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Wednesday 4 November 2026 marketing · daily

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Tag: consumer behavior

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One phone hosted fourteen fans on cricket night
Features

Jio Story: The Shared Line That Hosts Pop Culture

Cricket night, a finale and wedding reels now gather around one shared connection. Here's what marketers can learn from the crowd around the phone.

27 Oct · 2 min
What Marketers Took From the Welcome Offer
Features

Jio Story: What Marketers Took From the Welcome Offer

A look at how the 2016 Welcome Offer turned data into a starting point and what the marketing brief learned about selling habits.

22 Oct · 2 min
Village calls to festival feeds: India's shared connection story
Features

Jio Story: What a Village Call Shares With a Festival Feed

Across village video calls, hostel Wi-Fi and festival feeds, the Jio Story traces how one connection became India's shared cultural stage.

22 Oct · 3 min
Four familiar data habits explain how India's everyday media changed
Features

Jio Story: Four Data Decade Archetypes, One Pocket

The end of the data meter didn't end its habits. Four household personas from India's data decade—and what they teach marketers.

20 Oct · 3 min
What Jio's 170-day welcome offer taught marketers
Features

Jio Story: The 170-Day Offer as a Marketing Brief

The 2016 Welcome Offer reset data expectations. Here is what India's marketers took from a 100 million subscriber sprint in 170 days.

11 Oct · 3 min
Consumers Are Gathering Again—Shared Screens Are the New Brand Window
Media

Consumers Are Gathering Again—Brands Need a Shared-Screen Plan

Bars, gyms and restaurants are drawing people back. Atmosphere TV leaders explain how brands can win in communal spaces without disrupting them.

11 Oct · 2 min
Campari's Playbook for Evolving Heritage Brands
Features

Campari’s Playbook for Evolving Heritage Brands

Campari America's Allison Varone on keeping Aperol, Campari and Crodino relevant through spritz rituals, mindful drinking and bartender education.

30 Sep · 3 min
Airtel: Har Ek Friend Zaroori Hota Hai
Throwback

Airtel’s Har Ek Friend Jingle: Anatomy of a Telecom Earworm

Revisiting Airtel's Har Ek Friend Zaroori Hota Hai—the friendship jingle that turned mobile plans into an emotional pitch.

24 Sep · 3 min
Behr CMO: AI Should Create Capacity, Not Replace Agencies
Agencies

Behr CMO: AI Can’t Replace Great Agencies

Behr Paint CMO Andy Lopez explains why color paralysis matters, how AI should create capacity, and what great agency partners still do better.

18 Sep · 2 min
AI Chatbots Are Quietly Costing Brands Sales
Marketing News

AI Chatbots Are Pushing Shoppers Away From Purchases

A Semrush survey finds 81% of chatbot-using shoppers have skipped a purchase on AI advice. Here's what marketers should watch.

18 Sep · 3 min
Over 80% festive shoppers open to buying directly from ads
Marketing News

Over 80% Festive Shoppers Open to Buying Directly From Ads

VDO.AI's Festive Consumer Index 2026 finds 80%+ festive shoppers open to buying directly from ads, but CTV/OTT trust and comparisons still shape decisions.

18 Sep · 3 min
Google India’s D2C festive playbook: 4 S’s and AI tools
Marketing News

Google India’s D2C festive playbook: 4 S’s and AI tools

Google India’s Ila Wadhwa outlines a three-part festive strategy as AI-assisted shoppers hit 13 touchpoints and festive demand reaches ₹1.2 lakh crore.

17 Sep · 3 min

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