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.
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HSBC revives its iconic 1980s passbook ad in Hong Kong
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OpenAI owns the AI conversation and Anthropic's 'good guy' play isn't changing that: study
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'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.
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.
Coach and Kate Spade parent taps Dentsu to consolidate APAC media business
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‘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.
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 the ChatGPT uninstall wave is a brand story, not a tech story
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