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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Brand

Decorate your new house with neon attack’s customised neon lights

Are you looking for a way to make your new house feel like home? Add a neon sign.

Craft beer maker Bira to buy Beer Cafe, move to push sale at more restaurants & pubs

The brand's deal comes during the festive season with most people stepping out after two years of pandemic. Beer Cafe's CEO will continue to lead the beverage chain operations.

Dabur, Fabindia should have stuck to their ads. Succumbing shows ‘liberal’ India lacks spine

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

You’d think Sabyasachi’s mangalsutra ad would be a hit with Hindu culture guardians. Nope

After Dabur’s Karva Chauth ad, self-appointed guardians of Hindu culture want Sabyasachi’s mangalsutra campaign to be taken down.

I tried to launch India’s first sports shoe brand. Here’s what Kishore Biyani told me

In 'The Biography of a Failed Venture’, Prashant Desai writes that he wanted Indians to have an affordable shoe brand and go beyond Nike, Puma, Adidas.

Google to McKinsey — The story of how ‘employee activism’ rose

In ‘Brand Activism’ Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler write that if talent is rebelling, companies need to listen and establish a response protocol.

Brand Virat Kohli and how he became the world’s most marketable cricketer

Neither God of Cricket nor Captain Cool, Virat Kohli has been the protagonist for a different India. As he turns 32, a look at how he wedded sporting excellence to his star power.

Nokia’s Snake, the mobile game that became an entire generation’s obsession

Launched in 1997 with Nokia 6110, Snake is said to have signalled a new era in mobile gaming but it was the game’s second version in 2000 that became a household name.

Big Babol, India’s beloved bubblegum that came with the quirkiest commercials

Launched in India in 1994, Big Babol, the 'bade kaam ki cheez', became a hit with its wacky commercials and gifts slipped into packaging.

Dhara’s ‘jalebi’ ad from the 1990s still means home and family

In 2018, UberEats recreated the classic ad with the same actor, the little boy from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, but with a biryani twist.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.