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Year: <span>2026</span>

Why Havas Is Betting on Luxury Experiences in India
Branding

Why Havas Is Betting on Luxury Experience Design in India

Havas India, Shortcut and Shobiz have launched a luxury experiential agency in Mumbai. Here's the consumer psychology behind the bet on experience…

3 min read
AI Search Only Quotes What It Cannot Invent
Marketing Psychology

AI Search Now Decides Which Brands Get Quoted

Answer engines went from 634 million to 904 million monthly visitors in a year. Here's what earns a citation, what's a myth,…

4 min read
Hyundai, Sheetal Devi and the Psychology of Earned Endorsements
Branding

Why Hyundai’s Sheetal Devi Signing Is Smart Brand Psychology

Hyundai Motor India has named para archer Sheetal Devi its brand ambassador. The real lesson is in how earned, long-term endorsements build…

3 min read
Why Luxury Brands Are Buying Experiences, Not Ads
Branding

Why Havas Is Betting on Luxury Experiences in India

Havas India and Paris-based Shortcut have launched a luxury experiential agency. Here's the consumer psychology behind India's shift to premium experiences.

3 min read
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Marketing Psychology

When 300,000 Creators Stop Feeling Like People

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Ghost Creators and the Price of Rented Authenticity
Marketing Psychology

Ghost Creators: The Psychology Behind Rented Authenticity

Ghost creators produce brand content under fake names and tight briefs. Here's why the tactic works psychologically, and where it quietly destroys…

3 min read
Gen Z picks the brand. Parents pay the bill.
Consumer Behaviour

India’s Gen Z Now Drives 43% of Consumption Spending

India's 377 million Gen Zs already steer $860 billion of spending, and most of it isn't their own money. What that means…

4 min read
Cord-Cutting Is Slowing. Blame the Bundle.
Pricing Psychology

Cord-Cutting Is Slowing. Bundling Psychology Explains Why

US pay-TV losses are decelerating as cable operators bundle streaming apps. The behavioural science of bundling, friction and why cord-cutters never really…

3 min read
Retail Media's Real Fight Is Positioning, Not Reach
Branding

Retail Media’s New Battle Is Positioning, Not Reach

Eleven retail media networks pitched advertisers in New York. The winners weren't selling reach - they were selling a distinct psychological context…

4 min read
Outsource the machinery, never the consumer
Consumer Behaviour

When Legacy Brands Outsource D2C, Who Owns the Consumer?

Colgate-Palmolive handed Palmolive's D2C business to Bombay Shaving Company. The real question for brands: how much of the consumer relationship can you…

4 min read
Luxury Doesn't Buy Reach. It Buys Memory.
Branding

Why Havas Is Betting on Luxury Experiences in India

Havas India has launched Shortcut Shobiz India with Paris-based Shortcut. Here's the consumer psychology behind why luxury brands are buying moments, not…

3 min read
Discovery Is Being Rewired: Inside the Digiday Tech Shortlist
Consumer Behaviour

Digiday Tech Awards Finalists Signal a Shift in How We Discover

ShopMy, Google and WordPress VIP made the Digiday Technology Awards shortlist. The real story: discovery, trust and attention are being rewired.

4 min read