laughing Cow opens a cheese factory for children at Mumbai’s KidZania
Mumbai: KidZania on Monday announced its partnership with the cheese brand The Laughing Cow. The announcement was made to launch The Laughing Cow Cheese Factory at KidZania’s Mumbai facility.
With this collaboration, The Laughing Cow Cheese Factory aims to encourage kids to role-play as cheesemakers, to learn while exploring the art of making their favourite soft and creamy cheese.
The cheese factory will introduce the children to the various steps needed to make cheese. This will help them understand the importance of choosing carefully selected raw materials that make The Laughing Cow cheese nutritious and delicious.
KidZania India chief partnership officer Prerna Uppal said, “We are extremely excited to partner with The Laughing Cow Cheese—a brand that is loved by millions of consumers worldwide. With our association with The Laughing Cow Cheese, we will be providing our visitors with a unique, fun, and educational concept in the form of The Laughing Cow Cheese Factory – India’s first cheese factory experience. Kids can role-play as ‘Cheese Maker’ and discover the uniqueness of The Laughing Cow Cheese and learn what it takes to make the creamiest and tastiest cheese in the world. We are thankful to The Laughing Cow Cheese, a brand that acknowledges and promotes the importance of laughter in a child’s growth and learning journey and is aligned with KidZania’s value of empowering the next generation and broadening their horizon.”
Bel India commercial director Alamjit Singh Sekhon said, “We develop and encourage nutritional and educational programmes in a fun and interactive way. This partnership with KidZania will educate kids in an engaging way about the importance of a nutritious balanced diet while they make cheese.”
He further added, “When kids come into this, The Laughing Cow cheese simulation factory, they will wear the hat of a cheese maker and they will learn, so each of them will be a cheesemaker and then they’re taken through the process of making the laughing cow cheese. It’s, in a way, contributing to the growth and development in a very fun way.”
This interaction will educate children on the importance of a balanced diet. The role-playing activity tends to empower children with a deep insight into the workings of the cheese-making process. It helps cultivate and boost their critical thinking capabilities as well as their motor skills.
Alamjit added, “The experience is definitely inspired by the way things happen in the original factory. But it has been made in a slightly simpler way with a little bit more manual intervention because, typically, when you have a factory, it is more automated and much larger. Here. The idea is to engage with the kids who will participate.”
On completing the role play, the children become The Laughing Cow certified cheesemakers.
Though this is exclusively for kids, Alamjit believes most of their communication is to parents as to how the company can be their ally in terms of creating something delicious and nutritious. “We typically reach out to people in the stores because they are the ones who are shopping, or in terms of our interventions through digital media, they are targeted toward parents.”
Alamjit also told IndianTelevision.com about plans to expand in KidZania Delhi after Mumbai KidZania’s success, “We actually look forward to seeing how things have been with the launch in Mumbai. And then we can possibly look at scaling it up with KidZania in Delhi as well,” he said.
Brands
Wipro hires 7,500 freshers, withholds FY27 hiring outlook
Profit rises to Rs 3,522 crore, Rs 15,000 crore buyback announced.
MUMBAI- Hiring may be on, but visibility is off, Wipro is adding talent even as it pauses the crystal ball. The company hired 7,500 freshers in FY26 but stopped short of offering any hiring outlook for FY27, underscoring the uncertainty gripping the IT services sector as it pivots towards an AI-led operating model.
The disclosure came alongside its fourth-quarter earnings, where management flagged volatile demand conditions and refrained from committing to future workforce expansion. Chief human resources officer Saurabh Govil noted that over 3,000 of the total hires were onboarded in the March quarter alone, signalling continued intake despite a lack of clarity on deployment pipelines.
This divergence active hiring without forward guidance reflects a broader industry pattern where talent acquisition continues even as deal conversions remain uneven and client spending cycles stretch. Wipro expects its IT services revenue for the June quarter to range between a decline of 2 per cent and flat growth sequentially in constant currency terms, reinforcing near-term caution.
Chief executive officer Srini Pallia pointed to artificial intelligence as both a disruptor and an opportunity. He said evolving client priorities are pushing the company towards outcome-driven engagements, with Wipro increasingly focusing on a services-as-software model through its AI Native Business and Platforms unit. The shift marks a structural change from traditional headcount-led growth to AI-enabled delivery frameworks.
The company has already committed over $1 billion to its AI ecosystem, with investors closely watching how these investments translate into revenue. For now, the numbers present a mixed picture. Net profit rose sequentially to Rs 3,522 crore, while revenue grew 3 per cent to Rs 24,236 crore. However, core IT services performance remained under pressure, with full-year revenue declining 0.3 per cent in dollar terms and 1.6 per cent in constant currency.
Large deal bookings offered a counterpoint, rising 45.4 per cent year-on-year to $7.8 billion, highlighting a widening gap between deal wins and actual revenue realisation. On a quarterly basis, IT services revenue slipped 1.2 per cent sequentially, signalling continued softness in execution.
Margins, however, told a more optimistic story. Operating margins expanded to 17.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, up from 14.8 per cent in the previous quarter, reflecting improved cost discipline. That said, the company cautioned that upcoming wage hikes and the ramp-up of large deals could exert pressure going forward.
Attrition stood at 13.8 per cent in the March quarter, indicating stabilisation after periods of elevated churn. Alongside its earnings, Wipro also announced a Rs 15,000 crore share buyback, reinforcing its focus on shareholder returns, with a payout ratio of 88 per cent over the past three years.
Taken together, the numbers capture a company in transition investing in AI, maintaining hiring momentum, but navigating a demand environment where growth is uneven and visibility remains limited.
