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Kurkure eyes GenZ consumers through witty advertising strategy

Kurkure had created multiple catchy taglines such as 'Kya Karein, Control Nahin Hota' that established Kurkure’s intense chatpata taste, “Masti Bole To Kurkure” that owned ‘masti’ with Kurkure’s jester view on topical issues, and “Sab Family Ban Jaye” for the neo-nesters living away from their families. Even the popular 'Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai' catered to the ‘imperfect’ Indian family who are comfortable with their imperfections and quirks. (Image source: Stills from #HalkeMeinLo ad)

Kurkure aims to connect with Gen Z consumers by launching a sub-brand Kurkure Playz that caters to the growing soft-texture category.

Marketing Recoded – Season 2 ft. Tata CLiQ Luxury’s Mohua Das Gupta

Prior to Tata CLiQ Luxury, Mohua Das Gupta has worked with brands like Myntra, Arrow, and Amante. She also has worked with ad agencies like Ogilvy and McCann.

Mohua Das Gupta talks about the power of the metaverse, the importance of adapting to changes, and more.

Animesh Agarwal (8bit Thug): Gaming has to be immersive and not interruptive

"When a gamer starts his or her career on YouTube by creating content or by playing games, the only thing they are aware of is tech and gaming. There are very few creators I have come across in my career who get the hang of lifestyle, travel, beauty or fashion. Over the last four years, what I have realized is that, the advantage I had in designing campaigns was that, we try to take into consideration the need and taste of the gamer and gamify the campaign."

Animesh Agarwal better known as 8bit Thug, founder and CEO of 8bit Creatives and S8ul esports talks us through on his journey as an influencer turned entrepreneur, what it takes to run a gaming talent agency and an esports team and organization in today’s times and what his views are on the Indian gaming scene and wheres it is going.

Google unveils ChatGPT rival Bard, AI search plans in battle with Microsoft

An Adalytics research suggests that billions of digital ad dollars may have been spent on small, muted, out-stream, auto-playing, or interstitial video ad units running on independent websites and mobile apps, instead of the intended TrueView format. (Representative Image: Mitchell Luo via Unsplash)

The ascent of ChatGPT, a chatbot from Microsoft-backed OpenAI that could disrupt how consumers search for information, has been one of the biggest challenges to Google in recent memory.

Pathaan’s marketing strategy decoded: Building on fan curiosity and SRK’s brands value

What Pathaan did for Yash Raj Films (YRF) was that it saved them a huge marketing cost. The four-year wait added to SRK’s overall brand value was a sure shot crowd puller that YRF knew wouldn’t fail. Marketing Pathaan was an experiment that had very little chance of failure. It started subtly, but started a long time back.

Experts say this ‘less is more’ approach is a one film wonder and cannot be replicated in any other upcoming releases.

Edelweiss General Insurance rebrands as Zuno General Insurance

Along with the new identity, the company has launched a consumer study titled ‘Usage Based Insurance: Decoding Awareness, Perception and Behaviour’. The study was done to understand Millennial and GenZ’s awareness, understanding and consideration for usage-based insurance (UBI) in India. (Representative Image: Martin Sanchez via Unsplash)

Edelweiss General Insurance anounced its new identity as Zuno General Insurance Limited (Zuno GI), a new age digital insurer.

Maggi’s two-minute strategy and how convenience and comfort combined

Readymade options like biscuits and chips did exist but were not filling or healthy. Home-made fresh hot snacks were time-consuming. Fresh snacks from outside were again expensive and could be unhealthy. This was an area where Maggi could be placed as an alternative evening snack which was tasty, easy to make, filling and hot. (Stills from the ad)

Nestle-owned Maggi Noodles’ success in capturing the Indian imagination and taste has taken years.

Tata Motors ‘Desh ke Trucks’ campaign aims to redefine storytelling for commercial vehicles

"With ‘Desh ke Trucks’ campaign, we are confident that our simple messaging and subtle humour will appeal to our customers.” - Shubhranshu Singh, Vice President, Marketing, Commercial Vehicle Business

The campaign was intended to showcase its state-of-the-art trucks, innovations, enhanced facets and features, digitalisation, profitability, fuel efficiency, safety, superior technology, connectivity, driver productivity and cabin comfort via entertaining, slice of life commercials.

Mast & Meh: Cadbury 5 Star, Britannia, Tata 1mg, Hero MotoCorp, Maaza

Stills from the Mast and Meh ads this week. Take a look at unskippable commercials and the ones we wish we could have skipped

Find out who made the cut and who got cut in Storyboard18’s weekly picks of the best and boring ads.

Britannia’s CMO Amit Doshi: Think like digital natives, don’t bifurcate consumers between ‘digital’ and ‘non-digital’

Amit Doshi, chief marketing officer, Britannia Industries.

Amit Doshi, marketing chief of Britannia on leveraging technology to stay relevant, learning agility from D2C brands and why marketers need to stay endlessly curious.