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The Last Brand Standing

The Last Brand Standing

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Winning and losing isn’t everything, sometimes long-term survival means a combination of both over a period of time.

Welcome to Bank of Baroda presents, The Last Brand Standing!

What if you could relive some of the biggest rivalries in the history of the Indian marketplace? Peer back through the window of time to see which brands stood on top, which ones battled for dominance, and which ones fell by the wayside to be forever lost to the annals of history.

Find out the moves these brands made and the strategies they applied to get ahead in the super competitive and often cluttered Indian market.
Each week, hosts Anupam Gupta and Ambi Parameswaran, talk about two brands vying for the top, and what it took to get there.

Sit back, relax and tune in as Anupam and Ambi take you through some of the biggest and most public feuds in brand history, to tell you who finished as The Last Brand Standing, a show presented by Bank of Baroda.

Tune in to new episodes every Tuesday.

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Episodes
  • Bajaj Auto vs Hero Honda

    Bajaj Auto vs Hero Honda
    Sep 21 2021
    Bajaj Auto introduced its first indigenous scooter brand in 1972: Chetak. The Chetak's popularity was so high that apparently it's resale value was greater than it's purchase price.

    The partnership of Munjal Family & Honda Motors of Japan was so successful that in 1987, Hero produced its 100,000th motorcycle.

    Today’s episode features a huge battle between scooters & motorcycles: Bajaj Auto vs Hero Honda

    Tune into this episode, as our hosts Anupam and Ambi discuss from a branding & advertising perspective, what makes 2 wheelers so unique? And how do you put technology in the front of a product when customers only want style?

    Follow Anupam Gupta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/b50?s=09Follow Ambi Parameswaran on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ambimgp?s=09

    Follow Anupam Gupta on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anupam9gupta

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparameswaran

    Follow Anupam Gupta on Instagram:
    https://instagram.com/b_50?utm_medium=copy_link

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on Instagram:https://instagram.com/ambimgp?utm_medium=copy_link

    You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

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    46 mins
  • Manyavar vs Raymond

    Manyavar vs Raymond
    Sep 14 2021

    Raymond of the 2000s had more than 300 stores across more than 100 cities in India.

    Manyavar began it's journey in 1999 and by 2010, it had crossed the 100th store mark. By 2013, it reached 300 doors across 100 Indian cities.

    Today's battle is for the best brand of cloth material: Manyavar vs Raymond

    Tune into this episode, as our hosts Anupam and Ambi tell us how a very new brand like Manyavar took on the established giant, Raymond. They also discuss the origin stories for each of these companies.

    Follow Anupam Gupta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/b50?s=09

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambimgp?s=09

    Follow Anupam Gupta on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anupam9gupta

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparameswaran

    Follow Anupam Gupta on Instagram: https://instagram.com/b_50?utm_medium=copy_link

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ambimgp?utm_medium=copy_link

    You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

    You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    43 mins
  • Jet Airways vs IndiGo

    Jet Airways vs IndiGo
    Sep 7 2021

    Naresh Goyal started Jet Airways in 1993 and it literally took off by the end of 2006. Jet Airways dominated the Indian aviation market share at 32.3%.

    Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal, friends who first met in the USA far back in 1985, founded Interglobe Aviation in 2006 when the #1 player in private airlines was Jet Airways.

    Our episode 3 is about battle fought in the skies: Jet Airways vs IndiGo.

    Tune into this episode, as Anupam and Ambi discuss how IndiGo introduced the concept of Low Cost Carrier (LCC) to take on its competitor Jet Airways. They also tell us what led to the downfall of Jet Airways and how IndiGo rapidly grew to become the first Indian carrier to operate 1000 flights per day. 

    Follow Anupam Gupta on Twitter:

    https://twitter.com/b50?s=09

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on Twitter:

    https://twitter.com/ambimgp?s=09

    Follow Anupam Gupta on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anupam9gupta

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparameswaran

    Follow Anupam Gupta on Instagram: https://instagram.com/b_50?utm_medium=copy_link

    Follow Ambi Parameswaran on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ambimgp?utm_medium=copy_link

    You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

    You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    42 mins
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