Tag: Santoor

  • Santoor’s Maha Kumbh OOH blitz: A divine fusion of purity & tradition

    Santoor’s Maha Kumbh OOH blitz: A divine fusion of purity & tradition

    MUMBAI: The Maha Kumbh, a grand spectacle of devotion and spirituality, witnessed a marketing marvel as Laqshya Media Group rolled out a meticulously planned Out-of-Home (OOH) campaign for Santoor. Over a period of three months, the campaign seamlessly merged spiritual tradition with modern branding, ensuring that millions of devotees and travellers were immersed in Santoor’s message of purity and nourishment.

    Santoor’s ‘Sangam’ campaign, rooted in the essence of haldi-chandan, resonated deeply with attendees, aligning perfectly with the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers at Prayagraj.

    Executing an OOH campaign at the Maha Kumbh isn’t just about putting up billboards; it’s about understanding human movement, behaviour, and engagement patterns. With precision planning, Laqshya Media positioned Santoor’s branding at high-impact locations, ensuring unmatched visibility. The larger-than-life billboards, adorned with vibrant Santoor imagery, not only enhanced brand recall but also mirrored the spiritual sanctity of the event.

    As the Kumbh unfolded, the campaign became an omnipresent visual experience, embedding itself into the consciousness of millions. Whether it was pilgrims seeking divine blessings or first-time travellers navigating the grandeur of the event, Santoor’s presence was felt everywhere.

    Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting SVP, S. Prasanna Rai expressed his excitement, stating, “The Kumbh Mela offers unparalleled reach, and with the right messaging, can significantly enhance brand perception. Our Santoor Kumbh campaign, which integrated our ingredient messaging with the concept of ‘Sangam,’ aligned perfectly with the event. Laqshya, our strategic media partner, helped amplify the Santoor message manifold by plugging the contextual message at the relevant places, touching millions of consumers.”

    On the execution front, Laqshya Media Ltd COO Amarjeet Hudda remarked, “Executing an OOH campaign at the Maha Kumbh requires a deep understanding of audience flow, contextual messaging, and strategic placement. We took on this challenge with a mission to ensure Santoor’s presence was not just seen but truly experienced. The overwhelming response reaffirms our belief in the power of impactful outdoor advertising in a cultural spectacle of this magnitude.”

    The campaign seamlessly blended age-old rituals with modern marketing, proving that outdoor advertising, when executed with purpose and precision, can leave an indelible mark—even in the most spiritually charged settings. 

  • Santoor relaunches with a fresh take to younger looking skin

    Santoor relaunches with a fresh take to younger looking skin

    Mumbai: Santoor has announced the relaunch of its classic sandalwood and turmeric soap, Santoor Orange. The relaunch comes with ‘Young Soch’ as the renewed and fresh take to connect with young consumers.

    Signaling a bold transition, the ‘Young Soch’ campaign aims to disrupt common stereotypes and long-standing perceptions about a woman’s identity. The Santoor woman of today is limitless with a young and fresh take to life, urging women to say yes, why not… ‘kyon nahi?’ Her child is also a part of this exciting journey, supporting her mother and bearing witness to her accomplishments, emphatically expressing… ‘kyon nahi?’

    The product upgrade further comes with new packaging, improved fragrance, and better moisturization.

    Speaking on the relaunch, Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting India and SAARC business consumer care chief executive Neeraj Khatri said, “Santoor is the flagship brand of Wipro Consumer Care. For over three decades, millions of Indian women have trusted Santoor. Today, Santoor sandal and turmeric Soap is synonymous with younger looking skin. As part of our growth strategy, Santoor seeks to constantly innovate to match the ever-changing needs of the new-age consumers. The upcoming refreshed version of our flagship and best-selling product is a testament to our commitment. We are confident that this transformation will accelerate our growth by not only strengthening our premium positioning in the market but also making us one of the most aspirational brands for consumers.”

    Adding to it, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting vice president- marketing S Prasanna Rai said, “The key strength of Santoor has been the uniformity in communicating the core proposition of younger looking skin while refreshing the context and indicating the aspirations of the young women today. ‘Young Soch’ is at the heart of Santoor’s brand purpose of inspiring dynamic women today. Keeping the essence of Santoor in mind, we are trying to tell a brand-new story of the Santoor Woman.”

