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Tag: <span>consumer behaviour</span>

RACV’s As It Should Be Campaign
Viral Ads

The Psychology Behind RACV’s As It Should Be

RACV and Special use potholes, blocked toilets and one locked-off shot to make insurance feel human. Here's the psychology behind it.

3 min read
Quaker's 2026 refresh: 12g protein and 33% fibre
Branding

Quaker’s 2026 bet: 12g protein and 33% fibre

Quaker's India journey from heart-health education to a 2026 protein-and-fibre refresh shows why health claims need to be taught, not assumed.

3 min read
Relevance, not emotional tricks, is what sells
Marketing Psychology

The Pavlovian myth: relevance beats emotion in ads

Watson brought Pavlov's conditioning to ads and the industry followed. Modern search experiments suggest usefulness, not emotion, drives sales.

3 min read
One data habit from village call to festival feed
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: One Data Habit From Village Call to Festival Feed

How village-to-city calls, hostel Wi-Fi rituals and festival reels became one shared behavioural pattern across India's data decade.

3 min read
Why quick commerce and local content are L'Oréal's India levers
Consumer Behaviour

L’Oréal’s 20% SAPMENA growth powers its India quick-commerce bet

SAPMENA grew 20% in Q3, and L'Oréal is leaning on quick commerce and local content to keep India's beauty momentum going.

2 min read
The future made simple: a mother's dal question
Consumer Behaviour

Jio’s 5G, Cloud and AI Future, Explained by One Dal Question

What a mother's dal question reveals about Jio's 5G, cloud and AI promise—and why the next tech pitch will be won in…

2 min read
What changes when the kirana's memory goes digital
Consumer Behaviour

From Khata Book to Cloud Habit

The corner shop's memory used to live in a khata and the owner's head. The cloud changes how small Indian shops remember…

3 min read
Airtel’s Har Ek Friend Zaroori Hota Hai
Throwback

How Airtel Made Friendship a Product Benefit

A throwback look at Airtel’s Har Ek Friend Zaroori Hota Hai: the behavioural levers that made a mobile network feel like friendship.

3 min read
How daily UPI, study calls and family maps made data a habit
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: The Habit Utility Behind a Normal Day

When data fades into daily routines—UPI at the chai stall, a study video call, maps on a road trip—it becomes habit, not…

3 min read
Five data habits, one human arc
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: The Five Human Rhythms on One Data Layer

Why the data saver, midnight binger, kirana owner, first-generation creator and Dadi reveal the deeper shift in India's data behaviour.

3 min read
How a first video call became a shared memory
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: When My First Video Call Became Ours

Why the Jio data moment and 'my first video call home' became collective nostalgia—and what shared memories teach brands.

3 min read
The psychology of India's shift from data rationing to pocket internet
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: The Quiet Shift From Data Rationing to Data Default

How India's everyday relationship with data shifted from scarcity to default, and what that teaches marketers about habit, access and attention.

3 min read