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In September 2020, the Swedish magazine focused on the healthcare industry, Dagens Medicin (Today’s Medicine), reported about Skåne County (Skåne province in Sweden) was being sued by the Swedish healthcare company Vårdinnovation for breach of contract. The news report said that Skåne…
We (the public) witnessed Hitesha Chandranee’s video on Instagram on March 9th. That was one perspective for us to observe and form an opinion. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HITESHA | Beauty Influencer (@hiteshachandranee) We read about it…
PS: The title of the post is inspired by the Suryakant campaign too. If Swiggy can call all of ‘Suryakant’, why can’t I call Swiggy… Foodpanda? 😉 There’s a massive conspiracy theory online that Starbucks’ Baristas get your name intentionally wrong while…
In my earlier avatar working in PR and advertising agencies, I have occasionally worked with famous celebrities (film stars, sportspersons, etc.) for specific promotions, events, campaigns, and so on. Most of them, as I recall, are in the mindset of coming to…
Ethnic brand Fabindia had launched the Jerusalema Dance Challenge in the middle of February 2021. What is the Jerusalema Challenge? See the end of this post for the background context. The ask was simple – dance to the song playing in the…
The Advertising Standards Council Of India has recently announced guidelines to online influencers around social media advertising (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…
I had written about BigBasket’s cease & desist letter to Coimbatore-based DailyBasket and how the latter fought back publicly through a show-and-tell website that almost decimated the former’s points and showcased some of BigBasket’s points in bad faith. Since I write every…