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Raymond weaves spirit of craftsmanship with ‘Sui-Dhaaga- Made in India’
MUMBAI: Raymond has announced an association with Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma’s much awaited film Sui Dhaaga- Made In India, which aims to promote skill development and entrepreneurship in rural and semi-urban India.
Raymond is an integral part of the film’s reel life, as the film highlights its initiative to bring about a real-life socio-economic change.
Raymond Ltd lifestyle business CEO Sanjay Behl said, “With a vision to train over one lakh tailors by the end of 2020 through our initiative, the seamless brand integration with Sui Dhaaga- Made in India is an apt fitment for us.”
With readymade labels appealing to the youth, tailoring as a profession is becoming second fiddle and the craftsmanship is confined to garmenting industry alone. In today’s fast-paced world, picking up a garment off-the-shelf does not guarantee the perfect fit and may not necessarily be a reflection of individual style. Hence, it cannot be contested that ‘the best fit is always a tailored fit’.
YRF VP- marketing and syndication Manan Mehta said, “Sui Dhaaga aims at not only bringing back the charm of tailoring and reinstating its relevance to the younger generations as portrayed by Mauji [Varun Dhawan] and Mamta [Anushka Sharma] in the movie, but also rekindle the spirit of entrepreneurship and craftsmanship, living true to the ‘Make In India’."
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.
