Category Archives: Client

Beyond UHT milk

By Anam Hakeem A nation that consumes 6.5 billion litres of milk annually has only recently started to hear about ‘pasteurised milk’, a sub-category of the milk market accounting for a negligible share of the dairy industry. For context, Pakistan … Continue reading

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“Today, anything we use in our lives has to come from a supply chain”

Imran Shaikh, Managing Director, DHL Global Forwarding Pakistan, speaks to Aurora about the challenges Pakistan poses to the business of supply chain logistics. AURORA: How does DHL Pakistan configure itself in terms of its different businesses? IMRAN SHAIKH: We have … Continue reading

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Resolutions 2012

Five clients and agencies share their insights on how to be better partners in 2012. How can you be a better client in 2012? Aamir Ibrahim, VP & CMO, Telenor Pakistan In two ways. One, allow your agency to be … Continue reading

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Tiger times two

By Vanessa D’Souza In an interview in the September-October 2010 issue of Aurora, Saadia Naveed, MD, English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM) said, “Biscuits are [considered as] the most economical healthy food people can buy.” Given this phenomenon it is not surprising … Continue reading

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How to write a brief that works

Umair Mohsin recaps the salient points raised at the PAS Workshop on how to write a brief. The creative brief is your roadmap. Your Sherpa; your guide to the buried treasure. The creative brief is the contract between the client … Continue reading

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The Buzz

MEDIA SPEAK Pakistan’s Oscar win On February 26, Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and her co-director Daniel Junge brought Pakistan its first Oscar in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category. The documentary, Saving Face depicts victims of acid attacks and the … Continue reading

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Sunil Gupta conducts PAS workshop on ‘The Client Brief’

The Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS) held an all day workshop on ‘The Client Brief’ at the Marriott Hotel yesterday (Feb 1). The workshop was conducted by Sunil Gupta, CEO, Sting Communications (India). He told the participants (a mix of advertising and … Continue reading

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“We started off with a base of Rs 6.5 billion and we are now a nine billion rupee company”

As National Foods works towards its vision of becoming a Rs 50 billion company by 2020, Marylou Andrew talks to Adnan Malik, Head of Marketing, National Foods about what it will take to achieve this vision and the company’s plans … Continue reading

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Genies in a bottle

Khurram Koraishy forecasts growth trends for the beverage industry in 2012. Depending on which data source you look at, the population ofPakistanis estimated to range between 180 and 190 million people. This makes Pakistan the sixth most populous country in … Continue reading

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The art of creating brand apostles

Nasir Riaz on how to create and retain truly satisfied customers. In this era of cutthroat competition, global economic recession and decreasing brand loyalty, many brand owners are unable to retain their loyal satisfied customers. These companies spend millions on … Continue reading

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