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  • The new packaging has been designed and conceptualised by Pentagram.

    Pentragram revamps Appy Fizz for Parle Agro

    By Our Staff

     

    Parle Agro has revamped the identity for Appy Fizz.

     

    Nadia Chauhan, the Joint Managing Director &  CMO of Parle Agro, has emphasised Appy Fizz as a “statement-making beverage that has consistently maintained a distinct and outstanding identity.”

     

    The new packaging has been designed and conceptualised by Pentagram. Speaking on the new design. Said Harry Pearce, Partner, Pentagram Design Ltd: “The essential idea for the Appy Fizz design was to modernise and to create a more visually arresting identity and bottle shape moving the brand away from the huge number of copycats. We re-addressed the emphasis giving the word ‘Appy’ equal prominence to ‘Fizz’ and employed a distinctive font with custom elements. The design retains the brand equity invested in black, white and red with a nod to the apple in the red dot.”

     

    Kriti Sanon and Jr. NTR, the charismatic actors who are Appy Fizz’s brand ambassadors, are seen in the new campaigns with fresh packaging of the brand.

     

     

  • Announces national campaign featuring Salman Khan and first regional campaign with Jr. NTR in South

    Appy Fizz asks consumers to #RiseUp with new summer campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Parle Agro announced the launch of a new summer campaign for Appy Fizz with hyperlocal marketing strategy with various initiatives to further connect with the consumers across India.

     

    Commenting on the announcement, Nadia Chauhan, Joint MD and CMO, Parle Agro said: “Appy Fizz, a Rs 740 core brand, has grown by 70 per cent in last year, witnessing this phenomenal acceptance from consumers has fueled our desire to chalk an aggressive marketing strategy and build this category to Rs. 4,000 crore. Both Salman Khan and Jr NTR have a huge fan base that will help us connect with our consumers and actualize this feat.”

     

    Conceptualised by Parle Agro’s creative partner, Sagmesiter & Walsh, the 360-degree campaign will speak out to the young consumers, encouraging them to unleash their true potential and #RiseUp while achieving their goals in life.

     

    Added Jessica Walsh, Partner at Sagmeister & Walsh: “For Appy Fizz, we have always maintained the intriguing communication strategy, connecting with consumers across the country. Both the brand ambassadors have good screen presence and seamlessly blends with Appy Fizz’s bold and edgy persona.”

     

     

  • Jr NTR will be the face of the brand in South India

    Parle Agro signs Jr NTR as the face of Appy Fizz

    By A Correspondent

     

    Parle Agro has announced the signing of Tollywood star Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr., aka Jr. NTR as the brand ambassador for Appy Fizz in South India.

     

    Commenting on the association, Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director and CMO, Parle Agro said: “Parle Agro has an aggressive target to gain tremendous market share in South India and as part of the marketing strategy towards building a strong foundation in the region we have signed on Tollywood superstar Jr. NTR for Appy Fizz. We understand the influence and affinity for regional cinema and celebrities to build stronger cultural relevance and this is a key agenda driven towards our vision to be the No. 1 beverage company in India.”

     

    Jr. NTR also joins in with Allu Arjun as the second celebrity from south India to be a brand ambassador for Parle Agro brands in the region.

     

     

  • With the on-set of summer across India, Salman will feature in the new #FeelTheFizz campaign for Appy Fizz

    Parle Agro gets Salman Khan to promote Appy Fizz

    By A Correspondent

     

    Parle Agro has announced actor Salman Khan as the new face of its brand Appy Fizz. The actor will feature in the new #FeelTheFizz campaign for the drink.

     

    Commenting on the announcement, Nadia Chauhan, Joint MD and CMO, Parle Agro said: “Appy Fizz has established a strong foothold in the market over the years and with this collaboration, we want to further build the brand through aggressive marketing initiatives. Salman Khan’s magnetic personality seamlessly reflects the brand’s identity, and with his popularity along with the power of Appy Fizz, we aim to make this brand a household name.”

