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Lilliput launches a new campaign
MUMBAI: Lilliput, the kidswear brand, has launched a new campaign created by Focus Circle Brands.
According to the ad agency, the campaign is about understanding kids and the mother‘s personal life. The commercial will run nationally on leading GEC and Cartoon Network and aims to increase the equity of the brand.
Focus Circle Brands national creative director Rahool Talukdar says, “Lilliput is one of the brands that we have built from scratch, so we have known the audience for long now. Understanding the mother has taken time but the experience has been enriching.”
The commercial, which is directed by Prahlad Kakkar, starts with a kid narrating a speech about his mother at his annual day function. As he proceeds with the speech, he uncovers a secret which, at first, seems like an extra-marital affair. He goes on to the extent of making up stories about his friends‘ parents as well.
This encourages other children at the function to prompt their parents‘ secrets. Finally, the audience heaves a sigh of relief when they discover that the ‘another man/woman‘ is actually the kid. The commercial ends with a song.
Lilliput Marketing GM Kahkashan Afreen added, “Here was a plot that uniquely connected women and mothers. We gave complete freedom to our agency to execute the way they had conceived it. We are even making merchandise themed on the film‘s core concept.”
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Dabur buys minority stake in Ras Beauty for Rs 60 crore
Dabur Ventures deal backs fast-growing luxury skincare brand
MUMBAI: Dabur India Limited has dipped into the world of luxury skincare, signing a definitive agreement to acquire a minority stake in Ras Beauty Private Limited for Rs 60 crore. The investment marks the first bet from Dabur Ventures, the FMCG major’s Rs 500 crore platform set up in October 2025 to back high-potential, new-age direct-to-consumer brands.
Founded in Raipur by Shubhika Jain, her sister Suramya Jain and their mother Sangeeta Jain, Ras Beauty has grown from a family-led passion project into a fast-scaling “Farm-to-Face” skincare label. Its range of face elixirs, serums and moisturisers blends essential oils with nature-derived actives, striking a balance between botanical purity and laboratory precision.
The numbers tell their own story. Ras has clocked a three-year Cagr of around 75 per cent and an annual run rate of approximately Rs 100 crore, all while maintaining strong gross margins. That growth has been fuelled by a digital-first approach, in-house R&D and manufacturing, and a sharp focus on clean, sustainable sourcing.
Dabur India executive director and group head corporate strategy Abhinav Dhall, said the company was drawn to Ras’s distinct positioning at the intersection of nature, science and luxury. He added that the premium beauty segment is poised for robust expansion over the coming decade, and that Ras is well placed to capture that opportunity.
For Ras, the partnership is as much about scale as it is about shared philosophy. Co-founder and CEO Shubhika Jain said Dabur’s 141-year legacy of building trusted, purpose-led brands makes it a natural ally. The capital infusion, she noted, will help accelerate the brand’s omnichannel footprint, deepen research capabilities and invest in team and brand building, with an eye on establishing Ras as a leading Indian luxury skincare name both domestically and overseas.
With this move, Dabur is not just investing in a skincare label. It is placing an early wager on India’s growing appetite for premium, conscious beauty, and signalling that heritage FMCG players are ready to play in the new-age D2C arena.
