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Shubhajit Sen<\/a>, CMO, Micromax has confirmed the news to AdAge India. “We have had a fantastic relationship with Mullen Lowe Lintas<\/a> and the agency<\/a> has helped us take Micromax brand to the next level. But, this time, we have not invited Mullen Lowe Lintas for the process. We now want to take Micromax brand to a new direction and our synergies with Lintas did not match in regards to our future plans. As a result, we decided to review other creative agencies,” adds Sen.
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\nLowe Lintas bagged Micromax’s creative mandate in 2010. While the incumbent on the account, at that time, was Draft FCB Ulka, Lowe Lintas bagged the account without a multi-agency pitch.
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\nSen also confirmed that the current creative review will not affect the brand’s relationship with its digital agency and media agency.
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\nHowever at this point, Sen refused to share any details on the account size or the brand’s marketing budget. We have learnt from several reports that Micromax keeps 2% of its sales as its marketing budget.
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\nMullen Lowe Lintas had shared an extremely successful relationship with Micromax. The agency designed several campaigns for the brand that generated a high recall and took the brand to a new level. Some of these campaigns included ‘Hugh Jackman<\/a> launch for Canvas Range<\/em>’, ‘Jail Break<\/em>’, ‘Unite<\/em>’, ‘Kapil<\/em> Sharma and Rana Daggubatti Stay in Touch<\/em>’, ‘Canvas Laptop<\/em>’, ‘Cricket Anthem<\/em>’ and others.
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