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CORE: The New Wave
Viral Ads

The Psychology of CORE’s The New Wave

Why CORE’s The New Wave uses independence, accountability and AI restraint to make the indie agency model feel like the safer choice.

3 min read
Fastrack Move On: Selling freedom through the breakup
Throwback

Fastrack Move On: The ad that sold moving on

How Fastrack's Move On film used the fresh start effect, action bias, and identity signalling to turn a break-up into a purchase…

3 min read
How Turion Space rebuilt its brand to sell proof and vision
Branding

What Turion Space’s rebrand teaches about proof and vision

Turion Space outgrew its debris-removal identity and built a brand that carries both current proof and a hundred-year vision.

3 min read
Brand A.I. Has a Trust Deficit—Here’s How to Fix It
Branding

Brand A.I. Has a Trust Deficit—and It’s a Branding Problem

Only 8% of US consumers would trust Meta with their passwords. When promises outpace proof, Brand A.I. faces a classic branding crisis.

3 min read
Bajaj Auto Pulsar: Definitely Male
Throwback

Bajaj Pulsar: The Psychology of ‘Definitely Male’

The 2001 Bajaj Pulsar launch didn’t sell mileage. It used identity, signalling and contrast to make a motorcycle a badge of manhood.

3 min read
SKINN Turns Everyday Moments into the Occasion
Consumer Behaviour

SKINN Makes Everyday Moments the Fragrance Occasion

SKINN signs Ayushmann Khurrana and Sobhita Dhulipala to make fine fragrance a daily ritual rather than a saved-for-special treat.

3 min read
Apple’s Get a Mac: Personality as Strategy
Throwback

The Psychology of Apple’s Get a Mac

In 2006, Apple turned technical differences into a battle of personalities. Here are the behavioural levers that made Get a Mac work.

3 min read
Bingo: Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai
Throwback

Bingo Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai: The Psychology of the Ad

A 2007 Bingo ad made oddly shaped chips a badge of nonconformity. Here are the behavioural levers that made imperfection a reason…

2 min read
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.

2 min read
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
Fevicol: The Unbreakable 'Tootega Nahi' Campaign
Throwback

Fevicol: How ‘Tootega Nahi’ Turned Glue Into Lasting Trust

How Fevicol's surreal product demos and a sticky tagline turned an invisible adhesive bond into a cultural shorthand for trust.

3 min read
Star Health turns claims speed into a 20-year brand promise
Branding

Star Health turns a claim every 8 seconds into brand trust

Star Health's new campaign centres on one claim settled every eight seconds, turning claims support into a national trust message for India.

2 min read