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  • Zoom and Philips launch ‘Thank God It’s Fryday’ season 2

    Zoom and Philips launch ‘Thank God It’s Fryday’ season 2

    MUMBAI: Bollywood and lifestyle channel from the Times Network stable, Zoom is leaving no stone unturned in strengthening its content, in keeping with the revamp strategy.

     

    The channel is all set to bring back the season 2 of its food fashion show, Philips Air Fryer Thank God It’s Fryday with chef Ranveer Brar, this August. The show that will travel to eight cities, including Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Goa and Amritsar will bring to the viewers the local cuisine of the region combining it with health, style and fashion.

     

    Times Network MD & CEO M K Anand said, “Zoom is connected closely with its premium audiences who are driven in their pursuit of a stylish and fulfilling lifestyle. Philips Air Fryer Thank God It’s Fryday helps them in their quest, as it shows them ways to keep their diet healthy even as they happily enjoy tasty, fried food. This is why we are particularly pleased to launch season 2, in which it will offer even more engaging, entertaining and extremely useful and relevant content to our viewers.”

     

    Philips India president consumer lifestyle ADA Ratnam added, “Thank God It’s Fryday was a truly innovative concept that seamlessly brought together food, fitness and travel to create a very interesting story. As expected, the audience loved its first edition in 2014 and were left hungry for more. This year, once again, Philips Airfryer is joining hands with Zoom to explore more cities and more cuisines to create interesting stories that the audiences will love. And it is not just stories – we have received tremendous response from people trying the innovative recipes and re-discovering tasty, healthy food. Like everyone else, we are also looking forward to Chef Ranveer once again creating magic with his trusted companion Philips Airfryer.”

     

    What’s new in season 2

     

    This season the show will have a new format, new fried flavours, and most important, a host of healthy and delicious new regional delicacies created in the Philips Airfyer.

     

    Season 2 will also feature a new fusion of cooking and photography. The chef and his photographer friend will travel to different cities around the country, exploring various local delicacies and new fried flavours. Chef Ranveer will recreate a healthy version of the same dish in the Philips Airfryer, but with an interesting twist to create a new fusion dish.

     

    Brar said, “In today’s world of stress and convenience, where well-being and health have become all the more important, a gadget like the Philips Airfryer, along with Thank God It’s Fryday, brings back well-being into our lives, and with style.”

  • Philips India adds celebrity quotient to its male grooming category

    Philips India adds celebrity quotient to its male grooming category

    MUMBAI: Macho man is passé; metrosexual is the current breed of men who with a high disposable income is the most promising consumer today.

     

    They don’t mind filling their shopping carts with make-me-look-good goodies. And this is the reason why a bunch of male grooming products have sprung up in the last few years.

     

    The male grooming segment which was projected to be Rs 1,500 crore market in 2012 is expected to reach Rs 5,300 crore by 2016.

     

    According to a Nielsen study on the Indian male grooming segment, there is a rising aspiration among Indian men to look groomed, which has led to the Indian men’s grooming market’s rapid growth of more than 34 per cent.

     

    The Nielsen study further stated that this growth is faster than the growth rate of the total personal care and beauty industry in India. The research company believes time is ripe for beauty and grooming brands to make the most of this growing male attention.

     

    The segment can be divided into sub categories: beauty range of products and grooming gadgets (manual and electronic).

     

    As per a report by Euromonitor International on male grooming sector in India, Gillette India lead men’s grooming with a value share of 28 per cent in 2012. The company has a strong horizontally diversified portfolio of razors and blades, with brands such as Mach, Vector, 7’O clock and many more, enhancing its long term sustainability. Hindustan Unilever was second, accounting for a 15 per cent share. These products fall in to the manual sub category.

     

    On the other hand, in the electronic sub-category, Philips with a range of grooming gadgets for men including trimmers, shavers and stylers, is ruling the market share, claims the company.

     

    To take a step further, the brand is set to roll out an extensive marketing campaign.

     

    The brand has decided to add celebrity quotient to its communication and has roped in actor Arjun Kapoor to be its face in the country. It can be noted that earlier John Abraham was its brand ambassador.

     

    The TVC which went on air on 10 July has been conceptualised and created by Ogilvy & Mather. The brand will also splash its communication on other media platforms. About 15-20 per cent of its marketing budget is expected to be invested on digital.

     

    The business of electronic brands of this segment is growing at 30-40 per cent year on year, mentions Philips India director marketing-personal care Anurita Chopra.

     

     “The Indian market is fast adopting this particular category. The reason to bring Arjun on board is mainly because he brings in positivity which we as a brand are trying to promote through our communication,” says Philips India president consumer lifestyle ADA Ratnam.

     

    However, the pricing strategy of the brand is to make it affordable.

  • Budget 2014: Hope and growth on marketers’ mind

    Budget 2014: Hope and growth on marketers’ mind

    MUMBAI: “Ache din aane wale hai” will go down in the history of political campaigns in India as it helped Bharatiya Janta Party win by a landslide.

     

    Narendra Modi with the campaign clearly earned brownie points not only from the common man but also the marketing fraternity. While the new power packed government is gearing up to present its first budget statement, the world of business across is highly confident about the outcome.

