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Shreya Ghoshal becomes the face of Shaya's silver story
Branding

Shaya by CaratLane’s Shreya Ghoshal Bet on Identity

The silver jewellery brand pairs its eighth-anniversary campaign with a singer whose childhood payal story becomes the brand strategy.

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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.

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Why consumers boo new tech, then buy it
Consumer Behaviour

Love-hate tech: what drone backlash teaches marketers

Amazon's drone tests are getting a mixed welcome, but that is a familiar adoption pattern. AirPods were mocked at $160 and the…

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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
A founder's service sign becomes a brand strategy
Branding

McLaren Unifies Racing and Automotive Under One Brand

McLaren's refreshed identity keeps Speedmark and papaya while adding a founder-inspired wordmark to expand ownership, personalisation and fandom.

3 min read
The Psychology of Ganeshotsav 2026's Festive Ads
Marketing Psychology

Ganeshotsav 2026 Ads: The Psychology of Festive Relevance

How the best Ganeshotsav 2026 campaigns used ritual, local context and real needs to turn festive advertising into participation.

2 min read
The psychology behind multi-star Indian ads
Branding

Why Indian Ads Are Stacking Celebrity Casts

Why Indian brands are swapping solo celebrities for ensemble casts—and how Rungta Steel, Flipkart and Myntra keep the crowd from becoming the…

3 min read
Why the back of a billboard is now a creative surface
Marketing Psychology

Why Brands Now Use the Back of a Billboard as Creative Media

Star Health and Safi turned billboard backs into brand ideas. What makes it attention or wasted reach? A framework from OOH leaders.

3 min read
Only 39% link weather to their wallet
Consumer Behaviour

Why Americans Ignore Weather When They Spend

Only 39% of Americans say extreme weather affects their finances, even as spending tightens. Younger shoppers feel the link more clearly.

3 min read
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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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.

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