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25/09/2020
The news cycle related to COVID-19 no longer influences trends on the FMCG market in Southeast Asia. Instead, new socio-economic and behavioural patterns are shaping the future state of the industry, according to a study by Nielsen.
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23/09/2020
New flight booking data released by Amadeus, reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic has shortened flight booking lead times in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region significantly, with bookings made 17 days later on average during the pandemic, compared to ...
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22/09/2020
Online retail sales will grow from US$1.5 trillion in 2019 to $2.5 trillion in 2024, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.3%, according to a new forecast by Forrester .
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21/09/2020
The lockdown witnessed not just an increase in gaming as more people were playing and using games as a way to stay connected, but also the growth of Twitter conversations around this topic, creating a huge opportunity to reach fans who don’t just ...
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17/09/2020
Three-quarters of consumers across Asia-Pacific (75%) prefer brands that offer discounts and benefits to frontline health workers, while 73% stated they want brands to include information on how they are responding to COVID-19 and to communicate ...
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17/09/2020
Livestreaming is entrenched across Asia, driving sales in Southeast Asia’s recent 9.9 Super Shopping Day and even forming part of government policy in China; with Amazon and Facebook also exploring livestream shopping opportunities, brands ...
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17/09/2020
Coca-Cola, Nike, Singtel and Zomato are among the 22 brands whose campaigns have been shortlisted for this year’s WARC Prize for Asian Strategy, a search for the smartest strategic ideas from Asia’s marketing industry.
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16/09/2020
Sales of smartphones by value were down 20% during the first seven months of the year in Asia Pacific, the latest data shows.
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16/09/2020
OOH has been one of the hardest-hit channels during lockdowns but anecdotal evidence suggests that, as these ease and people begin to move about again, brands in Southeast Asia are looking to integrate audience-driven mobile and OOH campaigns.
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Mukta Lad, WARC Exclusive, September 2020
A discussion by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and Twitter put forward insights around the untapped brand opportunities presented by gaming, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Moving Walls, WARC Best Practice, September 2020
Moving Walls offers advice on how brands can use data to improve the effectiveness of outdoor campaigns.
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11/09/2020
With the pandemic still looming over the minds of consumers, mentions about safety made up almost 50% of all online conversations related to top concerns and priorities in the Asia Pacific region according to a new report from Digimind.
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10/09/2020
Use of influencer marketing by brands in Asia has spiked since the onset of COVID-19, according to a new report by CastingAsia, which looks at the shifts in strategies for influencer marketing campaigns by businesses in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, ...
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Pete Lin, WARC Exclusive, September, 2020
A seven-step guide to creating effective livestream commerce content.
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08/09/2020
Asia’s unique and thriving mobile gaming ecosystem brings heightened consumer engagement and specific opportunities for the region’s brand marketers to explore; the latest WARC Guide explains what these are.
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Low Lai Chow, Event Reports, WiT Virtual Summit, June 2020
Travel brands face unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and have attempted to innovate rapidly as consumers adopt new behaviours.
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Michael Fegan and Jamie Lewin, WARC Exclusive, September 2020
Best practice advice for brands exploring gaming and esports as a marketing channel in Asia.
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Tim Lindley, WARC Exclusive, September 2020
An exploration of the online gaming market across Asia Pacific.
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Low Lai Chow, Event Reports, APAC Financial Services Webcast Week, May 2020
Forrester, the research firm, surveyed consumers in various Asian markets to understand their financial needs and attitudes towards brands in this sector.
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03/09/2020
The word ‘partnership’ is often used about client-agency relationships, but agencies are often first to be cut when marketing budgets come under pressure; both parties need to be flexible, says executives from Coca-Cola and IAG.
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02/09/2020
The subscription-based model of LegalVision has helped it become the fastest-growing law firm in the Asia-Pacific region; it has been described as the “Netflix of legal advice” because of the way it is disrupting the industry.
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28/08/2020
Consumers across Southeast Asia experimented with new apps as a way of staying connected during lockdown – and that has created opportunities for brands willing to take a risk, says PHD’s Scindya Datt.
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27/08/2020
Asia-Pacific will remain the retail industry’s growth engine in the post-corona world, but retailers will need to make investment and changes in several areas to keep pace with changing consumer demands, according to a new Bain & Company report ...
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26/08/2020
More needs to be done to capture and represent Asian culture in advertising images, with consumers expecting companies to do a better job of capturing people’s true lifestyles and cultures, according to a study from Getty Images and YouGov.
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Low Lai Chow, Event Reports, The Drum Can Do Festival , August 2020
The pandemic is changing the ways in which clients and agencies work together.
