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Jacqueline shines in Lotus Herbals White Glow Vitamin C campaign!
Mumbai: Natural beauty care company Lotus Herbals unveils a new campaign with its gorgeous Brand Ambassador Jacqueline Fernandez, for its WhiteGlow Vitamin C range of skin care products. As the face of the brand, Jacqueline will appear in a high-voltage multimedia campaign which will run across TV, digital, social media platforms and multiplexes PAN India. The new TVC primarily focuses on the newly launched Lotus Herbals WhiteGlow Vitamin C Gel- Crème SPF 20. This unique gel+crème has a non-sticky, lightweight formulation which is packed with the goodness of Yuzu Lemon and Kakadu Plum extracts infused with the power of 100 more Vitamin C. It helps in skin brightening and locks in skin moisture for a fresh glowing appearance. It also reduces dark spots and pigmentation while providing deep hydration and protects the skin from sun damage with SPF 20.
The brand messaging of the new TVC sets out to inform the consumer that all Vitamin C creams are not the same. The film unfolds with Jacqueline and her friend strolling into a cosmetic store looking for a Vitamin-enriched cream that would help remove dark spots. Jacqueline enlightens her friend about the Lotus WhiteGlow Vitamin C Gel Crème a unique innovation that is a special blend of gel + creme that contains 100x more Vitamin C, enriched with Yuzu Lemon and Kakadu Plum extracts. Its non-sticky formula absorbs easily and reduces dark spots giving the skin an amazing glow. The film concludes with Jacqueline reaffirming her trust in Lotus White Glow Vitamin C Gel Crème for her skincare regime.
Expressing his enthusiasm for the latest addition to the WhiteGlow range, Lotus Herbals chairman and managing director Nitin Passi said “Lotus has been an innovator in beauty and we are happy to introduce the unique Lotus WhiteGlow Vitamin C Gel Creme, an innovative extension of our immensely popular WhiteGlow skincare series. Committed to formulating clean & transformative beauty solutions tailored for Indian skin, the WhiteGlow Vitamin C Gel Creme represents a true breakthrough with a unique Gel Creme formulation made to revolutionize the way you experience radiant beauty.”
The brand ambassador for Lotus Herbals WhiteGlow actress Jacqueline Fernandez elaborated, “The last five years of my association with Lotus Herbals has been an absolutely delightful journey. I’m not only their biggest fan but also a very satisfied customer. Once again, they have managed to leave me spellbound with their new and innovative WhiteGlow Vitamin C range and I can vouch it’s going to be a game-changer in the skincare category. Now, get ready to experience a radiant transformation – the natural way. Your skin deserves this nourishing magic!”
As the face for Lotus Herbals WhiteGlow, the stunning actress Jacqueline Fernandez will appear in multimedia campaigns spanning TV, digital, in-store, POP and social media platforms. With its biggest media plan for Lotus WhiteGlow Gel Creme, the brand will run a TVC with Jacqueline, on top-performing GEC channels and Mega Impact properties. Targeting a wider audience the TVC will be aired across top-performing regional channels and shows. The campaign will also run on the brands’ social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. In-store branding and POP will include banners, danglers, table-tops and posters. Additionally, the brand film will play along with movie blockbusters across multiplexes PAN India to attract maximum eyeballs and enhance brand visibility.
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Dunkin’ Donuts to exit India as Jubilant FoodWorks ends 15-year franchise deal
The quick service restaurant giant is ending a 15-year franchise partnership with the American doughnut chain, even as it renews its Domino’s agreement for another 15 years
NOIDA: Dunkin’ is done in India. Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the country’s leading quick service restaurant operator, has decided not to renew its franchise agreement with the American coffee and doughnut chain, and will wind down its Indian stores in a phased manner before December 31, 2026, bringing a 15-year partnership to a quiet, loss-laden close.
The decision, approved by JFL’s board on March 30, 2026, ends a relationship that began with a Multiple Unit Development Franchise Agreement signed on February 24, 2011. JFL will now evaluate and undertake what it described in a regulatory filing as the “rationalisation and/or cessation of certain operations and/or sale, transfer or disposal of assets and/or assignment or transfer of franchise rights,” all in consultation with Dunkin’s brand owners and strictly within the terms of the original agreement.
The numbers tell the story bluntly. In the financial year 2024-25, Dunkin’ India posted a revenue of Rs 37 crore against a loss of Rs 19 crore — a haemorrhage that was always going to test the patience of a parent company recording revenues of Rs 6,104 crore and a profit of Rs 194 crore in the same period. Doughnuts, it turns out, were never going to move the needle.
The contrast with JFL’s handling of its other marquee franchise could hardly be sharper. Even as it walks away from Dunkin’, the company has just doubled down on Domino’s, signing a fresh Master Franchise Agreement on March 31, 2026, granting it exclusive rights to develop and operate Domino’s Pizza stores in India for 15 years, with an option to renew for a further 10.
JFL, incorporated in 1995 and promoted by the Bharatia family, operates a network of more than 3,500 stores across six markets — India, Turkey, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Its portfolio includes Domino’s and Popeyes on the global side, and two home-grown brands: Hong’s Kitchen and COFFY, a café brand in Turkey.
For Dunkin’, India was always a stretch. The brand never quite cracked the cultural code in a market where filter coffee and chai command fierce loyalty and where the doughnut remains, at best, an occasional indulgence rather than a daily habit. Fifteen years, mounting losses and a parent with better things to spend its capital on was always going to be a difficult equation to solve.
The doughnut has had its last day. The pizza, however, is staying.
