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  • It highlights the pulse points in the body that are best for spritzing and make the fragrance last longer

    Engage highlights core USP of its new offering in latest campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Fragrance brand Engage has unveiled a new thematic campaign to introduce its range of perfume sprays for men and women. In this new television commercial directed by Subir Chatterjee of Whitelight Films, Engage highlights the pulse points in the body that are best for spritzing and make the fragrance last longer.

     

    Said Tista Sen, SVP & National Creative Director, J. Walter Thompson: “The new communication focusses on the longing and yearning that perfume can evoke in romance. Imagination and fantasy is captured through young lovers who cannot wait to meet. Perfume on the pulse points heightens ‘playful chemistry’ which is the raison d’être of the brand and brings lovers together through a powerful line that says it all: where do you want to be kissed?

     

    Added Sameer Satpathy, Chief Executive Personal Care Products Business at ITC: “Engage is synonymous with the proposition of ‘playful chemistry’, and the new thematic campaign ‘The Fantasy’ further reinforces its strong credentials as a perfume of choice for couples in love. With the evolving attitude and lifestyle of consumers, the segment offers an enormous opportunity to educate and drive category growth. Spritzing on pulse points is an important aspect rooted in the core of desirability and a perfume spray’s functionality”.

     

  • The philosophy behind this ad campaign is to create a unique brand identity in the super premium interior emulsion category around luxury and glamour

    Katrina Kaif promotes Berger Paints latest offering in new film

     

     

    Berger Paints India Limited announced a new ad campaign for the launch of its Silk Glamor Luxury Emulsion paint. The film features Katrina Kaif telling the story of her home and how she nurtures the feeling of decorating her home to make it picture perfect. The philosophy behind this ad campaign is to create a unique brand identity in the super premium interior emulsion category around luxury and glamour.

     

    Commenting on the concept, Sudhir Nair, General Manager, Marketing, Berger Paints India Limited, said:“The new advertisement harps on the idea of giving a stylish makeover to the walls of our home with new reflective technology, Silk Glamor. The idea of roping in Katrina Kaif is to explain the beauty of the product to the customers and to accentuate the Silk Glamor brand to higher levels.”

     

    Added Priya Shivakumar, Vice President & Executive Creative Director, JWT: “While thinking of the story line I looked at the wall as not just a physical structure. You know the walls have emotions and soul and it actually gets a meaning when we put objects on it. Each one of us should be very specific while painting our homes and walls and thereby choosing so supreme and sensual touch makes them stay special.”

     

  • The tagline 'PranJaaye Par Pulse Na Jaaye' establishes the appeal of Pulse candy

    JWT works up a humorous tale for Pulse candy

    By A Correspondent

     

    Pass Pass Pulse, the candy from DS Group, has rolled out its first TV commercial with a tag line of ‘Pranjaaye par Pulse najaaye’, with quirky and humorous examples of how far people can go to save their favourite Pulse Candy.

     

    The first TVC, conceptualised by J. Walter Thompson Company, is the master commercial that outlines the length to which people will go to hide their Pulse Candy and also the extent people will go to get their hands on a Pulse Candy.

     

    Speaking on the brand, Shashank Surana, VP, New Product Development, DS Group said, “Pass Pass Pulse has been a category disruptor and was an instant hit with the consumers across age groups since its launch. Thus, the idea was to create a campaign, which can reiterate the love of consumers for the Pulse candies. The TVC beautifully showcases this emotion, demonstrating the popularity of the candy. With the launch of this humorous TVC, our endeavor is to take the brand’s popularity to the next level and further strengthen the consumer connect.’’

     

    Said Shujoy Dutta, Vice President and Executive Planning Director, J. Walter Thompson Company:“It’s well-known that candy is an impulse purchase and normally we would assume that this would appeal to the children. But when we were commissioned to work on the brand we discovered that the appeal of the candy spanned all age groups. Consumers enjoyed it so much that they were also buying them in jars – and during the development of the campaign we heard that the demand outstripped the supply and it became difficult to get your hands on the candy.”

     

    Speaking about the TV commercial, SundeepSehgal and Siddharth Prasad (Executive Creative Directors, J. Walter Thompson Company) said: “The challenge of working on a candy campaign is that the category has already seen a large volume of work and expectations from candy advertising are high. We were looking for a unique, fresh take that would give people yet another reason to love Pulse. We noticed that people in office wouldn’t keep Pulse on their tables, but in a drawer or behind a book or something. A little game of hide and seek was playing out right in front of us, and that’s where the campaign idea came from.” Commenting on the line ‘PranJaaye, Par Pulse Na Jaaye’ they said “it’s a quirky reflection of how people protect their Pulse candy.”

