In the next year, successful business leaders will prioritize long-term growth and eliminate unproductive efforts. Companies in the Asia Pacific region are seeking new ways to thrive amid the global economic downturn, with Martech adoption, greenwashing, consumer trust and automation … Continue reading Trends 2023: Forrester – APAC Predictions 2023
58% of agencies in APAC say programmatic buying lets them drive greater ROI for brand partners, compared to only 40% and 33% for their North American and EMEA cohorts. While APAC typically lags behind other regions in digital and programmatic … Continue reading Agents of Change: Programmatic Pain Points and Priorities in APAC
Digital growth accelerated over the previous 12 months in Asia Pacific, with internet users up 15% to pass the 1.9 billion mark. There are now also 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions across APAC, a penetration rate of 96%. These findings … Continue reading Digital in Asia 2017 Overview
Stephen McNulty, Managing Director Asia-Pacific and Japan at Progress, discusses the importance of gaining a comprehensive view of each customer’s journey and following a targeted approach based on the insights. There are many challenges facing today’s marketers: pressure for growth, … Continue reading Profiling the Anonymous Customer: Fully Understanding the Consumer Journey
Marketing Matters is a monthly column covering how marketers today can use Digital to drive innovation and results Social commerce, or S-commerce, is one of the newer kids on the E-commerce block. Of course, it is also a very broad subject. Some would also … Continue reading Retail S-Commerce: Moving to Mobile and Beyond
According to a recent Razorfish digital marketing report, Asian Marketers must be more innovative and forward-thinking than their western counterparts, to meet the technology-driven expectations of consumers in our region. Asian consumers are not only reporting higher ownership and usage of technology, they … Continue reading Asian Brands must be more Innovative than those in the West
With close to $6 billion revenue, Asia Pacific is the largest mobile gaming market in the world. Led by Japan, China and South Korea, the category is still growing at 25% annually across the region. We chat to Jun Lim, … Continue reading APAC, the $6bn Mobile gaming opportunity
It’s that time of year again, as the industry gets out the crystal ball, and places bets for the next 12 months in Digital. Then of course waits to be proved wrong, as it doesn’t turn into the fabled “Year of Mobile”… yet again! (Disclaimer: It will probably actually be the “Year of Mobile” this year.)
With this in mind, below is the annual digital trends roundup for 2014. Asia is covered in depth across the content, but many trends are global, and we have reflected that in the choice of material.
We will be returning to this topic in future months. For now, enjoy. Continue reading “Digital Marketing and Consumer Trends Summary 2014”
Two in every three Asian shoppers has already researched and made a decision regarding which brand of consumer electronics product they will buy before they approach point-of-sale, online or offline, according to Text100’s Digital Index: APAC Consumer Electronics Study.
The research looks at how different information sources vary in importance at each stage of the customer journey for the consumer electronics sector. Continue reading “Consumer Electronics Path to Purchase in Asia Pacific”
In 2015, The ASEAN Economic Community, or AEC, will come into effect, creating a single market that encompasses 600 million people across 10 countries. Brands in the region have a historic opportunity to connect with consumers as ASEAN enters a new growth phase. Continue reading “ASEAN Consumer Insight Report”
