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Tag: <span>consumer psychology</span>

Solo living is rewriting what brands sell
Consumer Behaviour

Solo living is marketing’s next big shift

Ipsos's November update says brands must prepare for more solo and smaller households. Here's the psychology—and the practical moves—for marketers.

2 min read
Bonkers Corner's Counterfeit Conundrum
Viral Ads

Bonkers Corner Turns Counterfeits Into a Brand Flex

Bonkers Corner's Counterfeit Conundrum turns street-side knock-offs into social proof, using contrast and loss aversion to sell the original.

3 min read
BGMI's Cartoon Waala Game campaign
Viral Ads

BGMI’s Cartoon Waala Game ad turns player slang into rivalry

BGMI's 'Cartoon Waala Game' campaign shows how a brand can use community slang to roast a rival and spark organic sharing among…

3 min read
Why familiar designs suddenly feel new
Consumer Behaviour

How Familiar Fashion Trends Turn Into Buying Behaviour

Stripes are old, but their styling feels new. Yugeena S.'s retail observation shows how familiar visuals become demand signals and reframe brand…

2 min read
Amazon Joy Delivered: kindness as the delivery
Viral Ads

Amazon’s Joy Delivered is a reciprocity masterclass

A cancelled flight, a chain of small kindnesses and a bag of gifts: how Amazon's 2026 Christmas ad turns gratitude into brand…

3 min read
Tanishq: A Wedding to Remember
Throwback

Tanishq’s 2013 remarriage ad: the psychology that made it work

How Tanishq turned a woman's second marriage into lasting brand love by using narrative transportation, identity signalling and emotional contagion.

3 min read
Hershey's Kisses adapts one brand truth for Diwali
Branding

Hershey’s Kisses turns Diwali interruptions into a brand moment

Hershey's Kisses adapts 'Giving Kisses Is Hard' to Diwali, turning a couple's interrupted moment into a case study in culturally flexible branding.

2 min read
Frnd's Ghar Jaisi Diwali campaign
New Ads

Frnd’s Ghar Jaisi Diwali ad targets festive loneliness

Frnd's Ghar Jaisi Diwali film follows four Indians celebrating away from home and uses regional audio rooms to counter festive loneliness.

3 min read
CP PLUS adds AI brains to its iconic tagline
Branding

CP PLUS gives Upar Wala Sab Dekh Raha Hai an AI twist

CP PLUS repositions its iconic line with Ranveer Singh, moving from passive surveillance to AI-enabled protection. Here is the branding lesson.

2 min read
Fastrack AFTERHOURS: Never Same. Never Sane.
Viral Ads

Fastrack AFTERHOURS: the psychology of 3 obsessions

Fastrack's AFTERHOURS turns three youth obsessions—Spooky, Overdrive and Groove—into one brand world. The psychology behind the chaos.

3 min read
Swiss Beauty’s We Got You: wedding floor as makeup test
New Ads

Swiss Beauty’s We Got You is a wedding-floor makeup test

Swiss Beauty’s festive film turns Taapsee Pannu’s wedding-floor energy into a promise: stop worrying about your makeup, the brand’s got it.

3 min read
New World’s ‘Delicious is in the Details’
New Ads

New World reframes Christmas stress as an expertise story

The New Zealand grocer’s 2026 Christmas film uses decision fatigue, authority and vicarious rehearsal to win the family food budget.

3 min read