     

  • Will the AdEx in 2017 be Rs 61204 cr as per GroupM or Rs 56,152 cr as per Madison & did we cross the Rs 50,000 cr mark in 2016, asks Indrani Sen

    What is the real size of Indian Ad Industry?

     

    By Indrani Sen

    Last week was exciting for the advertising and media industry as the two major reports on industry Adex were released on two consecutive days. GroupM released its ‘This Year Next Year’(TYNY) 2017 report on February 14 followed by the release of ‘Pitch Madison Advertising Report’(PMAR) 2017 by Madison on February 15. In the last few days, both the reports have been published and analysed in the business newspapers and websites, leaving hardly any scope for adding any comment on the same.

    As usual there is a difference between the two projections, this time it is of around Rs 5000 crore. The biannual report on advertising expenditure TYNY 2017 has forecast India’s advertising investment to reach an estimated Rs 61,204 crore in 2017 based on a growth rate of 10% over 2016. On the other hand, PMAR 2017 has projected a growth of 13.5% in 2017 over 2016 and has estimated the size of the industry to reach Rs 56,152 crore.

    According to Sam Balsara, AdEx dropped by Rs 1650 crore in the last two months of 2016 after demonetisation and as a result, the industry adspends narrowly missed the mark of crossing Rs 50,000 crore. On the other hand, the GroupM report, Indian advertising industry clocked Rs 49,758 crore in 2015 and crossed the Rs 50,000 crore mark comfortably in 2016 by scoring Rs 55,671 crores. Madison estimated Indian adspends as Rs 43,991 crores in 2015, Rs 49,480 in 2016 and has projected Rs 56,152 crore in 2017. The difference, between the two sets of estimates, has been hovering between Rs 5000 to Rs 6000 crore, which is not a small amount.

    If we compare the two sets of estimates by medium, we find that the major difference lies in the estimates of TV advertising expenditure, which is bit surprising as TV AdEx is very well-documented. Is there a difference in the way the two estimates are drawn up which leads to a gap of almost Rs 6000 crores between the estimated TV advertising expenditures?

     

    PMAR has shown more favourable estimates for Print and Outdoor than TYNY, while TYNY estimates for Radio and Cinema are higher than the estimates of PMAO. It is interesting to note that for Digital medium, the two estimates ran neck-and-neck for 2016 and are quite close for 2017.

    GroupM Report mentions that Media Adex reported do not include:

    • TV – special inventory like astons, L-bands, tickers, etc
    • Print – tender notices, appointments, classifieds/ matrimonial
    • Radio – activation spends
    • Digital – ad spends by SME segment
    • Outdoor – wall painting

    The above leads us to conclude that the numbers shown in the TYNY for the above five media would be actually higher than their estimations, particularly for Radio, where activation/ events tied up with digital has become a major source of earning for the FM radio stations.

    The Pitch Madison Advertising Report does not mention about the ad expenditures which are not covered in the report, but we can assume that Madison also has not covered the above expenditures which are not included in Media AdEx in their report.

    So, what is the real size of the Indian Ad Industry? Are we yet to cross the Rs 50,000 crore mark or did we cross it last year?

     

    Indrani Sen is a media services veteran, having worked with JWT, later Mindshare and then with Emami. In recent years, she is an independent consultant and academic. She is Adjunct Professor incharge of the Media Management programme at the Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune. The views expressed here are her own.

     

  • The ad encourages people to dedicate a run for the digital empowerment of India

    Airtel’s campaign to celebrate running

    By A Correspondent

     

    To mark this year’s edition of Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) which was held on Sunday, November 20, Airtel came out with an ad campaign that celebrated the spirit of running and calls out people across the country to dedicate a run to the cause of empowering people in India through digital literacy.

     

    The campaign (creative agency: JWT) ran across digital, print, radio and outdoor mediums and has a different take on the spirit of running. It called out everyone to dedicate a run for a larger purpose and empower people in India by making them digitally literate.

     

    Said Rajiv Mathrani, Chief Brand Officer, Bharti Airtel: “With this campaign we are asking people to come forward and contribute to a cause, while enjoying their run. A lot of us are privileged to have access to digital services, but there are millions who are unconnected for the want of digital literacy. Airtel is proactively doing its bit to reach out to people in India and is making an attempt to make them digitally abled. We hope more and more people will come forward and share their run with us in order to make a difference.”

