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Category: <span>Branding</span>

What a film star does for a real estate brand
Branding

Ranbir Kapoor is Mantra’s new brand face. What next?

The Pune developer has signed Ranbir Kapoor as brand ambassador as it expands into Mumbai and branded residences abroad. The psychology behind…

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Godawan's 15,000-hour craft film shows purpose is a slow signal
Branding

Godawan’s 15,000-hour craft film shows purpose is a slow signal

Why Godawan's 8-month, 15,000-hour stop-motion film on the Great Indian Bustard is a costly signal of brand purpose—and what marketers can learn.

3 min read
Banking's 50,000 crore consumer-first lesson
Branding

Kotak’s 50,000 Crore Consumer-First Banking Bet

Rohit Bhasin's FMCG playbook at Kotak turned a liquidity product into a 50,000 crore book by understanding Indians' emergency money mindset.

3 min read
Carrier India's 1,000th chiller proves engineering is brand proof
Branding

Carrier India’s 1,000th Chiller Shows Engineering as Brand Proof

Carrier India's commercial and residential arms tell two positioning stories. Here's why proof-point engineering wins in B2B and what marketers can copy.

2 min read
How Cinema Took Armani from $135M to $400M+
Branding

How Cinema Took Armani from $135M to $400M+

A 1987 gangster wardrobe was more than styling. From Armani to Hershey to Ray-Ban, cinema placements show how borrowed identity turns into…

3 min read
Asian Paints sells wedding-day certainty to 5.7 lakh consumers
Branding

Asian Paints Sells Wedding-Day Certainty to 5.7 Lakh Consumers

Asian Paints' new Beautiful Homes campaign reframes painting as deadline-driven certainty, with wedding stakes, AI previews and a 20% money-back guarantee.

2 min read
Brisbane 2032 logo hides a torch, a cockatoo and '32
Branding

Brisbane 2032 logo: the hidden meaning behind the new emblem

The Brisbane 2032 emblem works as a torch, a cockatoo crest, the Queensland map and the year '32 - an accidental masterclass…

3 min read
JKR uses the letter i to give Intuit a brand personality
Branding

Intuit’s rebrand turns one letter into a personality

Most people know Mailchimp, TurboTax and QuickBooks, but not Intuit. JKR’s rebrand uses the letter i to give the parent brand a…

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Soan Papdi: the 100M-box festive brand lesson
Branding

A trolled sweet sells 100 million boxes every Diwali. Here’s why

Soan Papdi is mocked, re-gifted and ubiquitous. Yet it sells 100 million boxes every Diwali. Here is the brand strategy behind its…

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
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…

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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