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Author: Karthik S

Karthik S

Apple logo, downside up!

Apple logo, downside up!

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 by Karthik S

I’m a Mac user. I love the Mac experience, after having suffered Windows desktops and laptops almost all my life. (PS: I’m also an Android user when it comes to phones. I cannot stand the iPhone). But one thing I have always…

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HUL vs. Emami is ‘&’ vs. ‘and’!

HUL vs. Emami is ‘&’ vs. ‘and’!

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Karthik S

Now, this is getting extremely interesting. The High Court yesterday granted interim relief to HUL in the Glow & Handsome war between HUL and Emami. Reason: it seems HUL made a trademark application way back in September 2018 and again on June…

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Lay’s Heartwork – Phase 1 vs. Phase 2

Lay’s Heartwork – Phase 1 vs. Phase 2

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Karthik S

When Pepsico Lay’s , to celebrate the efforts of farmers, factory workers, truck drivers, distributors, sales force, retailers, and delivery executive, it made sense. Their TVC, though, seemed more focused on showcasing the Lay’s brand (understandably) than all those people. Now, !…

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Maersk’s Disconnected: inventive B2B communication

Maersk’s Disconnected: inventive B2B communication

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 by Karthik S

In my communications-related career, I may have worked more on B2B brands than B2C. So anytime I see a B2B brand pitching higher and creatively, I get really excited! We pulled it off while at Ogilvy, for IBM, in a campaign called…

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Cultivating ‘creativity’ and attracting ‘luck’

Cultivating ‘creativity’ and attracting ‘luck’

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 by Karthik S

During this pandemic, a lot of newspapers were not printed, or printed and couldn’t be delivered. Or, readers were scared to pick them up. Result? Many newspapers gave away their e-papers for free via many modes. I still get an email every…

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Square, diamond, triangle

Square, diamond, triangle

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 by Karthik S

One of the flagship cereal brands of Post Cereals, sold in Canada, the UK and New Zealand is ‘Shreddies’. In 2006, a 26-year-old advertising intern at Ogilvy Toronto, Hunter Somerville, held up one of the Shreddies, and joked “it isn’t a square,…

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Habits

Habits

June 30, 2020February 24, 2022 by Karthik S

Have you hated some vegetable all your life till one day, like a lightbulb being switched on, you start liking it for some inexplicable reason? It happened to me. I have hated capsicum all my life. Or, I thought I hated it,…

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