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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….
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…
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?”….
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,…
A toilet paper brand that pitches way above its category! The ad film for Peruvian brand Super toilet paper, by the agency 121 (Peru), positions the product on 2 levels – the functional clean and the metaphorical clean. It works well because…
Traditionally, wine has always been associated with glass bottles and glass serving containers (it’s literally called ‘wine glass’!). But in recent times, quite a few brands are trying other forms of containers and packaging for selling wine. A few examples: The Brazilian…
Two ads from January 2021, for 2 different products, but their messages are polar opposites to each other! I loved the first one – for Unilever’s Degree Deodorant, by the agency BBDO USA. The ad film features NBA star Kevin Durant and…