Friday, October 31, 2014

Facebook coming to India as council forum for e comm experts

 World's largest social networking site Facebook has set up the India Client Council to offer a forum to brands to share ideas about the future of marketing. 

The Council includes companies like Tata MotorsBSE 1.76 %, Flipkart, AirtelBSE -2.26 %, P&G, Madison World, ICICI Bank, HUL, Micromax and Future Group among others. 

Apart from India, Facebook has global, EMEA, Brazil and UK councils. 

"There are now more than 100 million people in India connected through Facebook and in the past year, we have invested heavily in creating solutions that are tailored to the needs of people and advertisers here," Facebook India Managing Director Kirthiga Reddy said. 

"Facebook has been one of the key growth partners for Flipkart and the e-commerce industry at large. I am really keen on engaging in an open and transparent idea sharing platform with other people in the Indian ecosystem to find ways in which we can grow not just our business, but trade and commerce in general," Flipkart CEO Sachin Bansal said 

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