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How PR Can Help Your Business Become An…

Developing a quality product and service doesn’t necessarily mean that you are guaranteed to become leaders of the industry. In today’s modern world, you can’t solely rely on word of mouth to achieve commercial success, so it is important that you build a strong brand through a variety of effective PR strategies, advertising campaigns and...
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An Effective Solution For Creating A Well-Run Medical…

Many private medical practices never reach their full potential because the doctors who own their private practice think of his or her work more as a job than a professional business. It is understood that traditionally, doctors are supposed to be more interested in caring for their patients, than running their practice as a business....
Incorporate a Company in Singapore

Incorporate a Company in Singapore to Make Your…

No wonder Singapore is renowned for its pro-business environment, progressive tax structure, state-of-the-art infrastructure, strong intellectual property rights, skilled workforce and fairly flexible immigration policies. The prestigious Work Bank report has ranked Singapore first position in the world for ease of doing business for ten consecutive years. The Republic has long been considered as a...
Jewelery Design Careers

Tips for Launching a Career in Jewellery

 The jewellery business is an appealing sector in which to launch a career. However, it can be a competitive one for this very reason. It does not have to be an imposing sector or an insurmountable obstacle, however. It just has to be approached in the right way. Training Not all jewellery careers will require...

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From Search Engines to LLMs: How internet is changing and what it means for you

Artificial Intelligence is steadily replacing the traditional search engine as the primary gateway to the internet. For nearly two decades, the internet experience revolved around keywords, links, and pages of ranked results. Users had to search, compare, filter, verify, and finally decide. AI changes that equation entirely. Instead of merely showing information, modern Large Language...
A new trend in the AI assisted ecommerce shopping is taking over retail

Retails push for “AI Shopping”– How Carrefour could be reshaping customer experience

The quiet rollout of AI-powered retail experiences by companies like Carrefour signals something much bigger than a simple tech experiment. While it hasn’t generated the kind of buzz typically associated with AI breakthroughs, its implications could reshape how consumers discover, evaluate, and ultimately purchase products. Carrefour’s Customer Engagement Through AI Carrefour has begun integrating conversational...
The Measurement Trap – Why Anthropic’s AI Labor Report Misses the Human Core

The Measurement Trap – Why Anthropic’s AI Labor Report Misses the Human Core

Critical Analysis: Anthropic’s “Labor Market Impacts of AI” – Beyond the Observed Exposure The recent research published by Anthropic, “Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence,” introduces a sophisticated metric: Observed Exposure. By moving past theoretical capabilities to track actual Claude usage data, Anthropic provides a grounded view of how AI...
The Low-Trust Economy: Branding in an Age of Moral Reckoning

The Low-Trust Economy: Branding in an Age of Moral Reckoning

New study published by Pew Research reveal ‘Morality’ plays which may have major impact on brand marketing in cultural context. The recent Pew Research Center study, “In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely to View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad,” has sent shockwaves through the marketing and social science communities. This survey was done in 2025...
The Triple Whammy: Local Businesses Navigating a Fragmented World

The Triple Whammy: Local Businesses Navigating a Fragmented World

As we navigate the early months of 2026, the global economic landscape resembles a high-stakes obstacle course. What began years ago as isolated tariff disputes has evolved into a structural dismantling of global trade. Today, local businesses find themselves caught in a “triple whammy”: the persistent disruption of supply chains by regional wars, a volatile...
National Startup Day: India’s Innovation-Driven Growth Story

National Startup Day: India’s Innovation-Driven Growth Story

On this 16th January, India celebrated its National Startup Day. This year the event carried a special weight. Although this comes every year, this is the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Startup India Mission which officially recognizes startups as a business category. Thus, the startups of India are celebrating a decade of unprecedented...
Explore the best AI video & image tools like Sora, Google Flow, DALL·E, Runway ML & more—reshaping creativity with benchmarks that define 2025.

