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Vinita Bhatia
Jul 10, 2024

Bombay Shaving Company lathers on sensi-bility into its latest marketing campaign

The grooming company's founder and CEO, Shantanu Deshpande, and CMO, Gauri Malhotra, spill the beans to Campaign on why Deshpande starred in their latest ad, risking a meme frenzy. This move showed his confidence in the product and his coolness at taking a joke on the chin.

Bombay Shaving Company's founder and CEO, Shantanu Deshpande.

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