Brands
‘Stop looking at me,’ says HP Spectre’s OOH campaign
MUMBAI: Fresh ways herald new products. To inform and educate the customers about HP’s new laptop range Spectre that boasts of being the thinnest laptop, the brand has executed an OOH Campaign in three key cities — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore. Milestone Brandcom is its OOH partner in the initiative. In line with the product proposition, out of home space has also been reinvented by taking large and impactful media in the three metros.
Milestone Brandcom senior VP Ravi Ambrose commented saying, “The core idea behind the campaign was not just to be visible or convey the message to the core TG (target group) but also to be visible with an impact. That was the starting point. We put some serious energy in terms of identifying the sites. Plus, the messaging is also not the same all across. We have contextually changed the message to be able to engage the TG more meaningfully and not just strike a one-way conversation with a mere product messaging. e.g. “Stop Looking at me or you will miss your plane’ at the airport and ‘Stop looking at me or you will be late’ on the road”.
In Gurgaon, the Rapid Metro train has been wrapped with HP Spectre branding which looks ravishing. Cluster hoardings have been put up to make it an impactful campaign. High Impact Airport media has also been taken to cater to the affluent.
The powerful creative on all the impact media taken across the board is grabbing more and more eyeballs each day. The campaign has got great feedback. The HP campaign has taken OOH to a new standard of execution.
Brands
Jio Financial Services posts Rs 1,560 crore FY26 profit
Revenue rises to Rs 3,513 crore as investments and lending scale up.
MUMBAI: If money makes the world go round, Jio Financial Services Limited is quietly spinning a much bigger wheel. The Reliance-backed financial arm reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,560.9 crore for FY26, slightly lower than Rs 1,612.6 crore in FY25, even as revenue growth gathered pace.
Total revenue from operations rose sharply to Rs 3,513.3 crore in FY26 from Rs 2,042.9 crore a year earlier, driven largely by a surge in interest income, which more than doubled to Rs 1,901.9 crore from Rs 852.5 crore. Fee and commission income also saw a significant jump to Rs 597 crore, compared to Rs 155.2 crore in FY25, reflecting expanding financial services activity.
For the March quarter, profit stood at Rs 272.2 crore, broadly flat compared to Rs 269 crore in the same period last year. Quarterly revenue from operations climbed to Rs 1,018.5 crore, up from Rs 493.2 crore year-on-year, signalling steady momentum in core income streams.
Expenses, however, moved in tandem with growth. Total costs nearly quadrupled to Rs 1,982.9 crore in FY26 from Rs 524.8 crore in FY25, with finance costs alone rising to Rs 745.1 crore from just Rs 7.7 crore a year earlier, reflecting increased borrowing and scale of operations. Employee expenses also grew to Rs 387.3 crore, while other expenses expanded to Rs 755 crore.
Profit before tax stood at Rs 1,911.7 crore for the year, slightly below Rs 1,946.9 crore in FY25. After accounting for a total tax outgo of Rs 350.8 crore, the company reported its final net profit figure.
Beyond the income statement, the balance sheet tells a story of rapid expansion. Total assets surged to Rs 1,63,497 crore as of March 31, 2026, up from Rs 1,33,510 crore a year earlier. Investments alone stood at Rs 1,33,088.7 crore, underscoring the company’s strong focus on treasury and financial asset growth.
However, the year also saw sharp volatility in other comprehensive income, which swung to a loss of Rs 16,028.3 crore, largely driven by fair value changes in equity instruments. This dragged total comprehensive income for FY26 to a negative Rs 15,756.1 crore, compared to a positive Rs 14,870 crore in FY25.
On the capital front, the company’s paid-up equity share capital remained steady at Rs 6,353.1 crore, with other equity rising to Rs 1,27,500.5 crore.
The numbers reflect a business in transition scaling rapidly across lending, investments and fee-based services, but also navigating the volatility that comes with mark-to-market movements in financial assets. In other words, while the top line is accelerating, the fine print still carries a few swings.
