Six of our favorite stats of the week from APAC
Asia

Six of our favorite stats of the week from APAC

8y Sophie Loras

Six of our favorite stats of the week from APAC

The Asia Pacific is home to more than four billion people. This week's industry statistics reflect the huge growth in digital uptake in this region, a...

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How four brands used O2O for better retail sales in China
Asia

How four brands used O2O for better retail sales in China

8y Idris Nagri

How four brands used O2O for better retail sales i...

Online to offline (O2O) works particularly well for brands in China, because each channel helps to push sales through the other. Read More...

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Cross-border ecommerce: tips for selling online into China
Asia

Cross-border ecommerce: tips for selling online into China

8y Sophie Loras

Cross-border ecommerce: tips for selling online in...

China's ecommerce cross-border trade channel is booming. Here are three points to consider when setting up a strategy for your brand. Read More...

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Amazon, Alibaba and Rakuten: who is winning the global ecommerce game?
Ecommerce

Amazon, Alibaba and Rakuten: who is winning the global ecommerce game?

8y Yuyu Chen

Amazon, Alibaba and Rakuten: who is winning the gl...

Amazon has been an ecommerce powerhouse in the West, while its two Asian counterparts – Alibaba in China and Rakuten in Japan – have been ...

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Seven of our favorite stats of the week
Ad Industry Metrics

Seven of our favorite stats of the week

8y Mike O'Brien

Seven of our favorite stats of the week

Featuring figures from eMarketer, Snapchat and the Super Bowl, here are seven important industry stats from the last week. Read More...

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Access to data is the key to China's programmatic sector
Asia

Access to data is the key to China's programmatic sector

8y Idris Nagri

Access to data is the key to China's programmatic ...

Experts predict that in 2016, access to data will become more readily available to advertisers in China, which will result in the overall refinement o...

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What does Alibaba's latest purchase mean for brand marketers?
Asia

What does Alibaba's latest purchase mean for brand marketers?

8y Sophie Loras

What does Alibaba's latest purchase mean for brand...

Time will tell if Alibaba's purchase of the 112-year-old South China Morning Post newspaper will open doors for brand marketing in China. Read More...

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How brands promoted themselves in the lead up to Alibaba's Singles Day
Asia

How brands promoted themselves in the lead up to Alibaba's Singles Day

8y Idris Nagri

How brands promoted themselves in the lead up to A...

Thousands of brands participate in Alibaba's e-commerce shopping holiday, Singles Day. Here is how ASOS, Xiaomi, and Zalora have found ways to stand o...

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Technology and innovation open new opportunities for O2O retail, starting in Asia
Asia

Technology and innovation open new opportunities for O2O retail, starting i...

8y Idris Nagri

Technology and innovation open new opportunities f...

New technology, like Google's Physical Web, combined with other e-commerce innovations from Asia, signify the evolution of O2O as a dominant force wit...

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Why should marketers care about image recognition technology?
Search

Why should marketers care about image recognition technology?

8y Yuyu Chen

Why should marketers care about image recognition ...

Major technology companies and e-commerce platforms – such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Pinterest and Alibaba – have been investing in image recogniti...

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Tweets of the Week: Starbucks, singles, and supporting our troops
Social

Tweets of the Week: Starbucks, singles, and supporting our troops

8y Mike O'Brien

Tweets of the Week: Starbucks, singles, and suppor...

Responses to Starbucks' red cups spilled into this week, which marked Veteran's Day, Singles Day and National Sundae Day. Taco Bell celebrated none of...

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How China's Singles Day smashed global e-commerce sales records
Asia

How China's Singles Day smashed global e-commerce sales records

8y Sophie Loras

How China's Singles Day smashed global e-commerce ...

Mobile, pre-sales marketing and a live television gala event starring James Bond, were just some of the elements making this year's Alibaba Singles Da...