  • Santoor launches ‘Pocket Perfumes’ exclusively for West Bengal

    Santoor launches ‘Pocket Perfumes’ exclusively for West Bengal

    MUMBAI: Santoor, India’s one of the leading Soap Brand has announced the launch of Santoor Deo Pocket Perfumes exclusively for West Bengal. The compact pocket-sized perfumes provide consumers floral fragrance-on-the-go. Packed with fresh floral fragrance,Santoor Pocket perfumes aim to lift one’s mood, instantly and provide themconfidence to take on every moment. 

    “Targeted at the new-age women who is always on the go,” Santoor Pocket aims to help them “Pocket every moment” across all facets of life. Santoor pocket perfumes are available in three floral fragrances – Grace, Gold, and Poise offering 250 sprays at an affordableprice of Rs. 65 per pack. 

    WiproConsumer Care & Lighting VicePresident and Chief Marketing Officer S Prasanna Rai said, “Deodorant is an Rs. 2700 croreurban category in India (Nielson 18-19), with pocket perfume-making up 10% ofthe portfolio. At Wipro Consumer Care, we are bullish about this segment andare delighted to launch our latest offering in West Bengal. Pocket perfumecaters to the evolving needs of the modern Indian woman who is constantly onthe go. It is light, convenient and easy to carry ensuring fragrance at herfingertips anytime, anywhere allowing her to pocket every moment in her life!” 

    Over the years the brand has grown from a single soap brand to soap variants, Talcum Powder, Deodorants, Liquid Soap,Handwash, Facewash and so on and has been constantly launching new brandvariants and new products in tune with market demands and needs. Santoor remains as one of the most aggressive personal care brands in India.   

  • Santoor ropes in celebrity superstars for different regions in its mega campaign

    Santoor ropes in celebrity superstars for different regions in its mega campaign

    MUMBAI: Santoor, India’s leading soap brand, roped popular celebrities Mahesh Babu, Karthi and Varun Dhawan for its new multi-media campaign. This is the first time that Santoor has roped in three celebrities simultaneously for different regions as part of its hyperlocal marketing strategy.

    Mr. Anil Chugh, President – Consumer Care Business, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, said, “Through Santoor advertising we tell a new story about ‘Mistaken Age’ in 30 seconds. Focus of our communication is on the Santoor protagonist and key message of Younger Looking Skin. Celebrities helps us to deliver this message sharply in the film, apart from helping to break the clutter and gain high brand recall. Over the years we have carefully chosen celebrities for Santoor. Keeping the essence of Santoor in mind, stars Varun Dhawan, Mahesh Babu and Karthi were the perfect fit to tell our new story of the Santoor Woman.”

    Santoor’s new communication includes a TV commercial that presents the brand’s signature campaign of mistaken identity and the core proposition of Younger Looking Skin in a new light. The commercial is shot by advertising agency ADK Fortune.

    Capturing India’s passion for cricket, the commercial is filmed in a stadium with the backdrop of a cricket match where the celebrity is in the stands enjoying the match. Suddenly a sixer wings his way and while the celebrity attempts to catch the ball, it is caught by the protagonist. Looking at the protagonist the celebrity feels she can be a new female lead for his next film. While the protagonist is rejoicing, a little girl runs up to the reveler shouting ‘Mummy’, which leaves the celebrity and everyone around surprised.

    For over 35 years, Santoor has delivered on the promise of “Younger Looking Skin" through superior product offerings using natural ingredients. Keeping this positioning consistent, Wipro has periodically modernized its campaigns to stay relevant to its target segment.

    Commenting on the making of the TVC, Ms. Sonia Bhatnagar, Sr. Vice President and Executive Creative Director, ADK Fortune Communications, said, “The key strength of Santoor has been the uniformity in communicating the core proposition of younger looking skin while refreshing the context and reflecting the aspirations of the new Indian woman. Varun’s youth appeal, Mahesh Babu’s popularity and Karthi’s versatility make them the apt choices to reach potential consumers in their local languages.”

    Launched in 1985 as a natural ingredient soap, Santoor is packed with the natural goodness of Sandal and Turmeric. Over the years the brand has grown from a single soap brand to soap variants, talcum powder, deodorants, liquid soap, handwash, facewash and so on and has been constantly launching new brand variants and new products in tune with market demands and needs. Santoor remains as one of the most aggressive personal care brands in India.

