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Vodafone’s new ‘Delights’ campaign to add caring image
MUMBAI: Telecom service provider Vodafone has launched a new campaign to familiarise the users and audiences with its Vodafone Delights.
The earlier ‘Delights‘ campaign showed a budding friendship between two girls where each one would go out of the way to treat the other special. This time around too, the creative agency, Ogilvy and Mather, was asked to develop a campaign which had the emotional resonance of the earlier campaign but also that would enhance Vodafone‘s credentials as a telecom service provider. The aim of the campaign is to communicate that Vodafone cares for its customers and strives to introduce initiatives to delight them.
The six-week long campaign uses stories of the growing friendship between an old man and a little boy. The film follows the old man’s efforts to surprise and delight his little friend which lead to many sweet yet playful interactions between them. During the course of the different ads, different Delights offers are communicated to the viewer.
The first TVC in the series is based on the concept of ‘Thank You‘ cards followed by two birthday themed ads. The TVCs are part of a high decibel media plan that uses radio, print, outdoor, on ground, digital and online platforms for communication.
The film is produced by Nirvana films.
Vodafone Delights was introduced in October 2011 giving customers benefits on travel, lifestyle, dining and entertainment with other commercial establishments. The new campaign has been launched in order to introduce the audiences to the latest addition to the Vodafone Delights offers – a special offer for any Vodafone customer walking into the telecom provider’s stores, a special telecom offering for its patrons in for m a birthday gift and the new ‘Happy Hours’ offer in the afternoon slot.
Brands
Dabur buys minority stake in Ras Beauty for Rs 60 crore
Dabur Ventures deal backs fast-growing luxury skincare brand
MUMBAI: Dabur India Limited has dipped into the world of luxury skincare, signing a definitive agreement to acquire a minority stake in Ras Beauty Private Limited for Rs 60 crore. The investment marks the first bet from Dabur Ventures, the FMCG major’s Rs 500 crore platform set up in October 2025 to back high-potential, new-age direct-to-consumer brands.
Founded in Raipur by Shubhika Jain, her sister Suramya Jain and their mother Sangeeta Jain, Ras Beauty has grown from a family-led passion project into a fast-scaling “Farm-to-Face” skincare label. Its range of face elixirs, serums and moisturisers blends essential oils with nature-derived actives, striking a balance between botanical purity and laboratory precision.
The numbers tell their own story. Ras has clocked a three-year Cagr of around 75 per cent and an annual run rate of approximately Rs 100 crore, all while maintaining strong gross margins. That growth has been fuelled by a digital-first approach, in-house R&D and manufacturing, and a sharp focus on clean, sustainable sourcing.
Dabur India executive director and group head corporate strategy Abhinav Dhall, said the company was drawn to Ras’s distinct positioning at the intersection of nature, science and luxury. He added that the premium beauty segment is poised for robust expansion over the coming decade, and that Ras is well placed to capture that opportunity.
For Ras, the partnership is as much about scale as it is about shared philosophy. Co-founder and CEO Shubhika Jain said Dabur’s 141-year legacy of building trusted, purpose-led brands makes it a natural ally. The capital infusion, she noted, will help accelerate the brand’s omnichannel footprint, deepen research capabilities and invest in team and brand building, with an eye on establishing Ras as a leading Indian luxury skincare name both domestically and overseas.
With this move, Dabur is not just investing in a skincare label. It is placing an early wager on India’s growing appetite for premium, conscious beauty, and signalling that heritage FMCG players are ready to play in the new-age D2C arena.
