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Bots don’t like Zoya Akhtar’s movies. Or your ads.

I hardly know what Kim Kardashian does these days. Rajnikanth's birthday was a mere blip in my consciousness. If you want to know about...

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Travis Scott and the Kaam Chor Event

Just back from taking the teen and friends to the Travis Scott show in Mumbai.  Before we go further a quick quiz: Travis Scott is:A....

Barilla, Bugs, and Me

My teen can tell pasta brands apart in a blind taste test, not me. Anyway, much like Maggi is the default noodle, Barilla has...

601st Issue! What Maggi & Betty teach us about AI luxury

Luxury is when a person has lavished care into the creation of something that you enjoy. When we buy a handwoven product, we are...

Can Marketing (and Lululemon) break out of its gilded cage?

Chip Wilson, founder of Lululemon, took out a nice big ad in Wall Street Journey to talk about how, essentially, the pursuit of numbers...

Zero CAC is the best festival gift

As the festival season - and end of the year - is upon us having a zero Customer Acquisition Cost is the gift that...

I’m not a Swiftie, but I’m tribal too. IYKYK

Billionaire Taylor Swift announced that she was engaged to Travis Kelce on instagram. The announcement referred to her as the English teacher and Kelce...

Labubus and Beauty Fridges. Big Human Trends.

When stoves replaced the bonfire, cooking times did not actually reduce. Menus (and waistlines) expanded and women ended up cooking all day long to...

Oh to be Ryan Reynolds

You've probably heard about the cool rebuttal ad that Hollywood Star Gwyneth Paltrow did for Astronomer, the company benefiting from unexpected awareness after its...