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WPP has appointed Cindy Rose, a senior Microsoft executive, to replace Mark Read as chief executive
She is already a WPP non-executive director on its board.
Small town, big spark: Solar flips the script
Adani’s new campaign highlights rural transformation, but also exposes urban assumptions about who gets access to progress.
Beyond Cannes: Why creativity needs unlearning, not just Lions
Some of India's creative leaders reflect on their experiences at Cannes, from rethinking the definition of creativity to pushing past category norms at Cannes Homecoming.
Snapdragon steps out: From chipset to checkout counter
Qualcomm India's head of marketing, Sumit Sonal, explains how it has ditched the spec sheet to woo consumers through cricket, creators, and culturally-coded storytelling.
WPP's 'pretty grim' profit warning: stock market analysts react
Analysts assessed whether further downgrades will be a broader industry issue.
Green isn’t a colour — it’s a claim you prove
As eco-fatigue sets in, brands faking green credentials risk losing more than trust — they risk losing the plot entirely.
Influence, interrupted: How India’s creator economy grew up
From content to commerce, influencer marketing in India is maturing into a data-led, tech-sustained, outcome-driven growth engine.
Amazon’s Beautyverse blends content, commerce and cart nudges
With creators, AI tools and Prime Day synergy, the ecommerce platform is crafting a conversion-first beauty playbook for India’s digital-first consumers.
Moves and Wins: Week of 07 July
Our weekly roundup of the latest appointments and account wins news from Famous Innovations, Hero Realty, Madison Media Sigma, Blackberry, Adlift, Binge labs, Quruz, Teamology,Ting, BEI, Fairmont and Raffles, Chitra Painters, TBWA, JioStar, Madison Media Plus, Grandeavour Communication, Heyyy, Dentsu, Huella Services, Connect Digital, ITW MEA, and many more.
Campaign roundup: Week of 07 July
The latest ad films and campaigns from brands like Tata Soulfull, Abbott, Pride of Cows, Heerson, MamyPoko Pants, Klook, Nom Nom, Olyv, Cars24, Great Learning, Häfele, Organic India, Burger King, Samsung and Cheil India, Fortune, Glow & Lovely, Jupiter, JBL and more, in our weekly roundup.
When the pavement becomes a cancer ward
A gut-punching film from St. Jude India spotlights how unsafe shelter, not treatment, threatens young cancer patients’ survival in metro cities.
No internet, no problem: AI dials up Bharat
Centerfruit’s tongue-twisting Voice AI campaign proves rural India doesn’t need screens to engage—just smart tech with local soul.
Magna forecasts a 7.7% increase in India’s adex for 2026
With no elections or cricket highs, India’s INR 1371 billion adex proves that digital muscle, data depth, and media shifts are driving real momentum.
WPP global comms boss Chris Wade steps down
Former Ogilvy UK CEO Michael Frohlich will replace Wade, who leaves the holding company after 13 years.
Why Zee5’s language-first bet may be its best yet
As India’s OTT battle intensifies, the streaming platform goes hyperlocal with tech-backed storytelling and tier-2 targeting.
Cannes Lions, AI, and the integrity reckoning
The first ever Cannes Lions Grand Prix withdrawal for AI misuse signals a watershed moment, but is this just the beginning of a much bigger reckoning for marketing in the AI age?
Brands hitch a ride on Rath Yatra's AI bandwagon
From AI films to menthol caps, brands are tapping into Rath Yatra’s massive footfall to mix tradition with tech-fuelled storytelling.
Scroll-stopping or scroll-past? The 2.5-second ad dilemma
As Gen Z rewires the attention economy, brands are trading static ads for AR, creators and bite-sized storytelling to stay in the frame.
X retires ‘unnecessary’ ads hashtag to help eradicate spam
Ads on X will be processed by AI.
Neuromarketing 2.0: When AI reads the room
As emotion-sensing tech rewires adland’s playbook, Findability Sciences’ CMO explains how marketers are swapping gut instinct for micro-expressions, heart rates and heatmaps.
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