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Healthcare brands need distinct positioning: Ratan Jalan

Healthcare brands need distinct positioning: Ratan Jalan

0 / March 12, 2012 8:30 AM

Ratan Jalan,  founder of Medium Healthcare Consulting, has been the CEO of Apollo Health and Lifestyle, part of the Apollo Hospitals Group for almost a decade. He has been responsible for creating some of the most successful healthcare formats in the country

“Rural India presents a great opportunity for us”

“Rural India presents a great opportunity for us”

0 / November 18, 2011 12:07 PM

Joseph Tripodi, Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer, Coca-Cola admits that it is difficult for the beverage major to achieve its global targets unless it competes effectively in the Indian market. In an interview with Ashish Jha of

“If you want to deliver the best, you have to localise”

“If you want to deliver the best, you have to localise”

0 / September 11, 2011 6:26 AM

For Sunay Bhasin, the newly appointed Marketing Head of Pizza Hut, every day at the job is a new challenge. With a vast exposure across retail, healthcare and FMCG sectors, the IIM Calcutta alumni, interacts with Ruchika Kumar of Pitch,

“We are just playing around in the mid-size car market with Verito”

“We are just playing around in the mid-size car market with Verito”

0 / July 9, 2011 11:17 AM

Vivek Nayer, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Mahindra (Auto Division) has been with the company for the past six years now. Prior to M&M, he was working with Reckitt Benckiser, UK as a Global Category Marketing Manager (Furnishings and Floor care).

“Magazine is the best category to learn segmentation”

“Magazine is the best category to learn segmentation”

0 / July 9, 2011 10:43 AM

In an exclusive interview with Ashish Jha of Pitch, Hemant Malik, Chief Operating Officer, Trade Marketing and Distribution, ITC talks about how marketing has evolved over the years. Excerpts: In a cluttered market, how do you ensure effective communication? It

“Brands are focusing on cultures rather than just on propositions”

“Brands are focusing on cultures rather than just on propositions”

0 / July 9, 2011 10:09 AM

In an interview with Ruchika Kumar of Pitch, Ashutosh Tiwari, EVP, Strategic Marketing Group, Godrej Industries, talks about the changing marketing scenario and evolving digitised world and its impact on brand communication strategies. Excerpts: How do you think brand communication

“It is awkward to be marketing healthcare”

“It is awkward to be marketing healthcare”

0 / May 15, 2011 7:32 AM

Ashish Bhatia, Regional Director, Fortis Healthcare has been with the group since its beginning in 2001. In last 10 years, Fortis has grown to a chain of about 60 hospitals including super-speciality centres which offer world-class services and facilities. Marketing

The challenge is to break  the clutter of products

The challenge is to break the clutter of products

0 / March 7, 2011 12:13 PM

In a consumer durables market that is led by LG and Samsung, there is another company – Panasonic which is trying to eat into the share. The biggest achievement for the company in the last two years, according to Manish

“Our customers are our greatest brand ambassadors”

“Our customers are our greatest brand ambassadors”

0 / August 8, 2010 9:04 AM

Eighty years on, Himalaya still remains a research-oriented company developing herbal products validated by modern science. But along the long journey, the company has transformed its structure and kept on adding to its portfolio. Last ten years have been very

Bon Appetit

Bon Appetit

0 / August 8, 2010 8:57 AM

How has your journey been so far with Britannia? Exciting, challenging and surprising in some ways. It’s wonderful to work with a brand people like and buy. Britannia is perhaps the only food brand in India today catering to all