TODAY'S EDITION 06/02/2026

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Accenture Song brings back founding member to lead Southeast Asia

Patricio De Matteis is no stranger to the business or the region.

APAC Power List 2026: The top 50 marketers shaping the region's next chapter

In a climate of extraordinary pressure and possibility, the select cohort of marketing leaders are setting the standard for purposeful, high-impact leadership.

2026 Cannes Contenders: Thinkerbell predicts winners from APAC

Chief creative Tom Wenborn, shares his winning bets with Campaign.

FairPrice marketing chief Alvin Neo steps down

The veteran marketer leaves after nearly seven years spent modernising the retailer's customer ecosystem and driving its digital retail strategy.

This wildly odd TikTok shop ad might just work

It takes a certain creative confidence to sell the 6.6 sale with kisses and pure, uncut absurdity.

60 and eyeing 70: A Leo exec on experience in an industry obsessed with newness

Amanda Wheeler turns 60 this year and shows no sign of slowing because while anyone can prompt AI, it still takes experience to know if the output is any good.

New week, new moves and wins

From Mindshare ANZ's Asahi win to Samir Singh's move from Singapore to New York, here's what's making headlines in this week's moves and wins.

Creative Minds: A Myanmar creative on advertising as a gateway to filmmaking

It may not be film, but it satisfies his storytelling itch and it's guided by a younger self’s instinct to create, and to care more openly.

Open source you (and all your relatives): The future of DNA marketing

Brands like Shiseido use DNA databases to pick your moisturiser. Barry Lustig thinks that ethical DNA targeting is the beginning—when the genomic Pandora's box cracks open, not every hand reaching in will be a clean one.

Asia Pacific's Top 50 Brands 2026

After surveying more than 2 million consumers across Asia Pacific, YouGov and Campaign crown Shopee and YouTube as the top brands, joined by 48 others leading the region’s market.

The Knowledge

The Philippines' top 50 brands 2026

From fast food to phones, online shopping to fuel stops—find out which brands won over Filipino consumers in our latest research with YouGov.

The black box ate the media plan

How the transparency revolution became a trust exercise

Hong Kong Ballet’s Bruce Lee tribute goes global

Timothée Chalamet might not care about ballet, but Hong Kong Ballet takes the life of Bruce Lee global in a hyper-stylised disco-kung fu production.

The Work


Telstra turns up the volume on e-waste

In a world producing 7kg of e-waste per person, Telstra promises to give every second device a second life by 2030.

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OPINIONS

The Information

Advertising’s credibility problem is not about measurement, it is about mentality

Parts of the industry have started mistaking measurement for strategy, and the two aren't interchangeable, writes Ian Whittaker in his latest op-ed for Campaign.

Why marketers are turning to ChatGPT and Claude to manage their e-commerce ads

What started out as a way to “chat with your data” is now becoming something much bigger.

The growing cultural convergence of China, Japan, and South Korea

Once a siloed hierarchy of markets, the explosion of travel between Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo has created new forms of cultural fusion that smart brands are tapping into.

FIFA's biggest Asian sponsors can't watch the World Cup they're funding

With World Cup broadcast rights still unresolved in India and China, up to 2.8 billion fans could miss coverage—making the ROI for Asia’s FIFA sponsors harder than ever.

To all the men in advertising: please start showing up

You can’t be a male ally if you’re not in the room.

Livestreaming commerce is booming, but who's watching the claims?

It's become a performance goldmine, but live commerce is also a compliance minefield. As the channel scales and regulation catches up, who actually owns compliance risk?

AI is abundant now but judgment is such a luxury

After a Chinese court ruled that AI-driven layoffs and pay cuts are unlawful and tech adoption is a choice. Ramakrishnan Raja says the responsibility for that choice sits squarely with the CMO.

3 marketing lessons from the Coachella 2026 post-mortem

Why ‘method branding’ and fan service defined the festival’s most-searched year yet.


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