Malaysia: a watchout market in 2015
Ecommerce is on the rise. Studies across our advertising network show that in 2013, 60 per cent of Malaysians shopped online; increasing to more than...
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How French Publishers Are Winning Together
The emergence of publisher consortia was underlined in recent weeks as UK publishers began to band together en masse. A month ahead of ATS Paris,...
Data, Audience, Automation: Party is on
With a recent survey from MediaQuark showing 75 per cent of APAC advertisers plan to increase spend on data driven marketing in 2015, this promises...
Indian ecommerce: The USD 100 Billion Prize
2014 was a memorable year for ecommerce industry in Asia. China has become the second largest ecommerce market after US and India, which has been...
Go online or go home!
Just the other day, I was speaking at an event and someone asked me, “Are deal sites really working because we hear of only a...
The AUG Agency eyes $15M in PE funding; charts listing plan by FY16
The AUG Agency (TAA) is in talks for a large round of private equity funding and is targeting to go public through reverse takeover (RTO)...
Opera Mediaworks scales up Asia play; ambitious 2015 ahead
It is going to be a very busy year for Opera Mediaworks in Asia Pacific. The appointment of a regional lead to increase revenue, strengthening...
Starbucks wants to mend race-relations in America
Would you like some race-talk with your Venti caramel macchiato? How about a breakfast sandwich while we chat about the disproportionate number of incarcerated African-Americans in the...
Email vs social: Which is a better form of marketing?
Marketers in the new age advertising are engaged in the buzz around social media marketing strategies. In 2014, marketers in India were seen exploring the...
Nestle: ‘I Want to Spend More… But Robots Don’t Buy Kit Kats’
Advertisers are willing to pay enhanced prices for ad inventory bought using programmatic technology, but ad tech partners need to provide 100% transparency, and media...
Is Apple Watch the bridge we’ve been waiting for?
The Apple Watch will create new ways for brands to connect with consumers on the go Why? Because the Apple Watch is a new medium...
Coming to Snapchat: live sports broadcasting
Snapchat has grand ambitions to become a dominant mobile media platform, and it has taken one step closer with live sports. The popular messaging and media-consumption app...
Storytelling in high-growth markets
A good story can break through geographic, linguistic, technological and even cultural boundaries. And thanks to the rapid adoption of mobile phones in high-growth countries,...
Twitter opens nest in Hong Kong for Greater China advertisers
Hot on the heels of its Indonesian office opening last week, Twitter has also opened its Hong Kong office to service the online and mobile...
Why old-school newsletter publisher SmartBrief is giving content a try
While publishers are discovering the old-school allure of the email newsletter, a longtime user of the form, SmartBrief, finds itself facing more competition than ever....
Ad Tech Industry Losing Sight of the Consumer, Needs Disclosure
The ad tech industry has become increasingly fragmented and has lost its focus of consumers over its failure to execute a cohesive user experience. It...
