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Lowe Lintas and Partners conceptualises Fastrack’s Tee Virus campaign
MUMBAI: Lowe Lintas and Partners has created the Tee Virus campaign for Titan‘s watch and youth accessories brand Fastrack.
The brief given to the agency was to inform the consumers about the new product line based on the apparel piece – the T-shirt. The communication focuses on the fact that these accessories (bags, watches and sunglasses) are a result of Fastrack‘s signature of “quirkiness”.
The campaign is called ‘Teevirus‘, implying a highly infectious T-shirt borne disease that infects bags, watches and sunglasses.
The campaign consists of three television commercials (TVCs), each 15 – 20 seconds long. While two of these (promoting the sunglasses) take the tag-line ‘Infected by tee shirts‘, one for the watch ends with the tagline ‘Born from tee shirts‘.
Concepts like measles and vomiting have been used to portray how the range of sunglasses has been infected by tee shirt designs. The commercial with the watch shows two tee shirts (white and green) getting cosy on the bed and ultimately giving birth to a watch, also green and white in colour, justifying the tagline ‘Born from tee shirts‘.
These videos were created and posted on Facebook and Youtube and later, due to the “overwhelming” response received, were aired on mainstream television.
Brands
Dabur buys minority stake in Ras Beauty for Rs 60 crore
Dabur Ventures deal backs fast-growing luxury skincare brand
MUMBAI: Dabur India Limited has dipped into the world of luxury skincare, signing a definitive agreement to acquire a minority stake in Ras Beauty Private Limited for Rs 60 crore. The investment marks the first bet from Dabur Ventures, the FMCG major’s Rs 500 crore platform set up in October 2025 to back high-potential, new-age direct-to-consumer brands.
Founded in Raipur by Shubhika Jain, her sister Suramya Jain and their mother Sangeeta Jain, Ras Beauty has grown from a family-led passion project into a fast-scaling “Farm-to-Face” skincare label. Its range of face elixirs, serums and moisturisers blends essential oils with nature-derived actives, striking a balance between botanical purity and laboratory precision.
The numbers tell their own story. Ras has clocked a three-year Cagr of around 75 per cent and an annual run rate of approximately Rs 100 crore, all while maintaining strong gross margins. That growth has been fuelled by a digital-first approach, in-house R&D and manufacturing, and a sharp focus on clean, sustainable sourcing.
Dabur India executive director and group head corporate strategy Abhinav Dhall, said the company was drawn to Ras’s distinct positioning at the intersection of nature, science and luxury. He added that the premium beauty segment is poised for robust expansion over the coming decade, and that Ras is well placed to capture that opportunity.
For Ras, the partnership is as much about scale as it is about shared philosophy. Co-founder and CEO Shubhika Jain said Dabur’s 141-year legacy of building trusted, purpose-led brands makes it a natural ally. The capital infusion, she noted, will help accelerate the brand’s omnichannel footprint, deepen research capabilities and invest in team and brand building, with an eye on establishing Ras as a leading Indian luxury skincare name both domestically and overseas.
With this move, Dabur is not just investing in a skincare label. It is placing an early wager on India’s growing appetite for premium, conscious beauty, and signalling that heritage FMCG players are ready to play in the new-age D2C arena.
