Brands
VingaJoy ropes in Jacqueline Fernandez as brand ambassador
Mumbai: Homegrown consumer electronics manufacturer VingaJoy has announced Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez as its brand ambassador. The collaboration is aimed at creating increased brand awareness with respect to the young consumer base.
With the tagline ‘Be Loud, Be Proud,’ the brand is focused on being the first choice of millennials and offers products such as earphones, headphones, speakers, travel chargers, and premium rugged cables that seamlessly integrate into the youth’s style statement. In line with the spirit of the brand, Jacqueline was a unanimous choice as she represents the energy of the youth, the brand said in a statement.
“Jacqueline Fernandez is the perfect face for our brand. She is dynamic, young, and stylish, and a person who has left her own mark in the industry, making her the perfect expression of VingaJoy,” said VingaJoy’s co-founder Lalit Arora. “We are delighted to invite Jacqueline Fernandez to join our crew and take our brand’s style quotient to a whole new level. We welcome her to the VingaJoy family and are confident she will inspire our consumers to feel proud to be associated with a brand like ours.”
“I am extremely thrilled to be the face of VingaJoy and participate in the brand’s incredible journey of success and innovation,” said Jacqueline. “Known as the millennial audio brand, VingaJoy offers seamless tech quality and modern design in all its products. The company’s innovative approach to offer consumer-focused solutions is what attracted me to it. I am hopeful that this association will ensure higher brand recall, and eventually create a larger customer base for VingaJoy.”
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.
