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  • Pizza Hut is also launching an aggressive TV and digital campaign highlighting the offer

    Pizza Hut offers pan pizzas starting at Rs. 99

    By A Correspondent

     

    Pizza Hut has announced the launch of ‘Wow Everyday Value’ accompanied by a TV and digital campaign created by Ogilvy.

     

    Commenting on the announcement, Prashant Gaur, Chief Brand and Customer Officer, Pizza Hut India Subcontinent said: “Ever since Pizza Hut entered India, customers have consistently given us a lot of credit for serving the tastiest pizzas and giving them a great experience. No surprises that we have been adjudged as the Most Trusted Brand by a reputed media house for the 13th time in a row.

     

    With changing times, the needs of consumers have also changed, with pizzas evolving from being just a special occasion treat to an everyday home meal replacement.”

     

    Talking about the launch of the advertising film, Gaur added: “IPL is a very critical time for brands to invest and dial-up visibility. That brings in immense clutter, making it imperative to come up with unique and distinctive creative route for high customer recall. Breaking the norm of traditional category advertising was our key motivation behind introducing ‘Agent Pizza’ and we are confident that his character will make the film stand-out from the rest.”

     

    Said Kapil Arora, President – Ogilvy Group Companies, North at Ogilvy & Mather: “In the world of Pizzas, where value often comes at the cost of quality, Pizza Hut is the exception. With its Wow Everyday Value offering, consumers can now feast on the tastiest pizzas, at an accessible Rs 99 price point. Naturally, that makes Pizza Hut the destination of choice for pizza lovers. Our communication simply dramatises the same.”

  • Breaks QSR advertising clutter to impactfully engage millennials

    Pizza Hut strengthens its content strategy with new ad film

    By A Correspondent

     

    Pizza Hut is back with a new brand film for millennial netizens that will be launched exclusively on digital platforms. Aimed at breaking the clutter when it comes to predictable QSR category advertising, Pizza Hut will use humour-based content delivered innovatively via digital platforms to reach and engage with audiences.

     

    Commenting on the thought behind the film, Prashant Gaur, Chief Brand and Customer Officer, Pizza Hut India Subcontinent said: “Taste is the biggest driver in our category and we take pride in serving the best, the freshest and the tastiest pizzas to all the pizza lovers in the country. We wanted to make a fun film that highlights the distinctive aroma of Pizza Hut pan pizzas in an interesting way. This ad not only achieves that objective, but also enhances it with the element of a surprising twist at the end, that successfully piques viewers’ interest and makes it memorable. We hope our differentiated content strategy and digital push will spur conversations around the film amongst netizens. This is a first of many more films we will be launching going forward, given that millennial audiences are highly invested when it comes to consuming video content online.”

     

    Added Kapil Arora, President – Ogilvy Group Companies – North about the film: “What’s the precursor to a lip-smacking, delicious pizza from Pizza Hut? It’s irresistible aroma! One which entices your taste buds, in anticipation of the treat to come. We decided to dramatise that very enticing aroma of the tastiest pizzas, in this campaign. Taking on stereotypical, fake deodorant and toothpaste attraction stories, we contrasted the magnetic pull of irresistible pizzas from Pizza Hut at a fabulous price as the real deal.”

     

     

  • Campaign uses puppets as a creative device for the first time in the Indian QSR sector

    Abhay Deol springs in a surprise for Pizza Hut

    By A Correspondent

     

    Pizza Hut has released a new campaign featuring actor Abhay Deol and a gang of puppets. The film has been made by Corcoise FIlms and directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy.

     

    Said Prashant Gaur, Chief Brand Officer, Pizza Hut (India Sub-Continent): “We take pride in serving the best, the freshest and the tastiest pizzas to all the pizza lovers in the country. We believe that every pizza lover deserves to experience the power of a truly great pizza. Our association with Abhay Deol  for this campaign will enable us to deliver the core proposition of our brand in the most entertaining and engaging way. Abhay stands for someone who is self-assured of his choices, has a great taste & is quite confident about it. We are sure our consumers will be overjoyed to see Abhay in this playful and distinctive ad from Pizza Hut,” he added.

     

    Said Ajay Gahlaut, Deputy CCO – Ogilvy India / CCO – Ogilvy – North: “For us at Ogilvy, this new campaign for Pizza Hut was more about having fun. What started with “let’s do something with puppets” got transformed so seamlessly into communication that works really well for the client and makes us think “wow we actually get paid to do this”. We see Pizza Hut as quiet, confident and self-assured brand, a personality type that is perfectly matched with that of Abhay Deol’s. He is cool, he speaks the language and you just know by looking at him that he will never settle when it comes to pizza. This year you can expect a lot of exciting things from Pizza Hut, both food wise and advertising wise and hopefully our new campaign will get folks to switch. Yes, we are quietly confident that once you go to (Pizza) hut, you’ll never want anything but.”

     

     

  • Baaash Digital will be responsible for digital creative output

    Ventureland Asia to enhance online marketing strategy for Pizza Hut in India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Pizza Hut has brought on board Ventureland Asia to enhance its performance and online marketing strategy in the Indian market. Ventureland Asia will collaborate with Baaash, the digital communication and content division company of the Creativeland Asia Group.

     

    Prashant Gaur

    Commenting on the appointment of Ventureland Asia, Prashant Gaur, Chief Brand Officer, Pizza Hut India said: “We were looking for a partner that could understand our business goals and align the same with our marketing objectives. Going forward we will be keeping a digital-first approach at the centre of our marketing strategy and it was crucial that we find a company that displays the competencies to partner with us. We are excited to have found the right combination of business understanding, digi-tech capabilities, culture and conviction in Ventureland Asia and delighted to appoint them as our performance and digital marketing partner.”

     

    Sajan Raj Kurup

    Added Sajan Raj Kurup, Founder & Chairman, Creativeland Asia Group who set up Ventureland as the investment arm for the group last year: “Ventureland Asia’s Advisory service sits at the cusp of creativity, marketing and business consultancy. Bringing together, diverse skill-sets to create both, brand & financial value to the business of our clients.While marketing consultancy firms today are striving hard to add value by forward integrating to design and creative solution, as seasoned creative solution providers, we have seamlessly reverse integrated the ability to articulate problems and finding innovative business solutions for brands.”

     

    On the recent win, Srijib Mallik, CEO, Ventureland Asia said: “Young India is consuming life in unexpected ways. Our mandate with Pizza Hut is at the cusp of four of these changing consumption vectors because it is food plus lifestyle plus entertainment plus digital. We are excited to partner with this iconic brand and delve into the future of the Indian palate, with customised consumer insights that will end with branding and communication.”