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Isha Kapoor, senior vice president at Propagate India, smiling in a red top on a sunlit Mumbai street
People

Propagate India Promotes Isha Kapoor To Senior Vice President

Kapoor, who has led digital-first work for Nivea, Eucerin, Ferrero and Diageo as VP, moves up at the Publicis Groupe agency in Mumbai.

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Brands

Orient Electric Ad Spend Rises Over 10% As Q2 Revenue Grows 25%

A family of five takes a selfie inside a coffeehouse strung with fairy lights in the Tata Starbucks Diwali film
Campaigns

Tata Starbucks Diwali Campaign Makes The Coffeehouse The Special Place

The Latest
People

RMZ Hires Riddhi Goradia Vyas As VP, Marketing And Communications

People

Sugata Roy Takes UNICEF South Asia Media Communications Role

News

Paytm Q2 Results: Profit Rises To Rs 225 Crore, Revenue Up 28%

People

Soham Bhagnari Joins Uber Advertising As Head Of Strategic Verticals

Social First

Why Brands Are Building WhatsApp Channels

The Ai Shift

What Happens To The Account Manager

People

Tripti Mathur Named AMEA Integrated Intelligence Lead At Mars

People

CheQ Appoints Rupal Rajal As Head Of Human Resources

PeopleAll →
Isha Kapoor, senior vice president at Propagate India, smiling in a red top on a sunlit Mumbai street

Propagate India Promotes Isha Kapoor To Senior Vice President

Riddhi Goradia Vyas, vice president of marketing and communications at RMZ, in a yellow top on a lilac backdrop

RMZ Hires Riddhi Goradia Vyas As VP, Marketing And Communications

Sugata Roy, UNICEF communications specialist for media in South Asia, in glasses and a navy jacket on a warm sand backdrop

Sugata Roy Takes UNICEF South Asia Media Communications Role

Soham Bhagnari, new head of strategic verticals at Uber Advertising, in a navy blazer on a terracotta backdrop

Soham Bhagnari Joins Uber Advertising As Head Of Strategic Verticals

A chocolate bar and a magnifying glass, as halftone cutouts, for Tripti Mathur's AMEA integrated intelligence role at Mars

Tripti Mathur Named AMEA Integrated Intelligence Lead At Mars

Rupal Rajal, appointed head of human resources at credit card management platform CheQ

CheQ Appoints Rupal Rajal As Head Of Human Resources

FeatureWork LifeAll →
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Work Life

What Senior Creatives Can Learn From Social-Native Talent

The junior who has never known advertising without a feed reads platforms the way a veteran reads a broadsheet.

Why Feedback May Matter More Than Perks To Young Creatives

The table tennis table is not the problem. It is just answering a question nobody asked.

Hybrid Work Changed Agencies. Did It Change Creativity?

Four years in, the argument is still conducted entirely through anecdote, which suits whichever side is making it.

Experience Versus Cultural Fluency Is A False Choice

Agencies keep running the hire as a choice between someone who knows how things work and someone who knows what is happening. It is a false one.

FeatureBrand BuildersAll →
Watercolour and ink portrait of Dr Prathap C. Reddy, founder chairman of Apollo Hospitals
Brand Builders

Prathap Reddy, Who Made a Hospital Something You Choose

The hardest brand shift is not persuading people to prefer you. It is teaching them that they get to choose.

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Watercolour and ink portrait of Ramoji Rao, founder of the Eenadu group

Ramoji Rao, Who Built an Audience Before a Market

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Watercolour and ink portrait of Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of Biocon

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Whose Customer Was Never the Public

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Watercolour and ink portrait of Kochouseph Chittilappilly, founder of V-Guard Industries

Kochouseph Chittilappilly, Who Sold a Fix for a Local Fault

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Watercolour and ink portrait of Girish Mathrubootham, founder of Freshworks

Girish Mathrubootham, Who Marketed Software Like a Product

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Watercolour and ink portrait of P.C. Musthafa, founder of iD Fresh Food

P.C. Musthafa, Who Branded Something Nobody Branded

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Watercolour and ink portrait of T.S. Kalyanaraman, founder of Kalyan Jewellers

T.S. Kalyanaraman, Who Bought Trust With a Face

CampaignsAll →
A family of five takes a selfie inside a coffeehouse strung with fairy lights in the Tata Starbucks Diwali film
Campaigns

Tata Starbucks Diwali Campaign Makes The Coffeehouse The Special Place

'Special Diwali ki Special Jagah' sets new family moments in a Starbucks store, alongside a saffron, marigold and rose festive menu.

