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Author: Karthik S

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The mystery of Fabindia’s Jerusalema Challenge

The mystery of Fabindia’s Jerusalema Challenge

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 by Karthik S

Ethnic brand Fabindia had launched the Jerusalema Dance Challenge in the middle of February 2021. What is the Jerusalema Challenge? See the end of this post for the background context. The ask was simple – dance to the song playing in the…

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Amazon as a great leveler for smaller brands?

Amazon as a great leveler for smaller brands?

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Karthik S

Earlier this year, I went to Amazon (through the website, not the mobile app) and was looking for soap. I don’t recall clearly, but I must have been looking for Hamam soap given that it was quite cold last winter in Bengaluru…

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Influencers disclosing what influenced them

Influencers disclosing what influenced them

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Karthik S

The (PDF). There are 10 broad guidelines, along with some platform-specific recommendations. Of the 10 draft guidelines, 7 pertain exclusively to disclosure! The disclosure guidelines are very similar to what (PDF). But a bigger question is around the ‘why’ of these disclosures….

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Mor Milagai chocolate & Cricket-season Karasev

Mor Milagai chocolate & Cricket-season Karasev

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 by Karthik S

Interesting product ideas and product packaging can be, by themselves, be part of a communication strategy as well as a marketing strategy. Depending on how interesting or unique they are, they could tell a story more than just about the core product…

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What’s your company’s offboarding plan?

What’s your company’s offboarding plan?

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 by Karthik S

Companies lavish attention on onboarding and entry formalities. It starts right from the head-hunting period to the time when the employee finally joins. The life-equivalent of this would be akin to a marriage. So, should offboarding, when the employee quits, be akin…

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Print advertising as TVC’s after-thought and extension

Print advertising as TVC’s after-thought and extension

March 1, 2021June 2, 2024 by Karthik S

Sometime last year, my cousin brother pinged me on WhatsApp with the photo of an ad on the front page of The Times of India and asked me, “It is supposed to be Aamir Khan? If yes, why would he do this?”….

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Beauty, marriage, and change

Beauty, marriage, and change

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 by Karthik S

Yesterday, Hindustan Unilever’s Dove made a splash with its new ‘Stop The Beauty Test’ campaign that seems to be calibrated to move the conversation away from pH balance 🙂 For the uninitiated, Sebamed trounced Dove (and other soaps from the HUL repertoire,…

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