Jon Wilkins, founding partner of Naked Communications, which gives communication consultancy to some of the world's biggest companies such as Coca-Cola, Nestle and Nokia, is looking for people to set shop in India. Initially, he wants to work with only three people here, who have an entrepreneurial spirit & an understanding for brand strategy. He is attracted to India for 3 reasons - India is ready for change, ad market here is growing rapidly and new channels are opening up.
One of the richest persons in the world, Buffett is the chairman and chief executive of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, which has holdings in diverse firms like Coca-Cola and Swiss Re.
Sri Lanka might have handed India its biggest ODI defeat in terms of balls remaining on Sunday, but captain Kumar Sangakkara feels the islanders' best victory against the team came way back in the year 2000 in Sharjah.
Charting out a new growth strategy for India, soft drinks major Coca Cola on Friday said it would turn to the country for its global services in different areas.
There have been several, high-profile name changes in 2007 and interestingly, many of these have been corporate rebrandings, rather than consumer product name changes.
Football usually plays second fiddle to cricket in India when it comes to the popularity of the two sports. But international football has a huge fan base.
Dire warnings that the future wars will be fought over water may come true sooner than anticipated, albeit with a flavour. At least four behemoths, three of them multinationals, will soon mount an assault on the flavoured water market.
Chairing an exclusive roundtable with 42 global CEOs and top executives from across 20 sectors, Modi stressed on continued political stability in India, predictability of policy, and pro-development and pro-growth policies.
Coca-Cola's sports-loving CEO on the strategy that has helped him steer the soft drinks giant out of various crises.
With Doordarshan opting out of the simultaneous coverage of the India-South Africa three-test match series, sports channel Neo Sports the exclusive telecast rights holder for the series hopes to rake in Rs 70 crore in advertising revenue. Neo Sports has eight on-air sponsors (two co-sponsors and six associate sponsors). Coca-Cola, Airtel, Hero Honda, Pidilite and Asian Paints are putting about Rs 26-28 crore, while the remaining amount will come from spot selling.
They are evaluating realignment of warehouses and supply chains, besides exploring locations to set up hubs and shutting down some distribution centres
'Devika is a people's person, who simply loves what she does. This reflects in her work; the insights she brings to the table and the way she interacts with people and clients. She has the demeanour of a good captain. Her success is well-deserved.'
Mature markets globally have either become saturated or have slowed down. The emerging markets have therefore become strategically important for these companies. The contribution of Indian operations to the global sales of these multinational behemoths is still small -- 1.5 to 3 per cent -- but this share is bound to grow given the buoyancy in the Indian market.
The FMCG industry hopes for a revival in consumption growth in 2025 with some 'green shoots' already visible, after having a challenging year amid escalating input costs and a double-digit rise in food inflation, which ultimately slowed down the pace of the urban market growth in the second half of 2024. Soaring prices of commodities such as palm oil, coffee, cocoa and wheat forced FMCG players to go for a hike of 3 to 5 per cent or resort to shrinkflation by reducing pack sizes and grammage to retain attractive price points, fearing a volume loss.
According to a 2013 CLSA report , online retail in India was worth $3.1 billion, or about 10% of the country's organised retail market
The regional players are outrightly opposed to the idea, while MNCs are looking for procedural changes that, they say, will align the labelling criteria with global practices.
The IPL 2024 auction, set to take place in Dubai at the Coca-Cola Arena on Tuesday, marks a historic moment as it becomes the first instance of an IPL auction being conducted overseas.
Cola wars are pass, it's things like mobile phone services that are the real competition for Coke products, said Neville Isdell, chairman and chief operating officer of Coca-Cola, the world's largest beverage company. In India, strategy is no longer about competing with global rival PepsiCo or other local soft drink brands. Instead, it's about influencing consumer choice away from such purchases as rock-bottom pre-paid mobile cards to buying a Coke product.
Maturity extension for redeemable preference shares stuck due to lack of directions in FDI rules.
Coca-Cola will complete the process of divesting 49 percent stake in Indian operations by Feb 28, with its bankers close to finalising the financial institutions and high-net worth private individuals with whom the shares will be placed.
'In the early years of this century, barely 10 years after liberalisation, drinking Coke was still cool,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.
Though the intent has been hailed as good for the economy, teething problems remain with a five-rate structure for various goods and services
PepsiCo is gearing up to launch a new 7UP with 30 per cent less sugar and plans to extend the formulation to its other brands
FCMG companies which have plants i Npal may take a hit on revenues.
Iron-rich noodles and vitamin-rich beverages are some products launched by segment majors
Coca-Cola ran an interesting campaign in the run-up to the Football World Cup, which has just kicked off.
Alleging that American cola majors Coca Cola and PepsiCo were "playing" with the health of the public, pro-RSS Swadeshi Jagran Manch
The entire series consists of the shorter format of cricket, which draws more audiences.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's four-year-old telecom venture Reliance Jio has been ranked the fifth strongest brand globally behind the likes of Ferrari and Coca-Cola. The Brand Finance's Global 500 ranking of the strongest brands globally, which determined the relative strength of brands, is topped by WeChat, according to its annual report on most valuable and strongest global brands.
World's second-largest fast-food chain to launch its McCafe coffee brand in India on Monday.
Procurement Leaders Awards is a benchmark for Global Procurement Excellence given by the Procurement Leaders Forum.
Rajneesh Gupta takes a look at Sachin Tendulkar's 10 most memorable knocks in One-day internationals.
Experts question Nestle's silence over Maggi controversy.
In the annual Best Companies for Leadership Study by the global HR consulting firm, the Tata group shared the limelight with other global companies like Procter & Gamble, IBM, Coca-Cola and Unilever.
Consumers have given a thumbs-up to these products, especially in countries such as India. The latter remains a key market for these brands, with volume sales seeing double-digit growth quarter on quarter.
Oh how we miss those blissful and simple times! Don't you too?
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is understood to have finalised a three year endorsement deal estimated around Rs 20 crore with beverage major Coca Cola, after rival PepsiCo dropped him about two-and-half years back.
While 89 per cent of executives in India said innovation was key to economic growth, in the US, only 72 per cent said innovation was important.
The second leg of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola kicked off in Kolkata on Friday. The star attraction, aside from the Trophy itself, was Germany legend and FIFA World Cup-winning captain Lothar Matthaeus, who led the unveiling at the trophy's first-ever visit to India.