     

     

  • There have been rumours that Salman Khan was being re-considered for the endorsement given the need for a younger star like Ranveer Singh

    Salman will not endorse Thums Up any longer

    By A Correspondent

     

    Salman Khan will no longer be endorsing Thums Up. On Wednesday evening, the Coca-Cola India, owners of the Thums Up brand, and Salman Khan issued a joint statement noting: Salman Khan was committed to an existing relationship with a daily TV show, which this year happens to be sponsored by a brand that competes with the Coca-Cola India product portfolio In light of this, both parties have mutually decided not to renew their current contract.

     

    There have been rumours that Salman Khan was being re-considered for the endorsement given the need for a younger star like Ranveer Singh.

     

    The rival brand that the Coca-Cola India statement hints at is Appy Fizz which is one of the key sponsors of Bigg Boss, the nightly reality show on general entertainment channel Colors.

  • Brings on board the Bollywood and now Hollywood sensation as part of its new repositioning

    Parle Agro’s Appy Fizz appoints Priyanka Chopra as brand ambassador

    By A Correspondent

     

    After a decade since its inception, Parle Agro’s Appy Fizz has been repositioned as a bold, memorable and cult brand. The invigorated brand identity showcases it in a far more edgy and intriguing personality. The brand has also associated with Priyanka Chopra as its new brand ambassador who fittingly comes on board, highlighting the brand values of the new Appy Fizz.

     

    Since its launch, the brand has been considered to be quite intriguing owing to the packaging design and the bottle structure being widely accepted by the consumers. The new image is personified with a new campaign imbibing the values of being mysterious and intriguing exuberating confidence and the right attitude which is highlighted in its visual identity, communication and packaging design. The evolution aims to make it more contemporary and solid and help the brand scale itself to the next level.

     

    Appy Fizz has not only created the category in the country but also continues to be the market leader. Year after year, the brand has seen double digit growth without much push on advertisements and marketing and has become a phenomenal success.

     

    Commenting on new campaign, Nadia Chauhan, JMD & CMO, Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd. said “Today consumers are increasingly becoming conscious of what they are consuming and Appy Fizz has always maintained an aspirational imagery. Keeping this in mind, we have repositioned the brand to up its attitude and become edgier, bolder and sexier! Priyanka as a brand ambassador seamlessly fits this persona. We strongly believe that this collaboration and the new look of Appy Fizz will help reinforce the drink’s command and remain a leader in what will be an approximately 3000cr fruit-based carbonated category in five years.”

     

    In the new television commercial, Priyanka Chopra is seen willing to take bold, adventurous actions in order to stand out from the crowd. With a confident attitude she asserts how she would like things to be. While shooting a regular, lackluster advertisement, she decides to take things into her own hands and tells everyone what really goes in making a good advertisement.

     

    Creative agency, Sagmeister & Walshcame came onboard for the new Appy Fizz TVC campaign. The brand has strived to remain bold and unconventional with out-of-the-box marketing and creative strategies. The television commercial was directed by Julien Vallee& Eve Duhamel and produced by Mathieu Dumont of Sailor Production. The music was developed by one of Bollywood’s best, Amit Trivedi.

     

    “The new campaign for Appy Fizz visualizes carbonated bubbles through different sized circles which come to life through animation in digital and TVC platforms. We worked with Priyanka Chopra for the TVC to create a bold and visually memorable film for Appy Fizz. In the TVC Priyanka “sheds” the sweeter image of the brands past for a new, bold, sexier attitude that the brand will hold in campaigns moving forward,” added Jessica Walsh, Partner, Sagmeister & Walsh.

     

  • For the national marketing campaign of Appy Fizz, Creativeland Asia has used brand ambassador Saif Ali Khan's dream as the new hangout spot for the drink

    CLA creates dream sequence for Appy Fizz with Saif

    By A Correspondent

     

    For the national marketing campaign of Appy Fizz, Creativeland Asia has used brand ambassador Saif Ali Khan’s dream as the new hangout spot for the drink.

