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The Q, Chtrbox launch integrated marketing platform BharatBox
Mumbai: Following the acquisition of Chtrbox by QYou Media Inc, The Q India and Chtrbox have together announced the launch of the integrated marketing platform, BharatBox.
BharatBox will focus on delivering content from India’s most popular non-metro creators across television and digital. Combining the strength and reach of The Q with Chtrbox’s data-driven and cost-effective solutions for building successful tier 2 and tier 3 targeted influencer-led campaigns, the marketing platform will empower brands to reach consumers in these markets, said the statement.
The platform will offer 360-degrees go-to-market customised solutions that are fully integrated across all distribution platforms. Services will include television advertisements, influencer-generated social media content, branded content, interactivity and surveys to seek real responses from consumers about new launches via influencers, and e-commerce integrations encouraging direct purchases from audiences, it added.
Speaking on the launch of BharatBox, The Q India, CEO – Simran Hoon, said, “We are thrilled with how quickly we have begun to integrate the power and strength of both companies. The excitement and interest from our brand partners to leverage these unique and combined strengths has us feeling very confident that BharatBox will be a hit out of the gates. Perhaps more importantly, we believe consumers will be thrilled with integrated and branded content that is entertaining, interactive, fun and socially involving as they move towards the purchase of a product or service.”
“With the power of social media and social commerce growing exponentially, we have seen tremendous success for our brand partners while taking their message to the tier 2 & 3 markets. We like to say 1 + 1 = 11 when we describe the power of our joining forces with QYou Media and specifically The Q India. This marks the beginning of the many ways that we believe we will both lead the market and capture the hearts and minds of what may just be the world’s largest new market for commerce and purchasing power, tier 2 & tier 3 India,” added Chtrbox CEO Pranay Swarup.
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WPP appoints Estée Lauder’s Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer
Former Estée Lauder executive to lead operations, technology and culture overhaul under WPP’s three-year growth plan
LONDON: WPP has appointed Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer in a newly created role tasked with delivering the group’s Elevate28 strategy.
Choueiri joins from The Estée Lauder Companies, where she led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including the “One ELC” operating model and major upgrades to enterprise marketing, data and analytics capabilities. She also led the redesign of enterprise technology teams and served on the company’s AI taskforce, driving AI strategy, adoption and value realisation across the business.
At WPP, she will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the operating model behind Elevate28, the company’s three-year growth plan unveiled in February 2026. She will lead efforts to improve innovation, efficiency and integration across WPP’s client offerings, with a focus on delivering agile, outcome-driven solutions and measurable growth.
Choueiri will oversee organisational transformation across the group, working closely with product and enterprise technology teams to deploy AI, data and technology to build new capabilities and improve operational performance. She will also work with the people function to embed cultural change, strengthen an agile performance mindset and support talent development across the organisation.
Before joining Estée Lauder, she held senior roles across consulting and digital agencies, including at Accenture, Masaï (a Bain & Company spin-off), and Kearney, with experience spanning strategy, data and digital marketing transformation.
Cindy Rose, chief executive officer of WPP, said Choueiri brings a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation across operations, technology and culture, adding that her appointment will help accelerate the group’s next phase of growth under Elevate28.
Choueiri said WPP’s strategy represents an ambitious opportunity to reshape how the company operates and delivers for clients, adding that she looks forward to building integrated solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and change.
She will be based in New York and will join WPP’s executive committee.
