Brands
This Women’s Day, #SnapOutofIt with Tanishq
MUMBAI: Today, women are increasingly walking the tightrope between home and career, handling everything from household chores to boardroom meetings with consummate ease. No wonder, they’re left with little or no time to themselves, which is why, ahead of Women’s Day on 8 March, Tanishq, Tata Group’s jewellery brand, has decided to play Santa and gift these superwomen some much-needed ‘me time’.
Mia, Tanishq’s contemporary line of work-wear jewellery, has launched a digital campaign called #SnapOutofIt, which, as the name suggests, offers women an opportunity to break free from their punishing everyday routine while allowing them to explore their creative side.
“In the light of long working hours, deadlines, meetings and commitments at home, taking time off for themselves is a luxury which isn’t enjoyed by most working women today. Keeping this in mind, the #SnapOutOfIt campaign calls for creative and fun entries from working women, who have one opportunity to convince the brand why they deserve a chance to snap out of their everyday hassles and routine they have to follow,” says Titan Company jewellery division GM marketing Deepika Tewari.
The campaign is active on its own official website, facebook, twitter and YouTube and has been conceptualised by digital agency, Interactive Avenue.
So far, it has recorded over 150 entries from women across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Some of the entries read: #SnapOutOflt to get rid of my moody boss n foody hubby, bored of tight deadlines and right timelines, fed up of extra tensions at both home and office so forget actually who I am and my mom-in-law asks me to dress up every day like actresses from saas-bahu TV soaps, among others.
Earlier campaigns around Women’s Day like ‘I Am Not You’ and ‘I Am Courage’ celebrated women power while #SnapOutOflt has a fun element attached to it. “This year, Mia wants women to celebrate their day with fun. With #SnapOutOfIt, Mia – as a mark of respect to the numerous roles a woman takes on – is looking to make this day super-special and fun with activities like para-motoring in Delhi, a vineyard tour in Bangalore, and yacht hunting in Mumbai on 8 March,” says Tewari.
“This year’s approach to Women’s Day is very different. The winning entries will have to be witty, funny, and most convincing. In keeping with the brand’s personality of light-weight daily work-wear jewellery, Mia wants participants to really have fun with their submissions.”
Mia by Tanishq takes pride in being an extension of a woman’s personality. “Mia by Tanishq has been at the forefront when it comes to celebrating women. This contemporary line was launched in 2011 for women on the go, who are engaged in various professions and have a well-established ensemble of accessories, unfortunately, excluding jewellery. Mia as a brand has always regaled women with interesting designs, concepts and campaigns like ‘My Expression’, ‘Love Appraisal’ and so on. With us, it is Women’s Day every day,” Tewari signs off.
Brands
E-commerce growth rises, but profits come under pressure
Shop Culture flags rising costs, weak systems and a $5.38 billion quick-commerce boom reshaping global retail
MUMBAI: E-commerce is booming, but profits are thinning. A new report by Shop Culture warns that brands clinging to outdated, growth-at-all-costs strategies are being outpaced in a costlier, more complex 2025 landscape.
Global online retail is expected to cross $6.86 trillion this year, with 2.77 billion shoppers making at least one purchase. Yet returns are under strain: average return on ad spend has slipped to 2.87:1, exposing cracks in how brands chase scale without building sustainable margins.
Three shifts are rewriting the rules. First, retail media is getting pricier, with Amazon’s average cost per click rising 15.5 per cent year-on-year to $1.12. Second, while 77 per cent of e-commerce professionals now use AI daily, many see limited gains as weak systems blunt its impact. Third, geography is no longer expansion, it is strategy. The share of Shop Culture clients operating across multiple markets has more than doubled, from 30 per cent in 2024 to 65 per cent in 2025.
Subarna Mukherjee, founder and ceo, Shop Culture, is blunt: “The e-commerce industry has a nostalgia problem. In 2022, the playbook was simple: list aggressively, spend on ads, and ride the wave of post-pandemic digital adoption. It worked. Revenue grew rapidly. But by 2025, the industry is seeing the consequences of those structural shortcuts. E-commerce itself is not slowing down, the challenge lies in how brands are operating within it.”
Nowhere is the shift sharper than in India’s quick-commerce boom. The segment is set to hit $5.38 billion in 2025, growing 17 per cent and emerging as the fastest-growing globally. What began as a convenience play is fast becoming a margin buffer. In one case, quick commerce drove 70 per cent of a packaged food brand’s online revenue, delivering 130 per cent year-on-year growth. A beauty brand, meanwhile, saw selling prices rise 25 per cent higher than on traditional marketplaces.
Expansion, too, is being rethought. The report argues that brands chasing the largest markets first often stumble. Better outcomes come from sequencing entries based on efficiency, regulatory readiness and competition, with markets such as the UK and Germany offering smarter entry points than the United States.
Compliance has turned from a checkbox into a revenue lever, especially in Europe. Brands with ready frameworks can go live in 8 to 12 weeks, while others risk delays of six months or more due to listing and documentation hurdles.
AI, for all the hype, is no silver bullet. Across more than 1,500 listings, it improved conversion rates by 10 to 15 per cent, cut TACOS by 7 to 10 per cent and reduced stockouts by 20 per cent, but only when layered on strong foundations. As Mukherjee puts it: “AI is not a growth strategy, it is an amplifier. It enhances strong systems and exposes weak ones.”
The message for 2026 is stark. Growth alone will not save brands. Margins, discipline and smarter strategy will. In a market still expanding at breakneck speed, the real race is no longer for scale, it is for survival.
