Ruchi Roy

Ruchi Roy is a Staff Writer at Ad Pulse with 9 years of experience in reporting, writing, and content production. She is a professional writer with a background in journalism. Her reporting focuses on branding, creativity, brand strategy, B2B marketing, and influencer and creator economies, exploring how these forces shape modern marketing and culture. Her strength lies in research-led storytelling, turning complex ideas into content that is relevant, credible, and valuable.

Articles by Ruchi Roy

Will Continuous Disney Layoffs Crash their Happy Brand Image?

By Ruchi Roy | September 30, 2024

The name that remains synonymous with joy and effortless execution is facing brand marketing issues primarily stemming from massive internal Disney layoffs to a string of not-so-great movies and the struggle to drive its streaming business toward success. Continuous layoffs…

Rundown of Month September 2024

Special Rundown of September Marketing News — 8 Bite-Sized Stories Every Marketer Must Know

By Ruchi Roy | September 27, 2024

September showed the fall and rise of the market and its existing brands and businesses. While Google was getting ready to face the heat in its antitrust trial, and META continued its never-ending saga of algorithm tinkering, other major moves…

micro-influencer marketing

How to Find the Right Micro-Influencer for Your Brand: A Field Guide

By Ruchi Roy | September 25, 2024

Influencers are all over the place, every time you open an app. Whether it’s transparent, like someone who tags #sponsored and #gifted or a stealth promoter who just so happens to be drinking Bloom Nutrition during every meal – influencers…

Sustainable Marketing Events

Sustainable Marketing Events: The Future Marketers Need to Embrace 

By Ruchi Roy | September 25, 2024

Sustainability has officially infiltrated every corner of our world—from how we shop to how businesses operate and, of course, how marketing events should be run. A focus on ethical sustainability is no longer just a box to be checked, it’s…

Starbuck smell the success in its staggering Sales

Can Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol Bring Change to the Cafe Culture? 

By Ruchi Roy | September 24, 2024

Starbucks has been brewing headlines again, and no, it’s not the financial woes or some new secret latte. This time, it’s about the newly appointed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, a seasoned F&B industry pro. While we send virtual high-fives to…

Walmart Connect

Why Walmart is the New Darling of Third-Party Marketplace Sellers

By Ruchi Roy | September 23, 2024

Move over, Amazon—there’s a new retail media advertiser stealing the spotlight among third-party marketplace sellers. Walmart just posted a jaw-dropping 26% growth in Q2 2024, and it’s all thanks to Walmart Connect.  Since the pandemic shook up the retail scene,…

Luxury brand marketing

Why Have Pop-Up Stores Become the New Thing for Luxury Brands?

By Ruchi Roy | September 20, 2024

Retailers have been playing the pop-up store game for years, using quirky setups to lure in curious passersby, window shoppers, and anyone with FOMO. Imagine stepping out your front door and seeing a giant cheeseburger lounging in a hammock under…

Apple vs Google Cookie war

The Apple vs Google Third-Party Cookie War

By Ruchi Roy | September 18, 2024

Between the Google third-party cookies fiasco and Apple’s cape of privacy crusaders—in the browser war, nobody is winning users with their data privacy promises. While Apple champions itself as the defender of user privacy through polished ads and bold claims,…

Signal-Based Marketing

Adapt Signal-Based Marketing or Lose to Data Privacy

By Ruchi Roy | September 16, 2024

In a world where Google seems to change its cookie policies as often as we refresh our feeds and consumers are dodging ads like they’re in a video game—something has to give. Enter signal-based marketing, a classic client-building tactic with…

Pinterest AI Tools

What Advertisers Should Know About Pinterest AI Tools

By Ruchi Roy | September 13, 2024

Need to message someone? Hit them up on WhatsApp. Curious about what celebs are up to? Scroll through Instagram. Need to roast a new public policy? Vent on X. But when it’s time to dive into aesthetics and ideas, most…