     

    There is a list of worries that the government needs to pay attention to. Inflation continues to be high; it is currently over 6 per cent. With monsoon expected to be low this year it will also highly impact the subsidies on food, fuel and fertilizer.

     

    This has been reflecting on marketing spends by different sectors of the economy.

     

    Indiantelevision.com speaks to marketers from across sectors on their expectations from the budget.

     

    ‘Hope is new driver of positivity’

     

    Future Group president (customer strategy) and CEO (Bengal warriors & T24) Sandip Tarkas hopes that the budget addresses inflation, job creation and through it attains customer confidence.

     

    He believes that confidence will lead to consumption and thereby heightened economic activity in all spheres.

     

    “This will lead to more jobs, more ad spends, more investments and will impact the M&E industry as well. Consumption builds economy; and increased consumption resulting from increased confidence will start a virtuous cycle of investments as against a vicious cycle of holding on to spends that we are currently caught in,” he says.

     

    Philips India consumer lifestyle president ADA Ratnam is of a similar opinion. “I am expecting the government to come up with a strong and positive budget which will spur the growth. We need the good old GDP growth rate back and I’m confident we will be back on track soon,” he adds.

     

    ‘Be liberal on tax issues’

     

    Godrej Appliances business head and executive vice president Kamal Nandi has a sincere request from the FM on the direct taxes front. He is expecting an increase in the income tax slab values in line with inflation. According to him, there should be an increase exemption limit for medical expenses (from Rs 15000 to Rs 25000) under 80C.

     

    Along with this, he wishes for an increase tax exemption limit for conveyance allowance limit from Rs 800/month to Rs 1500/month with an increase limit for tax exemption under 80CC from current Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh. “This will encourage purchase of hi-end and energy efficient appliances, exemption on interest, as applicable in the case of home loans, to be rolled out for consumer loans also,” he opines.

     

    As it is understood that real estate is the second largest sector that contributes to the country’s GDP growth, Tata Housing marketing – head Rajeeb Dash also thinks from the consumer point of view, there should be reduction in home loans and the slab of tax benefits should widen.

     

    “As a real estate brand what we are expecting from the budget is benefits for the end users. We know that the slowdown has hit the common people badly, with the budget announcement the economic momentum should come back in action. From a community point of view infra status is what is needed for the benefit of the developer,” mentions Dash.

     

    ‘Support the SMEs’

     

    American Swan director and CEO Anurag Rajpal thinks that there is a need to boost the growth of home grown industries to be at par with their counterparts in China and other Asian countries. He is of the opinion that a strong focus on the e-governance initiatives should streamline the procurement process of technology and services with a strong focus on participation from SMEs.

     

    He wants the policy reforms to be such that it is consistent and long-termed. Currently, he believes that homegrown industries are doing business on thin margins due to high rise in cost of raw materials and interest rates. This has been detrimental especially for small-scale industries to sustain their business.

     

    “The country today has abundance of talent but it is limited to very few skill sets. There is a need for change in the education system to further improve the skill sets of the youth which addresses the needs of different verticals. Focus on skills development will be helpful in the long-term in creation of job opportunities,” he concludes.

  • Philips brings the goodness of Keratin to hair Appliances with its new KeraShine range

    Philips brings the goodness of Keratin to hair Appliances with its new KeraShine range

    Philips India, a leading Health and Well-being company, today launched the first Keratin infused hair appliances range in India. Marketed under the brandname KeraShine, the new range of Keratin infused appliances will include amulti-styling brush -GlamStyler, aHair Straightener and a Hair Dryer.

    Keratin, a fibrous protein, forms the main structural component of human hair. Infusion of Keratin rejuvenates and revitalizes hair, giving it a softer, silkier feel.The new KeraShine range offers a portfolio of quick styling appliances to create glamorous hairstyles at home, giving women the freedom to sport a new look every day. While the Keratin infused in the ceramic plates of the appliances smoothens hair by closing cuticles, ions reduce frizz and make hair dust repellent.

    Highlighting the innovation in this product range, Mr. ADA Ratnam,President, Consumer Lifestyle,Philips India said “In India, healthy, shiny and soft hair is considered the epitome of a woman’s beauty. In today’s fast paced lifestyle, while women want to experiment with their hair styles, they have little time to care for their hair. Philips’ new KeraShine range not only gives women the freedom to style their hair fearlessly every day, it also protects their hair against pollution, keeping them soft and safe. ”

    Consumer research conducted by Philipsreveals that dryness, pollution and hair fall are cited as the leading hair problems by 31, 41 and 40 percent women respectively. On the other hand, with constant exposure to international markets and changing dressing trends, women in Indiaarealso adopting versatile hairstyles and are experimenting with their looks. The Haircare appliances market has thus seen tremendous growth over the past few years, with an exceptionally high growth in multi-stylers. With a product range like KeraShine, Philips intends to empower women to style every day, while also caring for their hair.

    Following the launch of the KeraShine range, Philips will also release10 Do-It-Yourself hairstylingvideos to help women create new hairstyles using theGlamStyler. This is a special marketing initiative keeping in mind the upcoming festive season. These videos will present a step-by-step hair-styling tutorial and will be hosted on Philips’ YouTube Channel.

    The unique design of the Kerashine range, with its distinctive Black and Gold look, makes it the perfect gift for the festive season as well. The range includes three products to suit different styling needs: