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Category: <span>Branding</span>

Marico Wants Half Its Revenue From New Brands by FY30
Branding

Marico Wants Half Its Revenue From New Brands by FY30

Marico's premium and digital brands hit 37% of revenue in FY26, up from 27% in FY20. Its acquisition playbook aims for 50%…

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Mayavé reframes diamonds from scarcity to possibility
Branding

Mayavé Bets Luxury Can Be Built on Possibility, Not Scarcity

HK Group and OPEN Strategy & Design launch Mayavé Jewellery, reframing lab-grown diamonds from mined substitutes to a category of creative freedom…

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McDowell's No.1 Rebrands a 30 Million-Plus Case Giant
Branding

McDowell’s No.1 Rebrands a 30 Million-Plus Case Giant

Diageo India pairs an upgraded blend with a sharper visual identity to move McDowell's No.1 into the mass-premium space without losing its…

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MuscleBlaze: 50% Higher Absorption, Not Just More Protein
Branding

MuscleBlaze Makes 50% Higher Absorption Premium’s New Metric

MuscleBlaze is repositioning premium whey around a more useful promise: 50% higher protein absorption, backed by third-party testing and a cleaner label.

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11 Million Bottles Taught a Youth Brand to Talk to Parents
Branding

11 Million Bottles Taught a Youth Brand to Talk to Parents

Mirinda's #ReleaseThePressure campaign turned packaging into a letter to parents. Here's the psychology—and the missing measurement—for youth brands.

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Big Tech is putting cute faces on its AI agents
Branding

Why Big Tech is cutewashing its AI agents

GrokBot, Meta's Muse and OpenAI's dots all arrived with friendly mascots. Here's why Big Tech bets on cuteness to build trust, and…

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The $81B media deal hiding behind a tiny tower line
Branding

The $81B media deal that hides its brand on purpose

Why Paramount Skydance put 'A Skydance Corporation' under the WB shield instead of making Skydance the brand—and what that teaches about brand…

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Why a First Video Call Home Became Shared Nostalgia
Branding

Jio and the Shared Memory of a First Video Call

Why a first video call home became shared brand memory: the psychology of collective nostalgia and ritual-driven brand building.

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Fujifilm India names Rashmika Mandanna its imaging ambassador
Branding

Fujifilm India Names Rashmika Mandanna Its Imaging Ambassador

Fujifilm India named Rashmika Mandanna the face of its imaging business. Here's the psychology behind the youth-focused pairing and why it can…

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Why Revlon is using its 87-year history as a launchpad
Branding

Revlon’s comeback play: 87 years of history as a launchpad

Revlon is rebuilding by treating 87 years of history as a launchpad. Here is what its Advertising Week 2026 update teaches brand…

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BMW's Rs 1.95 crore 7 Series gets Ranveer Singh as Brand Voice
Branding

BMW’s Rs 1.95 Crore 7 Series Gets a Bollywood Brand Voice

BMW India names Ranveer Singh Brand Voice for the new 7 Series, starting at Rs 1.95 crore, as it courts younger self-made…

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New Brand-Building Rules for a Changing India
Branding

New Brand-Building Rules for a Changing India

Virality can buy awareness, but trust buys repeat purchase. New brand rules in India reward frictionless convenience, measurable proof and capability over…

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