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P&G ‘takes it off’ with Preity Zinta
MUMBAI: FMCG manufacturer Procter and Gamble (P&G) has announced a new product Head & Shoulders with VitaZinc. A company release claims that the product gently conditions the scalp, fights and helps remove the five signs of dandruff, to give the consumer beautiful, healthy looking and dandruff-free hair
A new advertising campaign for Head & Shoulders featuring Head & Shoulders brand ambassador and actor Preity Zinta will break nationally. The campaign which was shot in Bangkok by ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, takes viewers into Preity’s bathroom. She teasingly says, “Today I will take off everything”, followed by Head & Shoulders with VitaZinc shown to ‘take off’ her ‘five signs of dandruff’.
The Take It Off campaign will be complemented with point-of-sale materials featuring, on-air and on-the-ground promotions and a host of other marketing initiatives to educate consumers about the five signs of dandruff. Preity recently joined Head & Shoulders’ international league of celebrity endorses which included Hollywood Star Salma Hayek, Courtney Cox of Friends fame, Ajay Jadeja and Pooja Batra who have endorsed Head & Shoulders in India in the past.
Research conducted by P&G experts reveals that almost 50 per cent of Indian dandruff sufferers are troubled by the five signs of dandruff – flakes, irritation, itchiness, dryness and oiliness daily, aggravated by external and internal factors such as hectic lifestyle, pollution, etc. Having discovered this key finding, P&G’s expert scientists developed Head & Shoulders with VitaZinc.
Zinta says, “Head & Shoulders with VitaZinc has helped me look and feel my best 24 x 7. There’s more to dandruff than meets the eye – it actually has five dreadful signs; firstly, the flakes in your hair and on your clothes, dryness of the scalp, a resultant itchiness, oiliness in the hair and an overall gnawing irritation that affects your appearance and mood both. Based on my excellent experience with the product, I urge all my fans to use Head & Shoulders with VitaZinc to enjoy total freedom from the five signs of dandruff”
P&G claims that Head & Shoulders is the world’s largest selling anti-dandruff shampoo. It recently became a $ 1 billion brand. P&G India has in its portfolio P&G’s Billion dollar brands such as Tide, Ariel, Pantene, Whisper, Pampers, Head & Shoulders.
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India wins big at the 2025 Global Best of the Best Effie Awards
The Womb and McCann India take home Global Grand Effies, putting Indian advertising on the world map
MUMBAI: Indian advertising just had its moment. At the 2025 Global Best of the Best Effie Awards, the most rigorous test of marketing effectiveness on the planet, two Indian agencies beat out campaigns from over 130 markets to claim Global Grand Effies, the sport’s equivalent of a world championship medal.
The Womb won for Piramal Finance with a campaign called “NEEYAT: India’s Real Credit Score,” a purpose-led push that took direct aim at systemic bias in the credit sector and reframed how creditworthiness is measured. McCann India won for ESAF Small Finance Bank with “Saving Her Savings,” a campaign centred on financial inclusion for marginalised women. Both wins came from a shortlist of 47 contenders, all of whom had already won gold or grand prizes in their home markets. Only 11 Global Grand Effies were handed out across seven markets. India got two.
The highest honour of the night, the Iridium Effie, awarded to the single most effective marketing campaign in the world, went to eos Products and Mischief @ No Fixed Address for “Women’s Shave.” Remarkably, it was their second consecutive year taking the top prize.
Other global winners included Oreo and Mondelez International for “Oreo Codes” in commerce and shopper marketing, Flamin’ Hot and PepsiCo for “Poker Face” in experiential marketing, and ALDI Australia for “Shop ALDI First” in retail.
The Best of the Best is no ordinary awards show. Entry is restricted to campaigns that have already won a gold or grand Effie at a national level, making it, in effect, a champions’ league of marketing effectiveness. Indian agencies are no longer just brilliant at cracking local markets. They are now setting the global standard.
The world’s best advertisers had better start paying attention.
