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Year: <span>2026</span>

4.6 lakh ramen searches: K-culture is in the cart
Consumer Behaviour

Zepto sees 4.6 lakh ramen searches as K-wave hits carts

K-dramas and K-pop are moving from screens into Indian shopping carts, beauty routines and travel plans. Zepto's search data shows how fast…

3 min read
Mercury: Little to Big
New Ads

Mercury’s Little to Big ad turns patient stories into brand proof

Mercury's Little to Big campaign follows former Starship patients into adulthood, using real survival stories, a 25-year milestone and a matching ask.

3 min read
Daikin India's 5-million AC premium bet
Branding

Daikin India’s Premium Bet: 5 Million ACs by 2030

How Daikin India plans to sell 5 million room ACs by 2030 while building premium through factories, R&D and one brand in…

3 min read
65% of U.S. Consumers Avoid Ads
Consumer Behaviour

65% of Consumers Avoid Ads. Marketers Can Fix That.

Omnicom's 1,136-person study finds 65% avoid ads—but avoidance is a spectrum of behaviours, and there are four ways to make ads feel…

2 min read
Quick commerce took one FMCG client to 70-80% of sales
Consumer Behaviour

WPP: Quick commerce took an FMCG client to 70-80% of sales

WPP Media India's new playbook says brands can test products, read live purchase signals and scale based on marketplace behaviour.

2 min read
India's microdrama market is already a $600M business
Consumer Behaviour

India’s microdrama market is already a $600M business

Microdramas grew from a novelty into a $600M market in India. Here's what the watch-time, subscription and branded-content shifts mean for marketers.

3 min read
200+ BFSI professionals put trust on the AI agenda
Consumer Behaviour

How 200+ BFSI Professionals Plan to Earn Trust in the AI Age

BankFin 360 returns to Mumbai on October 8 with 40+ speakers and eight sessions on earning consumer trust as AI reshapes financial…

3 min read
Three Months In, SpaceXAI Becomes SpaceXSI After Trump Order
Branding

Three Months In, SpaceXAI Becomes SpaceXSI After Trump Order

Three months after launch, Musk is renaming SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI after a federal order to replace AI with super intelligence. Here's the…

2 min read
20,000 sq ft flagships are now brand worlds
Branding

20,000 Sq Ft Flagships Turn Stores Into Brand Worlds

Indian designer fashion is betting on immersive flagships. Inside the architecture, psychology and pricing power behind the new brand worlds.

3 min read
The 80/20 brand model: lead globally, manage locally
Branding

The 80/20 Brand Model: Lead Globally, Manage Locally

Global brand teams fail when they try to manage local execution. A shared-responsibility 80/20 model keeps brands consistent and locally relevant.

2 min read
Pepsodent’s Dishoom Dishoom
Throwback

The Psychology of Pepsodent’s Dishoom Dishoom

The throwback ad that turned tooth-brushing into a daily battle kids wanted to win—and the behavioural levers that made Pepsodent stick.

3 min read
SKF sells a 20% fix with AI Garbo and 1919 financing
Branding

SKF turns a 20% energy loss into a 1919 sales story

SKF is using AI to resurrect Greta Garbo and reviving a 1919 pay-from-savings model to sell magnetic bearings. The psychology behind the…

3 min read