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Tag: brand strategy

Categories Advertising, Marketing

The Responsibility Play: Why Anthropic’s “Hard Questions” Belongs to a Very Old Branding Tradition

Posted on July 12, 2026July 12, 2026by Vejay Anand
Anthropic's new film, "Hard Questions," extends its "Keep Thinking" platform. Instead of celebrating what AI can do, the film asks people to question what AI should be allowed …
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Categories Marketing

Cultural Fluency Is a Permission Problem, Not a Trend Problem

Posted on July 9, 2026July 12, 2026by Vejay Anand
Every brand strategy deck now has a slide on cultural relevance. Fewer brands can explain what that phrase actually means once the deck closes and the campaign goes live. Cultu…
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Categories Advertising, Marketing

World Cup Special: Air Transat -The $1,350 Ticket and the $900 Idea

Posted on June 29, 2026June 29, 2026by Vejay Anand
On a Thursday morning in May 2026, somewhere in a Toronto agency office, a strategist refreshed a browser tab for the fourth time that hour. The number on screen kept moving, and …
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Categories Marketing, Pets

The Four Pet Parent Mindsets Indian Supplement Brands Need to Map

Posted on June 23, 2026June 23, 2026by Vejay Anand
Most pet wellness brands in India still plan around a single buyer persona: the "aware urban pet parent". That shorthand is convenient and increasingly wrong. A behavioural lens, …
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Categories Pets

The Indian Pet Parent Is Shopping Like a Human Consumer

Posted on June 23, 2026June 23, 2026by Vejay Anand
Nutrition labels for dogs. Cold-pressed treats for cats. Probiotic chews that sound like they belong in a wellness clinic, not a pet store. India's pet food shelf has quietly begu…
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Categories Marketing

When Loyal Customers Cost You More Than They’re Worth

Posted on June 21, 2026June 21, 2026by Vejay Anand
Every brand manager wants a loyal customer base. It is the metric that justifies the marketing budget, the line that gets read out first in the board meeting, and the reason categ…
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Categories Marketing

Brands Don’t Need Flings, They Need Marriages

Posted on June 21, 2026June 21, 2026by Vejay Anand
Most brand managers track repurchase rates and call it loyalty. It is not. Repurchase happens when: Switching is inconvenient The product is the cheapest option availabl…
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Categories Marketing

When a Brand Becomes a Religion

Posted on June 17, 2026June 17, 2026by Vejay Anand
Some brands are bought. Others are believed in. Walk past an Apple Store on launch day, and you will see queues that look more like pilgrimages than purchases. Spend a Sunday w…
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Categories Marketing

The Smash Test: Would Your Brand Survive Without Its Logo?

Posted on June 17, 2026June 17, 2026by Vejay Anand
In 1915, Root Glass Company designed a Coca-Cola bottle meant to be recognised in the dark and identifiable even in shards. The brief was unusual: make a shape that survives break…
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Categories Marketing

Brand Advantage Through Brand Extension: When Stretching the Name Builds the Business

Posted on June 17, 2026June 17, 2026by Vejay Anand
Most founders think about growth as a product question. Build the next thing, ship it, and sell it. But the sharpest growth lever many businesses already own isn't a new product. …
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Categories Marketing

Brand Extension: Growth Shortcut or Brand Trap?

Posted on June 10, 2026June 10, 2026by Vejay Anand
Every marketer dreams of building a brand strong enough to stretch beyond its original category. After all, if consumers already trust your brand, why not introduce new products u…
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Categories Marketing

The Claim vs. The Commitment: Why Your USP Is Not Your Brand Promise

Posted on June 5, 2026June 5, 2026by Vejay Anand
Walk down the biscuit aisle at any Reliance Smart or DMart. Count the number of packs that claim to be "India's favourite", "made with real butter", or "baked, not fried." Every b…
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Categories Business, Marketing

What the Pokémon Brand Machine Can Teach Marketers.

Posted on May 22, 2026May 22, 2026by Vejay Anand
Pokémon turns 30 this year. As of 2024, the franchise had generated an estimated lifetime revenue of $150 billion, making it the highest-grossing media franchise in history, ahead…
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Categories Marketing

When Your Brand Tries to Be Everything to Everyone

Posted on May 11, 2026May 11, 2026by Vejay Anand
There is a condition that quietly destroys some of the world's best-known brands. It does not announce itself. It creeps in slowly, disguised as ambition, growth strategy, and opp…
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