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Considering we are still in the early days (relatively) of branding and selling electric vehicles, how they are advertised (to evoke desire and consideration) is an interesting angle to observe. Specifically in terms of what features or perspectives are being advertised to…
To engage the housewives of the 1920s and 30s (while their husbands were away at work), there was just one medium in those days – radio. Proctor & Gamble saw the opportunity to communicate with their target audience for the soap brands…
A timeline, to begin with:August 20, 27 – Lux Cozi launches its new ad featuring Varun DhawanSeptember 6 – Amul Macho complaints to ASCI Lux Cozi plagiarized its 2007 (banned!) ad’s conceptSeptember 8 – Lux Cozi advertorial celebrating the success of the…
All through the 1980s and 1990s, as I grew up in assorted cities like Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Trichy, Coimbatore, and Salem (since my dad was in a transferable job – a bank), I used to observe a peculiar obsession of my dad –…
I’m not a regular consumer of chocolates, but I’m most definitely interested in the business of marketing chocolates. In the process of that interest, I do try and sample most new products in the market. When I recently read that Cadbury’s is…
This post is a response to Shivaji Dasgupta’s article in BestMediaInfo, titled, “Is tokenism the latest variant of Dairy Milk?“. Let me summarize Shivaji’s arguments (but please do read the full article before reading my response).1. The new Cadbury’s Dairy Milk ad…
When I mention ‘children’ and ‘vegetables’, most parents inherently know that I’m talking about sworn rivals 🙂 My daughter makes a fuss for brinjal but manages to eat most other vegetables, while my son makes a fuss for drumstick but is generally…