     

     

  • JWT Mumbai created the first TVC for Scrubs, wherein Everyuth is the category leader

    JWT India bags creative mandate for Everyuth Scrubs, releases TVC

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zydus Wellness Limited awarded its creative mandate for Everyuth Scrubs Facewash & Peel Offs to J Walter Thompson India following a multi-agency pitch. The account will be handled by JWT’s Mumbai office. The first TVC created is for the Everyuth Scrubs category.

     

    The ad campaign conceptualised and crafted by J Walter Thompson Mumbai highlights and breaks some myths related to blackheads.

     

    The Everyuth Naturals Advanced Hydro-Active Walnut Apricot Scrub TVC starts with a question “Blackheads hai kya? From here begins the journey to meet different girls from all age groups and what is their understanding about blackheads and dead skin cells. The TVC captures various myths that have been noted in various researches done like ‘Blackheads happen post 30” or “Fair girls are not prone to blackheads” or for that matter even the fact that some women are completely unaware of blackheads or look at it as facial hair.

     

    Commenting on the campaigns differentiated offerings, Samarth Shrivastava, VP & Executive Business Director J. Walter Thompson Mumbai said, “Beauty brands need to realise that they are in a space where the audience already has enough players fighting to survive. So, unless you are hard hitting and entertaining you cannot build your brand presence and we managed to do exactly that”

     

    Added Tarun Arora, COO & Director – Zydus Wellness Limited: “Scrub is an emerging category with very low penetration. The consumer research revealed that there are lots of myths about blackhead and dead skin cells problems. These myths need to be tackled to drive the brand and category growth and that’s what we have achieved through this communication.”

     

     

  • With over 20 years of experience, Bhattacharya has worked across diverse categories such as Food & Beverages, Nutrition, Confectioneries, Technology, Automobile and Durables

    JWT elevates Pinaki Bhattacharya to Natnl Planning Dir

    By A Correspondent

     

    Pinaki Bhattacharya has been appointed as the National Planning Director, J Walter Thompson India. Bhattacharya has been with JWT for over six years and in his last role as Senior Vice President and Executive Planning Director, he was the planning lead on many of the marquee brands in the Delhi office.

     

    With over 20 years of experience, Bhattacharya has worked across diverse categories such as Food & Beverages, Nutrition, Confectioneries, Technology, Automobile and Durables.

     

    In his role as NPD, Bhattacharya along with Mythili Chandrasekar (National Planning Director) will work closely with Bindu Sethi- Chief Strategy Officer to champion the just-launched, new J Walter Thompson way of working – ‘The Pioneering Process’.

     

    Making the appointment, Tarun Rai, CEO, J Walter Thompson South Asia said; “The planning function has always been J Walter Thompson’s strong suit. After all, we invented the planning function in New York, way back in 1968. With so much disruption in just about every aspect of marketing and communication, Planning as a function assumes even greater importance today. The focus of JWT Planning is on solving our clients’ business problems and our new collaborative process – The Pioneering Process – seeks to do just that. It gives me great pleasure to announce Pinaki’s new role as a National Planning Director. Bindu Sethi, our Chief Strategy Officer, now has two senior colleagues in, Mythili and Pinaki to lead the largest team of planners in India.”

     

    “Pinaki is a real asset to the team. There are a few senior planners in India who are able to bring consumer insight into category and brand solution thinking. Mythili adds dimension to our trio by bringing a unique creative edge into the planning thinking process.” says Sethi.

     

    “It’s been six wonderful years of working on and learning from some of the most exciting brands and interesting categories. The new role gives me a wider canvas of brands and people that I hope to influence and help grow. Taking on new roles and challenges that are otherwise daunting seem easier when you are at JWT because of the wonderful and absolutely top class teams and leaders that one is surrounded by- both, within the agency and in our client organizations,” said  Bhattacharya.

     

    Outside of work, he tries to find time to interact with and share his experience with students of management across different Institutes. He also is a keen follower of political developments around the world and a cricket buff.

     

  • Since its launch, Max has carved a niche for itself by bringing to the Indian customers high quality products with world class shopping experience

    Max Fashion unveils inaugural campaign on TV

    By A Correspondent

     

    After a decade of the launch of Max the brand today has grown to over 150 stores covering 60 cities. Max has launched its first TV campaign, in which the objective is to establish an emotional connect between Max and its existing customers and give them compelling reasons to keep coming back to the brand. The communication is also meant to drive awareness by further reinforcing the brand’s key message –fashion for the entire family at great prices.

