The advertising industry's obsession with youth risks sidelining seasoned professionals, leading to a loss of intellectual capital crucial for long-term success, argues IPG Mediabrand's Geoff Clarke.
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The value of experience: Why adland must address ageism
How creativity can enhance customer experiences
Forget products, people buy experiences. Raman Minhas explores how creative customer experiences, from AR trials to interactive games, are transforming brand loyalty.
Frog appoints Ori Takemura as executive design director
The design and experience consultancy under Capgemini rounds out its Asia leadership team with this new hire.
Five brand experience trends to look out for in 2022
As we (hopefully) edge closer to a post-pandemic state of equilibrium, Campaign spoke to experience agencies to find out what brand events will look like over the next 12 months.
Physical space is now more important for brands—not less
Even with the digital revolution, brands that invest in physical experience will triumph in a post-Covid world, according to Superunion Hong Kong's strategy director.
Capgemini Invent rolls out Frog Design across APAC
Rapid scaling of the consulting giant’s brand experience arm signals its ambition to compete with the likes of Accenture Interactive in the region.
Airbnb hosts more than 200 Tokyo Olympic experiences
Fans will be brought close to the action despite not being able to attend.
Ogilvy Experience taps Kaleeta McDade as global ECD
McDade joins from Deloitte Digital, where she has served as group experience director across the consultancy's studios in the US and India.
The X factor: Why agencies want to lead in ‘experience’
When asked to describe what they do, more agencies are describing themselves as providers of ‘experience’. What exactly does this mean?
Ogilvy hires Steve Soechtig to lead global experience practice
Mark Read, CEO of parent WPP, wants to grow its overall revenue from experience, technology and e-commerce from 25% to 40% by 2025.
7 rules for creating an aspirational online experience
Maintaining the aspirational aspects of luxury marketing can be a tricky proposition online. AnalogFolk's Asia strategy director looks at how some premium brands are adjusting successfully.
Huge wins SK-II global CRM business
Following a competitive pitch, the IPG boutique agency will lead the skincare brand's global CRM communications mandate out of its Singapore office.
Virtual events: Nobody's coming, nobody's staying, nobody knows what works
These three challenges of delivering online events threaten ROI. The VP of Pico+ talks through strategies and examples for overcoming them to create effective experiences online.
Hands off: can touchless experiences still be fully immersive?
Low-contact events are one way the experiential industry can adapt to ensure it is 'Covid-secure'.
AC Milan's mission to redefine the sport experience
The club's chief revenue officer discusses its partnership with JAY-Z's Roc Nation, its new stadium, and accelerating brand transformation amid global crises.
Bompas & Parr launches studio in Hong Kong
New outpost for UK-based creative experience shop will be led by Josh Ng.
Giving physical retail a facelift: 5 lessons from beauty
A sector focused on physical beauty is also focused on deriving greater value from physical stores. A brand and experience strategist with Fitch Hong Kong explains what beauty brands are doing right.
The hottest retail interior in China is not in Beijing or Shanghai
Chongqing’s SND boutique is arguably one of the most stunning retails space in China.
Samsung throws gig on stages optimised for smartphone video
Vertically stacked stages make filming for social media easier.
The power of friction for brands in a frictionless world
Seamless brand experiences risk being forgettable; sometimes it pays to throw in a few well-placed obstacles.
Marketers still slow to improve CX
TOP OF THE CHARTS: Despite all the talk about experience being a priority, most brands are still aren’t moving fast enough, according to Adobe’s latest study.
It’s about building experiences, not just selling cars
The lead marketer at Inchcape explains why taking your hands off the wheel when it comes to messaging in the automobile market is often the best way to drive highly prized consumer engagement.
Sports need to serve up the complete ‘pocket experience’
The full integration of data and live-streaming is the holy grail for the complete digital sports experience, says Mike McGraw of The Social Channel and WTA Networks.
MullenLowe launches 'leaner' data-led experience offering
New unit within MullenLowe Profero Japan will work to deliver "quick, tangible wins" for clients in Japan and elsewhere in the region.
Get an Olympian mindset to win the experience game
Brands keep talking about big transformational changes, but it’s the marginal gains that make a real difference, according to Ben Poole of Reprise APAC.
‘Social media is the new shop window’: R/GA
Anthony Baker said brands have to understand that commerce is a completely different beast now, thanks to technology.
Don’t talk product, talk trust: MetLife Asia CMO
Sanjeev Kapur says there’s no reason the role of an insurer can’t be significantly reimagined, a transformation that marketing can lead.
Cisco employs VR to dramatise cybersecurity threats
Interactive 3D demo, developed with Allison+Partners, is a first for the tech brand and an uncommon sight in the B2B marketing world.
Asia best placed to drive e-commerce innovation
The sophistication of Asian consumers online means the best ideas for enhancing the e-commerce experience are likely to originate from brands and startups in the region, according to Simon Eaves of Accenture.
Globe's journey to becoming an experience business
VIDEO: The telco's Rebecca V. Eclipse gets honest about the challenges in transforming customer experience.
‘Design-led digital’ gains traction in Asia: Brilliant Basics
SINGAPORE – On the back of client wins in the banking, education and travel sectors, Brilliant Basics, a digital product design firm, has launched in Singapore. The company wants to position itself for a greater demand in Asia for digital products designed with the customer experience in mind.
‘Immersive experience’: A conversation marketers need to have
ASIA-PACIFIC - From broadcast augmented reality to live human-controlled avatars, technology has reached the point where immersive experience is no longer tacky. But according to Alex Poulson, founding partner of INDE, it’s the end of the ‘gimmick era’ that makes future use of the technology most exciting.
Rethinking 'experience' marketing
Could the term ‘experience’ be the most misused in the whole of the marketing industry?
Getting gamification to succeed through better UX
Gamification is starting to move from leading edge to the mass market, but to be effective it has to grow beyond the current spate of gamified apps, of which 80 per cent will fail by 2014, according to a recent report by Gartner.
Wunderman activates customised virtual test-drive platform for Range Rover Evoque
SHANGHAI - Land Rover China has launched 'Evoque my style', an online product experience platform for the Range Rover Evoque that is tailored to a driver's personality.
Opinion: Why every (micro)second counts when it comes to brand experience
While there’s more to internet-connected experiences than page-load times, Skip Rudolf, vice-president of marketing at Tata Communications, writes that bad performance can still damage the brand and the bottom line.
Make digital experiences so good, customers can’t help but give you money: Google’s Kaushik
HONG KONG - Marathon Sports, Mannings and Ocean Park are three brands that Avinash Kaushik, Google’s digital marketing evangelist, loves—but not online.