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Philips launches #BarberKeBarabar campaign for its all-in-one trimmer
Mumbai: Philips India revolutionizes male grooming with its latest campaign, #BarberKeBaraber, aimed at empowering men to achieve professional grooming standards in the comfort of their homes. The campaign spotlights cricket icon Virat Kohli showcasing the Philips All-in-One Trimmer with its Twin Trim blades as the quintessential tool for achieving salon-like precision, underscoring the brand’s commitment to provide high-quality grooming solutions.
The campaign film prominently highlights Virat Kohli, the grooming brand ambassador for Philips, renowned for his distinctive style. Kohli plays a central role in the video effectively conveying the attributes of the Philips All-in-One Trimmer. The campaign highlights the unique Twin Trim blades, which ensure a precise trim and deliver a polished, professional finish in the convenience of one’s home. The campaign’s tagline, “#BarberkeBaraber,” succinctly encapsulates the aspiration to achieve a grooming experience of professional calibre, akin to the expertise offered by a skilled barber.
Commenting on the campaign, Philips Indian subcontinent business head – personal health Deepali Agarwal stated, “At Philips, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation, and creating meaningful experiences for our consumers. With the #BarberKeBaraber campaign, our objective is to enhance the grooming journey for men in India by offering a product that guarantees an even trim and a polished finish within the comfort of their homes. The Philips All-in-One Trimmer underscores our dedication to provide top-notch grooming solutions for men. With this campaign our aim is to empower men to groom with confidence and ease at their convenience.”
The Philips All-in-One Trimmer stands as a grooming powerhouse, delivering an impressive 120 minutes of cordless operation with just a one-hour charge. It offers multiple options to consumers in the form of it 7000 series and 9000 series. Boasting multiple attachments, it offers a comprehensive solution for grooming from head to toe. Its advanced Twin Trim blades are meticulously engineered to guarantee maximum precision in every trim. Embrace the transformative shift in grooming standards with the Philips All-in-One Trimmer and actively engage in the ongoing discourse regarding contemporary male grooming. Elevate your grooming experience with a device that epitomizes efficiency, precision, and innovation.
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
