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Stayfree join Hands with Kiara Advani
Mumbai: Stayfree, one of India’s brands in women’s menstrual hygiene today named Bollywood actress icon Kiara Advani, as its brand ambassador, and the face of its latest campaign for Stayfree Secure XL pads. Advani represents the ethos and principles of the brand and reflects the women of modern India.
Stayfree has always been a champion for women empowerment, supporting them in their journey to fulfil their dreams. Young women’s path to financial independence is often not smooth, they have to negotiate various problems, people’s attitudes and realities including periods which act as hurdles to their dreams and sometimes forces them to miss opportunities. Stayfree Secure XL with its unique LeakLock technology offers up to 12 hours leakage protection giving women an opportunity to maximize every moment.
In its latest marketing campaign designed by DDB Mudra for Stayfree Secure XL, Advani represents the hustle and can-do spirit of women entrepreneurs who are confident with ambitions, who need day-long protection and comfort, making Stayfree Secure XL with its 12 hours leakage protection her preferred choice.
Commenting on her association with Stayfree, Advani said, “Modern women today are unstoppable and I truly believe nothing could bog down the spirit, determination and courage of today’s woman. I am glad to become the new face of Stayfree and represent this iconic brand that strives to help millions of young girls and women fulfill their aspirations, free from the fear, shame and discomfort associated with periods. Stayfree Secure XL offers comfort and long-lasting protection up to 12 hours enabling women to live their lives to the fullest potential, without letting anything come between their dreams. I am proud to be a part of this empowering campaign that celebrates the can-do spirit of young women.”
Speaking on the new campaign, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health VP marketing and essential health BU head Manoj Gadgil said, “Stayfree has always celebrated the spirit and strength of young women. With Stayfree XL’s latest campaign ‘Din tumhare saath chalega’, the brand empowers women to fulfil their dreams and aspirations by leading life on their terms, so their day marches to their beat. We are delighted to onboard Kiara Advani as part of the Stayfree family. She represents the aspirational young women of today’s generation. Through our association with Kiara Advani, we aim to accelerate the brand’s mission of empowering women to seize every moment, pursue their dreams, and not miss out on any opportunity, even during their periods.”
DDB Mudra Group CCO Rahul Mathew said, “We’ve all heard the adage – too much to do, too little time. There’s no generation that’s felt it more than the youth of today. Stayfree believes that every girl should have total control over their time and what they want to do with it… even when she’s on her period. In Kiara we have the perfect person to deliver this message. She too does it all and is someone that girls of today look up to.”
The new campaign goes live on 24 February and will be seen across leading television and social media platforms.
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NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
