Brand Visibility

Indian Brands

Set Wet - Sada Sexy Raho

Acknowledging the change in the socio-cultural context of young men today, the brand too sought to do a makeover to continue being relevant to the target audience in today's day and age rather than follow codes set in a different time and era when the brand was launched. The brand acknowledged the emergence of a new woman and the need for young men to step up their game by taking an active effort to show what is good and great in them – Hence the coinage Sada Sexy Raho.

The hugely successful campaign catapulted a de-growing category into growth with a turnaround of 29 percentage points. In the process we also grew our share from 33.3% to 46.4% (corresponding 12 Month period).

On the back of this hugely successful repositioning, the brand has relaunched the deodorants portfolio on the same positioning. We roped in Ranveer Singh on the brand. The initial indicators are very positive with the brand share moving up from 2.1 to 3.7% within a span of two months of the launch.

Nihar - Dikho Khoobsurat, Karo Khoobsurat

Nihar Naturals Shanti Amla, one of the fastest growing hair oil brands in the country's latest campaign - 'Dikho Khoobsurat, Karo Khoobsurat' is in tandem with its long-term commitment to furthering children's education in the country. The campaign captures the essence of our brand purpose of giving you fantastic looking healthy black hair, while furthering the cause of children's education. We have stayed on this 'Look good and do good' premise for four years now and it is paying rich dividends.

Saffola Active - Driving Brand Relevance among the Proactively Health Conscious consumers

Saffola has been the foremost name in 'heart healthy' oils in India. The recent Brand Equity survey reported Saffola as No 1 Trusted brand in the Edible Oil category. In 2015, the Brand devised the strategy to leverage 'portfolio play' in Saffola Oils, in order to drive relevance amongst different consumer sets. We positioned 'Saffola Active' on the benefit of 'Fitness' as it is one of the early markers of one's Heart Health and drove it as the choice for 'young proactively health conscious consumers'.

A robust brand, media and distribution strategy was implemented for Saffola Active. It became the face of the Saffola Oil portfolio and successfully drove relevance amongst the health conscious consumers, through its proposition of - 'Not just less oil, but the right oil', which was substantiated through the Claim of 'Helps reduce Absorption of Fat in Food'. Saffola Active has jump-shifted the household growth for Saffola by bringing in new consumers to the brand who are looking for proactive Heart Care. With the implementation of this strategy, the Saffola oils franchise saw a growth turnaround from 3% in H1 to 13% in H2.

Saffola Fit Foodie

Saffola Fit Foodie aims to resolve the age old dilemma that all of us face between eating healthy and eating tasty. That is why 'Saffola Fit Foodie' was launched as a one-stop destination for healthy yet tasty recipes. Saffola Fit Foodie curates healthy recipes created by our celebrity chefs Kunal Kapur, Shipra Khanna, Saransh Goila and leading food bloggers of the country like Archana Doshi and Neha Mathur. All the recipes are healthier than the normal recipes on other recipe sites and certified so by the Fit Foodie meter, an unique meter developed by Saffola in association with and endorsed by Indian Dietetic Association. The Fit Foodie meter simplifies nutrition and health in food by converting what otherwise means looking at a complex nutritional chart into a simple yet single composite score. The higher the score of Fit Foodie meter, the healthier the recipe. Fit Foodie has many innovative features. 'Send the Recipe to WhatsApp' is a new concept which we introduced through which the consumers of the content can send the recipe they are browsing on their mobile phone along with a picture, making it even more easier to access the recipe in their kitchens while cooking.

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International Brands

Parachute Advansed Body Lotion Bangladesh

Parachute Advansed Body Lotion (PABL) capitalised on the existing brand equity of the mother brand, to gain entry into the right outlets before the winter season, and ensured visibility throughout season with displays and point-of-sales materials.

Differentiation with goodness of Coconut Milk was established through PR. Pop-up ads were aired in most popular TV shows, such as cooking shows and cartoons. It was also present through Press Ads in leading national dailies to create news of its entry in market and to drive awareness.

The brand ended the year with overachieved business results, both in Volume and Net Revenue.

Hercules Smart School Campaign - South Africa

Marico South Africa launched the HERCULES Hygiene and First Aid Awareness Campaign in 2015. HERCULES reached out to 50 schools in 2 townships within major metropolitan areas. The primary objective was not only to create brand awareness, promoting early engagement with the brand but to also educate and empower school learners in previously disadvantaged communities on health and wellbeing. This was also a huge opportunity for Marico South Africa to give back to the community by supplying these schools with much-needed materials and supplies such as educational posters, leaflets, frisbees and water. A significant contribution to these schools was the donation and installation of a fully stocked, metal branded first aid kit, which was placed in strategic areas within the premises. Another element of the campaign was the competition where the schools could win a laptop, an essential tool today in terms of research for school projects and sourcing information from the global arena.

The campaign was a success resulting in HERCULES interacting with 32,308 learners (plus the teachers and parents) over the set period. In total thus far, Hercules has reached 1,20,000 learners (plus teachers and parents) in 160 schools across 3 provinces.