     

    Said Jiten Mahendra, Vice President- marketing at MAX Fashion: “We are proud to say that the brand is a true mirror of the young India, where 75% of our customers are between the age group of 18-34. The TV campaign is a step ahead to re-inforce Max positioning and its commitment to democratize fashion in the country. With over 300 stores in 16 countries and 5 Million loyal customer base in India, the brand is here to grow! With the success of Max over the last 5 years, this campaign will ensure a stronger brand connect with the existing customer and bring newer audiences to the brand and TV is the perfect medium to talk to such a wide audience and showcase brand presence at a national stage.”

     

    Added Senthil Kumar, Chief Creative Officer, JWT: “We are very excited to embark on a new journey with Max Fashion on TV.  It has been a strong and exciting collaboration between Max Fashions, JWT and Curious. With this campaign the attempt is to create an interesting spin to value fashion that is more relatable to the brands core consumer. Inspired from everyday life moments, the stories are spiked with a mild touch of humor and fun.”

     

  • JWT won this account on the back of high quality strategic and creative presentation

    JWT wins mandate for Gowardhan Ghee & Go Cheese

    By A Correspondent

     

    Parag Milk Foods Ltd has awarded its creative mandate for Gowardhan Ghee and Go Cheese to J Walter Thompson India following a multi-agency pitch. The account will be handled by the Mumbai office. JWT won this account purely on the back of high quality strategic and creative presentation and due to the strength demonstrated in expanding the ideation to a 360 degree horizon.

     

    Mahesh Israni, Chief Marketing Officer, Parag Milk Foods Ltd asserted, “JWT works with a Think Global, Act Local, mindset with deep rooted understanding of the Indian market. The agency has in depth knowledge and understanding of consumer behaviour that will help as a catalyst not only in creating effective advertising but the entire holistic communication campaign around both the brands. The categories will get the desired impetus with a fresh perspective and new thinking.”

     

    Adding on the new partnership, Akshali Shah, VP- Strategy-Sales & Marketing said, “With the kind of pitch that JWT made and strategic roadmap they presented, I am confident this partnership will help create path breaking impactful communication and help us expand to next horizon categories in the consumer space of dairy business. Product innovation is our foundation and we thrive on the same, similarly out of box thinking is JWT’s uniqueness.”

     

    The mandate is to provide strategic and creative for their two flagship brands – Gowardhan Ghee & Go Cheese.  The agency will handle all mainline advertising and services for the brands. In addition to this, JWT Design also bagged the packaging design duties for Gowardhan Ghee and Go Cheese.

     

    Speaking on the wins, Samarth Shrivastava, Vice-President and Executive Business Director, J. Walter Thompson, Mumbai, said, “Gowardhan and Go are well established brands with a rich heritage in the Indian market. Our ambition will be to ensure that both brands become market leaders in their respective categories and continue to leverage the strong values of trust and purity that come with Parag. We look forward to partner them and create unique ideas and communication that is relevant to the category and thus more impactful.”

     

  • Getting what you deserve by Naukri.com will go on air on 23rd June, 2016 with a TV campaign across 20+ channels

    Are you ‘Getting what you deserve?’, questions Naukri.con in new campaign

     

     

    Leading job website Naukri.com has unveiled its new TVC, “Getting what you deserve?” on the theme of addressing the comfort zone of employees and asking them to look for better job opportunities in the market. The primary thought behind this campaign is to empower the jobseekers to step out and get a job that they deserve. Successful employees often talk themselves out of making changes or even contemplating a job switch because of getting success at work. This TVC tries to change that perception with a simple question- Are you getting what you deserve, as there may be better opportunities waiting outside your comfort zone.

     

    Getting what you deserve by Naukri.com will go on air on 23rd June, 2016 with a TV campaign across 20+ channels and will have language edits as well. The campaign will also be launched on digital media comprising of video, mobile, display and social media. It will also run across the website- Naukri.com and external media platforms as well.

     

    Created by JWT, the TVC opens in a party set up where the star employee is dancing with his office colleagues. The employee waves to his boss who is sitting across the table with his counterparts. The boss discusses the possibility of this star employee moving out to get a better opportunity in the market. Fellow senior management people tell his boss that they will retain the employee by tempting him with new job offers or promotions which are nothing but farce.

