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Market intelligence on India: CTV, influencer marketing, gaming, e-commerce, festive-season demand, and the advertising landscape for brands entering the market.

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MOCA cactus mascot beside a four-step creator funnel for India's Diwali 2026 festive sale
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Diwali 2026: More Orders, a Shrinking Phone Market, and What Motorola's 833-Creator Campaign Shows

India's 2026 Diwali sale grew orders 31% while average order value fell 10% in the first week (Unicommerce), and Counterpoint expects festive smartphone volumes to fall about 12% while value rises about 5%. Motorola's public case reports 833 creators split by funnel task, 406 million views and about 1 million clicks to its Flipkart store pages, but no sales figures. MOCA Technology explains what the case proves, what it does not, and how brands in India and Indonesia should allocate creator budgets by task.

World Cup 2026: How Challenger Brands Win the Second Screen in Southeast Asia and India

World Cup 2026: How Challenger Brands Win the Second Screen in Southeast Asia and India

Challenger brands win World Cup 2026 on the second screen: local creator content on TikTok and YouTube Shorts, timed to the morning-to-midday match windows that North America hosting creates across Southeast Asia, and in India a creator-first campaign scaled with programmatic and UA. All 16 FIFA global sponsorship slots are sold, TikTok is FIFA’s named preferred social video platform, and India’s media rights asking price fell 65% to USD 35M with no confirmed buyer.

India map under the headline Seize India's GST Breakthrough, with the MOCA cactus mascot holding a magnifying glass
8 min read

Seize India’s GST Breakthrough: Major Wins For Brands

India's 56th GST Council met on 3 September 2025 and recommended two main GST rates, 5% and 18%, plus a 40% rate for a select few goods and services. Almost all changes took effect on 22 September 2025, with tobacco-related goods handled separately. This explainer lists the main rate changes, early e-commerce and tax-collection data, and what brands should check.