The changing role of the CMO: from brand builder to business disruptor
Asia

The changing role of the CMO: from brand builder to business disruptor

8y Sophie Loras

The changing role of the CMO: from brand builder t...

Maneesh Sah, head of marketing Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa at Aon Hewitt, says marketing in the digital age is having a credibility crisis. R...

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What do China's new cross-border ecommerce laws mean for foreign brands?
Asia

What do China's new cross-border ecommerce laws mean for foreign brands?

8y Sophie Loras

What do China's new cross-border ecommerce laws me...

Foreign brands and Chinese ecommerce platforms were left scrambling this week after new cross-border ecommerce taxes came into effect on April 8. Read...

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Why Alibaba's $1 billion Lazada deal is good for business in Southeast Asia
Asia

Why Alibaba's $1 billion Lazada deal is good for business in Southeast Asia

8y Sophie Loras

Why Alibaba's $1 billion Lazada deal is good for b...

Ecommerce in Southeast Asia has been given a huge boost after Alibaba announced a US$1 billion investment for a controlling stake in Lazada this week,...

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Why is Lazada the gold standard for m-commerce in Southeast Asia?
Asia

Why is Lazada the gold standard for m-commerce in Southeast Asia?

8y Sophie Loras

Why is Lazada the gold standard for m-commerce in ...

Ecommerce transactions on mobile are yet to fully take off in Southeast Asia. Lazada stands out because it is intuitive and boasts strong customer ser...

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Stats of the week: consumers say no to online advertising
Ad Industry Metrics

Stats of the week: consumers say no to online advertising

8y Sophie Loras

Stats of the week: consumers say no to online adve...

Marketers have their work cut out for them as consumers globally continue to employ ad blockers in their defence against online advertising, a report ...

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How will Alibaba's removal of SCMP's paywall help it generate revenue?
Asia

How will Alibaba's removal of SCMP's paywall help it generate revenue?

8y Sophie Loras

How will Alibaba's removal of SCMP's paywall help ...

Alibaba has removed the digital paywall on Hong Kong's 113-year-old South China Morning Post after completing its acquisition of the newspaper this we...

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Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens
Acquisition

Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens

8y Sophie Loras

Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kon...

Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens kicks off next week and the highly sought after tickets are generating a buzz on social media for the event's sponsors. Read ...

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How KLM uses China's WeChat for customer service
Asia

How KLM uses China's WeChat for customer service

8y Sophie Loras

How KLM uses China's WeChat for customer service

China is a key market for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and it is engaging specialized CRM tools on its WeChat account to engage them for customer service....

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Throwback Thursday: Tribal WW's Jeff Cheong on the power of old school advertising in the digital age
Acquisition

Throwback Thursday: Tribal WW's Jeff Cheong on the power of old school adve...

8y Sophie Loras

Throwback Thursday: Tribal WW's Jeff Cheong on the...

Digital disruption and traditional advertising collide as Jeff Cheong, president, Tribal Worldwide Asia, reflects on his favorite advertisements of al...

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Snapshot: Crisis management in Indonesia and other challenges
Agency Spotlight

Snapshot: Crisis management in Indonesia and other challenges

8y Sophie Loras

Snapshot: Crisis management in Indonesia and other...

Indonesia has one of APAC's fastest growing digital landscapes, but brands remain unprepared when crisis strikes, says industry pioneer, Harry Deje. R...

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How to make the Chinese consumer feel like a VIP customer
Acquisition

How to make the Chinese consumer feel like a VIP customer

8y Elisa Harca

How to make the Chinese consumer feel like a VIP c...

There's no downturn in site on the ecommerce front as Chinese consumers continue to spend big on luxury goods. Read More...

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Six stats of the week and what they mean for marketers in the Asia Pacific
Asia

Six stats of the week and what they mean for marketers in the Asia Pacific

8y Sophie Loras

Six stats of the week and what they mean for marke...

What does US$7 have to do with ecommerce in China? Quite a lot. It's one of five stats we've selected from around APAC this week. Read More...

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Economic slowdown in China means a booming ecommerce sector
Asia

Economic slowdown in China means a booming ecommerce sector

8y Sophie Loras

Economic slowdown in China means a booming ecommer...

As Asia overtakes the U.S. and Europe as the world's largest ecommerce market, key trends across the region are emerging. Read More...

