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Beauty & Lifestyle Virtual Round-Table: Time to meet the creme de la creme
NEW DELHI- As consumers increasingly demand inclusivity, transparency and authenticity, beauty & lifestyle companies across price points are overhauling their operations, product assortments, and marketing tactics to stack up. At the same time, they’re navigating a new retail landscape, where stores are community hubs, “meeting customers where they are” is the industry-wise target and every luxury shopping can be done online.
At Indiantelevision.com's Beauty & Lifestyle Virtual Round-table, brands will discuss how they’re going to respond to the consumer expectations in the post-pandemic era and what are they doing to prepare for the industry’s next challenges.
The virtual round table will witness crème de la crème of the industry.
VLCC Health Care Limited chief business officer – south Asia wellness & skill development business Ameet Kkatyal; Baggit head of marketing Atul Rohan Garg; Lotus Herbals Pvt. Ltd. head-Innovation development & brand strategy Ipsita Chatterjee; Myntra head – marketing Harish Narayanan; Max Fashion India senior VP marketing Jiten Mahendra; FBB Future Group India CMO Prachi Mohapatra; mCAFFEINE founder & CEO Tarun Sharma. The session will be moderated by IndianTelevision.com Group founder CEO & editor-in-chief Anil Wanvari,
The virtual round-table will go live on 29th August at 4.00 PM. Register yourself for the discussion.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hCuCFX1ZQbSXtDx6UUP4aA
Watch this space for more developments!
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Lego brings Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, Vinicius together
Campaign clocks 314 million views ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 buzz.
MUMBAI: Four legends, one frame and not a single tackle in sight. Lego has pulled off a crossover few thought possible, uniting Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior in a single campaign ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 only this time, they’re building dreams brick by brick.
Titled “Everyone wants a piece”, the campaign features the quartet assembling a Lego version of the World Cup trophy, before placing miniature versions of themselves atop it, a playful nod to football’s ultimate prize. Shared widely across social media, the ad carries a pointed disclaimer: it is not AI-generated, a subtle but telling signal in an era where even reality is often questioned.
The numbers tell their own story. The campaign has already crossed 314 million views on Instagram across the players’ accounts, with fans hailing it as a rare, almost nostalgic moment particularly for the reunion of Messi and Ronaldo, whose last shared campaign ahead of the 2022 World Cup became one of the platform’s most-liked posts.
Beyond the film, Lego is extending the play with exclusive, player-themed sets tied to each of the four stars, part of a broader football-led programme designed to ride the global momentum building towards 2026. The idea, as echoed by the players themselves, leans into the parallels between football and play experimentation, creativity, failure, and triumph.
Messi described the sets as a way to bring on-pitch moments into an imaginative, hands-on world, while Ronaldo called the transformation into a Lego figure a rare honour, blending sport with storytelling. Vinícius, meanwhile, struck a more personal note, recalling childhood moments of building with Lego and framing creativity as a universal language that transcends borders.
The timing is no accident. With the 2026 World Cup set to run from June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and featuring an expanded 48-team format, global anticipation is already building. Argentina, led by Messi, will enter as defending champions, adding another layer of intrigue.
For Lego, the campaign does more than celebrate football, it taps into its mythology. Because when icons become figurines and rivalries turn into play, the beautiful game finds a new kind of pitch. one built, quite literally, by hand.
