This brand was launched in India in 1934. Hamam is for the ‘Aspiring’ or mid-segment. This HUL soap is positioned as ‘caring, protection-for-the-family’ or ‘complete natural family’ soap. While Liril tends to be ‘trendy’ Hamam is ‘Traditional’. The ads of this soap used to show traditional family members – mostly mother and child in a natural setting and used the emotional appeal [...]

This soap is targeted at the women especially young women. The positioning of the brand is around the basic theme of ‘Freshness’. Liril was the courageous brand that first brought ‘sex appeal’ in the Indian advertisement arena. The vintage Liril ad shows semi-clad girls bathing in a water-fall and singing the famous jingle: ‘La lara la la…’. In early 2000s Liril launched different [...]

HUL Fact File Founded 1933 Vision “To earn the love and respect of India, by making real difference to every Indian.” Mission “Our mission is to add Vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.” Gross Turnover (2007-08) Rs. 14938 Crore Profit After Tax (2007-08) Rs. [...]

Surf Excel is the HUL laundry brand for the ‘Affluent’ or premium-class. Earlier the focus of the brand was on functional attribute of whiteness as shown in this 1970s ad featuring Lalitaji as shown below. But over the year the focus of this range of detergent powder has changed to broader emotional positioning and now it claims to cater to ‘constantly changing washing needs of the Indian homemaker’. This [...]

Hindustan Unilever Limited or HUL as it is popularly known as started its journey in the Indian soil long back in the year 1933. So, this year the company is celebrating its 75th year’s anniversary. In the beginning the name of the company was ‘Lever Brothers India Limited’. Then, in 1956 ‘Hindustan Lever Limited’ (or more popularly HLL) was formed with the merger of three companies namely [...]