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Year: <span>2026</span>

Why answer engines skip your best pages
Branding

Why answer engines skip your best pages: the AEO audit fix

Being findable is not being citable. A four-layer AEO audit turns 'we're not in ChatGPT' into a fix list content and brand…

3 min read
PhonePe makes 70 crore users feel human
Branding

PhonePe Turns 70 Crore Users Into a Human Brand Story

PhonePe's 10-year film tries to name all 70 crore users, turning a huge number into a 980-day thought experiment and a branding…

2 min read
Creators are beating influencers at their own game
Consumer Behaviour

Why Brands Are Choosing Creators Over Influencers

From a $2M sales day at Favorite Daughter to Bob's Discount Furniture's 50% jump in organic reach, creator-led content is outperforming influencer…

3 min read
Spotify's You're Among Fans
Viral Ads

Spotify’s You’re Among Fans: The psychology of the ad

Spotify's 2026 'You're Among Fans' campaign, via BBDO New York, turns fan obsession into a B2B media brief with Lizzo and Jay…

3 min read
How Beco is challenging India's habit-driven home care market
Branding

How Beco is challenging India’s habit-driven home care market

Beco's playbook shows how challenger brands can win in India's habit-driven home care market by innovating for real needs, using discovery channels,…

3 min read
Amazon sells Kindle buttons back for $35
Pricing Psychology

Amazon removed Kindle buttons—now sells them back for $35

Amazon spent a decade removing physical page-turn buttons. Now $35 clickers and $80 covers sell the feature back. Here's the psychology.

2 min read
Trust, memory shortcuts and shifting milestones
Marketing Psychology

Trust, memory shortcuts and shifting milestones

Ipsos's October update suggests brand recognition runs on memory shortcuts, AI adoption runs on trust, and life milestones are moving more than…

2 min read
Freefall bets on making the saree effortless
Branding

Huma Qureshi’s Freefall targets first-year break-even

Huma Qureshi and Dressfolk's label Freefall is selling the saree as wearable, not cumbersome, while chasing Rs 5 crore in six months…

2 min read
The NHL is borrowing BookTok's hockey romance buzz
Consumer Behaviour

NHL courts BookTok romance fandom with Hot for Hockey

Why the NHL's Hot for Hockey campaign is borrowing BookTok romance tropes to reach new fans, and the brand risk in joining…

3 min read
Ghadi Detergent Puts Madhuri Dixit to the Trust Test
Branding

Ghadi Detergent Puts Madhuri Dixit to the Trust Test

Ghadi Detergent's new campaign uses Madhuri Dixit and visible product tests to earn trust. Here is why proof beats promises in brand…

2 min read
Interio by Godrej turns the kitchen into a social hub
Branding

Interio by Godrej turns the kitchen into a social hub

Interio by Godrej's new steel kitchen film uses a busy Indian household to turn durability into an everyday social story, not a…

2 min read
How Parachute Advansed Jasmine made shine a confidence cue
Branding

How Parachute Advansed Jasmine made shine a confidence cue

Marico's new Parachute Advansed Jasmine film uses a stage-performance moment to turn hair shine into a cue for confidence, not just nourishment.

2 min read