Freemium Creativity: How these 8 AI Video and Image Generation Tools Compare

In the last two years, artificial intelligence has transformed from a behind-the-scenes helper to the centerpiece of creative industries. What began with text-based chatbots has now extended into visual storytelling – AI can generate entire images, videos, and even cinematic experiences with just a few lines of text as input. While big players like Google’s...
Tariffs, Trade Wars & Twisted Priorities: What makes Trump’s Move Against Indian Imports Complicated

Tariffs, Trade Wars & Twisted Priorities: What makes Trump’s Move Against Indian Imports Complicated

A few months ago we had analyzed Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods and the revelations of luxury brands being mass produced in China in its aftermath. Now Trump’s trade guns are blazing again – this time aimed at India. With tariffs on Indian imports now doubled to 50%, Washington seems less focused on “leveling...
Startup Storytelling: Competing with Corporate Giants

The Startup Playbook: Competing with Giants Without Reinventing the Wheel

When we talk about startups taking on industry giants, the narrative often leans toward disruption; the classic David versus Goliath story. But in reality, most new-age businesses aren’t rewriting the rulebook with groundbreaking inventions. Instead, they’re playing a sharper, faster game of execution. While truly innovative products can create entirely new categories (think smartphones or...
The rise of aerospace startups has opened up a new sector of emerging alternative aviation.

Breaking the Aviation Monopoly: How Innovation Is Replacing Old-World Giants

For decades, the global aviation industry has been dominated by a duopoly—Boeing and Airbus—delivering giant, expensive, slow-to-manufacture aircraft to a small circle of airlines operating under high costs and tight margins. These legacy aircraft, while marvels of engineering, require immense resources to build, operate, and maintain. The result is an inflexible aviation model, heavily dependent...
Man facing at a hall of mirrors with a confused posture as an expressionist allegory to the AI generated reality and the propagation of fake news

Op-Ed: Deepfakes, Disinformation and the Fraying Line Between Convenience and Sanity

In the race to embrace convenience and innovation, society has stumbled into an era where truth is optional and deception is just a tool away. We’ve built tools so powerful that they no longer just assist our lives—they alter our perception of reality. And we’re not ready. This isn’t about phishing emails or spam calls...
The troubled history of brand of Boeing Dreamliner and Air India and the recent tragedy

Air India’s AI-171 Crash Reflects a Brand That’s Long Ignored Its Own Warnings

On June 12th, 2025, the world witnessed a grim déjà vu: Air India Flight AI-171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route from Ahmedabad to London, had crashed just moments after takeoff. The tragedy claimed 241 lives onboard as well a rising death toll on ground as the plane crashed into a hostel compound of a...
Transition of Jaguar car maker's brand design with automobile choices

Opinion: Jaguar’s New Look Misses the Mark – A Brand Identity in Crisis

In a shocking shift that’s left long-time enthusiasts reeling, Jaguar unveiled a major brand overhaul in November 2024 — a change that seems to have roared in with more confusion than clarity. The luxury automaker, synonymous with British elegance and feral sophistication, has shed its iconic leaping cat logo in favor of a minimalist, Gen...
Builder AI bankruptcy and the AI whitewashing of startups

Builder.ai and the ‘Actually Indians’ Paradox: When AI Starts Looking Like a Call Center

So here we are again. Another startup, another fancy pitch about AI doing all the work — only for the internet to discover that it wasn’t all AI after all, but, well… real people. In India. This time it’s Builder.ai, a no-code platform that claimed to help you build apps in minutes using artificial intelligence....
Prompt God image generated with ChatGPT. Image suggests an advanced futuristic being meeting primitive humans

Op-Ed: Google’s VEO3 and the Future of Visual Storytelling—A Revolution or a Requiem?

Google’s recent unveiling of Veo (VEO3), its most advanced generative video model to date, marks a seismic shift in the landscape of digital content creation. Capable of generating high-definition, photorealistic, and stylistically nuanced videos from text prompts, VEO3 is not just a technical marvel—it’s a herald of a new creative era. But as with all...
US President Trump's announcements of Tariff hikes are seen as a barrier for Chinese imports

Tariffs, Trade Wars, and a New World Order: Analyzing President Trump’s Economic Gamble

Few weeks ago, in a move that shocked markets and diplomats alike, President Donald Trump’s administration sharply increased tariffs across a broad range of imports — reigniting fears of a global trade war. While tariffs are not new to American economic policy, the scale, suddenness, and political signaling of this escalation suggest deeper structural intentions....
BluSmart Financial Crisis

Lessons from BluSmart’s Crisis: What It Means for India’s EV Mobility Future

BluSmart, once celebrated as a pioneer in India’s electric vehicle (EV) mobility sector, is currently grappling with significant financial challenges that have led to the departure of its co-founders and prompted investors to advocate for a comprehensive restructuring. The Rise and Financial Struggles of BluSmart Founded in 2019 by Anmol Jaggi, Puneet Jaggi, and Puneet...
Employee exhausted after working for long hours