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Throwback Thursday: Grey Group India's Leroy Alvares talks about pulling heart strings in advertising
Acquisition

Throwback Thursday: Grey Group India's Leroy Alvares talks about pulling he...

8y Sophie Loras

Throwback Thursday: Grey Group India's Leroy Alvar...

Stories with a strong emotional pull are a key theme when discussing powerful and memorable ads with Leroy Alvares, president, digital services, Grey ...

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What is x-commerce and why should marketers care?
Asia

What is x-commerce and why should marketers care?

8y Sophie Loras

What is x-commerce and why should marketers care?

Mobile and the rise of on-demand services is fuelling a new form of commerce the IDC is calling xcommerce. Read More...

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What makes China ripe for virtual reality?
Asia

What makes China ripe for virtual reality?

8y Sophie Loras

What makes China ripe for virtual reality?

China has the potential to be at the epicenter of VR innovation and adoption. In fact, it already is. Read More...

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Why programmatic video is the next big thing in APAC (and what brands should do about it)
Asia

Why programmatic video is the next big thing in APAC (and what brands shoul...

8y Andy Radovic

Why programmatic video is the next big thing in AP...

Programmatic is yet to fully mature in Asia, but it has seen significant advancements over the past few years, and advertisers need to be ready. Read ...

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China's real-time bidding for video programmatic is a myth
Asia

China's real-time bidding for video programmatic is a myth

8y Charlie Wang

China's real-time bidding for video programmatic i...

Conflicts of interests mean there is nothing 'real' about real-time bidding for programmatic video buying in China. Read More...

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How China's 100 million tourists are reshaping marketing strategies
Asia

How China's 100 million tourists are reshaping marketing strategies

8y Sophie Loras

How China's 100 million tourists are reshaping mar...

Chinese tourists make more than 100 million overseas trips a year, but marketing to this lucrative group starts long before they leave China. Read Mor...

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Why Facebook's botched Free Basics in India doesn't really matter
Asia

Why Facebook's botched Free Basics in India doesn't really matter

8y Rahul Chadha

Why Facebook's botched Free Basics in India doesn'...

Facebook's failed Free Basics in India won't have any real impact. As the social network continues to grow, it can expect to dominate this market in t...

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Wearable technology takes center stage in stats of the week
Asia

Wearable technology takes center stage in stats of the week

8y Sophie Loras

Wearable technology takes center stage in stats of...

The week in numbers starts with wearable technologies and the Internet of Things, but ultimately, it's mobile technologies that make the world go roun...

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How to use data from ad tech and martech for display ads
Analytics

How to use data from ad tech and martech for display ads

8y Ohad Hecht

How to use data from ad tech and martech for displ...

The convergence of advertising and marketing technologies is increasing the way data can be used to improve the efficiency of display ads. Read More...

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How many channels do brands need for a multichannel strategy?
Asia

How many channels do brands need for a multichannel strategy?

8y Sophie Loras

How many channels do brands need for a multichanne...

Any retail marketing strategy in Asia needs a minimum of three channels, according to regional experts. Read More...

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Social media in Indonesia: big numbers with plenty of room to grow
Asia

Social media in Indonesia: big numbers with plenty of room to grow

8y Sophie Loras

Social media in Indonesia: big numbers with plenty...

Recent reports from eMarketer and We Are Social paint a vibrant picture of Indonesia's social media landscape. Read More...

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Apple Pay launches in China
Asia

Apple Pay launches in China

8y Sophie Loras

Apple Pay launches in China

Apple faces domestic competition from Alibaba and Tencent as it launches Apple Pay in China. Read More...

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Throwback Thursday: Imagination's Shereen O'Brien talks cars, exercise and chewing gum
Acquisition

Throwback Thursday: Imagination's Shereen O'Brien talks cars, exercise and ...

8y Sophie Loras

Throwback Thursday: Imagination's Shereen O'Brien ...

Shereen O'Brien, the Creative Strategy Director at Imagination in Hong Kong, reflects on the art of storytelling in three ads from Europe and Asia. Re...

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The face of omnichannel in APAC: Spotlight on Decathlon's Clarence Chew
Asia

The face of omnichannel in APAC: Spotlight on Decathlon's Clarence Chew

8y Sophie Loras

The face of omnichannel in APAC: Spotlight on Deca...

Established retail sports giant Decathlon has given its Singaporean team free reign to implement an omnichannel strategy, and Clarence Chew is the man...

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