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Category: <span>Branding</span>

How super.money made 'split' impossible to forget
Branding

super.money turns Tiger Shroff’s famous splits into a payment hack

super.money's splitStore campaign uses Tiger Shroff's iconic splits to make three-part payments stick. Here's the creative mnemonic behind it.

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AdFest's folded-paper logo marks 30 years
Branding

AdFest’s 30th-anniversary logo uses paper and negative space

AdFest's 30th-anniversary logo uses a bent paper strip and negative space to unite trophy, lotus and gateway. Here's why the rebrand works.

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‘Independent’ Is a Brand Asset, Not a Label
Branding

Why ‘Independent’ Is Campaigning’s Hottest Brand Asset

Independent candidates are turning the word itself into a logo and biography. Here’s what their negative positioning teaches brand managers.

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Bapu's symbols became brand shorthand
Branding

Gandhi Jayanti Posts Show Cultural Symbols Beat Greeting Cards

From a french-fry Gandhi to HDFC Bank's lock-built portrait, brands used Bapu's familiar symbols as brand shorthand this Gandhi Jayanti.

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How a 3-Month Pause Restored Magnolia's Purpose
Branding

How a 3-Month Pause Restored Magnolia’s Purpose

Joanna Gaines says Magnolia stopped seeing its vision after nearly 25 years. A costly three-month pause helped the founders recover the brand's…

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Mid-size brands now mass-produce AI creative
Branding

AI Creative Production Goes Mainstream for Mid-Size Marketers

Wyndham, Opella and BetMGM show how scaled AI creative is moving beyond mega-brands, powered by in-house teams, performance data and strict guardrails.

3 min read
Ajio's festive face is an identity play
Branding

Ajio’s festive brand face is an identity play

Ajio named Ahaan Panday as its 2026 festive campaign face. The move shows celebrity endorsements work best when a face carries identity,…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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