ZooZoo is the new breed of animation

Friends If you were following IPL then there is no way you wouldn't recognize these cute characters which came during breaks and tells you about various customer value added services of Red telecom company Vodafone . Zoozoo as they are called were not animated characters but real human beings in rubber suits. it's the innovative initiative of Vodafone's O&M team to create such characters. Zoozoo has touched the heart of Indian audienceand were successful to outreach their message of Vodafone being sevice oriented.

If we look back when hutch existed, there were two animated characters mike & minni in their advertisements. So idea was not entirely new but creative enough to draw viewers' attention. Although the hutch orange's Pug is succesfully turned into Happy to help customer service logo of Vodafone. Zoozoo has made a longlasting impression over the TV audience. Time of airing ads was also chosen to increase chances of its visiblity. Zoozoo are so popular that they have fan clubs on various social networking sites. You can even downloads merchandise available on the different websites. The zoozoos can be said as the most creative ads of thses season & Vodafone is succeeded again in leaving a bright impression in Telecom consumers mind.

Lemon is new battlefield!!

Lemon is making its big presence this summer with its usher in the organised market in India.
It has sidelined many heavy weight cola drinks and created his own market and pushed the roadside nimbu-paniwala into frenzy. When biggies like Coca Cola company and Parle agro has come up with refreshing lemon drinks the market has widened and divided into flavoured aerated cold drinks and bottled lemonade. And companies have locked their horns and claws to snatch the market from each other.

Lemon drinks has also come in the wake of already forgotten Limca in the market which is a carbonated lemon drink . For years this territory was uncontested but now have figured LMN, Nimbooz by 7up. The war has spurred but under control and ethical till now while everyone is payuing attention towards large market and not towards competitors.The strategy is to be leader in the niche market of lemon drinks first and seeing competetion next.

LMN from Parle stable is again following same pricing strategy with small tetra packings which are easy to transport and carry while 7up is having benifit of strong supply chain of Coca Cola Co.

The war is on and marketers must keep a close look

Are we in the middle of the sea?

Today, Stock market has become so volatile leading to a global meltdown, and companies are finding it difficult to survive the down turn, through cost cuts, job cuts; its time for organisations to explore new open avenues & innovate in order to become more successful. Companies have to put on their thinking caps & will have to again sit on drawing table to formulate strategies which will make them more resilient in coming future!

This is the best learning period for any organisation, to think & retrospect where are they going wrong!!

It is also also the best time for new start-ups to take benefit of service voids. 

Financial institutions & Banks are cautious but ready to disburse loan at lower interest rate as RBI keep on slashing Repo - reverse Repo rates compiling them again to distribute as much money as they can in economy.

Well coming months are also deciding one as elections are also looming up and Budget round the corner. Government is heavily burdened to acheive tagertted GDP of 7.1% which means this quarter it should post a GDP of around 7.8 % .

Deflation is again a big problem but this month has shown some positive response with increase in manufacturing sector production index . Automobiles has posted a growth of around 35% as compared to same month in last year. Other sectors has also started moving upwards with service sector again leading from front. With jolting economy, companies are inhibiting and planning their moves accordingly.

We can just cross our fingers & hope to come out of this bhavsaagar safe & sound!

Saurav Ganguly hangs his boot: Is it the right time for other seniors to follow?

A legend will be written on the day when Saurav will be walking out of Nagpur Vidarbha Stadium with his head high and shoulders low. He is not at all dejected from what he achieved and never regret what he has done. He has put a great show altogether with 22 wins in his captaincy. He is the fifth highest run getter in the World with 11,000 + runs and still counting and having an average of around 42. something . He lived a legacy and leave stories of grit and maverick captainship.

Ok... But the question is "Should other seniors follow him?"

In my opinion this is the right time to follow for the other senior players. With Rahul not even in Top 15 players and Sachin with same unfitness story and a great pool of new performers is coming up putting up a good show altogether, it will be making themselves foolhardy to stand in front of this strong wind of youth.

Some people might be of the view that Indian seniors may provide a good strata for team to stand strong with their experience. But in the past few series if we leave Tendulkar, we can say Seniors were just not up to the mark and juniors again were spelbounding with their performance.

What you people out there think about it?
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