Brands
Dove empowers women to embrace curls with Taapsee
MUMBAI: It’s time to let those curls run wild. Dove India has launched Reclaim Your Curls, a new campaign featuring actor Taapsee Pannu that celebrates the power, pride, and individuality of curly-haired women across the country. The initiative encourages women to wear their curls with confidence rather than feeling pressured to tame them.
The campaign film spotlights Taapsee sharing her personal journey of embracing her natural curls, highlighting individuality, self-acceptance, and breaking free from outdated beauty norms. She said, “Curls have a personality of their own. Once you learn to embrace them, they become your strength. Be patient with your curls and let them shine.”
Dove invites women nationwide to share their own curl stories, from morning routines to ditching the straightener, amplifying voices that celebrate the beauty of natural hair. The brand aims to turn self-expression into a movement, reminding women that beauty should empower, not restrict.
Unilever vice president – hair care Sairam Subramanian added, “Taapsee is the perfect voice for this campaign: bold, honest, and real. We want to give curls the love they have long deserved.”
With Reclaim Your Curls, Dove continues its legacy of challenging beauty norms and championing inclusivity, one curl at a time.
Brands
Lululemon picks former Nike executive to be its next chief
Heidi O’Neill, who helped grow Nike into a $45 billion giant, will take the top job in September
CANADA: Lululemon has found its next chief executive, and she comes with serious credentials. The athleisure giant named Heidi O’Neill as its new CEO on Wednesday, ending a search that has left the company running on interim leadership since earlier this year. O’Neill will take charge on September 8, 2026, based out of Vancouver, and will join the board on the same day.
O’Neill brings more than three decades of experience across performance apparel, footwear and sport. The bulk of that time was spent at Nike, where she was a central figure in one of corporate sport’s great growth stories, helping take the company from a $9 billion business to a $45 billion global powerhouse. She oversaw product pipelines, brand strategy and consumer connections, and played a significant role in shaping how Nike spoke to athletes around the world. Earlier in her career, she worked in marketing for the Dockers brand at Levi Strauss. She also brings boardroom experience from Spotify Technology, Hyatt Hotels and Lithia and Driveway.
The board was unequivocal in its enthusiasm. “We selected Heidi because of the breadth of her experience, her demonstrated success delivering breakthrough ideas and initiatives at scale, and her ability to be a knowledgeable change and growth agent,” said Marti Morfitt, executive chair of Lululemon’s board.
O’Neill, for her part, was bullish. “Lululemon is an iconic brand with something rare: genuine guest love, a product ethos rooted in innovation, and a global platform still in the early stages of its potential,” she said. “My job will be to accelerate product breakthroughs, deepen the brand’s cultural relevance, and unlock growth in markets around the world.”
Until she arrives, Meghan Frank and André Maestrini will continue as interim co-CEOs, before returning to their previous senior leadership roles once O’Neill steps in.
Lululemon is betting that a Nike veteran who helped build one of the world’s most powerful sports brands can do something similar for an athleisure label that has genuine love from its customers but is still chasing its full global potential. O’Neill has done it before at scale. The question now is whether she can do it again.
