e-commerce
Glance & Swiggy Instamart unite to speed up Q-commerce
Mumbai: Glance, a smart lock screen platform, and Swiggy Instamart, aquick commerce platform, have partnered to launch a one-tap purchase feature directly from Glance’s lock screens. This allows CPG brands on Swiggy Instamart to connect with over 230 million active users, simplifying the process from product discovery to purchase.
With four out of five Android users in India interacting with Glance’s lock screen, the platform has become a key discovery point for brands. This partnership enables brands to reach users early, driving awareness and purchases with a single tap that redirects users to the product page on Swiggy Instamart.
Glance uses Swiggy Instamart’s user data to create audience cohorts, targeting promotions more effectively. By combining Swiggy’s user preferences with Glance’s engagement data, this approach improves purchase intent and conversion rates.
Five CPG brands have already used this feature, with one energy drink seeing a 20 per cent sales increase and a nutrition supplement brand recording a 10 per cent sales rise and seven per cent market share growth. Overall, brands experienced over 10 per cent sales growth, driven by both new and existing customers.
InMobi consumer and performance advertising – CBO Vasuta Agarwal said, “We are excited to partner with Swiggy Instamart to transform the way India’s CPG brands drive growth on quick commerce. By integrating Glance’s premier screen presence, targeting capabilities and reach of over 230 million users with Swiggy Instamart’s quick commerce convenience, we are setting a new standard for brand engagement in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. With one-tap purchases directly from lock screens, we aim to empower CPG brands to connect with consumers in real-time, effortlessly turning intent into action.”
Glance has deep integration with InMobi Exchange which allows Glance and Swiggy audiences to extend their advertising campaigns to mobile app users across around 30,000 apps in India. Homegrown InMobi Exchange is one of the biggest and most addressable mobile exchanges which allows brands to seamlessly extend their campaigns on other premium apps.
Swiggy’s head of growth marketing Amitkumar Banka said, “Glance smart lock screen has proven to be a powerful first touchpoint for Android users, driving meaningful results for CPG brands on Swiggy Instamart. As Swiggy Instamart continues to grow, we’re excited to collaborate with Glance to engage users instantly, creating real-time connections that translate into tangible business results.”
Swiggy’s director of growth Kashish Vasandani said, “This unique partnership between Glance and Swiggy allows brands on our platform to seamlessly reach their audience on either the lock screens of their smartphones or within 1000’s of other premium apps that consumers use via InMobi Exchange.”
Glance and Swiggy Instamart aim to replicate the success of initial campaigns across hundreds of CPG brands converting everyday lock screen interactions into measurable business outcomes.
Glance is an AI-driven platform that delivers a wide range of engaging experiences directly on Android lock screens, including games, entertainment, news, sports, and shopping, all available in seven Indian languages. By partnering with reputed publishers and developers, Glance’s AI curates premium content tailored to each user’s preferences. This allows users to access relevant information seamlessly, without unlocking their phones or navigating through multiple apps.
e-commerce
Instamart and Duolingo launch street spell check campaign for Instaprint
Duo the owl fixes signboard typos across cities to showcase instant printing.
MUMBAI: If spelling mistakes had a sworn enemy, it might just be a bright green owl with a printer. Instamart has teamed up with language learning platform Duolingo for a quirky nationwide campaign that turns everyday spelling errors into a public spectacle while promoting its instant printing service, InstaPrint. The playful activation takes aim at the many misspelled shop boards and public signs scattered across Indian streets. From “saloons” that promise haircuts rather than drinks to menus and posters peppered with punctuation mishaps, the campaign sends Duolingo’s mascot Duo on a mission to restore linguistic order.
Armed with Instamart’s instant printing feature, Duo prints corrected versions of the mistakes on the spot and pastes them over the originals. The result is a series of humorous street interventions that have quickly begun circulating on social media.
Photos and videos of the grammar correcting owl have been widely shared online, with amused users reacting to the unexpected spell check patrol. One user joked, “Ab ayega na maza bhidu,” capturing the internet’s delight at the unusual campaign.
Behind the humour lies a practical message. The activation is designed to showcase the capabilities of Instaprint, Instamart’s printing service that allows users to print documents and posters almost instantly.
The company says the feature is meant for everyday needs such as printing resumes, visa documents or last minute posters without the usual scramble to locate a print shop.
Instamart introduced Instaprint in 2025 across select metropolitan cities including Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi. The service allows users to order printed materials directly through the platform, extending the quick commerce model beyond groceries and household essentials.
By combining Duolingo’s famously persistent owl with India’s street level spelling quirks, the campaign taps into the internet’s long running fascination with grammar mistakes while demonstrating a real world use case for instant printing.
After all, in a world full of typos, sometimes what you really need is a quick printer and a very determined language teacher.
