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Context: Zomato announced ‘Zomato Instant’ yesterday. 10-minute food delivery! And people have gone on a tizzy foisting many questions about it. The most common one seems to be, ‘But how…?’. Here’s how. (I have added the ‘Why?’ and ‘What about…’ at the…
Back in 2017, the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI) launched a campaign for investor awareness and education for the first time in India. The agency was JWT (J Walter Thompson) and the catchphrase was ‘Mutual Funds Sahi Hai’. Given the…
Shorter version on audio: YouTube: Spotify: Full post: After a long time, I’m glad to see a new underwear brand ad that has a relatable insight, is layered with an eye-popping narrative device, and is also humorously engaging 🙂 I’m referring to…
In February 2022, Perspectus Global, a research firm, was commissioned by the advertising agency CPB (Crispin Porter Bogusky) to conduct research of 1,000 UK-based parents with primary school-aged children (5 to 11 years) and 1,000 UK-based children aged 5 to 11 years….
Shorter version on audio: YouTube: Spotify: Full post: The new ‘Bin Boy’ ad from Hindustan Unilever, made by Ogilvy India, takes one-and-a-half minutes to reveal the point it is trying to make after an extended period to set the context that is…
Last year, I had written about a delightful ad for a private train company in the UK—Avanti—by the agency adam&eveDDB. This one… While writing about it last year, I framed it with the intrigue I felt when I watched it the first…
I was on my way to being mostly indifferent to Spinny’s new ad that features Sachin Tendulkar and where they take the emotional route to showcase the journey of a family as they plan to buy their first car – a used…