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Year: <span>2026</span>

Miraggio sells the moment work stops
Marketing Psychology

Miraggio markets the pre-festive mental checkout

The bag brand's LinkedIn-first 'Off The Clock' campaign borrows the Out of Office cue to market the moment people mentally leave work.

3 min read
How invisible everyday utility became a daily habit
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: 524M+ Customers, Three Quiet Utilities

Three ordinary moments—UPI at a chai stall, a video-call study group, maps on a family trip—show how utility becomes a daily habit.

3 min read
Kids' TV Hits a 50-50 Split and Breaks a Remote Bias
Marketing Psychology

Kids’ TV Hits a 50-50 Split and Breaks a Remote Bias

Warner Bros. Discovery's kids' chief traces the missing girl characters to a remote-control bias — and the 50-50 split now forcing change.

3 min read
What five everyday Jio habits reveal about Indian consumers
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: The Psychology of Five Everyday Data Lives

Five familiar figures—the data saver, midnight binger, kirana owner, first creator and Dadi on her first call—show how data quietly became a…

2 min read
Maggi's Mein aur Meri Maggi and the psychology of memory
Throwback

The Psychology of the Ad: Maggi’s Mein aur Meri Maggi

How Maggi's 2010 campaign turned instant noodles into a shared emotional ritual in India using memory, social proof and co-creation.

3 min read
Why Your First Video Call Home Became Everyone's Memory
Marketing Psychology

Jio Story: The First Video Call Home That Became Everyone’s

Why "my first video call home" became a collective memory—and how shared moments do marketing work no ad can.

3 min read
$300M TikTok sleep brand makes Target debut
Consumer Behaviour

$300M TikTok sleep brand makes Target debut

Target is putting a TikTok-born sleep brand with a $300M second-year run rate in 550 stores to revive its falling home category.

2 min read
The 2016 offer that reset India's data expectations
Consumer Behaviour

The 2016 Welcome Offer Was a Reference-Point Reset

The 2016 Welcome Offer was less a pricing move and more a reference-point reset. Here's what Indian marketers can still use from…

3 min read
Naukri.com's Hari Sadu
Throwback

How Naukri.com’s Hari Sadu Ad Turned an Insult Into Brand Gold

The Hari Sadu ad didn't sell job listings. It sold the relief of escaping a boss. Here is the behavioural science behind…

3 min read
The day data stopped being a budget and became a default
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: The Day Counting Stopped and Habits Reordered

The real Jio-era shift was mental: when data stopped being counted, decisions moved from saving megabytes to choosing identity, ease and relevance.

2 min read
Planet Fitness: Feeling Gymtimidated?
New Ads

Planet Fitness names the fear: Feeling Gymtimidated?

Planet Fitness Australia's new Engine campaign names gymtimidation and uses exaggerated gym characters to sell a judgement-free welcome.

3 min read
Trust cues belong where doubt lives
Consumer Behaviour

Diwali 2026: Trust Is the Real UX Problem

Diwali 2026's shorter rush brings millions of first-time shoppers online. Brands that convert place trust cues where doubt actually appears.

2 min read