  • BJP most advertised in BARC week 46

    BJP most advertised in BARC week 46

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for top advertisers and brands between 10 November 2018 – 16 November 2018.

    The data is a reflection of top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television (U+R): 2+ Individuals.

    The data demonstrates ads that were inserted the most in week 46 of 2018.

    Top Advertisers:

    For week 46, Hindustan Unilever Ltd stays on first position as the top advertiser and led with 1,30,795 ad insertions on television. HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.

    Reckitt Benckiser Ltd, maker of Dettol, Veet, Durex condoms, Strepsils, Air Wick, Harpic came in second with 81,467 ad insertions followed by ITC Limited with 39,506 insertions.

    Procter & Gamble stood fourth followed by Ponds India with 37,611 and 32,491 insertions.

    Top Brands:

    Surprisingly, Bharatiya Janata Party, the political party, took the first spot with 22,099 insertions. Netflix stood second followed by Trivago with 12,951 and 12,795 insertions respectively.

    Santoor Sandal and Turmeric took the fourth position with 11,222 insertions followed by Dettol Liquid Soap with a mere 9,487 insertions.

  • Vimal Elaichi Pan Masala enters top 5 most advertised brands in BARC week 45

    Vimal Elaichi Pan Masala enters top 5 most advertised brands in BARC week 45

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for top advertisers and brands between 27 October-02 November 2018.

    The data is a reflection of top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

    The data demonstrates ads that were inserted the most in week 45 of 2018.

    Top Advertisers:

    For week 44, Hindustan Unilever Ltd retained its position as the top advertiser and led with 1,43,930 ad insertions on television. HUL’s products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.

    Reckitt Benckiser Ltd, maker of Dettol, Veet, Durex condoms, Strepsils, Air Wick, Harpic came in second with 69,407 ad insertions followed by ITC Limited with mere 52,297 insertions.

    Online e-commerce platform Amazon India stood fifth followed by Procter & Gamble with 31,630 and 27,296 insertions.

    Top Brands:

    amazon.in, the e-commerce player that has been pushing Amazon Alexa and its annual festive sale, retained its last week’s position and was the most advertised brand with 17,920 ad insertions.

    Hotel searching website Trivago retained its last week’s positions and came in second with 10,393 ad insertions.

    A new entry in the top 10 most advertised brands on television this week was Vimal Elaichi Pan Masala with 9,796 insertions followed by Flipkart with 9,694 insertions.

    Santoor dropped down several positions and stood fifth with mere 9,536 ad insertions.

  • Amazon most advertised brand in BARC week 43

    Amazon most advertised brand in BARC week 43

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for last week’s top advertisers and brands between 20-26 October 2018.

    The data is a reflection of top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

    The data demonstrates ads that were inserted the most in week 43 of 2018.

    Top Advertisers:

    For week 43, Hindustan Unilever Ltd retained its position as the top advertiser and led with 1,32,954 ad insertions on television. HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.

    Kolkata based ITC group retained its last week’s position  with 71,861 ad insertions.

    Reckitt Benckiser Ltd, maker of Dettol, Veet, Durex condoms, Strepsils, Air Wick, Harpic retained its last week’s position as well with 67,476 ad insertions followed by Amazon India with mere 53,295 insertions.

    Procter & Gamble retained its last week’s position and stood fifth with 26,176 insertions.

    Top Brands:

    amazon.in, the e-commerce player that has been pushing Amazon Alexa and its annual festive sale, retained its last week’s position and was the most advertised brand with 32,833 ad insertions.

    Hotel searching website Trivago and Santoor retained their last week’s positions and came in second and third with 10,688 and 10,047 ad insertions respectively.

    Colgate came in fourth with 9,175 ad insertions followed by Wipe with 8,755 ad insertions.

  • Amazon most advertised brand in BARC week 42

    Amazon most advertised brand in BARC week 42

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for last week’s top advertisers and brands between 13-19 October 2018.

    The data is a reflection of top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

    The data demonstrates ads that were inserted the most in week 42 of 2018.

    Top Advertisers:

    For week 42, Hindustan Unilever Ltd retained its position as the top advertiser and led with 1,20,675 ad insertions on television. HUL’s products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.