Workplace wellbeing threatened as CEOs issue controversial statements on working hours

Recently, top bosses of some of the largest companies from India gave out statements relating to how many hours should an employee work. It started as a remark from Infosys founder Narayan Murthy during a 2023 podcast while speaking about work productivity in India which was according to him “one of the lowest in the...
Rebranding FUCHS OIL: FOXGEAR’s Bold Evolution in the Lubricants Industry

Rebranding FUCHS OIL: FOXGEAR’s Bold Evolution in the Lubricants Industry

Rebranding is a complex and strategic process that carries significant risks and rewards. When the Russian division of a global leader in premium lubricants, FUCHS OIL, decided to undergo a full-scale rebranding, it was a monumental decision aimed at revitalizing its identity while preserving the brand equity built over decades. Executed by the renowned branding...
The Evolution of Open Scope Journal Publishing: A Comparative Analysis

The Evolution of Open Scope Journal Publishing: A Comparative Analysis

In the fast-paced world of engineering, research and innovation are fundamental to driving technological progress and solving global challenges. As the backbone of this advancement, engineering journal publishers play a crucial role in disseminating cutting-edge research, fostering collaboration, and creating platforms for scholars and professionals to share knowledge. Whether it’s the development of new materials,...
How Plastic Takeaway Containers Keep Your Food Fresh and Safe

How Plastic Takeaway Containers Keep Your Food Fresh and Safe

In the modern world, convenience is the key, especially when it comes to food. Whether you are grabbing a quick lunch, ordering dinner from your favourite restaurant, or storing leftovers, plastic takeaway containers are essential for keeping your food fresh and secure. In this blog, we will look at the various advantages of plastic takeaway...
Premium pet food packaging and branding by Ostrov Svobody

Gourmet Pet Food takes on Premium Branding with distinct Visual Styling, Packaging and Outdoor Branding

Mnyams is a premium brand of gourmet pet food, crafted with top-tier technology, handpicked ingredients, carefully developed recipes, and years of production expertise. This commitment to quality makes “Mnyams” a genuine delight for pets. BRANDEXPERT “Ostrov Svobody” was tasked with strengthening and elevating the brand through a unified design system. Our mission was to align...

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Top 10 Local Ice-Cream Brands In US

Hot Licks Homemade Ice-Cream (Alaska)  Hot Licks Homemade Ice Cream opened in 1986, and it was first ice cream and café shop. Soon afterwards the…

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10 Books On Branding And Social Selling That You Must Have On Your Kindle Summer Reading List

When it comes to picking a book for reading, we often encounter an endless list of similar sounding titles on the same topic. However, not…

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5 Most Interesting Local Dairy Brands Across The World

Milkman doing the rounds every morning is a part of culture everywhere. What would we do without milk? Well, that is not intended to offend…

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5 Local Fast Food Franchises In US That Are Doing Things Differently

Freshii – Freshii (Originally called Lettuce Eatery) is a Canadian fast food franchise and was founded in 2005 by Matthew Corrin. They serve meals which are…

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5 Airline Brands Worth Learning From + 1 That Went Down

In modern age of transportation, air travel is a highly sought after service and the airline brands are the top dogs of business. Quite naturally…

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10 Local Candy Brands Across The World That We Think Are Awesome

Everyone loves candies no matter where they live or how old they are. Aside from certain health conditions that may prohibit you from having candies,…

10 Local Brands Nominated by Our Readers

10 Local Brands Nominated by Our Readers

Its been 7 years since The Local Brand was launched and we started writing about small businesses and local brands which deserve to be brought…

10 strongest FMCG local brands from India

10 strongest FMCG local brands from India

In a country with over 1.3 billion people, it’s no surprise that the FMCG industry in India is booming. According to a report by Nielsen,…

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The story of bitter rivalry between New York’s iconic ice-cream brands and similar cases

Mister Softee is one of the most iconic ice cream brands in the United States, with its distinctive blue and white color scheme, cursive lettering,…

SMBs should leverage these AI powered applications

SMBs should leverage these AI powered applications

Small and medium businesses often can’t afford the kind of creative agencies which big companies hire to make their products and services look slick. This…