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Category: <span>Branding</span>

Vianaar isn't selling homes. It's selling slow living.
Branding

How Vianaar Sells Slow Living, Not Homes

Vianaar's new brand film uses Goa's Susegad philosophy to sell slow living through carrom, cycling and sunsets. Here's the positioning lesson.

2 min read
When a Marathon Turns Into a Brand Crisis
Branding

Wipro Marathon: When Event Execution Becomes a Brand Problem

Empty water stations and crowded finish lines left the Wipro Bengaluru Marathon trending for the wrong reasons. What title sponsors can learn…

2 min read
Premium ice cream can no longer hide behind a price tag
Branding

What a Rs 10 Ice Cream Means for Premium Brands

Reliance's Bombay Creamery starts at Rs 10 and calls itself premium. Here's why India's ice cream brands now need more than price…

3 min read
Why Digital-First Brands Are Betting on Bigg Boss
Branding

Why Digital-First Brands Are Betting on Bigg Boss

Bigg Boss is pulling a new crop of digital-first advertisers. Here's why mass reach, in-show integrations and festive timing are luring them…

3 min read
HCL's Classical Arts Play Is Brand Equity, Not Lead Gen
Branding

How HCL Is Using Classical Arts as Brand Glue

Nearly 30 years of HCL Concerts shows how a B2B tech group uses culture, not leads, to build relationships and mental availability…

3 min read
What MoMA’s data design show teaches brands about identity
Branding

What MoMA’s New Exhibit Teaches Brands About Data Storytelling

MoMA’s Full Disclosure shows why people share data visualisations. The lesson for brands: infographics are identity signals, not just facts.

3 min read
The Souled Store's Community-First Brand Playbook
Branding

The Souled Store Shows How Fandom Becomes a Brand Moat

How licensed IP, digital community and themed stores took The Souled Store to ₹492 crore revenue while profit fell 38% in FY25.

2 min read
Swiss Beauty Select's Rs 100 Crore Premium Play
Branding

Swiss Beauty Select Targets Rs 100 Crore in Premium Push

Swiss Beauty Select aims to double revenue to Rs 70 crore, then Rs 100 crore, as premiumisation and channel mix reshape its…

3 min read
DailyObjects names Zeenah Vilcassim global CMO
Branding

DailyObjects names Zeenah Vilcassim Global CMO

DailyObjects appoints former Nothing India marketing lead Zeenah Vilcassim as Global CMO as it takes its India-born lifestyle tech brand international.

3 min read
Rungta Steel parodies TMT ads, not films, with three stars
Branding

Rungta Steel’s SRK-Alia-Ranbir ad parodies TMT category

Rungta Steel's new TVC with SRK, Alia and Ranbir parodies TMT advertising conventions instead of films to make strength claims memorable.

3 min read
Messi's on-field runs become a downloadable font
Branding

Rexona turns Messi’s movement into a font

Rexona Argentina's free GOAT Font converts Lionel Messi's dribbles into usable letters and shows how brands turn fame into assets.

2 min read
Shaya Uses Shreya Ghoshal’s Voice to Rewrite Silver’s Story
Branding

Shaya Signs Shreya Ghoshal to Make Silver an Everyday Story

The CaratLane silver label picks a singer, not a film star, to reposition the metal from heirloom to everyday self-expression.

3 min read