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Category: <span>Branding</span>

Blissclub's Off The Clock: selling identity, not performance
Branding

Blissclub’s Off The Clock trades performance for identity

Blissclub introduces BareButter with Off The Clock, a menswear campaign that reframes men beyond work and performance. Why identity-led positioning works.

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The Body Shop India’s jasmine-coded Diwali play
Branding

How The Body Shop Made Jasmine a Diwali Brand Code

The Body Shop India’s Diwali campaign uses jasmine as a familiar cultural code for self-care and gifting. Here’s why that strategy works.

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Yes Bank's Team India play: borrowed pride, local reach
Branding

Yes Bank Turns Team India Pride Into Brand Equity

Yes Bank's Asian Games 2026 campaign shows how borrowed equity and national pride can give a bank a share of Team India's…

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NIVIA makes India’s football jersey a lifestyle buy
Branding

NIVIA turns India’s football jersey into a lifestyle product

NIVIA Sports unveiled India’s official football jersey with a campaign positioning it as performance wear, everyday apparel and a collectible.

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Hire for intent, not the logo wall
Branding

Hire for intent: how Epic Content makes brands sound human

Epic Content founders Prianka and Ajay reflect on ten years of replacing corporate jargon with human stories—and what CMOs should hire for.

3 min read
A Monk, a Broker and a Musician Agree: Brand Is Character at Scale
Branding

A Brand Is Character at Scale: What a Zen Monk Teaches Marketers

Fast Company finds a Zen teacher, a broker and a musician landed on the same idea: a brand is character at scale,…

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What Brands Are Really Buying in Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Branding

Why Brands Are Racing to Sign 15-Year-Old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

The psychology behind the rush to sign a teenage cricket star: attention, herd behaviour and the cost of betting early.

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Star Health turns claims speed into a 20-year brand promise
Branding

Star Health turns a claim every 8 seconds into brand trust

Star Health's new campaign centres on one claim settled every eight seconds, turning claims support into a national trust message for India.

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What Defender Journeys Teaches About Premium Experience Design
Branding

What Defender Journeys Teaches About Premium Experience Design

Defender Journeys' fourth edition shows how premium brands use effort, contrast and small groups to turn a self-drive route into a brand…

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Clinic Plus Flips Its Mother-Daughter Brand Story
Branding

Clinic Plus Flips Its Mother-Daughter Story for Daughters’ Day

Clinic Plus's Daughters' Day film reverses its long-running #MeriBetiStrong platform: the daughter becomes the mother's anchor. Here's why the shift works.

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Why Paramount-WBD Rebrand Churn Is a Brand Warning
Branding

What Paramount-WBD Rebrand Churn Teaches Brands

Frequent logo overhauls at Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery reveal how brand identity becomes shorthand for strategic instability.

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Cashfree Uses the Soan Papdi Joke to Question Default Choices
Branding

Cashfree Uses Soan Papdi to Challenge Default Payment Gateways

Cashfree’s festive campaign uses the familiar soan papdi joke to challenge default payment gateway choices and introduce its new AI-native identity.

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