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Agency Report Card 2024: Ogilvy
Ogilvy APAC celebrated a strong creative year in 2024, clinching top regional honours at Cannes Lions. Yet operational headwinds, particularly in China, tested its resilience and reshaped its growth strategy.
How AIA is changing behavior through communication
AIA Group CMO Stuart Spencer discusses how the insurer is changing perceptions about what it means to be healthy, and about its own industry in the process.
2025 Cannes Contenders: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire’s creatives reveal top contenders
The Aussie studio's creative directors Cass Jam and Mark Carbone reveal their top campaigns that combine wit, practicality, and cinematic flair ahead of Cannes Lions 2025.
A new agency business model for the post-gen AI age: Going upstream
In this sequel to his analysis of gen AI's impact on agency business models, marketing consultant Andreas Moelmann suggests agency profitability lies in creative consulting.
Agency Report Card 2024: MullenLowe
In 2024, MullenLowe weathered the loss of significant Unilever business by securing new clients, yet still faces challenges in regional cohesion, despite pockets of creative success.
Agency Report Card 2024: Mindshare
Mindshare faced significant setbacks in APAC in 2024, losing nearly a billion dollars in client business and falling out of Campaign's top 20 rankings, highlighting the need for strategic renewal.
'Media isn’t a commodity. Treating it like one is a massive mistake': Ebiquity CEO
Ruben Schreurs tells Campaign why litigation, platform volatility, and outdated media models are distorting decision-making—and why advertisers need to focus less on adjacency panic, and more on strategic clarity.
A new game makes tricky talks about boundaries and respect feel easy
An effort by DDB Melbourne.
Hilton readies ‘connected story’ in latest Asia expansion push
Amid Hilton's ambitious growth plans and a fresh campaign with Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, Campaign sits down with Hilton’s VP of marketing and loyalty to chat about the challenges of marketing a myriad of hotel brands to Asia's diverse audiences.
2025 Cannes Contenders: Angie Tijam-Tohid's top bets
Havas Ortega Group's executive creative director handpicks work with meaningful social impact that could win a Lion next week at Cannes.
Agency Report Cards 2024: We grade 25 APAC networks
The grades are in for Campaign Asia's 22nd annual evaluation of APAC agency networks. Subscribe to read our detailed analyses.
Agency Report Card 2024: McCann Worldgroup
Despite creative highs and big wins in India and Southeast Asia, McCann APAC’s 2024 story was one of steady resolve rather than standout acceleration—with structural shifts, China softness and the looming Omnicom–IPG merger shaping a pivotal year ahead.
Reddit: The social-media dark horse gaining momentum with advertisers
Once overlooked by advertisers, Reddit is rapidly emerging as a powerful and authentic platform that's challenging brands to rethink how they connect with audiences in an increasingly crowded social-media landscape.
Hakuhodo creatives look through the Cannes crystal ball for potential winners
Creatives from Wolf BKK, Hakuhodo Vietnam and Hakuhodo Sync handpick Lion hopefuls from the region.
Move and win roundup: Week of June 9, 2025
PHD, Cheil, Starcom, AKQA, Grey, WPP Media, Mutant, Archetype, 72andSunnySydney, The Guardian, and more, in our weekly collection of people moves and account news.
The next SEO: Why generative engine optimisation will make or break your brand
OPINION: AI-generated answers are the new front door to your brand. The winners will be those who learn to show up, not just rank, says AI Capitol founder Lionel Sim.
Agency Report Card 2024: Initiative
After losing marquee clients Amazon and Lego, Initiative faces an uphill battle to rebuild its reputation, leaning on new tools, a "challenger" mindset, and a focus on e-commerce to stay competitive in a rapidly shifting industry.
Meta's AI advertising takeover: Will it reshape APAC’s diverse ad ecosystem?
As the parent company of Facebook and Instagram plans to let advertisers generate complete AI-crafted ads, experts across APAC weigh in on the potential impact on the region's landscape and what it means for agencies.
Here's a thought: Embrace the AI death star
AI may threaten your job and predict your death, but according to Gurdeep Puri, instead of panicking, it's time to embrace it.
Dentsu powers-up retail media networks with 'world first' attention data
Partnership with Co-op and Lumen Research used eye-tracking data that ‘proves‘ retail media ads are just as impactful as social media and out-of-home campaigns.
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