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  • The account was won following a multi-agency pitch

    Welspun hires Leo Burnett for flooring biz

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leo Burnett India has won the flooring vertical of Welspun Group. Leo Burnett India won the mandate after a multi-agency pitch, and its Mumbai office will look after the business.

     

    Speaking about appointing Leo Burnett India as its creative partner, Meraj Hasan, Chief Marketing Officer, Welspun Flooring said: “To use a clichéd phrase, the idea at Welspun Flooring is to catalyse a ‘paradigm shift’ when it comes to do or change your flooring. We are looking at a behavioural change from the Indian consumer. Flooring can be easy, exciting, colourful and modular. We called for the top agencies to present their ideas. The strategic, as well as the creative solutions that team Leo Burnett presented, are solid and holistically crafted to achieve category leadership in line with our product and service offering. They are based on the proven Humankind approach and are integrated in their essence. And here we are together in this partnership.”

     

    Added Dheeraj Sinha, MD – India & Chief Strategy Officer – South Asia, Leo Burnett: “We have a big opportunity here with the Welspun Group in building a power brand that delivers discontinuous business impact for the flooring solutions business. We are excited about the innovations that the group has across its offerings. We need to work on behaviour change and our Humankind philosophy is helping us navigate this. We are extremely excited about this relationship and we look forward to creating long-term business success for Welspun.”

     

     

  • He will be based out of the Mumbai office of the agency

    L&K Saatchi & Saatchi appoints Meraj Hasan as VP – Planning

    By A Correspondent

     

    Meraj Hasan has been appointed VP – Planning at L&K Saatchi and Saatchi. He joins the agency from Reliance Industries Limited – Jio (4G initiative). He has over 15 years of experience across agencies like Lowe Worldwide, Y&R, Ogilvy, TBWA& McCann in the past. He will be based out of the Mumbai office of the agency.

     

    He has worked on brands like TATA Sky, Airtel India & Sri Lanka, Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio (4G), Unilever (Pepsodent, Close-Up), Colgate Palmolive, Parle biscuits & confectionaries, Nivea, Standard Chartered Bank amongst others.

     

    Anil S Nair, CEO and Managing Partner, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi, said, “Meraj’s appointment is part of a significant ramp up in our strategic planning division. Our sincere attempt is to make each and every brand at L&K Saatchi & Saatchi a Lovemark and hence give it the highest possible strategic input.Meraj comes as a leader who will drive this agenda across as many brands in the Mumbai office.”

     

    Meraj said, “An opportunity to strategically steer some of the best global as well local brands in the country is what pulled me towards L&K Saatchi & Saatchi, when I wanted to do my ‘Gharwapsi’ of sorts to Advertising. A few meetings with Anil and the gang and exposure to the rocking work that they are doing confirmed that this is perfect place to do so. We found our fit in each other.”