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How Alibaba's annual shopping festival is revolutionizing e-commerce
Asia

How Alibaba's annual shopping festival is revolutionizing e-commerce

8y Sophie Loras

How Alibaba's annual shopping festival is revoluti...

Alibaba wants to change the world's e-commerce landscape, using its Singles Day on November 11 as a springboard. Read More...

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How Uber thinks locally to expand globally
Asia

How Uber thinks locally to expand globally

9y Sophie Loras

How Uber thinks locally to expand globally

Asia Pacific's diverse markets mean a localization strategy is an imperative part of Uber's marketing and expansion plans for the region. Read More...

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The Practical Guide to Programmatic Planning in China: Part 4
Asia

The Practical Guide to Programmatic Planning in China: Part 4

9y Idris Nagri

The Practical Guide to Programmatic Planning in Ch...

Here is how to select data management platforms (DMP) for a programmatic strategy in China's closed and fragmented data ecosystem. Read More...

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Using the 3 C's for Online and Offline Commerce in China
Asia

Using the 3 C's for Online and Offline Commerce in China

9y Sophie Loras

Using the 3 C's for Online and Offline Commerce in...

Isobar's Jane Linbaden and CollabCentral's Nishtha Mehta shared their views on connectivity, context and content for O2O at ClickZ Live Shanghai. Read...

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How Agencies Are Evolving into Strategic Advisors in China
Asia

How Agencies Are Evolving into Strategic Advisors in China

9y Sophie Loras

How Agencies Are Evolving into Strategic Advisors ...

As brands shift digital talent in-house, agencies must evolve into strategic advisors to stay relevant, according to a panel at ClickZ Live Shanghai. ...

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The Relentless March of Cloud Computing
Asia

The Relentless March of Cloud Computing

9y Idris Nagri

The Relentless March of Cloud Computing

Alibaba's foray into the cloud brings brands even closer to integrating their digital strategies to fit a truly digital, mobile society. Read More...

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Online Shopping Holidays: A Boom for Retailers
Asia

Online Shopping Holidays: A Boom for Retailers

9y Idris Nagri

Online Shopping Holidays: A Boom for Retailers

The boom in shopping holidays – traditional and invented – provides a great opportunity for e-tailers large and small, with a three-month lead in maki...

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In a Converging World, Look to Asia
Asia

In a Converging World, Look to Asia

9y Sophie Loras

In a Converging World, Look to Asia

As the rise of mobile, social and e-commerce converge, Asia is a leading center for creating powerful new platforms for consumer engagement. Read More...

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Mythbusting China's E-Commerce Sector
Asia

Mythbusting China's E-Commerce Sector

9y Sophie Loras

Mythbusting China's E-Commerce Sector

In her address at ClickZ Live Hong Kong, WPP China head Bessie Lee debunks the big myths of China 's e-commerce landscape. Read More...

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Releasing the Power of Real-Time Marketing in China
Asia

Releasing the Power of Real-Time Marketing in China

9y Idris Nagri

Releasing the Power of Real-Time Marketing in Chin...

Real-time marketing is growing in popularity in China. See how brands like McDonald's, Durex and Xiaomi are using it on Weibo. Read More...

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Will Prime Day Become the Next Big Online Shopping Day?
Ecommerce

Will Prime Day Become the Next Big Online Shopping Day?

9y Mike O'Brien

Will Prime Day Become the Next Big Online Shopping...

At midnight, Amazon - and Walmart, in response - will start 24 hours of deals better than Black Friday. If it goes well, industry experts think Prime ...

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Memo Banks: Innovate or Die
Asia

Memo Banks: Innovate or Die

9y Idris Nagri

Memo Banks: Innovate or Die

In the age of digital disruption, the banking industry, like many others, must innovate, and innovate fast, to stay relevant. Read More...

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The Asian Invasion: Creating New Standards
Asia

The Asian Invasion: Creating New Standards

9y Idris Nagri

The Asian Invasion: Creating New Standards

It's game on as big Asian brands pursue their globalization strategies. Read More...

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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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