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Category: <span>Branding</span>

Mschf's Creative Chief Leaves to Build With His Hands
Branding

Mschf’s creative chief leaves to build with his hands

Lukas Bentel, Mschf's cofounder and creative chief, is leaving after nearly eight years. His exit shows how high art and satire become…

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Cheesecake Factory Wins a Political Food Fight by Staying Silent
Branding

Cheesecake Factory Wins a Political Food Fight by Staying Silent

A political jab turned Cheesecake Factory into a symbol—and its silence became free advertising. Here's the branding lesson.

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Why the NYC Marathon’s 50th Is a Brand Magnet
Branding

At 50, the NYC Marathon Is a Brand Magnet

The 50th NYC Marathon is drawing energy drinks, beauty, mattresses and athleisure into weekend-long community activations, not just race-day logos.

3 min read
How one versatile turtleneck built a $45M brand
Branding

How one versatile turtleneck built a $45M brand

Two sisters launched Dudley Stephens in 2015 to solve a boat-to-dinner clothing gap. It has since crossed $45 million in cumulative sales.

3 min read
Dence turns ₹1.5 crore from India's stale bodycare shelf
Branding

Dence Turns ₹1.5 Crore in Six Months from Stale Bodycare

Zen Nanavati built Dence by treating bodycare as a stale category: product-first formulation, 300-person validation and ₹1.5 crore in early sales.

3 min read
CEAT's long-game platform lands 18th in global tyre value
Branding

CEAT’s long-game ‘Safer & Smarter’ bet lands 18th in tyre value

CEAT has kept one platform for years while rivals chase cricket sponsorships. Here's what its 18th-place global tyre rank and EV proof…

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SharkNinja's 5-Year McLaren Bet Turns F1 Fandom Into an Asset
Branding

SharkNinja’s 5-Year McLaren Bet Turns F1 Fandom Into an Asset

SharkNinja's five-year McLaren deal signals a shift from logo placement to buying fandom, driver co-creation and engineering partnership.

3 min read
Amul's 40% Share Is a Value-Pricing Masterclass
Branding

Amul’s 40% Ice Cream Share Is a Value-Pricing Masterclass

How Amul turned a premium urban product into a mass category by giving its cooperative cost structure a credible, consumer-facing value story.

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Rajinikanth's 50-year run is a masterclass in brand relevance
Branding

Rajinikanth’s 50-year run is a masterclass in brand relevance

A 50-year film career, century-old medicines and the product lifecycle trap: what Rajinikanth teaches marketers about keeping legacy brands relevant.

3 min read
The claim is now the pitch
Branding

Shriram Life’s 99.12% Claim Ratio Becomes Its Campaign

Shriram Life's new ad pivots from policy benefits to claim settlement, using a 99.12% ratio and a real family's story to sell…

3 min read
100,000+ sales prove heritage is Europe's EV weapon
Branding

100,000+ Sales Show Heritage Is Europe’s EV Weapon

Renault's retro-styled 5 E-Tech has passed 100,000 European sales as Citroën revives the 2CV. Why heritage design is becoming a real EV…

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Jio IPO News: the next decade for 540 million customers
Branding

Jio IPO News: Akash Ambani Sets the Decade for 540M Customers

At its stock market debut, Jio Platforms leadership shifted the story from affordable data to AI, cloud, connected devices and satellite.

2 min read