China's Ping An Leverages Social Data to Personalize Travel Insurance
Asia

China's Ping An Leverages Social Data to Personalize Travel Insurance

9y Sophie Loras

China's Ping An Leverages Social Data to Personali...

Chinese insurer Ping An is using data-driven technology from British startup Bought By Many to develop niche product offerings in the travel insurance...

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David Jones Mixes Fashion With Music in a 100% Digital Push
Asia

David Jones Mixes Fashion With Music in a 100% Digital Push

9y Sophie Loras

David Jones Mixes Fashion With Music in a 100% Dig...

Australian fashion retailer David Jones has partnered with former Silverchair front man Daniel Johns to target a Gen Y audience by releasing its lates...

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Tweets of the Week: Sharks Take Over Twitter
Asia

Tweets of the Week: Sharks Take Over Twitter

9y Sophie Loras

Tweets of the Week: Sharks Take Over Twitter

#Ramadan, #mickfanning, #Sharknado3 and #unexcitingvideogames dominated the week in Twitter. Read More...

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How Brands Rode Out Uniqlo's Sex Tape Scandal on Weibo
Asia

How Brands Rode Out Uniqlo's Sex Tape Scandal on Weibo

9y Sophie Loras

How Brands Rode Out Uniqlo's Sex Tape Scandal on W...

Brands in China have been quick to capitalize on Uniqlo's misfortune after Chinese lovers released a sex video on social media taken in a Beijing stor...

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'Social Humanity' Drives Viral Coca-Cola #NoLabels Video
Asia

'Social Humanity' Drives Viral Coca-Cola #NoLabels Video

9y Sophie Loras

'Social Humanity' Drives Viral Coca-Cola #NoLabels...

Social humanity is being credited for the viral nature of a Ramadan Coca-Cola video, which has generated more than 12 million views since its release ...

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Siam Commercial Bank Turns to Stickers for Brand Engagement
Asia

Siam Commercial Bank Turns to Stickers for Brand Engagement

9y Sophie Loras

Siam Commercial Bank Turns to Stickers for Brand E...

A cute purple monkey has little to do with a major financial institution. However, Siam Commercial Bank has seen success on Line with its playful Nong...

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KFC Offers Alipay Mobile Payments to Chinese Customers
Asia

KFC Offers Alipay Mobile Payments to Chinese Customers

9y Sophie Loras

KFC Offers Alipay Mobile Payments to Chinese Custo...

KFC China has partnered with Alipay to offer mobile payment options for in-store purchases in China, following Walmart's move in May. Read More...

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China's Great Data Paradox
Analytics

China's Great Data Paradox

9y Sophie Loras

China's Great Data Paradox

The way data is collected, shared and used by marketers in China is still evolving, as agencies and clients work together in a test and learn environm...

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Tweets of the Week: #LoveWins
Social

Tweets of the Week: #LoveWins

9y Sophie Loras

Tweets of the Week: #LoveWins

This week's tweets include the NBA draft and take your pet to work day, but marriage equality in the U.S. was the showstopper, sending Twitter into a ...

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Tencent’s SY Lau on How China is Re-Shaping Digital Media
Asia

Tencent’s SY Lau on How China is Re-Shaping Digital Media

9y Sophie Loras

Tencent’s SY Lau on How China is Re-Shaping Digita...

Tencent's SY Lau, winner of the Cannes Lions 2015 Media Person of the Year award, reflects on China's increasing power in shaping and re-defining the ...

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China Set to Star At Cannes Lions
Asia

China Set to Star At Cannes Lions

9y Sophie Loras

China Set to Star At Cannes Lions

Innovation, mobile integration, social, technology, and media platforms entering the fray will all star at Cannes Lions this year. Read More...

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Australia's Holden Partners With Periscope for Rugby Tweetcheers
Asia

Australia's Holden Partners With Periscope for Rugby Tweetcheers

9y Sophie Loras

Australia's Holden Partners With Periscope for Rug...

Periscope's partnership with carmaker Holden for a rugby State of Origin Twitter campaign is giving the video live-streaming app huge exposure in Aust...

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China's JD.com Adds Unilever to its Stable of Global Brands
Asia

China's JD.com Adds Unilever to its Stable of Global Brands

9y Sophie Loras

China's JD.com Adds Unilever to its Stable of Glob...

Brands are the big winners as competition heats up between China's e-commerce platforms. Read More...

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Sprite Moves Online to Push Millennials In China Offline
Asia

Sprite Moves Online to Push Millennials In China Offline

9y Sophie Loras

Sprite Moves Online to Push Millennials In China O...

Sprite is hoping a multi-channel initiative to encourage young people to spend more time outdoors over the summer will drive brand awareness in China....

