After months of rumours, Indonesian ride-sharing platform Go-Jek has announced plans to expand its operations into four new Asian markets as part of a US$500 million investment and growth strategy. The new markets are Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines, which the company says in a statement it will enter “within the next few months”. […]
BBDO Bangkok has partnered with Samsung to create Predict To Prevent – a predictive text function that recommends the right mix of words to use when texting with someone who is suffering from depression. The creative inspiration behind the work, says Samsung is that “Conversation can be the tipping point in the outcome of […]
iPrice Group, a meta-search engine in Southeast Asia, has released its 2017 State of eCommerce report, to shed light on some of the area’s most important eCommerce metrics. The research leverages iPrice’s proprietary data from over 1,000 eCommerce players operating in the 6 of the largest Southeast Asian markets (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and […]
Marketers should spend dynamically on mobile marketing and outcome-oriented measurements to capitalise on customer acquisition, says Facebook Thailand. “There is a gap between the amount spent on mobile advertising and the time spent by Thais on their mobiles,” said John Wagner, managing director of Facebook Thailand. “Of the 15-20% allocated to digital advertising spending in […]