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Sales increase for 51% of online retailers in SEA and Taiwan over past year
Fashion is the biggest ecommerce category, while payment methods and delivery issues are the biggest concerns for online retailers and marketers in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, according to a new report from Econsultancy and Shopee exploring challenges and opportunities in ecommerce across the region. The results revealed that 51% of online retailers and 41% of marketers saw their…
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Mobile App Predictions for 2018
2018 marks the 10 year anniversary for both the Apple App Store and Android market. In the short time since the first wave of apps were published in 2008, they have impacted the lives of people all over the world on an unprecedented level. There are now apps for almost anything and everything – hugely…
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New Tech Heats Up APAC Ecommerce Market
Criteo launched two new solutions in APAC this week – Criteo Audience Match and Criteo Kinetic Design with Video – to help retailers and brands deliver seamless and relevant shopping experiences across all devices and channels. Using customer relationship management (CRM) or data management platform (DMP) data to accurately target audiences across web, mobile browser and apps, Criteo…
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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…
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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…
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Half of APAC Smartphone Users Now Shopping on their Device
The latest MasterCard Mobile Shopping Survey covering Asia Pacific finds consumers embracing the convenience of mobile shopping. Almost half of consumers – around 45% in total – made a purchase using their smartphone in the three months preceding the survey. Exactly 50% of respondents across Asia Pacific cited convenience as the most compelling reason for shopping on their…
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APAC Social and Mobile Usage to Surge in 2015
2015 promises to be an exciting year for digital marketing across APAC. In ever timely fashion, the comprehensive We Are Social Annual Report confirms this potential, highlighting robust growth for social, digital and mobile in the region over the coming 12 months. As we saw in 2014, rising mobile adoption is increasingly THE dominant regional consumer trend.…
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2015 in Preview: Top 10 APAC Digital Trends 2015
2015 promises to be an exciting year for Digital Marketing and Media in Asia. The core metrics won’t feel that different from 2014, but there will be increased focus in a number of areas, alongside raised expectations as Asia expands and matures from a Digital perspective. Here are the ten trends that, in DIA’s view, will change…
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2014 in Review: Top 5 Digital in Asia Hot Topics
For the latest in our seasonal review series we look at the top 5 topics on DIA over 2014. We aggregated info across Facebook, Twitter, Slideshare and here on site to understand the topics that were hot over the year. There aren’t many surprises – our Top 5 Most Engaged Content and Top 5 Articles reviews have…
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Digital in Asia and eTail Asia join forces to promote eCommerce excellence
Digital in Asia is excited to announce an ongoing partnership with eTail Asia, the leading platform in Asia to help online retailers discover, develop and implement strategies to build a successful eCommerce business. The focus is the eTail Asia 2015 conference, which will be held on 11-12 March 2015 in Singapore and presents a great…
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