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Safed’s festive film cleans hearts with a mother’s touch of compassion
MUMBAI: This festive season, Safed Detergent isn’t just scrubbing away stains, it’s polishing hearts. With its new campaign, the brand captures the magic of motherhood, the quiet strength, boundless care, and that nurturing instinct to spread joy where it’s needed most.
Built around the thought “Kuch daag hatate hai, kuch bhed mitate hai. Is tyohar chalo milkar khushiyan phailate hai,” the campaign reminds us that while stains may fade, what truly lasts is compassion and inclusivity.
At the centre of the film is a mother, not just defined by her bond with her own child but by her instinctive kindness towards everyone around her. Amid the festive buzz of Durga Puja, Navratri, Diwali, Bhai Dooj, and Chhath Puja, she notices the small details others might overlook. In one poignant moment, while shopping for her son, she spots a boy serving tea at the store. In a gesture both simple and profound, she gifts him a kurta ensuring that he, too, feels the joy of the season.
This act of empathy becomes the film’s heartbeat, symbolising how a mother’s care transcends her home and embraces society at large. Festivals, after all, aren’t only about new clothes and bright lights, but about making sure no one is left out of the celebration.
Explaining the brand’s vision, Shantinath Detergents Pvt. Ltd. director Ritum Jain said: “With this campaign, we want to honour the spirit of motherhood, the compassion, support, and generosity that defines it. Safed’s heart is motherhood, and this festive season, we are celebrating how a mother’s pure heart spreads joy not only within her home but also across society.”
Conceptualised and executed by Hatchlings Co., the campaign stays true to Safed’s enduring promise: the brand’s essence is rooted in motherhood righteous, pure, compassionate and its role extends beyond spotless laundry to spotless acts of kindness.
By tying the campaign to India’s most awaited festivals, Safed underscores that real celebration isn’t about what we wear, but how we care. After all, mothers don’t just remove stains, they erase boundaries, lift spirits, and remind us that happiness multiplies when it’s shared.
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Snapchat parent Snap cuts 16 per cent of workforce in AI-driven restructuring
The Snapchat parent is axing around 1,000 jobs and closing 300 open roles to save $500m, as artificial intelligence makes smaller teams the new normal
CALIFORNIA: Snap is snapping. The Snapchat parent has confirmed plans to cut around 1,000 employees, roughly 16 per cent of its full-time workforce, as it bets that artificial intelligence can do what headcount once required. Shares jumped more than 10 per cent in premarket trading on the news, a brisk vote of confidence from a market that has watched the stock shed about 31 per cent this year.
The restructuring, which also closes more than 300 open roles, follows pressure from activist investor Irenic Capital Management, which holds an economic interest of about 2.5 per cent in the company and has been loudly pushing Snap to tighten its portfolio and lift performance. The firm got what it asked for, and then some.
Chief executive Evan Spiegel told employees the cuts would reduce annualised expenses by more than $500m by the second half of the year. The company expects to incur charges of between $95m and $130m related to the layoffs, mostly severance, with the bulk landing in the second quarter. Staff in Snap’s North America team were asked to work from home on the day of the announcement.
The financial backdrop is not without bright spots. Snap expects first-quarter revenue to rise around 12 per cent to approximately $1.53 billion, broadly in line with analyst estimates. Adjusted core profit for the January to March quarter is forecast at about $233m, comfortably ahead of Wall Street’s expectation of $186.8m.
The harder question surrounds Specs, Snap’s augmented reality smart glasses subsidiary, which Irenic has urged the company to spin off or shut down entirely. The unit has absorbed more than $3.5 billion in investment and burns through approximately $500m in cash annually. Snap is pressing ahead regardless, with a consumer product expected later this year, even as Meta leads the market in the segment.
Spiegel is betting that leaner teams, smarter machines and a consumer AR play can restore Snap’s credibility with investors who have run out of patience. The redundancy notices have gone out. The harder restructuring, the one that requires a hit product rather than a headcount reduction, is still very much pending.
