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Linc Pen launches TVC created by O&M
MUMBAI: Linc Pen has launched its new ad campaign with the tag line “linc pen lo, kismat badlo”.
Created by Ogilvy & Mather, the philosophy behind this new campaign is to create a brand preference for Linc.
Unlike in the earlier ads where Linc had a more product focus, this campaign focuses on Linc as the brand to watch out for while choosing a pen.
The idea here revolves around the central theme of ‘Koi bhi pen nahin, Linc pen. Linc pen lo, kismat badlo’ (Don’t choose any pen, ask for a Linc pen. Buy Linc pen and turn your destiny around).
O&M ECD Sumanto Chattopadhyay said, “The Linc Pens ads are cautionary tales that warn us, with a dash of wicked humour, to place as much importance on what we write with as we do on what we write.”
Linc GM- marketing Tanmay Chattopadhyay said, “The writing instrument market is low-involvement and highly fragmented. About 80 per cent of the industry’s revenues in India come from pens priced up to Rs 20. Through these ads we want students, employees and others to re-consider which brand of pen they are buying.”
The TV campaign will be supported by an integrated marketing campaign. Apart from outdoors and increased visibility at trade outlets, they will also have on ground promotions, retail activations, sell in schemes apart from social activation through digital platforms.
The company aims to shore up its retail presence in South and West Indian markets through this marketing campaign.
The 45-day campaign will be aired across 12 channels in kids, sports and regional genre. There would be around 2000 spots aired to reach the target customers in the age group of 12-30 years.
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Tata Consumer Products highlights workplace bias with no repeat campaign
Women often repeat ideas to be heard; Tata campaign spotlights bias
MUMBAI: In many offices, a familiar moment unfolds. A woman shares an idea in a meeting. The room nods politely, then moves on. A few minutes later, someone else repeats the same thought and suddenly it lands.
This International Women’s Day, Tata Consumer Products is drawing attention to that quiet but persistent workplace dynamic through TheNoRepeatCampaign, an initiative that highlights how often women must repeat themselves before their ideas are acknowledged.
Conceptualised by Schbang, the campaign centres on a mockumentary-style film featuring a corporate employee known simply as “Doobara”, which literally means “again”. The character symbolises the many women across workplaces who find themselves restating their ideas during meetings, brainstorms and presentations before they receive recognition.
The campaign is grounded in research that reflects a broader workplace pattern. According to McKinsey & Company’s Women in the Workplace 2024 report, 39 percent of women say they are interrupted or spoken over in professional settings. Research by Perceptyx in 2022 adds to that picture, with 19 percent of women reporting frequent interruptions and 42 percent saying it happens at least sometimes.
Tata Consumer Products head of corporate communications and investor relations Nidhi Verma, said the campaign aims to bring a commonly experienced but rarely discussed bias into the open.
“Workplaces thrive when every voice is heard the first time it speaks. With #TheNoRepeatCampaign, we wanted to shine a light on a bias that many women experience but rarely gets called out openly. By encouraging teams to listen more consciously and acknowledge ideas fairly, we hope to create environments where contributions are valued for their merit, not the number of times they need to be repeated,” she said.
The film cleverly mirrors the very behaviour it critiques. Through deliberate repetition in the storytelling, viewers experience the subtle frustration of having a point overlooked until someone else echoes it back to the room.
The initiative also ties into Tata Consumer Products’ internal SpeakUp culture, which encourages employees to share ideas and feedback openly while emphasising the shared responsibility of listening and acknowledging contributions.
Schbang president of solutions Jitto George, said the insight behind the campaign came from everyday workplace observations.
“The insight was simple but powerful. Many women have experienced moments where their ideas gain traction only after someone else repeats them. We wanted the storytelling to reflect that reality in a way that feels relatable, slightly uncomfortable and difficult to ignore. The mockumentary format helped capture that everyday dynamic while prompting viewers to rethink how conversations unfold in their own workplaces,” he said.
Aligned with International Women’s Day 2026’s theme, “Give To Gain”, the campaign underlines a simple message. When organisations give attention, acknowledgement and visibility to women’s voices, the entire workplace benefits.
After all, when good ideas are heard the first time, they do not need a second attempt.
