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MTR turns mithai into a love language
Branding

MTR Turns Festive Sweets Into a Language of Affection

MTR Foods' new festive campaign documents how mithai works as an unspoken emotional code and connects it to a bigger sweets portfolio…

2 min read
Gandhi: The strongest brand of recall without a single ad
Branding

Gandhi: India’s Strongest Brand Recall

An analysis of why Gandhi became an unmatched brand without a campaign, and what marketers can learn from living values instead of…

2 min read
Surf's Lalitaji: the ad that sold smart spending
Throwback

How Surf’s Lalitaji made paying more feel smart

In 1980s India, Surf's Lalitaji turned a pricier detergent into a rational purchase by reframing value around cost per wash, not cost…

3 min read
Familiar but not noticed: Cremica's shelf gambit
Branding

Cremica’s Retail Pivot: From Restaurant Sachets to Shelf Choice

Cremica Foods built two decades of familiarity through restaurant sachets. Now it wants that unnoticed equity to become active retail choice.

3 min read
When product quality kills the repurchase trigger
Consumer Behaviour

Bombay Shaving Company’s trimmer is so good it’s killing repurchase

A LinkedIn 'complaint' about a trimmer battery that refuses to die exposes a paradox: extreme durability builds trust but removes the next…

3 min read
Ariel India's Share the Load
Throwback

The psychology behind Ariel India’s Share the Load

A 2015 Ariel India film turned laundry into a father's apology and changed how Indian advertising talks about invisible household work.

3 min read
Why the background feed became the main event
Consumer Behaviour

The two clocks reshaping media: why short-form became premium

Ambient scrolling is no longer filler. Fast Company links the rise of short-form to an 1865 coal paradox, and shows how media…

2 min read
Kajol: Fame Can't Fake Authenticity
Branding

Kajol: Authenticity Is the Best Celebrity Brand Strategy

Kajol's ETRetail interview reframes celebrity branding: trust is earned by vetting products and telling truthful stories, not by fame alone.

2 min read
Macho Sporto's Chaal Badal De
Viral Ads

The psychology behind Macho Sporto’s Chaal ad

Macho Sporto's new 'Chaal Badal De' campaign with Vicky Kaushal trades functional claims for comfort, confidence and a familiar melody. Here's the…

3 min read
Why Cakes Body is trading rented reach for owned media
Branding

Cakes Body turns TikTok virality into an owned media arm

Cakes Body built $100 million in sales on TikTok virality. Now it has launched Cakes Media to own its audience, not rent…

2 min read
ChatGPT: For Your Kind Attention, Please
Viral Ads

The psychology of ChatGPT’s first ad campaign

ChatGPT's first ad campaign turns the chat window into a media channel. Here are the behavioural levers behind the launch and what…

3 min read
Customers Don’t Buy the Future; They Buy a Better Today
Marketing Psychology

The Psychology Behind Why Customers Don’t Buy the Future

A dazzling launch can win attention, but adoption needs a use case people already recognise. What Google Glass, Tata Nano and UPI…

3 min read