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Raymond rolls out ad campaign to ‘celebrate every day’
Mumbai: The Raymond Shop (TRS), the retail network of Raymond, has launched a new ad campaign titled ‘Celebrate Every Day’.
The campaign is an extension of the earlier promotion last year of walking in “with an idea” and walking “out with a wardrobe”. The aim is to encourage Raymond customers to treat every day as a special occasion and make their daily dressing ideas come alive with Raymond’s fabrics, apparel and other wardrobe solutions.
The company has rolled out a 40-sec TVC featuring model Asif Azim.
The film has been conceptualised by creative agency RK Swamy BBDO along with TRS marketing team. It is directed by Kunal Shivdasani while the production has been handled by Sanjeev Sharma of the production house Optimystix.
The television campaign will air across various genres of channels including English movies, English and Hindi news.
Raymond director-marketing and business development- retail Mrinmoy Mukherjee said, “The campaign reminds its audience that celebrations are not restricted to special occasions. While Raymond today partners its customers in all important moments like getting a promotion, meeting friends or just spending memorable moments with loved ones, the call to extend this celebration to everyday living has a very positive ring to it. And of course, the fact that TRS has ‘something for everyday’ is reiterated by this campaign thought.”
The new campaign highlights The Raymond Store’s offering of a complete wardrobe solution, in addition to specialised services like custom tailoring and made-to-measure and a wide range of accessories.
The TVC will be supported by an online and outdoor campaign. There will be a contest on Facebook page of the company aimed at increasing the engagement levels with fans.
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Sameer Nair shares heartfelt note as he exits Applause Entertainment
After nine years building the streamer’s content engine, one of India’s best-known TV men is moving on
MUMBAI: Sameer Nair is out. The chief executive of Applause Entertainment, the content studio backed by Kumar Mangalam Birla’s media empire, has announced his departure after nearly nine years at the helm, closing the chapter on one of Indian entertainment’s more quietly consequential careers.
Nair, who built Applause from the ground up in its current avatar, oversaw a slate that spanned Indian originals and international adaptations, threading together a hub-and-spoke business model that partnered with streaming platforms, broadcasters and production houses alike. The results were uneven, as they always are in content, but the ambition was not.
In a post on LinkedIn, Nair was generous to his outgoing patron. He thanked Birla for being an “inspirational boss and a great patron of the arts,” and signed off with a cheerful “Au Revoir” and a promise to remain Applause’s biggest cheerleader. Whether that sentiment survives the next chapter remains to be seen.
No successor has been named. Applause Entertainment did not immediately comment.
Nair built the machine. Now someone else has to run it — and in a streaming market that is simultaneously consolidating and convulsing, that is no small ask.
