A Jawed Habib franchisee's ad showed Hindu gods getting a spa day — 'Gods too visit JH'

怎么回事

为什么会这样

• A festive-season creative hook that borrows deities as customers works only if the audience reads it as playful — the same image read by others as commercial exploitation of sacred figures.
• A franchise structure that lets a local operator publish national-brand-carrying creative without central approval means the parent brand absorbs backlash for decisions it didn't make.
• Distancing the founder from the ad ('produced without authorization') doesn't undo the brand-name association — the apology still had to come from the company whose name was on the salon door.

后来呢

The ad was pulled and the company apologized; the incident highlighted the franchise-approval gap that let unauthorized creative reach print under the brand's name.