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AI Helps India's Fast Fashion Ship 500 Styles Weekly
Consumer Behaviour

AI Helps India’s Fast Fashion Ship 500 Styles Weekly

NewMe and Littlebox are using AI and first-party data to forecast trends, refresh weekly, and keep India's fast fashion relevant, fast and…

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Fear that brings consumers closer
Storytelling

Candyman turns Halloween fear into Desi togetherness

Candyman's 'A Desi Halloween' flips a tired horror trope - fear as a reason to connect - and turns a global ritual…

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The khata book learned to live in the cloud
Consumer Behaviour

The Kirana’s Ledger Learns to Live in the Cloud

When a kirana moves its khata from muscle memory to cloud memory, the shop doesn't just digitise records—it changes how it reads…

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A chai stall, a study call, a road map: data disappears into the day
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: The Day Data Became the Room

The chai stall, the study call and the road trip reveal the quiet summit of India's data decade: data as an assumed…

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Rural Gen Z buys across 19.1 product categories a month
Consumer Behaviour

Rural Gen Z buys 19.1 categories monthly, outpaces older India

WPP-Kantar's Rural Barometer 2026 shows rural Gen Z buys 19.1 categories monthly, leads AI adoption at 60.4%, and women close the online…

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Why a first video call feels like everyone's memory
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: Why a First Video Call Feels Like Everyone’s Memory

Why a private first video call home became collective memory, and what that teaches brands about shared nostalgia and belonging.

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How the 2016 Welcome Offer reset India's data expectations
Pricing Psychology

Jio Story: The Zero-Price Cue That Reset Data

In 2016, the Welcome Offer did more than give free 4G: it moved India's reference point from metered cost to unlocked data.

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Why 77.4% of agents advertised below final sale
Pricing Psychology

Why 77.4% of agents advertised below final sale

New 2026 research shows asking prices anchor buyers and agents alike: more bidders often submit lower opening offers, and traffic is not…

3 min read
Then vs now: how India's daily data habits quietly swapped
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: 2016 to Now, the Habits That Quietly Swapped

The cyber cafe queue moved into the pocket. Small everyday shifts, from rationed data to unlimited, changed how India lives online.

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JioHotstar's ads tap 83% shopping-ready viewers
Consumer Behaviour

JioHotstar Shoppable Ads Tap 83% Shopping-Ready Viewers

JioHotstar's new StreamToCart Ads let viewers add Instamart products to cart without pausing playback, shrinking the distance between attention and action.

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60% of Gen Z spend more this festive season—on their own terms
Consumer Behaviour

60% of Gen Z spend more this festive season, on their own terms

A new consumer report shows Gen Z is spending more this festive season, but self-gifting, wellness and fragmented discovery are rewriting the…

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Khajuraho's Rs 500 Cr Push to Join India's Golden Triangle
Branding

Khajuraho’s Rs 500 Cr Push to Join India’s Golden Triangle

Madhya Pradesh wants to turn Delhi-Agra-Jaipur into a four-stop circuit. Here's the positioning lesson behind the Rs 500 crore Khajuraho bet.

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