Make in India: We'll create best ecosystem for our young entrepreneurs, says Amitabh Kant"The key achievement is that it has brought ‘ease of doing business’, opened the FDI regime and taken manufacturing centre-stage."
World Economic Forum 2016: India ranked 22nd among world's best countriesIndia was ranked 22nd on an inaugural list of the world's best countries, which was released on the sidelines of WEF Annual Meeting.
Why brands need more mature celebrity selectionCelebrity endorsements work only if the brands are able to use them to break the clutter and take forward their core brand message.
Consistency in product segments key to success of beauty brandsBeauty category is an intriguing one with various ways to interpret the category such as archetypes and models like segmentation, behaviour...
A few breakaway brand campaigns that stand apartGlobal events occurring around us - like the riots in Brazil, Istanbul, and the Arab Spring - are testament to the fact that leaders can ne...
Innovative companies can make hay this monsoonThis is the season when we begin to worry about water contamination and rain puddles that act as breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Consumer consciousness: Decoding good value for brandsThe Indian consumer is highly value conscious. Often, marketers simply assume that “valueconscious” means being priceconscious; we regard t...
Does your brand have enough tension?We have been taught to think that contradictions are undesirable and that tensions must be minimised in all cases where they exist.
Are soft-drink brands like Pepsi, Coca Cola drowning out differences?Pepsi and Coke stands for being joyous, free-spirited, and fun. Mountain Dew and Thums Up possess additional attributes of being daring and...
Mobiles of greater interest to youth than laptops & TVs, DTH, consumer electronics grabbed least attentionThink back to those days when telephones were black bakelite boxes propped up proudly in the living room, when refrigerators were not frost...
Biscuit war: Britannia steals the march over Sunfeast, ParleThere are perhaps only a few in this country who have no memory of Parle-G biscuits, from the tiffin boxes of little school children or as ...
BAV Insights: Water brands not just about tasteA brand cannot build esteem without generating trust, which in turn leads to greater regard and loyalty.
Rediffusion-Y&R Brand Asset Valuator: Digitization law may upset DTH rankingsTRAI reported at the start of 2012 that of the 147 million Indian TV households, 44 million were now DTH homes.
PSU banks take lead in the branding battleThis is the first part of an exclusive series from Rediffusion Y&R that will measure the emotional appeal of different brands.
- We don't want to be just another agency doing advertising: Gautam Talwar, Rediffusion YR
The firm wants to help clients develop the entire communication strategy for the brand, says Gautam Talwar, chief strategy officer, Rediffu...
- Rediffusion brings back 'Brand Asset Valuator'
A decade after its initial launch date in India the Brand Asset Valuator is back at advertising agency Rediffusion Y&R.
- BAV to stop construction works
The Builders Association of Vijaywada has decided to stop all the construction works from Friday in response to a call given by the Nationa...