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Facebook’s intent to build an Instagram for kids, aimed at children between 10 and 12 (and Instagram is open to people starting age 13) has been in news since March 2021. It is in the eye of a storm more recently given…
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 –…
Considering the amount of (online) news FreshWorks has been making around their IPO, this is probably a timely recall. A decade ago, just a year into their inception, Freshdesk was called an ‘unethical troll trying to cash in on Zendesk’s (that was…
Actor Ajay Devgn recreates his iconic introductory scene from his debut, Phool Aur Kaante in a recent ad for Mahindra Furio trucks. I had recently written about Mahindra Furio trucks in a different context. A lot of people have commented about Devgn’s…
Vitaliy Katsenelson, Chief Investment Officer at Investment Management Associates (Denver, Colorado) recently tweeted that they have added, in their job interview process, to check the candidate’s Uber rating (shared by the candidate, on-demand/request, by IMA)! Reason? “If you treat strangers with respect…
Three different agencies use three different creative ideas towards hiring and employer branding. 1. One Twenty Three West (Canada) If you are an agency and need to hire animators, UI/UX designers, art directors, copywriters, strategists, producers, and account supervisors, how would you…