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Category: <span>Branding</span>

Can Someone Draw Your Brand On A Napkin?
Branding

The Napkin Test: When Packaging Becomes a Brand Asset

Good packaging wins the shelf. Great packaging escapes it. A designer's four-bucket framework — and the napkin test that separates assets from…

3 min read
How a B2B Brand Bought Its Way Into Memory
Branding

What a B2B CMO’s Rise Teaches About Brand Building

Schneider Electric India's Ratnesh Pandey moved from digital marketer to CMO. His playbook shows how B2B brands buy attention with purpose and…

3 min read
SBI Life's Para-Sport Bet: Meaning Over Media Metrics
Branding

SBI Life’s Para-Sport Bet: Meaning Over Media Metrics

SBI Life is deepening its para-sport association and refusing to judge it on reach or ROI. Here's the brand psychology behind that…

3 min read
Hyundai's 20% Women Executive Target Is a Branding Move
Branding

Hyundai India’s 20% Women Executive Target Is Brand Strategy

Hyundai India wants women in 20% of executive roles by 2030, up from 8%. Why this talent target is really an employer…

3 min read
Haier India's Sport-O-Tainment Challenger Play
Branding

Haier India’s Sport-O-Tainment Bet: Challenger Brand Psychology

Haier India runs no single big campaign. Its Sport-O-Tainment strategy buys year-round attention instead. Here's the psychology behind the challenger play.

4 min read
India's Tourism Slump Is a Brand Salience Problem
Branding

India’s Flat Tourist Numbers Are a Mental Availability Problem

Foreign tourist arrivals to India are set to stay flat in 2026. The deeper issue isn't price or visas alone - it's…

3 min read
How JK Cement Turned Putty Trust Into a Paint Brand
Branding

JK Cement’s Paint Play: Trust Transfer as Brand Strategy

JK Cement is using putty and white cement trust to sell paint. A look at premiumisation, trust transfer and the psychology of…

4 min read
Why Branded Generics Are a Masterclass in Positioning
Branding

Glenmark Names Priyanka Tewari Head of Marketing: Why It Matters

Priyanka Tewari joins Glenmark Pharmaceuticals as Head of Marketing with 18 years in pharma brands. What her move signals about branded generics…

4 min read
What This Week's CMO and CEO Moves Reveal About Brand Power
Branding

Leadership Churn Signals a Reset in How Brands Are Built

From Adobe's CEO handover to Parle Biscuits' new chief, this week's leadership moves reveal what brands now value: AI fluency, experience and…

3 min read
Build Brands, Not Restaurants
Branding

Build Brands, Not Restaurants: Speciality’s Scaling Playbook

Speciality Restaurants runs 118 outlets and 20 brands. CEO Avik Chatterjee's approach shows why distinct brand identity beats outlet count in scaling.

4 min read
Uniqlo India Picks Brand Building Over Performance Marketing
Branding

Uniqlo India Bets on Brand Over Performance Marketing

Uniqlo India's marketing director says brand awareness sits near 59%. Here's why the retailer is choosing relevance over CPM, and what marketers…

4 min read