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Category: <span>Branding</span>

Kinder Joy’s festive packs hit 10M organic views early
Branding

Kinder Joy’s Diwali packs earn 10M organic views early

Ferrero India reshapes Kinder Joy packs as lanterns, rockets and anars, earning 10M organic views and turning Diwali packaging into a ritual.

4 min read
Jellycat's 50% margin is a masterclass in leaving the commodity trap
Branding

Jellycat’s 50% Margin Shows How to Beat a Commodity Trap

Jellycat grew 43% to £450 million and passed a 50% margin while plush grew 2%. The lesson: change the buyer, the product…

3 min read
Apple Music's new logo is a physical ripple from sound
Branding

Apple Music’s new logo turns sound into ripples

Apple Music's new identity turns sound into ripples—built with a transducer, mineral oil, and a sonic logo constrained by what the eye…

3 min read
Maybelline's 5 mithai shades and the power of local cues
Branding

Maybelline’s 5 Mithai Shades Are a Festive Branding Lesson

Maybelline turned five mithai into lipstick shades. Here's why familiar food names work harder than abstract ones for festive India.

2 min read
A ₹3,442 cr bet on a 20-year-old idea
Branding

₹3,442 cr later, Imperial Blue bets on a 20-year-old idea

After a ₹3,442 crore deal, Tilaknagar is reviving Imperial Blue's two-decade-old Men Will Be Men idea—keeping the asset but modernising the joke.

3 min read
Local voices made Jio an everyday ritual
Branding

Jio Story: When Local Voices Became Everyday Media

Village video calls, hostel Wi-Fi and regional creators turned Jio into an ambient habit across India. What marketers can learn from local…

3 min read
148 insights on personal branding's hidden edge
Branding

Personal branding in 2026: 148 insights from those who lived it

Fast Company's new report shows the same personal brand that opens doors can also pigeonhole, exhaust and invite scrutiny. Here's what to…

3 min read
India’s GCCs move from back office to global brand office
Branding

India’s GCCs Are Becoming Global Brand Headquarters

India's 1,850 GCCs now shape brand strategy, not just campaigns. With 57% of Indian marketers funding AI, the global brand office is…

3 min read
Zepto's Seoul Street: 300 guests, a fandom playbook
Branding

Zepto’s Seoul Street: 300 guests and a fandom snowball

Zepto turned Delhi into an invite-only Seoul Street for 300 guests, testing whether an existing fandom can be snowballed into a bigger…

2 min read
Albertsons' 0.8% sales dip is a strategy problem
Branding

Albertsons’ 0.8% Sales Dip Is a Strategy Problem

Albertsons reported a 0.8% identical sales decline and a possible sale. The missing piece, argues brand strategist Joan Kiddon, is a customer-defined…

3 min read
Apple India: 10% share without a cheaper iPhone
Branding

Apple India: 10% Share Without a Cheaper iPhone

How Apple went from 4% to a projected 10% India smartphone share without a cheaper iPhone—by building factories, stores and financing first.

4 min read
Trimacare's six-film push makes pregnancy nutrition stage-wise
Branding

Trimacare’s 6-Film Push Sells Pregnancy Nutrition by Stage

Trimacare signs Yami Gautam for a six-film campaign that reframes pregnancy nutrition from single pills to trimester-specific combinations.

2 min read