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The New York Times, on the November 24th issue, reported that sales of chess sets have dramatically increased in recent times. The timing of the increase in sales was earlier due to the pandemic-induced stay-at-home rules. But in recent times, it was…
The French animal rights foundation ’30 Millions D’Amis’ (30 million friends) has been relentless in communicating and sensitizing people about animal abuse and abandonment for a very long time. It started as a TV program, by the French journalist Jean-Pierre Hutin, in…
The Delhi High Court heard the arguments in the defamation case launched by Karan Bajaj, WhiteHat Jr’s founder, against Pradeep Poonia, yesterday. Page 5 of the legal notice by Karan Bajaj has this:advertisements concerning an imaginary child who the Plaintiffs christened “Wolf…
I used to shave every day when I indulged in the 9-6 rigmarole of full-time employment till early-2018. And I used to hate that task. I shave once a week now 🙂 To be fair, the devices we use to shave these…
There is advertising. And there is journalism. The difference used to be primarily about who says what, where, and who pays for it. The brand’s voice is reflected as-is in advertising which is placed in media channels for a fee. The brand’s…
McDonald’s UK has been making Christmas-themed ad films for a long time. For example, in 2016, Leo Burnett London produced the ‘Juliette the Doll’ film that, like Pinocchio, has a wooden puppet doll coming alive. In 2017, McDonald’s UK and Leo Burnett…
The ‘Mouth Spray’ category in India has traditionally been very small. The kind of brands that occupy the space seem small and lesser-known, or unknown. This is mostly because none of the brands that have a larger play in the oral care…