Ad Campaigns
Makani Creatives and Stimulus by Paragon pave the way for change with a new campaign
Mumbai: Stimulus by Paragon Footwear has launched a fresh new iteration of their brand platform, “Badhte Raho. Badalte Raho” in time for the festive period sweeping the country, marking the start of Autumn Winter. Conceptualized by Makani Creatives, the campaign embodies the core of the brand, which is a celebration of the determination, perseverance, resilience and dedication of the young and driven.
Stimulus has been a cheerleader of their target audience. They take pride in enabling and supporting their consumer, who will stop at nothing to make their ambitions come through. With this purpose in mind, Makani Creatives has created an Omni-channel campaign that uses simplicity to strike a motivational conversation with their audience.
Living online, in the era of social media, it is inadvertent to compare with others or believe a faux “for the lens” narrative leads to self-doubt and placing inhibitions on oneself. The brand understands that these are the biggest obstacles in an individual’s way of achieving their goals. Stimulus, therefore, focuses on the change of self and personal betterment that can snowball into societal change. Stimulus by Paragon, believes that as a brand, it is only appreciation and celebration that these individuals deserve.
“Stimulus, as the name suggests, aims to add a boost to every step you take towards your goals” said Paragon Footwear executive VP Sachin Joseph. “Our footwear is crafted keeping in mind comfort that will enable our customers to reach excellence.”
It’s about encouraging the celebration of every tiny achievement without drawing parallels for the brand. The campaign encapsulates the essence of the brand with a dynamic and confident approach to storytelling. Showcasing incidents in the lives of their target audience, the campaign is able to achieve the attention of its target audience and form a relatable connection with them.
Makanis Creatives executive creative director Prasad Rao also expressed his views on the conception of the campaign by stating, “There is an unabashed rawness to the thought of “Badhte Raho. Badalte Raho.”, which we liked. It resonates well with the doers of the world today, who have a fairly strong sense of who they are.
They don’t let their emotions or mental state of being become barriers in their heads. They’re prepared to take risks, change perceptions and break stereotypes. They’re ready to bring a change. Stimulus believes in this ‘sense of self’. And acts exactly as its name suggests – as a stimulant that evokes confidence and encourages its audience to defy all odds.”
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.
