Fuelled by e-commerce, Indonesia and Malaysia in top 5 of retail index
Thanks to the e-commerce boom, among other factors, Indonesia and Malaysia have made it into the top five of the 2016 Global Retail Development Index...
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And it is ‘transparency’ that makes Google the top brand
Continual innovation, increased revenue from advertising, and growth in its cloud business has helped Google reclaim from Apple the No. 1 position in the 2016...
Singapore’s advertisers dwell on print at the expense of digital
In one of the smartest, most connected markets in the world, print spending appears to be going steady. A study of nearly 700 senior executives...
Holiday Inn, Ogilvy embody China’s middle class tensions
Ogilvy & Mather Advertising and OgilvyOne Shanghai have launched Holiday Inn China’s largest campaign of the year, marking the second wave of the new global...
Growth Market: Mobile Marketers Shifting Focus to Gaming for Good Reason
With the casino industry outlook appearing more optimistic now than in recent years, it’s no surprise that the global online gambling market is also expected...
Ogilvy China looks to instill the spirit of Special Olympics
Ogilvy & Mather China (O&M China), in partnership with Special Olympics, has embarked on a campaign using videos and social media to instill the spirit...
Grey Group Indonesia appoints Novie Andrini as Chief of Strategy & Digital
Grey Group Indonesia has appointed Novie Andrini as its new Head of Strategy & Digital. Based in Jakarta, Ms Andrini will work closely with Ali...
The fintech revolution: It goes beyond blockchain
A while horde of technologies is being aimed at the fintech space, which means it’s going to be one industry worth keeping an eye on,...
Will lack of AAA games hurt VR gaming?
The big game publishers such as EA and Activision are yet to commit fully to VR. VR gaming is also hampered by a fragmented hardware...
A.I. vs. CD: Clorets, McCann Japan put wits to test
McCann Erickson Japan has completed what it believes is the first-ever commercial creatively directed by AI-CD, the world’s first artificial intelligent (A.I.) creative director that...
Week in Review: Adapting to the digital reality
The upside of technology advancements and innovation are well known and this week, Karamjit Singh ponders the dire consequences of life going increasingly digital and...
Wedding and motherhood startup Nuren goes live on Crowdo ECF platform
Malaysian wedding and motherhood e-commerce startup Nuren is aiming to raise about US$48K on Crowdo’s equity crowdfunding platform. Via DNA
Gartner: 24 Percent More Spending on In-App Transactions Than on Upfront App Payments
According to an insightful new report from Gartner, mobile app users spend 24 percent more on in-app transactions than on upfront app payments. The findings...
DNA on BFM: Are our jobs at risk?
Who will be at risk from the increasing digitisation of work, and what can be done to make one more valuable and relevant? Karamjit Singh...
South-East Asia users can now Grab a Lyft in the US
From today, Grab users can hail Lyft rides in the US from within the Grab app, the first integration to roll out from a global...
Malaysian telcos’ Q1 2016 report card: Oh dear, oh my!
Digi may have won the subscriber base battle, but how did Malaysia’s Big Three perform in other areas? Read on, and be prepared for a surprise...
