Brands
Godrej Appliances grabs passengers’ attention through experiential marketing innovation
Mumbai: Godrej Appliances, part of Godrej & Boyce, enthralls passengers arriving at the bustling Goa International Airport – MOPA with an experiential activation for its latest launch, the Eon Vogue series of nature-inspired wood-finish home appliances.
To capture consumers’ attention, Godrej Appliances took an innovative route and engaged with airport passengers waiting to collect their luggage. At the arrival belt, large digital screens displayed attention-grabbing visuals of the new Eon Vogue series of appliances, alongside large size display of Eon Vogue Wood-finish Refrigerators. And as bags started arriving on the conveyor belt, mock-up of real-looking Eon Vogue Wood-finish Air Conditioners adorned with ‘Just Arrived’ tags generated curiosity among passengers. The short-video captures passengers’ genuine reactions, showcasing their surprise and intrigue upon encountering Godrej Appliances’ innovative range of wood-finish appliances in this unexpected environment.
Commenting on this initiative, Godrej Appliances head of marketing Swati Rathi said, “The nature-inspired wood-finish Eon Vogue series of appliances are unique in their looks and automatically capture attention. By placing them creatively in an unexpected environment, we stood out and made a memorable impact. The genuine excitement visible in consumer reactions validated our efforts towards engaging consumers creatively.
This activity was one amongst a series of marketing efforts being deployed across various touchpoints for the promotion of this new range. It’s not enough after all for products to be innovative and differentiated. In today’s times, the marketing efforts should also be equally innovative and live up to the brand philosophy of ‘Soch Ke Banaya Hai’.”
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
