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Apple’s Get a Mac: Personality as Strategy
Throwback

The Psychology of Apple’s Get a Mac

In 2006, Apple turned technical differences into a battle of personalities. Here are the behavioural levers that made Get a Mac work.

3 min read
Bingo: Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai
Throwback

Bingo Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai: The Psychology of the Ad

A 2007 Bingo ad made oddly shaped chips a badge of nonconformity. Here are the behavioural levers that made imperfection a reason…

2 min read
Snickers: You’re Not You When You’re Hungry
Throwback

Snickers Made Hunger a Personality Flaw

How Snickers and BBDO turned a bodily state into an identity crisis—and why the 2010 Super Bowl campaign still explains modern snack…

3 min read
Converse Pauses Marketing After KKK Imagery Backlash
Branding

Converse Halts Marketing After KKK Imagery Backlash

After a Chuck 70 X campaign with Aespa's Karina evoked KKK imagery, Converse paused marketing. Here's what the misstep teaches brand teams…

2 min read
Stayfree makes sons part of the period conversation
Consumer Behaviour

Stayfree turns boys into period-care allies

Stayfree's Daughter's Day film asks sons to buy sanitary pads, using peer modelling and home norms to make period care ordinary.

2 min read
Coca-Cola: I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke
Throwback

Coca-Cola’s Hilltop Ad: Selling Harmony, Not Soda

How a 1971 Coca-Cola jingle turned a soft drink into a gesture of global harmony—and what it still teaches marketers about emotional…

3 min read
Fevicol: The Unbreakable 'Tootega Nahi' Campaign
Throwback

Fevicol: How ‘Tootega Nahi’ Turned Glue Into Lasting Trust

How Fevicol's surreal product demos and a sticky tagline turned an invisible adhesive bond into a cultural shorthand for trust.

3 min read
Why Feeling Outperforms Product in Cadbury and Fevicol Ads
Branding

When Ads Say More Without Words: Cadbury and Fevicol

Why Cadbury’s 2007 Gorilla and Fevicol’s Bus film worked without product demos—and what brand leaders can learn about feeling-led advertising.

3 min read
Complan’s real teen icon: Why legacy brands evolve
Branding

Complan Turns a Real Teen Cricketer Into Its New Brand Icon

Complan is shifting its iconic Complan Boy from advertising character to real teen achiever. Here’s why the refresh works for a legacy…

3 min read
Retail Media's Real Fight Is Positioning, Not Reach
Branding

Retail Media’s New Battle Is Positioning, Not Reach

Eleven retail media networks pitched advertisers in New York. The winners weren't selling reach - they were selling a distinct psychological context…

4 min read