     

    In the TVC, which released on the official brand YouTube channel, Appy Fizz walks into Saif’s dream of a dance sequence on the hit number ‘Mein Khiladi, tu Anadi’. Midway through the dream when Saif realizes Appy Fizz is in his dream, he is miffed at him. Nonetheless, they continue to enjoy the limelight together, jumping around doing funky dance moves to the peppy Bollywood track.

     

    The campaign opened on social media platforms; Twitter and Facebook. #SaifNFizzhangout trended constantly on Twitter both in, India and worldwide. Thus, increasing the base of consumers for engagement in real-time for remainder of the year.

     

    This year, Creativeland has redesigned the packaging of the can variant of Appy Fizz to provide fresh content for its young and loyalist consumers. The can highlights the witty and fun ‘can’ jokes in a graffiti-inspired font.

     

    Says Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director & CMO, Parle Agro, “Since the launch of Appy fizz, we have year after year launched highly differentiated creative and marketing strategies. While we launched the sparkling fruit based beverage category in India, many brands soon followed.” Speaking on the brand, she further added, “Our unique approach towards the brand is what has resulted in us having a 99.9% market share and has resulted in the brand growing by a triple digit growth rate year on year. Our 2013 campaign is particularly very exciting because our own Appy Fizz does a Bollywood number. And this has already shown us huge results in creating scale and cut-through, making the brand larger than ever before.”

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Sajan Raj Kurup, Founder and Creative Chairman, and who is also the director of the film, said, “Appy Fizz films are always delightful to do. They are funny, crazy, and very Appy Fizz. I particularly enjoyed this one since this is the closest I have got to do a Bollywood item number. It was great fun working with Appy Fizz and Saif Ali Khan. They both behaved well on the sets.”

     

    The campaign has been conceptualized by Creativeland Asia. The film has been directed by Sajan RaJ Kurup himself and has been produced by ESTD (Easier Said Than Done) films. The visual effects and the animations are created by MFX in Kuala Lumpur.

     

    On this continuing association, Actor Saif Ali Khan says, “I’ve been hanging out with Appy Fizz for two years now and this is our fourth cool commercial. I can’t put in words how much I enjoyed shooting with my buddy. So I danced. Ok, we danced. But really, working with Appy Fizz and Parle Agro has been awesome. The premise of this new TVC is the coolest by far. (It’s like my dream come true!) The music is something I’ve been a part of before. Reliving something like that after almost 19 yrs was really special.”

     

    This campaign also marks the addition of new content on the brand microsite www.appyfizz.com. The new content involves a fresh website design including witty one-liners, a cool new interactive chat window, where consumers can talk and ask as many questions to Appy Fizz online. There will be two new digital elements that include a blog ‘Fizzy logic’ and a ‘Fizz’ video channel.

     

    This year, the campaign activities also include making available to consumers Appy Fizz branded merchandise and accessories. These branded products can be bought on the brand microsite.

     

  • To say the commercial is so-not-funny would be a mild statement. The exchange between the various characters didn't just bore me, it made me squirm.

    Debrief: No Fizz, only Ewwwwww!

    By Anil Thakraney

     

    This one might possibly be the worst TV commercial on air right now. Everything’s gone wrong out here. The Appy Fizz ad involves some very trite banter between actor Saif Ali Khan and his pals, as they lounge somewhere. The drink, which has come alive, adds in its two bits of nonsense. I am not even going to describe this ad, that’s too boring a task. Please watch it for yourself.

     

    [youtube width=”400″ height=”200″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWVoq1ePqx0[/youtube]

    Where do I begin? Saif Ali Khan? What’s the point of casting a middle aged angry actor for a ‘buddy hang out’ drink? How does he fit in? Next. Since the ad is entirely conversation based and nothing else happens aside from that, wit and sharp humour become key ingredients. To say the commercial is so-not-funny would be a mild statement. Truth be told, I haven’t heard such silly, juvenile banter amongst junior school kids. If the copywriter is weak on humour, he/she must avoid that route like the plague. The exchange between the various characters didn’t just bore me, it made me squirm. And of course, no one tells us what makes Appy Fizz a special drink. That it talks utter rubbish is all we know.