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Sumeet Singh, Group Chief Marketing Officer, Info Edge (India) Limited, said “The current campaign targets today’s employees , who are smart , know that they are doing well and while organisations might offer many a carrots to them, are these enough or do they deserve more is a question they need to answer for themselves and explore.”

     

    Sanjeev Bhargava, Managing Partner, J. Walter Thompson, Delhi, added “People do not leave their jobs. They leave their bosses.” was the insight on which we had built the Naukri brand. Now times have changed. The smart employee is a coveted entity. The insight that organisations apply the most devious means (not necessarily in the best interest of the employee) to retain their best employees is the new insight on which the new Naukri communication is based.

     

  • She comes with a vast array of experience of over 12 years in companies like Unilever, JWT, Contract Advertising and World Wide Media

    Pooja Jauhari promoted as CEO at The Glitch

    By A Correspondent

     

    Pooja Jauhari

    The Glitch has announced the elevation of Pooja Jauhari to the post of Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. In this new role, Pooja will be taking charge of all the agency business nationally and will help carry the company vision forward as they expand into newer markets both locally and internationally. Pooja was leading the Strategy & Business function prior to this in her role as Vice-President, Client Strategy at Glitch. She comes with a vast array of experience of over 12 years in companies like Unilever, JWT, Contract Advertising and World Wide Media.

     

    Speaking more about the new appointment, Rohit Raj, Co-Founder & Right Brain at The Glitch said, “Pooja has been a key part of our evolution & growth as an agency and has been taking decisions and moving the company forward the way we would have and sometimes better than we would have. We feel very fortunate to have someone as talented as her to run the company and this frees up time for us as founders to concentrate more on our core areas of expertise and help scale the company further.”

     

    Varun Duggirala, Co-Founder & Left Brain at The Glitch further added “At its core Glitch has always stood for disruption in the advertising landscape and as we expand further the need is to have someone at the helm of affairs who unleashes this disruption with a strong strategic and business focus. So it was a no brainer to have Pooja take over this role to lead the charge for Glitch as our CEO.”

     

    Adding more about her role, Pooja Jauhari, CEO at The Glitch said, “We are in the business of impact driven advertising, we help clients sell their products and not just talk about them. The fact that today I get to grow, evolve with and lead the most diverse set of creative and strategic talent helps make this stint exciting and challenging. I look forward to continue working with the founders and taking forward our collective vision.”

     

    With offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, The Glitch manages close to 50 accounts across industries including brands like Lakme, Whisper, Kurkure, Lifebuoy, Lay’s, Pears, Cornetto, Set Wet amongst manyothers.

     

  • The account will be handled out of the agency's Bangalore office

    Lukup Media appoints JWT as its ad agency

    By A Correspondent

     

    Lukup Media has announced the appointment of J. Walter Thompson (JWT) as their advertising agency. The account will be handled out of the agency’s Bangalore office.

     

    While multiple agencies were invited for the pitch, the JWT team’ work managed to capture the spirit of Lukup Media’s intent of revolutionising the content and entertainment space with game changing experiences.

     

    The campaign will be spearheaded by Senthil Kumar, Chief Creative Officer, JWalter Thompson. Outlining his perspective on this exciting brand Senthil said, “The content we consume has moved beyond one screen many years ago and this innovation of multi-screen content streaming from one device is a product idea whose time has come. And our creative ambition is to amplify this concept and deliver insightful communication for Lukup and ensure that we partner the success story of this brand from start up to the finish line. The opportunity to create digital first content for a multi-screen content experience product is huge, and my team is really excited with this win.”

     

    JWT will comprehensively handle the ATL mandate of Lukup Media, working towards creating campaigns that will help form an emotional connect, and brand recall among the consumers. JWT’s expertise will come highly handy in standardising consumer touch points with consistency in terms of tone, and language.

     

    Commenting on the appointment of JWT, Dhiraj Chadha, Head of Marketing, Lukup Media said, “JWT is one of the premium advertising agencies in our country, globally known for their creative and unique ad campaigns. We are delighted to be partnering with them, and are positive that our combined efforts will deliver extraordinary response from the customers. They are currently working on the core proposition and positioning, and we are confident that the final output will be incredible.”

     

    Elaborating on the new win, Joy Chauhan, Managing Partner, J Walter Thompson, Bangalore said, “Lukup media is poised to change the way we consume entertainment and information. The Lukup player a futuristic proposition with high potential, which converges content access across devices, through portability & personalisation. We are absolutely delighted to have won this business, it gives our young, tech savvy talent an opportunity be an integral part of a change this brand will bring in world of entertainment and information delivery.”