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Hashtag Orange unveils Monte Carlo’s 2024 winter campaign
Mumbai: Hashtag Orange has partnered with Monte Carlo to lead the concept and execution of its 2024 winter campaign, blending innovation and technology to enhance creative storytelling.
For 40 years, Monte Carlo has been a trusted name in Indian fashion, evolving from luxury knitwear to all-season styles. The 2024 winter campaign aims to connect with audiences, offering stylish and comfortable fashion for the upcoming season.
From concept to completion, Hashtag Orange brought the legacy brand’s vision to life, integrating Monte Carlo’s iconic tagline, ‘It’s the way you make me feel’. The agency also created an original song, now a brand asset, which has gained notable attention, marking a success for both teams.
Hashtag Orange founder Mukesh Vij said, “Collaborating with Monte Carlo for their Winter Campaign 2024 has been an incredible journey for us. Our goal was to push creative boundaries while setting a new standard for the industry and we’re proud to have brought this vision to life. The positive reception so far is a testament to the hard work and innovation that went into every step of the process.”
Hashtag Orange co-founder and chief creative officer Amit Shankar shared, “This campaign has been a defining milestone for both Hashtag Orange and Monte Carlo. From the drawing board to the finished project, our team poured their hearts into this campaign and the overwhelming response so far is a testament to that effort. The success we’ve achieved together has set a new benchmark for future collaborations. We are excited about what’s to come and look forward to continuing this momentum.”
Monte Carlo executive director Monica Oswal said, “Collaborating with Hashtag Orange has been an absolute pleasure. Their strategic insights and creative flair have played a significant role in turning our aspiration for this campaign into an exceptional result. We look forward to partnering with them for more such projects in the future.”
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