Rajkummar Rao with a towel over his shoulder at a bathroom door, from Kenstar's water heater film
Campaigns

Rajkummar Rao And Patralekha Front Kenstar's Water Heater Campaign

A Flipkart Minutes delivery rider on a scooter at night with a chudail riding pillion, from the brand's Ramsay Brothers teaser
Campaigns

Flipkart Minutes Brings Ramsay Brothers Horror To The Delivery Wait

A boy in a blue cap eating chocolate at a dessert table beside stacked festive gift boxes, in ROYCE' Chocolate's Not Quite Ordinary campaign
Campaigns

ROYCE' Launches Not Quite Ordinary, A Surreal Diwali Campaign

Bosch Kitchen Up Campaign Stars Vikrant Massey In A Film By Ting

Farah Khan Fine Jewellery Casts A Real Family In The Miracle Man

Campus Casts Vicky Kaushal As An Employee Who Brings Sunday To Work

Catch Ginger Garlic Paste Launches In A Squeezy Bottle With A VML India Film

FeatureSocial-FirstAll →
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Social First

How Creator Campaigns Actually Get Attributed

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Social First

What A Creator Manager Actually Takes, And For What

A large halftone portrait sits inside a bold outlined advertising frame that crops part of the face away, on electric blue
Social First

When A Brand Runs Ads From A Creator's Handle

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Social First

Why Brands Are Building WhatsApp Channels

The channel is easy to open. Giving people a reason not to mute it is the hard part.

When A Creator Leaves The Platform That Made Them

The Brand's Own Creator Roster

How Brands Vet A Creator's Old Posts

Why Watch Time Is Replacing Reach In Creator Deals

BrandsAll →
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Brands

Orient Electric Ad Spend Rises Over 10% As Q2 Revenue Grows 25%

The fans and lighting maker is putting more money into airports, outdoor and digital media to reach premium buyers, as new launches drive fan sales.

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An ornate temple-style necklace and a film reel, as halftone cutouts, for Challani Group signing Jason Sanjay as brand ambassador

Challani Group Signs Filmmaker Jason Sanjay As Brand Ambassador

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The Lenskart evolv storefront in Worli, Mumbai, with gold bilingual signage, a mirrored entrance and a sunglasses campaign window

Lenskart Opens evolv, Its First Concept Flagship Store, In Worli

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A cut-crystal whisky tumbler and an ornamented gift box, as halftone cutouts, for Black Dog's festive pack with Manish Malhotra

Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve Gets A Manish Malhotra Festive Pack

05
A paint roller and a football, as halftone cutouts, for Nippon Paint becoming Official Paint Partner of the MG Indian Super League

Nippon Paint To Be Official Paint Partner Of MG Indian Super League

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A lidded cream jar and a ginseng root, as halftone cutouts, for Sulwhasoo's 60-year campaign with Karisma Kapoor

Sulwhasoo Signs Karisma Kapoor To Mark 60 Years Of Its Ginseng Cream

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A classroom chair and a leather briefcase, as halftone cutouts, for upGrad rebranding its learning centres as upGrad X

upGrad Rebrands Offline Centres As upGrad X With A Placement Focus

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FeatureIndian Ad LegendsAll →
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Indian Ad Legends

The Story of Prasoon Joshi, the Poet Who Gave Brands a Soul

Read the story of Prasoon Joshi, one of Indian advertising's most influential figures, known for McCann, Coca-Cola's Thanda Matlab campaign and a rare career that spans advertising, poetry and film.

A graphite pencil portrait of Arun Nanda, the adman who built Rediffusion
Indian Ad Legends

The Story of Arun Nanda, the Adman Who Built Rediffusion

A graphite pencil portrait of Mohammed Khan, the adman who built Enterprise
Indian Ad Legends

The Story of Mohammed Khan, the Gentleman Who Built Three Iconic Agencies

Graphite pencil portrait of K.V. Sridhar, the Leo Burnett creative chief known across Indian advertising as Pops.
Indian Ad Legends

The Story of K.V. Sridhar, the Artist the Industry Calls Pops

The Story of Prasoon Pandey, the Director Who Filmed India's Most Loved Ads

The Story of Prahlad Kakkar, the Man Who Made Ad Films Fun

The Story of R. Balki, the Adman Who Turned Ideas Into Films

The Story of Swati Bhattacharya, the Voice That Changed How India Talks About Women

NewsAll →
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Paytm Q2 Results: Profit Rises To Rs 225 Crore, Revenue Up 28%

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John Abraham Joins Indian Superbike League As Strategic Advisor

