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Mars Wrigley Stirs Up Nostalgia With The Launch Of New BOOMER® Campaign
We know it for its iconic tune. We love it for its taste and the ‘Boom’. We have grown up seeing its ad campaigns on television, and now, it is back in an all new avatar!
BOOMER®, India’s oldest and most beloved bubblegum brand, is back with the unforgettable BOOM BOOM BOOMER tune in a series of new TVCs. With a history of over 25 years, BOOMER® from Mars Wrigley, is loved for the sweet taste of nostalgia and is a favorite across generations. The three TVCs capture the wacky and humorous essence of the brand, bringing to life the tag line, BOOM MACHA DE, through comical hyperboles. With a common theme of exaggerated humor, which is ‘stretched’ like a bubblegum, each film is playful and funny and promises to make the viewers smile with the over-the-top reactions.
The first film captures two young siblings looking gloomily at their dead pet fish in a fishbowl. While the elder sibling is chewing BOOMER®, he pops a bubble that causes the dead fish to come back to life. The film ends with a voice over saying, ‘Boom Macha De’.
The second film shows a young boy watching a mythology-based show, with his grandfather while chewing BOOMER®. He is visibly bored and blows a bubble to the ‘BOOM BOOM BOOMER’ tune and when the bubble pops, the bald grandfather suddenly grows a thick mane of hair. In the third film, a muscular guy in a village akhada is flexing his muscles in the mirror. While he is admiring his strong biceps, he blows on a bubble that grows bigger and bigger to the signature BOOMER® tune but as soon as the bubble pops, his muscles deflate and droop down. This leaves him shocked while the film ends with the voice over ‘BOOM MACHA DE’.
Talking about the Boomer relaunch and the new TVC campaign, Mr. Yogesh Tewari, Marketing Director, Mars Wrigley, said, “BOOMER® has, over the years, become a favorite for our consumers in India. With this relaunch, we aim to build the gum category relevance for in-home consumption through the day, which also reflects in the execution of our films – morning, afternoon and evenings. With the tag line of ‘BOOM MACHA DE’ and the famous ‘BOOM BOOM BOOMER’ tune being centered on the concept of nostalgia, we are confident that our consumers will enjoy the films as much as they love the product. Mars Wrigley enjoys a loyal fanbase and with these light-hearted films, we hope to celebrate the love and joy associated with the brand.”
Talking about the films, Rahul Mathew, National Creative Director, DDB Mudra Group said, “It’s not always that you work on a brand that has such strong and memorable associations. We wanted to make sure that our work reinforces these associations in a way that it appeals to today’s youngsters. And, of course, do it in a way that brings alive the fun and quirky nature of the brand.”
For a price of INR 1 per pack, consumers can taste and enjoy a priceless walk down the memory lane.
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Estée Lauder to shed 10,000 jobs as new boss bets on digital shift
The cosmetics giant raises its profit outlook but stays silent on a possible merger with Spain’s Puig, as job cuts deepen and a three-year sales slump weighs on the turnaround
NEW YORK: Stéphane de La Faverie is not done cutting. Estée Lauder announced on Friday that it plans to eliminate as many as 3,000 additional jobs, taking its total redundancy programme to as many as 10,000 roles, up from a previous target of 7,000 announced a year ago. The company, which owns La Mer, The Ordinary, Tom Ford, and Aveda, employs roughly 57,000 people worldwide. The mathematics of what is now being contemplated is stark.
The fresh round of cuts is expected to generate a further $200 million in savings, bringing the total annual savings from the programme to as much as $1.2 billion before taxes. That money, De La Faverie has made clear, will be ploughed back into the turnaround.
A CEO in a hurry
De La Faverie, who took the helm in January 2025, inherited a company that had endured three consecutive years of annual sales declines. His response has been to move fast and cut deep. A significant portion of the latest redundancies reflects his push to reduce headcount at US department stores, long a cornerstone of Estée Lauder’s distribution model but now a channel in structural decline. In their place, he is accelerating the shift toward faster-growing online platforms, including Amazon.com and TikTok Shop, a pivot that is reshaping not just where Estée Lauder sells but how it thinks about its customers.
The numbers are moving in the right direction
Despite the pain, there are signs the medicine is working. Estée Lauder raised its profit outlook for the remainder of the fiscal year, guiding for adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.35 to $2.45, above analyst estimates and a notable step up from the $2.05 to $2.25 range it had guided for in February. Organic net sales growth is expected to come in at 3 per cent, the company said, at the high end of the range it set out in February.
The share price tells a mixed story. After De La Faverie took charge, the stock surged nearly 60 per cent, buoyed by investor optimism that a longtime company insider could finally arrest the decline. But 2026 has been rougher: the shares have fallen 27 per cent this year, weighed down by disappointing February results and the overhang of unresolved merger talks with Spanish beauty giant Puig Brands SA. The company gave no additional details about those discussions on Friday, leaving the market to guess.
Silence on Puig
The proposed tie-up with Puig remains the most consequential unknown hanging over Estée Lauder. A deal with the Barcelona-based group, which owns brands including Carolina Herrera and Rabanne, would reshape the global luxury beauty landscape. But with nothing new to say and a turnaround still very much in progress, De La Faverie is asking investors to trust the process.
Three years of sales declines, 10,000 job cuts, and a merger that may or may not happen. At Estée Lauder, the overhaul has barely started.
