Tag: Asian markets

  • Selling Beer in Vietnam, a Digital Challenge

    Selling Beer in Vietnam, a Digital Challenge

    Over the last five years Vietnam has seen its beer sales climb at more the double the rate of its GDP, making it South-East Asia’s largest consumer of beer. In fact, in 2012 a staggering 3 billion litres of beer were consumed in Vietnam meaning there should be huge opportunities for local and international bands…

  • Retail S-Commerce: Moving to Mobile and Beyond

    Retail S-Commerce: Moving to Mobile and Beyond

    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 include Taobao and travel websites like Tripadvisor and Airbnb in the S-commerce sphere. For today’s discussion, we will only…

  • Asian Brands must be more Innovative than those in the West

    Asian Brands must be more Innovative than those in the West

    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 also hold higher expectations of brands and technology overall.  We talk to Joanna Kalenska, Managing Director…

  • APAC, the $6bn Mobile gaming opportunity

    APAC, the $6bn Mobile gaming opportunity

    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, Senior Business Development Manager and Lison Chen, Senior Account Manager at AppLift about this promising yet “very fragmented”…