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Caselet 1: Emami's Marketing of Men's Fairness Creams"These products and their advertisements reinforce an old Southeast Asian bias that you have to be fair to be beautiful... Sunscreens, skin-whitening, fairness creams - they are all the same."1 - Prahlad Kakkar, Advertising Consultant and Ad Guru, in 2007. "Everyone wants to look better. What's the difference between a woman using lipstick, Europeans using skin-tan lotion, and an Indian skin-lightening cream?"2 - Alyque Padamsee, Advertising Consultant and Ad Guru, in 2007.
Caselet 2: Pfizer's Marketing of Lipitor - Next Page>> 1] Parul Gupta, "Indian Men Go for the Light
Look to Win Women," www.thestandard.com.hk, September 7, 2007. |
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