    Kolkata based ITC group that stood fourth last week, came in second in week 42 with 71,200 ad insertions.

    Reckitt Benckiser Ltd, maker of Dettol, Veet, Durex condoms, Strepsils, Air Wick, Harpic came in third with 70,594 ad insertions followed by Amazon India with mere 29,856 insertions.

    Procter & Gamble retained its last week’s position and stood fifth with 27,742 insertions.

    Top Brands:

    Amazon

    Flipkart

    santoor

    Triage

    Policy Bazaar

    PolicyBazzar that came in fifth last week, didn’t make it in the top 10 list of most advertised brands in week 42.

    amazon.in, the e-commerce player that has been pushing Amazon Alexa and its annual festive sale, retained its last week’s position and was the most advertised brand with 11,473 ad insertions.

    Hotel searching website Trivago came in second followed by Santoor soap with 10,837 and 9,795 ad insertions respectively.

    Reckitt Benckiser’s Dettol came in third with 9,605 ad insertions followed by Honda with 9,447 ad insertions.

  • Amazon most advertised brand in BARC week 41

    Amazon most advertised brand in BARC week 41

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for last week’s top advertisers and brands between 6-12 October 2018.

    The data is a reflection of top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

    The data demonstrates ads that were inserted the most in week 41 of 2018.

    Top Advertisers:

    For week 41, Hindustan Unilever Ltd retained its position as the top advertiser and led with 1,11,221 ad insertions on television. HUL’s products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.

    Running neck to neck with HUL in terms of ad insertions, Reckitt Benckiser Ltd, maker of Dettol, Veet, Durex condoms, Strepsils, Air Wick, Harpic retained its last week’s second position with a mere 94,500 ad insertions.

    Ahead of its Great Indian Shopping Festival, Amazon Online came in third in week 41 with 68,228 ad insertions followed by ITC with 34,758 insertions.

    Procter & Gamble dropped down from its last week’s fourth position with a mere 32,440 ad insertions this week.

    Top Brands:

    Cleaning disinfectant Lizol that was the most advertised brand last week, didn’t make it to the top 5 in week 41.

    amazon.in, the e-commerce player that has been pushing Amazon Alexa and its annual festive sale, was the most advertised brand this time with 49,293 ad insertions.

    Flipkart was the second most advertised brand with 18,763 ad insertions followed by Santoor with 12,049 insertions.

    Hotel searching website Trivago came in fourth followed by Policybazaar.com with 11,261 and 10,956 ad insertions respectively.

  • Lizol tops chart; P&G makes comeback in BARC week 40

    Lizol tops chart; P&G makes comeback in BARC week 40

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for last week’s top advertisers and brands between 29 September-5 October 2018.

    The data is a reflection of top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

    The data demonstrates ads that were inserted the most in week 40 of 2018.

    Top Advertisers:

    For week 40, Hindustan Unilever Ltd retained its position as the top advertiser and led with 1,17,018ad insertions on television. HUL’s products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.

    Running neck to neck with HUL in terms of ad insertions, Reckitt Benckiser Limited, maker of Dettol, Veet, Durex condoms, Strepsils, Air Wick, Harpic retained its last week’s second position with a mere 1,11,113 ad insertions.

    Ahead of its Great Indian Shopping Festival, Amazon Online came in third in week 40 with 34,028 ad insertions followed by Procter & Gamble with 31,392 insertions.

    FMCG company Wipro dropped down from its last week’s third position to fifth position in week 36 with mere 26,942 ad insertions.

    It is noteworthy that P&G wasn’t seen in the top five advertiser list for the last several weeks and only made a comeback this week. Also, ITC didn’t make it even in the top 10 list of top advertisers in week 40.

    Top Brands:

    It seems like cleaning disinfectant Lizol believes in going home or going big! The brand that was missing from the top 10 list of most advertised brand, made a come back yet again at number one spot.

    Lizol was the most advertised brand in week 40 whereas Santoor Sandal and Turmeric soap that stood at number 10 in week 30 made a comeback at number 2 this week.

    amazon.in was the third most advertised brand followed by Flipkart with 12,819 and 11,094 ad insertion respectively.

    Hotel searching website Trivago descended a position to number five with 10579 ad insertions.