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Singapore Airlines Names Aswin K General Manager - India

Pragya Bijalwann Elevated Business Head - Home Comfort Products At Voltas

Christian Dieb Faour Appointed CEO Of WPP Media Mexico

Shweta Jain, Managing Director - India & South Asia at Proximo Spirits

Shweta Jain Joins Proximo Spirits As Managing Director - India & South Asia

Namit Agrawal, Director - Strategic Marketing, South Asia at Salesforce

Namit Agrawal Appointed Director - Strategic Marketing, South Asia At Salesforce

Ashish Parikh, President and SBU Head at Havells India

Ashish Parikh Named President And SBU Head At Havells India

Brand Builders

Falguni Nayar, Curation as a Trust Machine

Falguni Nayar left an 18-year career at Kotak Mahindra Capital in 2012 to found Nykaa at age 50 on curated, inventory-led retail, a bet that culminated in a $13 billion listing in November 2021.

Pelki Tshering, Tanishq's CMO on Keeping a Legacy Brand Honest

Ranjani Krishnaswamy, the Marketer Who Made Tanishq Argue for Itself

Narayana Murthy, the Man Who Built Trust as a Brand

Bhaskar Bhat, the Man Who Scaled Titan After Its Founder

Xerxes Desai, the Man Who Waited a Decade to Build Titan

Ajoy Chawla, the Man Who Learned Every Brand Titan Owns

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Shraddha Kapoor in Eureka Forbes' 'Ghar Ka New Favourite' campaign film

Eureka Forbes Launches 'Ghar Ka New Favourite' Campaign With Shraddha Kapoor

Ananya Panday in a still from Tanishq's 'Festival of Diamonds' campaign film

Tanishq Celebrates Everyday Sparkle In 'Festival Of Diamonds' Campaign

Noice Turns 'Noise' Into A Playful Brand Campaign

A still from Roamiyo's group travel planning campaign film

Roamiyo Highlights Group Travel Planning Chaos In New Campaign

UNIBIC Spotlights Everyday Conversations With 'A Biskut Moment' Campaign

Marico's Parachute Advansed Launches 'Aisa Kya Hai?' Shampoo Campaign

Licious Puts The Spotlight On Fish Quality In New Chennai Campaign

Go Colors Names Shraddha Kapoor As Its First-Ever Brand Ambassador

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The Anatomy of a Great Brand Reply

Why Social Media Teams Are Becoming Mini Newsrooms

How Influencer Marketing Moved From Awareness to Performance

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How Brands Use Pop Culture Without Looking Desperate

There is a fine line between feeling part of the culture and trying to buy in. How Indian brands use pop culture without looking desperate, and the right to a reference.

The Creator Brief: What Brands Get Wrong Before the Content Is Made

How Brands Build a Distinct Voice on Instagram, X, LinkedIn and YouTube

Why Comment Sections Are the New Focus Groups

The Difference Between Viral Content and Brand-Building Content

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Brands

Ali Fazal Joins Flite As Brand Ambassador

Relaxo Footwears' Flite has signed actor Ali Fazal as brand ambassador, joining Sanya Malhotra to front its 'Style Ka Naya Andaaz' campaign.

Janhvi Kapoor Becomes The Face Of Renaissance Goa

LT Foods Names Chef Ranveer Brar Brand Ambassador For Daawat

Nimbus Realty Reappoints Mary Kom As Brand Ambassador

Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter for KALKI's Bride & Groom Couture '26

Janhvi Kapoor And Ishaan Khatter To Lead KALKI's Bride & Groom Couture '26

TrucksUp Signs Ajay Devgn as Brand Ambassador for Ab Apni Chalao

Nutrazen Signs Milind Soman as Brand Ambassador

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

Read the story of Prahlad Kakkar, one of Indian advertising's most influential figures, the ad filmmaker behind Pepsi, Maggi and Gold Spot and the founder of Genesis Film Production.

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

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The Story of Alyque Padamsee, the Brand Father of Indian Advertising

The Story of Piyush Pandey, the Man Who Taught Brands to Speak Like India

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Reliance Brands Brings Kim Kardashian's SKIMS To India

WPP's India Business Falls 2.9% In H1, CEO Cites Sporting-Event Timing

Netflix Launches India Storytelling Initiative

Teads Sues Google, Alleges 6.88 Trillion Lost Ad Impressions

KBC Season 18 Records 80% YoY Growth In Sony LIV Ad Revenue

Amaron Creates Cinema Activation With Lodestar UM

boAt Partners Spotify Premium For 'HALF The Experience' Music Campaign

SEGA Appoints Black White Orange For Angry Birds Licensing In India

How Advertising Teams Handle Last-Minute Changes

How Client Feedback Changes a Creative Idea

The Difference Between a Creative Idea and a Sellable Idea

Why Some Ideas Look Great in the Room but Fail Outside It

A creative room is unusually fluent in advertising. Why an idea that kills internally can land flat with a real audience.

How Teams Know When an Idea Is Finished

How Creative Leaders Review Work Without Breaking the Idea

The Life of a Campaign Idea: From Rough Thought to Final Presentation

What Happens in the Room Before a Big Brand Pitch

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Creative software icons flowing into a chat interface, representing Adobe's ChatGPT integration

Adobe Brings Photoshop, Firefly And Acrobat Into ChatGPT

A media measurement dashboard representing the Nielsen and DoubleVerify merger

Nielsen To Acquire DoubleVerify For $2.15 Billion

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OpenAI Updates ChatGPT, Expands GPT-5.6 Luna Access For Free Users

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