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Seven Seas launches new campaign for Children’s Day
Mumbai: In the run-up to children’s day, SevenSeas®, a heritage brand of Procter & Gamble Health Limited (formerly known as Merck Limited), launches a new campaign 'My Little Genius'. The campaign encourages parents to discover the true potential in their little one and celebrate it with the whole world.
As part of the campaign, SevenSeas® will launch 'The Museum of Genius' on the occasion of children's day. The virtual museum is a platform to exhibit the creative streak in your child, where your tiny tots' innovative idea will be celebrated online. To be part of 'The Museum of Genius', upload a video or photo of your child's unique creation on Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #MyLittleGenius. First 50 entries each day will win free samples ofSevenSeas®Kids Emulsion*.
Procter & Gamble Health Limited’s, Managing Director, Milind Thatte said, “SevenSeas® is delighted to launch this very special campaign #MyLittleGenius on the occasion of children’s day aligned to our philosophy of helping unlock every child’s true potential. Children have so many unique qualities and hidden talents such as those depicted in our campaign films released on various digital channels including our SevenSeas® Facebook page. We call on parents to send in stories of their little geniuses at the earliest and see their child’s talent celebrated on the SevenSeas®‘Museum of Genius'."
‘The Museum of Genius’ featuring the entries of the little geniuses will be digitally unveiled by Bollywood Actress and celebrity mother Raveena Tandon around children’s day.
Bollywood Actress and celebrity Mother, Raveena Tandon said, “I am glad to be part of a campaign that promotes the creativity and true potential in children. My association with SevenSeas® is a long-standing one that focuses on growth and development of childrenthrough nutrition supplementation, to help them unlock their true potential. I am excited to unveil the SevenSeas® ‘Museum of Genius’ this children’s day and going through the hidden talents of children across India. I call on parents to share their entries and help SevenSeas® showcase their stories”.
The on-ground unveiling of the 'Museum of Genius' will take place at The Krazy Kids Karnival on 17th November in the presence of Actress Raveena Tandon. She will be present at the event to create awareness on the importance of Omega-3 Fatty acids and essentially DHA, Vitamin A, and D for the growth and development of young children.
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How beverage brands are rethinking marketing strategies for weather-led demand
SLMG Beverages Private Limited joint managing director Paritosh Ladhani.
MUMBAI: As Sun climbs up the hemisphere, summer has clearly arrived in India. On 7th March 2026 Delhi registered a maximum temperature of 35.7 degrees Celsius which is the highest reading logged for the first week of March in the last 50 years. Climate Change has been prolonging summers by causing earlier spring warming, delayed autumn cooling, and more frequent, intense heatwaves that persist for much longer periods.
In an endeavor to stay ahead of the curve, Beverage Brands are shifting from fixed seasonal marketing tactics to weather responsive strategies backed by data-driven insights, flexible campaigns, and diversified portfolios to capitalize on unruly temperature spike. In 2025, India’s beverage market experienced a massive, heat-triggered surge with carbonated drinks and ice cream volumes spiking 20–25 per cent in the March quarter itself on the back of hottest February in 125 years.
Clearly campaign timelines are being advanced to reap the seasonal shift in line with the jumping mercury. In the Indian context where Cricket is nothing short of religion, big ticket tournaments like T20 World Cup, Indian Premier League, ICC Champions Trophy provide plethora of opportunities to calibrate marketing campaign designs and associated business strategies to associate refreshment with community viewing both outdoor and indoors. A new trend that has taken the world by storm is that of booking the theatres for bonhomie viewing. It has also opened avenues for joint marketing initiatives by the Multiplex and Beverage Brands.
Price disrupting small potions and value packs tend to drive significantly higher volumes owing to volumetric flexibility and affordability to the consumers. Ramping up of cold supply chains for transit and at point of sales (POS) are strategic business imperatives that again define success of beverage brands.
In the era of AI and Big Data it is easy to track and calibrate messaging based on daily or weekly weather changes. Geo-targeted digital advertisement campaigns are also being run during heatwaves to make the business and marketing imperative very contextual. These pre-emptive strategies fueled by real time data and technology immensely help beverage brands to adjust supplies to the areas that are likely to generate more demand.
Novelty brings premium to the FMCG Sector and Beverage Brands are no exception. Newer SKUs build up excitement in consumers besides imparting the scope of frequent revitalization of brand marketing campaigns. Ensuring continuum of supply chain across material suppliers, logistics providers, distributors/wholesalers, and retailers become a strategic business strategy imperative for beverage brands during peak season.
Carbonated drinks among other beverages including packaged mineral water sell like hotcakes in summers, a period where holiday season gives big impetus to sales volumes. Tying up with air carriers railways, amusement parks, malls, convention centers for inclusion in the onboard beverage deck also holds a big window of opportunity for brands.
Limited period diversification into special summer categories entailing juices and functional beverages to capture the broader hydration market is also a business cum marketing imperative that beverage brands eye on. This also brings to fore the responsible side of the brand placing the compass on wellness of consumers.
Seasons are cyclic, hence summers are inevitable. Further, due to anthropogenic climate change, summers surely have been staging prolonged appearance that keep bringing beverage brands on to their drawing boards frequently for strategizing business and marketing campaigns that are agile, refreshment-focused, visually dominant in retail, affordable, and optimally promoted through seasonal campaigns in above and below the line media.
