According to industry leaders, players need to move beyond adrenaline marketing, where the proposition is less about racing the clock and more about becoming an invisible enabler of daily life
The strikes have revived a deeper debate around the Q-commerce model and exposed a more fragile fault line: dependence on speed not just as a consumer hook, but as an advertising engine
As influencer marketing enters 2026, the industry is confronting a paradox. While creator supply continues to expand, tolerance for surface-level influence is rapidly shrinking
Gulshan Verma, Director, Amazon Ads, engaged in a conversation with Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW BusinessWorld and Founder of exchange4media at e4m Screenage 2025
Industry leaders weigh in on AI adoption and its impact on advertising ROI, adding that AI capabilities with human guidance will shape the future of the sector
Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal announced that the company will actively remove such images from restaurant menus, following a surge in customer complaints
The two complaints were initiated by the council on a suo moto basis where the operators were found to jack up food prices during the final billing process
Larger-than-life billboards, integration with other mediums, contextual relevance, targeted placements, and the ability to amplify a campaign on digital mediums drive OTTs to OOH, say experts
These platforms are unlikely to see a drop in customer base as they have altered user behaviour permanently. Hence, advertiser loss is also unlikely, say experts