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From Clerks to Clicks: Inside the Retail Digital Transformation
Walk into a store today and you’ll see it: Retail Digital Transformation in full swing. A Gen Z shopper browses a clothing rack with one hand, and wields their phone like a lightsaber with the other. No, they’re not texting. They’re scanning barcodes, stalking digital deals, checking reviews, and price-matching—all before you can say “Can…
Creators or Influencer Marketing? Here’s Where Smart Brands Are Placing Their Bets
A couple of months back, Unilever announced its decision to promote influencer marketing by spending 50 percent of its media ad spending on social platforms. The simple reasoning behind the decision is that brands think social media platforms and an influencer-first policy help create strong connections with consumers. However, in today’s algorithmic era, the platform…
In Conversation: Aparajita Vidyarthi on Rethinking the Customer Journey in a Swipe-First World
Swipe-first, scroll-free, story-led: In this conversation, Aparajita Vidyarthi unpacks how short-form content is transforming the customer journey. As traditional funnels flatten into loops, she explains why journey mapping in 2025 must focus on micro-moments, brand authenticity, and algorithm-ready storytelling. Scrolling is out. Swiping is in. We’re officially entering into the no-scroll era—a space where audience…
The Multiplier Effect in Marketing where Brand and Demand Work in Harmony
For too long, marketing teams have operated under a false dichotomy and avoided the multiplier effect in marketing. The false dichotomy creates a distinction between brand building and demand generation. CMOs approach both subjects as they are fundamentally different, even competing, priorities. In many organizations, brand marketing is seen as long-term and intangible, while demand…
DOOH Advertising’s Growth Story Needs a Stronger Backbone: What’s Missing?
In a world where screens dominate everything from our phones to refrigerators, it’s no surprise that outdoor advertising is catching up. DOOH advertising (Digital Out-of-Home) has shifted its role in how brands are seen in public spaces. Cities are no longer just concrete backdrops, but are turning into dynamic, interactive living ad boards. From interactive…
Can Digital Ads Go Green Without Sacrificing Reach?
Remember the day of blind scrolling? Ad pop-ups, blinking banners, and auto-played videos—we used to click them without giving them a second thought. Digital ads flooded our screens, but no one paused to ask: What’s the environmental cost of a single click? Fast forward to now, things has changed. Today’s digital consumer is sharper, greener…
Meta Advertising Takes a Dangerous Slope with Principal-Based Buying in Recession
Meta advertising has been evolving in the dynamic marketing and ad-buying space ecosystem. Currently, Meta is moving with principal-based trading in the digital landscape. Understanding the complex situation, its reverberations around the advertising process, and the consequences on media planning is significant. Principal-based trading is a controversial topic, and when a giant like Meta, which…
Marketing Funnels are Not Linear Anymore, Continuity has Entered
The time has come for marketing funnels. Well, they are not dying. But you cannot ignore the presence of elements impacting them and bending the linear path of the customer journey. Marketers worship AIDA (Awareness, Interest, Desire, Action), the foundation of the marketing funnel. It is clean, predictable, and comfortingly neat. However, digital enlightenment has…
Swipe, Scroll, Sell: 10 Bold Marketing Questions Shaping Brand Strategy in 2025
You’re knee-deep in campaign data, planning your next campaign, staring at your CTR like it’s a crystal ball, hoping it reveals the secret to your next big win. Then—boom! A random creator drops a 10-second video with no ad spend, no strategy doc, and somehow… it blows up. How??? Welcome to marketing in 2025—where attention…
How to Use Hashtags Effectively in 2025 (and Actually Get Seen)
Remember when hashtags were the superheroes of social media? One little “#” could unlock major reach, build community, and trend faster than you could say #ThrowbackThursday. Whether it was #Blessed or #YOLO, people were learning how to use hashtags effectively. Drop a tag, and boom—you were part of the moment. Fast-forward to 2025, and hashtags aren’t…
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