Brand Excavations

2019, India: With a steep decline in international coffee prices coupled with a humongous debt of 7000 crores, hurdles keep surging for Cafe Coffee Day. Multiple IT raids reveal shocking information about the company’s finances. VG Siddhartha ends up taking a flurry of desperate measures to save his company but ends up pushing himself to the edge. How will the company pull itself from the brink of oblivion? Brand Excavations is a podcast where we unearth the dramatic and real stories be...

1996, Bengaluru: An inspired VG Siddhartha revolutionizes India’s cafe culture by capitalizing on his family’s coffee background and opening India’s first Cafe Coffee Day. Through ambitious business decisions and a vibrant advertising strategy, CCD establishes itself as a global coffee giant. But after witnessing such a meteoric rise, a major setback was long overdue. Brand Excavations is a podcast where we unearth the dramatic and real stories behind India’s most iconic brands. Find ou...

1944, Thane Creek: The wealthy Sassoon Family starts ‘Raymond Woollen Mills’ to produce cheap outfits for the Indian Army but ends up selling the innocuous mill to JK Group in 1944. The new owners soon realise the need to diversify into selling clothes and through some intelligent advertising establish themselves as an aspirational brand for Indian men. But does the idea of ‘The Complete Man’ sustain itself against the changing definition of masculinity? Brand Excavations is a podcast w...

1894, Czechoslovakia: A vibrant 18-year old Tomas Bata capitalises on his family’s generational shoemaking expertise and establishes T & A Bata Shoe Company with his siblings to mass produce shoes. Some desperate yet bold measures during World War 1 help them to expand their production to many international countries, thus making them one of the first mass producers in Europe. In 1931, they enter the Indian market and using powerful marketing tactics plant a strong foothold. Does it manag...

2014, Barabanki: A surprise FDA test reveals the presence of a life-threatening ingredient in Maggi, thus shocking its biggest fans - Indian mothers and children. The astonishing findings coupled with the media fervour, leads to brutal backlash and nationwide ban on Maggi. Nestle retaliates by appealing the findings and decides to recall all the Maggi packets. But is it too late? Can Maggi regain the public's trust? Brand Excavations is a podcast where we unearth the dramatic and real stories...