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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What's left for humans to do?: Four takeaways from SXSW
Conference Coverage

What's left for humans to do?: Four takeaways from SXSW

8y Zachary Jean Paradis

What's left for humans to do?: Four takeaways from...

ClickZ missed SXSW this year, but luckily, SapientNitro's Zachary Jean Paradis was there to give us the lowdown. Here are his main takeaways from Tex...

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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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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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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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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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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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How China's WeChat Wallet is going global
Asia

How China's WeChat Wallet is going global

8y Sophie Loras

How China's WeChat Wallet is going global

China's WeChat Wallet is expanding into global markets, but key to its success will depend on both user and vendor uptake. Read More...

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Four brands leading the way in multichannel marketing
Asia

Four brands leading the way in multichannel marketing

8y Sophie Loras

Four brands leading the way in multichannel market...

Retailers understand the importance and potential of omnichannel marketing, but implementing it is the hard part. Read More...

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Social and mobile payments boom for Chinese Lunar New Year
Ecommerce

Social and mobile payments boom for Chinese Lunar New Year

8y Yuyu Chen

Social and mobile payments boom for Chinese Lunar ...

A new research from AdMaster shows that three in four mobile users in China planned to celebrate Lunar New Year on social. Read More...

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How WeChat Wallet has kept QR codes alive in China
Asia

How WeChat Wallet has kept QR codes alive in China

8y Sophie Loras

How WeChat Wallet has kept QR codes alive in China

QR codes might seem old school in the fast-paced world of digital marketing, but in China, they have transformed communications app WeChat into a worl...

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How brands are celebrating the Chinese New Year in China
Acquisition

How brands are celebrating the Chinese New Year in China

8y Sophie Loras

How brands are celebrating the Chinese New Year in...

On February 8, China’s 1.3 billion people will see in the Chinese New Year of the Monkey. Here’s how brands like PepsiCo, McDonald’s...

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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 Elisa Harca

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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How to create great earned social media campaigns for China
Acquisition

How to create great earned social media campaigns for China

8y Joseph Tsang

How to create great earned social media campaigns ...

Three clever social media campaigns in China work hard on earned media to help them go viral. Read More...

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How to build a brand for the people
Asia

How to build a brand for the people

8y Leon Liu

How to build a brand for the people

Today's digital marketing world is all about the consumer, so how does one build a brand for the people? Using a metaphor for a concerto, we examine h...

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How online and offline will dominate retail in Asia in 2016
Asia

How online and offline will dominate retail in Asia in 2016

8y Ohad Hecht

How online and offline will dominate retail in Asi...

Innovations in technology are predicted to make progressive strides related to online and offline commerce, thus improving the retail experience signi...

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How native apps complement China's retail experience
Asia

How native apps complement China's retail experience

8y Elisa Harca

How native apps complement China's retail experien...

When establishing your brand's retail presence in China, a native app can complement the overall mobile app user experience. Read More...

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Why China’s cross-border e-commerce channel is just the beginning
Asia

Why China’s cross-border e-commerce channel is just the beginning

8y Sophie Loras

Why China’s cross-border e-commerce channel is jus...

E-commerce cross-border trade in China is booming and is only set to grow. As Chinese consumers seek out genuine, quality international products, the ...

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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 Elisa Harca

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 Ohad Hecht

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 have QR codes taken off in China?
Asia

Why have QR codes taken off in China?

8y Sophie Loras

Why have QR codes taken off in China?

In China, brands are using QR codes for everything – from digital campaigns, to branding, to content marketing and O2O e-commerce strategies. And it's...

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Social messaging: East versus West
Asia

Social messaging: East versus West

8y Yuyu Chen

Social messaging: East versus West

As social messaging continues to grow, what are the differences between the West and the East, and can one learn from the other? Read More...

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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 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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How brands use WeChat for impact and engagement
Asia

How brands use WeChat for impact and engagement

9y Elisa Harca

How brands use WeChat for impact and engagement

WeChat is China's most indispensable app. Here is a look at how brands from Kate Spade to Chanel are using this versatile platform to market to Chines...

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Brand humanity: how to advertise relevance
Asia

Brand humanity: how to advertise relevance

9y Joseph Tsang

Brand humanity: how to advertise relevance

Rather than simply looking for ways to sell products, modern marketers push the boundaries of traditional advertising by emphasizing products' overall...

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Content Marketing for China's Social Commerce World
Asia

Content Marketing for China's Social Commerce World

9y Gordon Choi

Content Marketing for China's Social Commerce Worl...

In China, just about every digital channel plays a role in an e-commerce sale. Here's a way to effectively develop content for the major players. Read...

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