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Two new ad campaigns use a classic advertising misdirection to force a particular imagery first, only to change it entirely to make a contextual point. Take a look at the series from Petco, the pet food company, made by the agency Droga5….
Note: An abridged version of this post appeared in The Hindu, today (November 3, 2021). See at the end of this post. “An Indian woman, without sporting a bindi, wearing Western clothing, is seen dancing unabashedly in public to celebrate her boyfriend’s…
We are at the age of 15-minute grocery delivery. We need/want everything as soon as possible. And brands comply to create businesses around making that happen and feed into our endless instant needs and wants. Imagine something, and you have the means…
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…