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Mother Sparsh launches #PlantAndPure campaign on social media, unveils new range of plant-powered baby care products
MUMBAI: Mother Sparsh- India’s leading natural and plant based baby care products and supplies, has launched campaign #PlantAndPure. The campaign carries an important message for parents to embrace plant origin natural products to take care of their infants and children. It also invites mothers and parents to participate in the online campaign. Along with its social media campaign, Mother Sparsh unveils a new range of Plant-powered baby care products. The diverse range includes Plant-Powered Laundry Detergent, Plant powered Liquid cleanser, Natural Baby Wash, Natural Baby lotion, Natural face cream, and plant powered diaper rash cream.
#PlantAndPure targets to reach more than 5 million parents while featuring a variety of natural baby products, specifically produced by leveraging the power of nature. To further strengthen its reach for the campaign, Mother Sparsh has partnered with India’s largest and highly engaged closed community of Young Moms ‘FirstCry Parenting’. The association will enable #PlantAndPure to emphasize its message among the right set of audience and drive higher engagement. More players have also joined the campaign to take a valuable message for their customers.
To further, develop synergies within the industry, Mother Sparsh is also partnering with India's homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Flipkart to amplify the reach of these natural & eco-friendly baby care products. This strategic alliance will help Mother Sparsh tap Flipkart’s consumer base of over 200 million and reach an ever-growing, pan-India audience in a much more effective manner.
Ms Rishu Gandhi, Founder, and Head Brand Strategist, Mother Sparsh expresses about this campaign, "Since the beginning, we are emphasizing on the need for using natural products and being more conscious towards our environment. We understand that it takes time to alter a traditional viewpoint and hence within short durations, we launch different campaigns with a core message to use eco-friendly & natural baby care products. #PlantAndPure is among those campaigns, and we hope to reach five million online users with the campaign. All our products are natural and 100% safe for children."
FirstCry’ s personnel said – “We have realised that there is substantial demand for Pure & Organic products in India, and partnering with Mother Sparsh for #PlantAndPure campaign will strengthen the belief among Mom’s community towards plant-based products”
#PlantAndPure campaign can be regarded as another stepping stone from the brand after the company’s inception, as it is aimed at raising awareness about using naturally prepared baby products. Mother Sparsh has been committed to the goal of making high-quality organic baby care products, which are sparsely available in the market today. The brand is relentlessly working to help mothers understand the significance of natural and eco-friendly products that are in tune with our environment. The campaign #PlantAndPure by Mother Sparsh is an extension of an ideology, which is focused more on bringing about a habitual change in caring for the little ones.
The brand will also encourage more than 500 mothers over Instagram in the said campaign to ensure a considerable amount of participation for the cause. Through the means of Facebook, Mother Sparsh has also planned high-capacity promotions further, to engage as many parents as possible during the campaign period.
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Abhinav Rastogi named global marketing director for YouTube Shopping
Google veteran to scale creator commerce and expand shopping across global markets
SINGAPORE: Abhinav Rastogi has stepped into a new role as global marketing director for YouTube Shopping, marking the latest chapter in a more than decade-long career at Google.
Rastogi, who took on the position in February and is based in Singapore, will lead global marketing for YouTube Shopping, a platform designed to connect creators, viewers and merchants in a single ecosystem. His remit includes expanding the service into new markets and strengthening its positioning as a growth channel for both creators and brands.
In a reflective note on the transition, Rastogi pointed to a simple but powerful idea driving the role. For years, creators have quietly built trust with audiences through consistent and authentic content, and that trust often shapes purchasing decisions. What is changing now, he said, is the infrastructure around that behaviour. YouTube Shopping aims to make it easier for viewers to discover and buy products recommended by creators they already follow.
The scale is already significant. More than half a million creators have joined the programme, with recent expansion into Japan through a partnership with Rakuten signalling further global ambitions.
Rastogi believes the future of shopping on YouTube will be driven by a blend of creators, content and communities. In his view, it is the human voice behind the screen, not just the product, that ultimately builds trust and drives discovery.
Prior to this role, he served as director of marketing, YouTube Asia Pacific, where he led regional marketing across creator engagement, brand building and reputation. During that time, he played a key role in launching and scaling YouTube Shopping across eight markets in the region.
Earlier stints at Google include group product marketing manager, consumer apps, overseeing growth for products such as Search, Maps and Assistant across India and Southeast Asia, and product marketing manager roles spanning consumer apps and YouTube, where he contributed to launches including YouTube Music, YouTube Originals and YouTube Shorts.
Rastogi began his career in consulting with Boston Consulting Group and A.T. Kearney, before moving into the technology sector. He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Alongside his corporate role, he is also an active angel investor, backing early-stage startups in consumer technology and electric mobility across India and Southeast Asia.
As he settles into the new role, Rastogi is betting on a future where every video can double up as a storefront, and where commerce feels less like a transaction and more like a recommendation from a trusted voice.
