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Australian company fined for telling influencers to conceal paid posts
In a first-of-its-kind case, Australian authorities have slapped a US$27,608 penalty over undisclosed influencer gifting.
WPP hikes Cindy Rose’s potential package to $14.66 million a year to close pay gap on rivals
WPP also found 'disparity' inside its own company as some US-based colleagues on executive committee earned more than CEO.
Colenso launches the ultimate incentive for men to check their balls
All Blacks legend Buck Shelford, the man who famously played on after a scrotal injury in France, fronted the campaign urging men to self-examine for testicular cancer.
Unilever appoints influencer agency for global food business
Seven agencies pitched for the account, which covers Knorr and Hellmann's.
Indeed’s CMO on marketing through a tougher and selective hiring market
Mass layoffs, AI-flooded inboxes and a rival in LinkedIn that overtook them by revenue—Indeed global CMO James Whitemore tells Campaign Asia why this bruising jobs market is also the platform’s biggest opportunity, provided every dollar is spent on making better matches.
Bioré taps Stray Kids for South Korean launch
The skincare brand makes its South Korea debut with a global campaign fronted by Stray Kids.
Suhayl Limbada exits KFC Thailand
Limbada led KFC Thailand to its first-ever Cannes Lions win in 2025.
How Mastercard, Marriott and Miniso define what to keep in-house
From Mastercard to Miniso, APAC brands are betting on in‑housing for speed and customer‑centric clarity, while still relying on agencies for creativity at scale and strategic depth.
In an age of direct buying, what exactly is a DSP for?
The spat between Publicis and The Trade Desk is an overdue reckoning with misaligned expectations between auditors, agencies and adtech platforms, as direct buying becomes cheaper and easier.
'There has always been a tax collector in your tech stack'
The TTD-Publicis fallout just made it impossible to pretend otherwise.
HSBC revives its iconic 1980s passbook ad in Hong Kong
The throwback glows with the charm of a bygone era to promote a shift to integrated mobile banking.
APAC's creative power map: what three years of Spikes data shows
Australia, Japan, India and New Zealand still lead but data suggests the balance of creative power is starting to tilt.
'Product is number one, two and three': H&M’s global CMO on fixing fashion’s retail problem
In a wide-ranging interview with Campaign Asia, global CMO John Ehrnst talks through the end of bland retail, what drives Gen Z back into stores, and why Asian insights now sit at the heart of the Swedish giant's strategy—and why, even now, everything begins with the product.
Omnicom Media wins Nord Anglia Asia remit, led from Vietnam
The account was won after a competitive pitch.
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Alvin Neo: Employees over 50 remember fundamentals, having learnt the hard way
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India dominates Spikes Asia 2026, Leo Mumbai takes APAC Agency of the Year
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AI is a marketer’s best ally: how to win by harnessing human creativity
The remarkable data-crunching power of AI has rewritten the rules of marketing. But as two of the region’s most celebrated marketing leaders explain, it leaves the profession with a critical quandary – how to avoid just doing more of the same, faster, and instead practice the sort of ‘creative bravery’ that leads to outstanding results
Move and win roundup: Week of March 23, 2026
FTI Consulting and more, in our weekly collection of people moves and account news.
APAC’s livestreaming boom spurs a surge in international brands
As livestream commerce rewires retail across APAC, in-housing is as much about speed and control as cost. When a single Chicjoc stream can generate RMB100 million and Taobao’s strongest live sales now come from store-run channels, the question is no longer whether brands should bring capabilities in-house, but how much.
Creative Minds: Sophie Harper once hid her creative side, until she realised copywriting was poetry with a pay cheque
The Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney scribe channels her stage presence and poetic flair into every pitch.
IBM and Ogilvy end 32-year creative partnership
The WPP-owned agency has been the technology brand’s creative AOR since 1994.
From indie to holdco and back again: RGA’s PE-owned independence
RGA leadership talks about the agency’s first year of returning to independence.
OpenAI owns the AI conversation and Anthropic's 'good guy' play isn't changing that: study
The ChatGPT parent leads global AI narrative as rivals trail significantly, per Carma's research.
‘Still finding its feet’: Underwhelming early returns for ChatGPT Ads
Multiple brands have reported less than ideal results from their first few weeks of experimenting with ChatGPT Ads, citing poor CTR’s and opaque measurement capabilities.
Why in-housing is redefining brand control across the world
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Why the ChatGPT uninstall wave is a brand story, not a tech story
When a defence contract determines whether people will use that AI, we have moved beyond features. Something deeper is happening, opines Sanat Sinha.
Why the messy middle of the 'sandwich years' makes the best leaders
The sandwich years are hard. Parenting, parents and a high-pressure professional role, all at the same time.
The Iran war will not hit APAC advertising the way many assume
‘China is still the strategic variable,’ Whittaker writes, as a more fragmented APAC advertising landscape could blunt the risk of a single shock hitting all markets equally.
Why marketing needs a more human story of health
Wellness marketing in Asia often glorifies perfection. Stuart A Spencer argues brands should focus on everyday progress if they want to make healthier lives feel possible.
WPP's Elevate28 is a white flag, not a victory flag
The $676 million savings plan is an exercise in juniorisation, centralisation and using AI as a shield to cut senior staff, writes a veteran of the "now-defunct holdco model."
Why age diversity still struggles for airtime?
Too many people plan their exit from advertising by 40, convinced experience has an expiry date—an outdated bias, one agency founder says it's time to dismantle.
The problem with 'women-focused' marketing
Almost 70% of women don't feel confident by the way marketing portrays them. Brands need to stop looking at women as a neat little segment.
If you want transformative work, stop benchmarking the average
In a bell-curve industry, excellence is statistically rare. Darren Woolley argues that benchmarking the average almost guarantees mediocrity.