     

    By the way, they missed one little trick. What would have generated some laughs is if the angry middle aged actor punched the Appy Fizz bottle on its face. Boom! Chhote nawab is particularly good at these things. Had they done that, I would have given the ad a few stars. For sure.

     

    Rating: (On a scale of 1 to 5): 0. Humour falls flat.

  • Creativeland Asia creates a series of TVCs and a micro site www.appyfizz.com for Appy Fizz as part of the campaign, adding more fun and excitement to hanging out.

    Appy Fizz finds a new buddy in Saif Ali Khan

    By Shubhangi Mehta

     

    Appy Fizz, ‘the cool drink to hang out with’ has found Saif Ali Khan, a new and popular face as a pal. Popular amongst his gang of friends for his sparkling wit, one liners and tireless fizz, Appy Fizz, will now be seen hanging out with Saif Ali Khan, in a series of TVCs created by Creativeland Asia.

     

    In the films, we see Appy Fizz hanging out with Saif and friends during his shoots for films. In the first film from a campaign of three, we see Saif greet his friends as he enters his personal pad at the film studio right after pack up. Appy Fizz jumps out of the fridge eager to see his friend after his long hours at work, startling Saif. Saif then introduces Appy Fizz to his bunch of friends. And then there is no stopping Appy Fizz. In his typical witty style, Appy Fizz boasts to his new friends how Saif and he have done many films together, as even a confused Saif finds this unbelievable. Appy Fizz then explains how he was always present in the intervals at the popcorn-and-drinks counter. This funny banter continues and we see Appy Fizz win the hearts of his new friends with his light-hearted banter.

     

    Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director & CMO, Parle Agro, said: “Saif Ali Khan is a great youth icon who loves his work as much as his life. The actor brings in the cool quotient to Appy Fizz’s friends circle, and both complement each other and make a very entertaining duo. We’re sure the two will make a winning pair.”

     

    She added: “Right from inception, Appy Fizz has been a runaway success. It is the creation of not just a successful brand but a successful category and we are the only players offering such a unique product in the market. We see huge potential in this brand and its massive acceptance has us led us to investing heavily in it. We see a very large growth contribution from Appy Fizz this year and in the years to come.”

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Sajan Raj Kurup, Founder and Creative Chairman, Creativeland Asia, said: “I’m glad we have been able to design a campaign that preserves the sanctity of Appy Fizz communication over the years and yet build in a popularity factor through Saif Ali Khan as a celebrity cast. What makes it even cooler is the fact that it has been able to depict Saif Ali Khan as a hangout buddy and not necessarily a celebrity endorser in the campaign.”

     

    On this new association Saif Ali Khan said: “It gives me great pleasure to be associated with Appy Fizz and look forward to a long fruitful relationship with the brand. I believe brand endorsements are partnerships which go beyond what one sees on TV and Print. Appy Fizz came to me with really exciting concepts which got me interested. Many new ideas and innovations will be seen by the consumer shortly and I am confident that they will be loved.”

     

    As part of the campaign, Creativeland Asia has also designed and developed a microsite, www.appyfizz.com making hanging out even more fun and interesting and a lot simpler for friends. So, if someone wants to hang out with their friends all they have to do is visit the website, and choose one of the options for hanging out with friends either at a nightclub, a bar, a cafe, an entertainment or for a house party. Once they choose an option, Appy Fizz asks them a locality they are interested to hang out in and accordingly suggests to them suitable places they can go to in that specific area. If the visitor opts for a house party, Appy Fizz suggests places in the vicinity where they can buy drinks, food or any other supplies from. Friends can even create an event complete with details like time and place and automatically post it on Facebook and Twitter and invite friends for the same. Creativeland Asia has also developed aMobile application for those on the move.

     

    The website is designed like Saif Ali Khan’s personal pad at the film studio, complete with a music system that allows you to play your choice of sound track as you explore the website, and a Television that connects you to the Appy Fizz page on Youtube.

     

    The campaign has been conceptualised by Creativeland Asia and the films have been directed by Sajan Raj Kurup and have been co-produced by equinox and Crocodile films. The VFX and the animation has been done by Mfx inKuala Lumpur.