03

Chhattisgarh Creator Campaign Crosses 12 Million Views

04

JioStar Wins Indian Subcontinent Rights To Abu Dhabi T10

05

Omnicom Q3 Organic Revenue Grows 7.2% As IPG Integration Nears End

06

Grav8 Sports Brings In Saina Nehwal And Armaan Bhatia As Partners

07

Airtel Digital TV Adds Tamil Channel Sony Vizha On Channel 778

08

UnFoldMart Wins Group-Wide Digital Mandate From Singapore's Valton Nexus

FeatureCreative RoomAll →
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Creative Room

How Colour Grading Changes An Ad

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Creative Room

How A Campaign Is Tested Before It Runs

A heavy padlock and a film camera as halftone cutouts, locked together against a black ground
Creative Room

What A Pre-Production Meeting Actually Decides

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Creative Room

How A Voiceover Is Cast And Directed

The voice is chosen late, recorded in an hour, and heard more than any other part of the film.

How A Brand Archive Gets Used In New Work

How A Campaign Survives A Change Of Marketing Head

How Regional Ad Lines Are Written, Not Translated

How A Campaign Gets Pulled After It Launches

Ad TechAll →
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Ad Tech

L Catterton Invests In Glance To Push Its Shopping AI Into The US

A paintbrush and a picture frame filling with simple shapes, as halftone cutouts, for Canva launching its Craft image model
Ad Tech

Canva Launches Craft, Its First In-House Image Generation Model

AnyMind Group announcement artwork over the Los Angeles skyline, marking the launch of its United States operations
Ad Tech

AnyMind Group Opens US Operations In Los Angeles

The Kenstar and Unicommerce marks together, marking the home appliance brand adopting the Uniware order and warehouse management platform
Ad Tech

Kenstar Adopts Unicommerce Order And Warehouse Systems For Its E-Commerce Business

FeatureCampaigns That Built IndiaAll →
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Campaigns That Built India

How Hero Honda Sold A Motorcycle On Arithmetic

Motorcycle advertising everywhere else sells escape. In India it sold a number, and the number won for twenty years.

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Halftone collage of a soap bar and a pair of cupped hands on forest green, for the Lifebuoy positioning built on protection

How Lifebuoy Sold Soap As A Household Duty

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Halftone collage of a bottle cap and a megaphone on purple, for the Pepsi line that escaped into ordinary Indian speech

How Pepsi Lost Control Of Its Own Line, And Won

04
Halftone collage of a folded suit length and a paper boat on crimson, for the Raymond positioning built on a kind of man

How Raymond Sold Cloth By Describing A Kind Of Man

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Halftone collage of a school satchel and a small jar on olive green, for the Vicks film about a mother and daughter

How Vicks Put A Legal Argument Inside A Film About A Mother

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Halftone collage of a handset and a village loudspeaker on cobalt blue, for the Idea campaign that solved social problems with phones

How Idea Made A Phone Network Argue About India

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Halftone collage of a muddy footprint and a folded shirt on mustard, for the Surf Excel argument that stains are worth it

How Surf Excel Argued That The Stain Was The Point

FeatureBrand ComebacksAll →
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Brand Comebacks

Thums Up: The Cola Indians Refused To Give Up

A cola invented to fill a gap left by a departing giant, then sold to that same giant on its return. It survived anyway.

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Brand Comebacks

Paper Boat: Reviving Indian Nostalgia in a Bottle

A collage of a Nokia candybar handset beside a modern smartphone, with a hand reaching for it
Brand Comebacks

Nokia India: A Nostalgia-Led Mobile Comeback

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Brand Comebacks

BPL: Reviving a Legacy Electronics Brand in a New Market

Old Monk: The Brand That Stayed Alive Without Advertising

Royal Enfield: From Fading Motorcycle Brand to Global Cult

Tanishq: From Market Skepticism to India's Most Trusted Jeweller

Maggi: The Ultimate Trust-Rebuild After the 2015 Crisis

Tribe TicksAll →
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Tribe Ticks

Why Every Indian Brand Suddenly Has A Podcast

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Tribe Ticks

How Gaming Became A Media Buy In India

A torn band of empty stadium seating cuts diagonally corner to corner across a flat green ground
Tribe Ticks

Why Sports Beyond Cricket Finally Found Sponsors

A panel of switches and dials crops edge to edge with no background showing at all
Tribe Ticks

What A Media Agency Actually Does Now

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The Bull That Bowed: Inside Alpha Bull Rum's Open Letter To Old Monk

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The Anatomy of a Great Brand Reply

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Pizza Hut India Joins Forces with MoEngage to Power Customer Engagement

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Amigos Foods Joins Hands with Orion Digital to Power Its Online Growth

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Ad Tribe Awards - South
03DEC

Ad Tribe Awards - South

The inaugural edition, for agencies, brands and work led from South India. 12 agency awards, 20 brand awards, 22 work awards, and no category obliged to produce a winner.

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