Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Ltd becomes India's biggest FMCG advertiser this week leaving behind Parle, Cadbury
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Guess who India's biggest The data is from Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), the joint industry body that compiles and publishes TV viewing data. BARC monitors around 450 channels. TVCs for Patanjali products played more than 17,000 times between January 23 and January 29 compared with just under 16,000 times for products under the Cadbury brand.
These seemingly high numbers are explained by the fact that TV commercials play in a very large number of channels in many genres across India, both nationally and regionally.
Patanjali grabbing the number one spot this week may turn out to be significant over the medium term, especially since the climb has been steep. A week prior to this latest release, BARC's TVC count showed Patanjali in the sixth rank.
Ramdev had said in 2015 that his company will be India's biggest fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) player in five years. For its TV advertising blitz, Patanjali has picked seven products from a 30-strong product portfolio.
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These seven are clarified butter (ghee), shampoo, biscuits, noodles, honey, dental cream and aloe vera cream. Baba Ramdev's spokesperson SK Tijarawala said it has been a conscious decision on the part of the company to show its ads largely in news channels to target the "intelligent audience."
"We got the first ranking this week also because of all our seven TV commercials were rolled in together this time. We are coming out seven more products, so there are more ads in the pipeline."
There have been reports, not denied by Patanjali, that the company has earmarked Rs 300 crore for ad spend. Tijarawala did not comment on this but said the flood of ads was to make Patanjali a "recallable brand" and that opting for news channels meant lower rates and, therefore, greater frequency of ads. Some advertising professionals were, however, skeptical of the audience pulling power of Patanjali ads.
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