Top stories
Here are the top 10 most-read items for 5-11 July, 2013:
From Asia's Top 1000 Brands:
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Samsung tops Asia's Top 1000 Brands
report for second year - Country Rankings
- Interactive Comparisons
- Biggest movers (up and down)
Johnnie Walker brings back Bruce Lee in Greater China campaign
The 'Singapore vs. Ramsay' challenge
Jackie Chan and Kirin make a man's kung-fu dreams come true
Cannes Lions stands by OMD Sydney in latest media controversy, but will review policies
More than 50,000 express purchase intent for Coca-Cola's nicknamed bottles in China
Panasonic wrangles with Japanese broadcasters over 'banned' smart TV ad
Top distractions
Here's some of the work, stories and oddities that attracted our attention this week. (By the way, we share most of these on our Facebook page as we encounter them.)
1. Samsung mocking Apple in Iceland. This ad sort of makes sense until...wait, ninjas? In Iceland?
2. P&G is marketing shampoo in Japan with videos of shirtless guys giving English lessons (and licking things). Certain staff members have been more captivated by this video than others.
3. A modern-day drama: A Thai starlet is shooting a viral video in a mall. Fans mistake her acting for real rage (apparently she is that good). Their disappointment goes viral.
4. Robotic Twitter responses to customer service enquiries? Not a good idea, as this incident involving Bank of America shows. While an email auto-response is seen as perfectly acceptable, a Twitter auto-response is seen as insensitive and clueless. Another great example of how the medium is the message (not that we needed more proof that Marshall McLuhan was right).