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Facebook Lite Gives Advertisers Access to New Demographics in Asia
Asia

Facebook Lite Gives Advertisers Access to New Demographics in Asia

9y Sophie Loras

Facebook Lite Gives Advertisers Access to New Demo...

The global roll out of a new, less data-heavy Facebook for Android phones will help marketers better tap consumers across regions with limited Interne...

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WeChat Partners With Unicef HK to Showcase Payment Beyond Borders
Asia

WeChat Partners With Unicef HK to Showcase Payment Beyond Borders

9y Sophie Loras

WeChat Partners With Unicef HK to Showcase Payment...

There are mutual benefits for both Unicef Hong Kong and WeChat after a micro-financing platform was launched on the Chinese social messaging app. Read...

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Windfall For Advertisers As Tencent Opens Third Party Data Access
Asia

Windfall For Advertisers As Tencent Opens Third Party Data Access

9y Sophie Loras

Windfall For Advertisers As Tencent Opens Third Pa...

Advertisers are set to gain an additional foothold in China's growing programmatic market after Tencent announced the launch of its third party data m...

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Bayern Munich Joins Tmall to Tap Chinese Fans
Asia

Bayern Munich Joins Tmall to Tap Chinese Fans

9y Sophie Loras

Bayern Munich Joins Tmall to Tap Chinese Fans

Bayern Munich's decision to launch a flagship store on China's Tmall is expected to enhance engagement with its Chinese fans. Read More...

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ANZ Uses Instagram to Target a New Generation of Banking Customers
Asia

ANZ Uses Instagram to Target a New Generation of Banking Customers

9y Sophie Loras

ANZ Uses Instagram to Target a New Generation of B...

Get it right and do it well before scaling your business's digital marketing platforms, says ANZ Australia's marketing head. Read More...

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Nestlé Paves Way For Premium Programmatic in China
Asia

Nestlé Paves Way For Premium Programmatic in China

9y Sophie Loras

Nestlé Paves Way For Premium Programmatic in China

The launch of Mindshare's programmatic premium trade desk for Nestlé in China will validate buying spends for other brands operating in the region. Re...

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Apple's Tim Cook Becomes Latest Celebrity to Join China's Weibo
Asia

Apple's Tim Cook Becomes Latest Celebrity to Join China's Weibo

9y Sophie Loras

Apple's Tim Cook Becomes Latest Celebrity to Join ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook's visit to China shows Weibo is still the pre-eminent go-to platform for communicating with Chinese consumers. Read More...

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Samsonite Turns to Paid Social for APAC Design Competition
Asia

Samsonite Turns to Paid Social for APAC Design Competition

9y Sophie Loras

Samsonite Turns to Paid Social for APAC Design Com...

Facebook and blogger outreach form the core of a Samsonite APAC suitcase design competition. Read More...

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Fairfax v. Telstra: Metadata Ruling Adds Confusion to Australia's Privacy Laws
Analytics

Fairfax v. Telstra: Metadata Ruling Adds Confusion to Australia's Privacy L...

9y Sophie Loras

Fairfax v. Telstra: Metadata Ruling Adds Confusion...

An Australian journalist has won the right to obtain his metadata from telco provider Telstra, creating an increasingly murky definition of what const...

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Social Media and Data: The Emergency Rescue Duo of the Future
Asia

Social Media and Data: The Emergency Rescue Duo of the Future

9y Sophie Loras

Social Media and Data: The Emergency Rescue Duo of...

The tragic earthquake in Nepal showed how impactful social media can be in times of a disaster. But raising awareness is just one way social media can...

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Uber Lets Consumers Fly High in Shanghai With #UberChopper
Asia

Uber Lets Consumers Fly High in Shanghai With #UberChopper

9y Sophie Loras

Uber Lets Consumers Fly High in Shanghai With #Ube...

Uber's latest on-demand stunt to introduce helicopter trips to its portfolio in Shanghai is part of a strategic push to grow its profile in China. Rea...

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Twitter Launches Self-Serve Ads for Indonesian SMBs
Asia

Twitter Launches Self-Serve Ads for Indonesian SMBs

9y Sophie Loras

Twitter Launches Self-Serve Ads for Indonesian SMB...

Indonesia joins 31 other global markets with access to Twitter Ads for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), a move welcomed by the country’s digi...

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Woolworths Pulls #FreshInOurMemories Picture Generator Amid Consumer Backlash
Asia

Woolworths Pulls #FreshInOurMemories Picture Generator Amid Consumer Backla...

9y Sophie Loras

Woolworths Pulls #FreshInOurMemories Picture Gener...

Iconic Australian brand Woolworths has closed a website commemorating the 100-year anniversary of Australia's World War I involvement, after social me...

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