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Curry Nation executes first commercial for Netsurf Communications
MUMBAI: Curry Nation has come out with Netsurf Communication‘s first television commercial. The first commercial went air on 28 July. The creative agency had won the creative mandate for Netsurf two months back with the aim to leverage its brand proposition.
The ad establishes an emotional connect with consumers and promotes Netsurf amongst existing distributors and consumers while building up on the new base attracting others. On the campaign, Curry Nation creative head Priti Nair said, “Through the TVC we have attempted to showcase how people connect with one another by touching each and influencing others lives. This is similar to the philosophy of Netsurf which goes out connecting with its audience while building an emotional connect with them.”
The tagline for the campaign is Sehat, Barkat, Muskurahat. “This communication was designed to ensure that the brand stays in the mind of the consumers and distributors. We want to create a recall value for the brand. When it comes to executing a commercial for a client like Netsurf, the brand and branding becomes more important than the product as it is a company which engages in a cooperative selling concept,” added Nair.
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The total ad spent allocated to marketing Netsurf Network‘s is Rs five crore with heavy focus on the television and digital medium. BTL would be used as a support medium where the brand would promote itself via mall activations.
Headquartered in Pune, Netsurf has consumers majorly situated in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. “We have plans to establish our office in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and West Bengal with our presence in more than 300 districts across India,” said Netsurf Network Limited chairman Sujit Jain.
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Netsurf jointly with Curry Nation plans to set up new standard concrete platforms in the field of network marketing in India. “The communication task was to establish Netsurf as a serious player in the business by leveraging the core truth of the product offering. We aim at empowering people and touching lives. The gift of health, wealth and prosperity is what the network offers to the people,” he added.
“The challenge we faced while executing the commercial was that we had to alter the process of showcasing our product portfolio and creating an emotional connect on the product lines. I think Curry Nation has done an excellent job to communicate the same,” said Jain.
The film has been conceptualised by Priti Nair and directed by Shimit Amin of the Chak De India fame.
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Omnicom Q4: Posts big revenue gains amid restructuring
Company trims underperforming units and launches $5B share buyback to reward investors.
MUMBAI: Omnicom has decided that in the world of global advertising, it is better to be a big fish in an even bigger pond. The marketing powerhouse, which recently swallowed its rival IPG, has kicked off 2026 by showing the market that it is not just buying growth – it is engineering it. In a series of bold strategic manoeuvres, the group has doubled its projected cost-savings target to a whopping $1.5 billion over the next three years.
The fourth-quarter results for 2025, released on 18 February 2026, paint a picture of a company in the midst of a massive structural makeover. Reported revenue for the quarter shot up 27.9 per cent to $5,528.8 million, a figure heavily bolstered by the first full month of IPG’s operations under the Omnicom umbrella. For the full year, revenue reached $17,271.9 million, marking a 10.1 per cent increase as the company integrated heavyweights like Acxiom Real iD and Flywheel Commerce Cloud into its next generation Omni platform.
However, bigger does not always mean tidier. The group reported a Gaap net loss of $941.1 million for the final quarter, or $4.02 per diluted share. This was primarily due to a massive $1.1 billion bill for severance and real estate repositioning, alongside a $543.4 million loss on the sale of non-strategic businesses. When these one-off integration headaches are stripped away, the underlying performance looks far more robust, with adjusted net income reaching $607.7 million and earnings per share of $2.59, comfortably ahead of the prior year’s $2.41.
The group is also trimming the fat elsewhere. Management has identified underperforming and non-strategic units representing approximately $2.5 billion in revenue for exit or sale. Meanwhile, smaller majority-owned markets bringing in $700 million are being moved to minority positions. This portfolio pruning is designed to focus the New Omnicom on higher-growth areas like media, creative content, and data-driven consulting.
Investors, it seems, are being kept sweet with a significant return of capital. The board has approved a fresh $5 billion share repurchase program, initiating an immediate $2.5 billion accelerated buyback. This comes on top of $549.6 million paid out in common dividends during the year.
Performance across the sectors was a mixed bag but generally positive in the heavy-hitting divisions. Media and advertising revenue surged 34.4 per cent in the fourth quarter to $3,322.6 million, while public relations grew 12.4 per cent to $500.8 million. On the flip side, branding and retail commerce saw a 7.0 per cent dip. Regionally, the US remains the engine room, with revenue jumping 51.9 per cent to $2,869.1 million in the quarter, while the UK saw a respectable 18.8 per cent rise to $533.2 million.
With a total debt of $9.1 billion following the IPG acquisition, the group is leaning on its cash-generative nature to keep its investment-grade credit rating intact. Free cash flow for the year stood at $2,226.1 million, up from $1,964.7 million in 2024. As the company moves into 2026, the focus is firmly on the Connected Capability model, essentially ensuring that its global army of talent is pulling in the same direction, and more importantly, within a much leaner budget.
