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EL&N London's First India Café Launch at Jio World Plaza

EL&N London — Mumbai Launch Case Study | Stanley Communications
PR & Launch Strategy  ·  Mumbai, India

EL&N London Mumbai.

Jio World Plaza, BKC India's First Store with Reliance Brands Ltd. October 2024
The Brief

Bringing the world's most Instagrammable café to India.

EL&N London — renowned globally for its signature pink aesthetic, artisanal pastries, and cult status as the world's most Instagrammable café — made its India debut at Jio World Plaza, Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex, in partnership with Reliance Brands Limited.

The mandate: create a PR launch that would ignite the city and introduce the brand to India's most discerning tastemakers — generating maximum cultural and media impact from day one.

By The Numbers

A launch that moved
the needle.

476M+
Total Media & Paparazzi Reach
₹8.78Cr+
Total PR Value Generated
145+
Event Attendees
29.5M+
Main Event Social Reach
300+
Stories from Main Event
100+
Pre-Buzz Stories
27+
Reels & Posts
12+
Website Features
240+
Instagram Posts
Our Approach

A multi-layered strategy built for maximum impact.

The launch was engineered across three distinct phases — pre-buzz seeding, a high-octane PR event, and sustained media amplification — ensuring EL&N's arrival dominated conversations across social, editorial, and celebrity circles.

01
Pre-Buzz Seeding
Bespoke heart-shaped invite kits featuring EL&N Salted Caramel Truffles were dispatched to key personalities, sparking 100+ organic stories before a single guest arrived.
02
PR Launch Event
A fully produced launch at Jio World Plaza drew 145+ guests across celebrities, lifestyle influencers, HNI families, socialites, entrepreneurs, and top stylists.
03
Celebrity & Influencer Activation
A-listers including Nushrat Bharucha and Alaya F anchored the evening alongside top-tier lifestyle influencers and Mumbai's most followed community figures.
04
Paparazzi & Media Outreach
Major handles — Viral Bhayani, Instant Bollywood, E24, B4U Paps — were deployed to amplify celebrity attendance, driving an aggregate reach of 476M+ across platforms.
05
Editorial Coverage
Secured exclusive features across Vogue India, Elle, Cosmopolitan India, Economic Times, Curly Tales, and more — cementing EL&N as India's most talked-about new dining destination.
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This new Mumbai café feels like you've walked into a beautiful Instagram post.

Vogue India  ·  Exclusive Feature, October 2024
The Guest Universe

Mumbai's finest.
All in one room.

From Bollywood royalty to the city's most influential digital voices — the guestlist was a masterclass in strategic curation, spanning five distinct audience verticals.

Celebrities
Nushrat Bharucha Alaya F Palak Tiwari Alfia Jafry Pratibha Rana Kritika Kamra
Top IT Girls
Shivvani Patel Miloni Jhonsa Anupreet Siddhu Parul Gulati Bani J Dieya Sindhi Tina Thadani
Top HNIs
Meenakshi Kuwadekar Ashmit Kohli Sherry Anand Vidhi Taneja Anushka Mehra Rashi Dongre
Top Influencers
Devika Vinayek Mitali (House of Misu) Malvika Sitlani Pallavi Balani Simran Luthria Seher Dutta
Key Media Personalities
Saachi Gupta — Vogue India Ishaa Mayer — Elle Priyanko Sarkar — Mint Lounge / Condé Nast Anushree Sardesai — Manifest Schenelle Dsouza — Harper's Bazaar
Editorial Coverage

India's biggest titles
said it all.

Exclusive Feature
Vogue India
Exclusive coverage positioning EL&N as Mumbai's most extraordinary new café experience — described as the world's most Instagrammable café.
Lifestyle Feature
Elle India
Lifestyle editor coverage spotlighting EL&N's signature aesthetic and London-meets-Mumbai dining concept to a premium readership.
Business & Culture
Economic Times
Coverage of EL&N's India debut with Reliance Brands Limited, framed as a landmark moment for luxury F&B in the country.
Digital Coverage
Cosmopolitan India
Stories and posts heralding EL&N as "the next buzzing hotspot in the city," amplified across Cosmo India's engaged digital audience.
Food & Lifestyle
Curly Tales
In-depth dining feature across digital and video platforms, reaching India's most food-obsessed community at scale.
Digital & Social
+ More
Features across Thestylelist, Luxuriousbymm, Localsamosamumbai, and Mumbai Bucketlist — reaching millions of engaged local followers.
Total Impact

The numbers
speak for
themselves.

Every metric validated the strategy. EL&N's India debut didn't just land — it dominated Mumbai's cultural conversation across every major touchpoint, from print to paparazzi to social media.

476M+
Combined Reach
₹8.78Cr+
PR Value Generated
29.5M+
Event Social Reach
400+
Stories, Posts & Reels
12+
Website Features
145+
Event Attendees
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