Ad Campaigns
Olay India urges women to be fearless and #FaceAnything
MUMBAI: Leading up to International Women's Day, Olay India launched its latest campaign showcasing stories of strong Indian women who have made bold choices, defied norms and followed their dreams. The campaign, conceptualised by Saatchi & Saatchi, has its message in line with Olay’s mission to continually improve women’s skin and lives by encouraging them to be fearless and stand up for what they believe in, because if a woman is confident she can #FaceAnything.
Explaining the thought behind the campaign, Olay brand manager, skin and personal care – India and Gulf, Arushi Sethi said, “Olay as a brand has always been an enabler of confidence in a woman. Through this campaign, we are celebrating the fierce and fearless spirit of women who have worked hard to break the chains of judgments- be it their appearance, career choices or decisions they make for themselves. The Olay woman has always been fearless, but now is the time to celebrate her confidence so that she is ready to #FaceAnything that the world challenges her with.”
Emphasising the creative thought behind the campaign, Saatchi & Saatchi CEO and managing partner Anil Nair added, “Keeping in mind Olay’s fearless ethos, a diverse group of women both incredible and unconventional in their own way stood out to us – designer, Masaba Gupta, actress Kubbra Sait, biker Priyanka Kochhar, plus-size model Payal Soni and YouTube star Lilly Singh. These women embody empowerment, sisterhood, bravery, fearlessness and the inner strength to #FaceAnything.”
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.
