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Two Indian lighting brands have launched new campaigns with identical themes at the same time! They have been created by two different agencies, obviously. Surya Roshni’s campaign, by Ogilvy, has the theme, ‘Sabko Mood Mein Le Aaye’. It features Shankar Mahadevan who…
Back in 2017, Pepsi launched a new ad featuring Kendall Jenner. The ad had Jenner come out of a photoshoot to see a demonstration happening on the road, joining that crowd, pick up a chilled can of Pepsi from a well-stocked cooler,…
There is a lot of buzz around the bindi, or the lack of it, recently. Before I explain the current buzz, I should add that I have been conscripted into a ‘bindi-related’ misinformation campaign last year. Here is that issue: Do not…
Back in October 2019, Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai launched the first campaign for HP’s Omen range of gaming PCs. The core thought behind the campaign was that gaming is good for your brain! This was intended to tackle societal belief in China…
How did we talk to brands before social media? We called them via telephones – this seems quaint now!We emailed them – this seems slow now!We chatted with them via online chat tools – I still do this, with Amazon. What happens…
Streaming service. Original programming. On-demand content. Which brand would you recall if you heard those phrases? Netflix? HBO Max? Amazon Prime Video? Disney+? How about Salesforce? Nah, I’m not joking. Salesforce announced a new streaming service on August 10, 2021, called Salesforce+!…
India’s most valued start-up, Byju’s, has reportedly (according to ‘sources’) paused ads featuring Shah Rukh Khan, one of India’s most popular stars. Why? Because Shah Rukh Khan’s son has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau of India (under questionable circumstances, if…