Category: Marketing
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When Cinema Meets Commerce: How Brands Are Using Movie Clips in Reels for Modern Marketing
In a world where we all spend an average of 3+ hours daily consuming video content across streaming platforms and social media, brands have realized something crucial: if you can’t beat the algorithm, join the movie. New 2026 data confirms this shift. According to CivicScience’s January 2026 report on Gen Z streaming habits, 61% of…
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From Scroll to Store: Is Social Media Redefining Retail Footfall?
The journey to a physical store no longer begins on the high street. Increasingly, it starts online, through a swipe, a scroll, or a saved reel. The retail consumer journey has fundamentally transformed, with social media evolving far beyond a platform for entertainment or brand awareness. In 2026, more than 5.4 billion people, nearly 66%…
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MuscleBlaze Taps Naruto Nostalgia and Turns Supplements into a Fandom
India’s consumer brands are increasingly moving beyond product-led marketing to build deeper cultural relevance and consumer affinity. In categories like fitness and nutrition, where functional differentiation is becoming harder to sustain, brands are now leaning into storytelling, fandom, and identity to create stronger emotional connections with audiences. That shift is reflected in MuscleBlaze’s latest collaboration…
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How Melody Became One of India’s Biggest Unexpected PR Moments
A ₹1 candy rarely becomes the centre of a national marketing conversation. But when Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a pack of Melody toffees after their Rome meeting on 19 May 2026, the moment quickly escaped diplomacy and entered India’s internet‑culture‑economy. Within hours, meme pages, marketing professionals, brand accounts, and…
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Who’s Playing the Long Game?Mapping the Marketing Playbook Behind the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026
Women’s cricket has quietly transformed from a “CSR‑flavoured experiment” into one of the fastest‑expanding commercial properties in global sport. In earlier editions of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, brands largely treated the event as a marginal add-on, with limited fan-facing campaigns and a narrow, TV-centric gaze. The 2020 edition, held in Australia, drew 136,549…
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From Vanity to Value: How Cannes 2026 Redefined What Brands Expect From Creators
For decades, brands have treated Cannes as a destination, somewhere you send people to be seen, to pose on the red carpet, and to trade image for exposure. But what changed at the 79th Cannes Film Festival is less about where they went and more about who they brought, why they brought them, and what…
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Instagram’s Instants Feature Brings Casual Sharing Back Into the Spotlight
Instagram has launched Instants, a feature that pushes the platform closer to more casual, real-time sharing. Instead of polished posts or heavily edited Stories, Instants is built for quick, disappearing photos shared in the moment, giving Instagram a more private and immediate way to connect with close friends and mutual followers. The launch reflects a…
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Celebrity Influence or Product Experience: What Truly Drives Consumers Today?
In 2026, advertising is competing with more than rival brands. It is competing with saturated feeds, faster scrolling, and consumers who are increasingly cautious about what they trust. That is why celebrity-led campaigns still matter: a familiar face can stop attention faster than almost any other device. But attention alone is not persuasion. The real…
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Why Global Brands Are Reining in India Advertising and Betting on ROI-Driven Media
Global advertisers are pulling in their sails in India this year, replacing broad-reach campaigns with tighter, ROI-first media strategies as economic uncertainty and measurable performance take priority. The shift is not happening in isolation. Global ad spend is still forecast to rise 7% in 2026 to nearly $1.23 trillion, but growth is increasingly flowing toward…
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The New Logic of Reach: How Attention Is Changing Brand Media Strategy
For years, brand media strategy was built around a simple idea: buy enough reach, and the message would eventually land. That logic is starting to break down. In a fragmented media environment, visibility alone no longer guarantees impact, because audiences are distributing attention more selectively and filtering more aggressively across platforms. Brands are increasingly learning…
