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Brands & Trust

How Indian brands earn belief and how they lose it. Radical transparency as a strategy, why American product branding travels so well, the collapse of default brand trust, and what technology has done to the relationship between a business and its customers.

馃寪 How the Internet Remade India and Erased What We Once Were

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馃寪 How the Internet Remade India and Erased What We Once Were

Remember when buying a bedsheet meant watching a full theatrical performance on TV? When recharging your phone meant chatting with the bhaiya who remembered your name? We called it progress when all of that disappeared. But somewhere between Flipkart's 10-minute delivery and Netflix's autoplay, we deleted something we didn't even know we'd miss.

Oct 4, 2025 路 5 min read

馃拵 How Minimalist Built a 3,000 Crore Skincare Brand Without Playing the Usual Marketing Game
Business & BrandingAug 20, 2025

How Minimalist Built a 3,000 Crore Skincare Brand Without Playing the Usual Marketing Game

Ever feel like every skincare brand is just selling you a story, not a solution? Here's how Minimalist, a Jaipur-based startup, rewrote the rules and built a 3,000 crore empire in just five years-by doing the opposite of what everyone else was doing.

4 min read
馃嚭馃嚫 Why America Dominates Global Product & Branding
Business & CultureJun 18, 2025

Why America Dominates Global Product & Branding

From Apple to Coca-Cola, American companies shape how the world shops, thinks, and lives. Here's the psychology behind America's cultural export machine.

2 min read

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