2017: When brands have used something old to say something new

The list of brands convinced that sharing a blast from the past and thereby tugging at heartstrings is what it will take to get consumers engaged is growing by the month

Kunal Sinha  |  Mumbai 

Carvaan. Paper Boat. Royal Enfield. Racold. Google.

Nokia. Keventers. Vespa. The list of brands convinced that sharing a blast from the past and thereby tugging at heartstrings is what it will take to get consumers engaged is growing by the month. So what makes marketers turn to rekindling memories as the answer to creating differentiation?   This phenomenon shouldn’t be that difficult to understand once we view the penchant for nostalgia as a push-back to the frenetic pace of change that our lives are being subjected to. In the age of impersonal digital media, ...

First Published: Tue, December 26 2017. 00:43 IST