Health as a New Growth Engine The global health and wellness economy has moved beyond being a short-term trend to become a structural shift in how consumers define value and make purchasing decisions. According to the Global Wellness Economy Monitor 2024 by the Global Wellness Institute, the market expanded from USD 5.03 trillion in 2019 to USD […]
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Ramadan is Indonesia’s most powerful commercial season and increasingly its most complex. Every year, millions of consumers flood digital platforms searching for recipes, gifting ideas, fashion inspiration, and last-mile deals. YouTube alone reaches 75% of Indonesian adults during Ramadan, driving over 153 billion views. Attention is at its peak. So is the intent. According to
Winning Ramadan Is No Longer About More Media. It Is About Smarter Context Read More »
A Vietnam & Southeast Asia Marketing Trends Perspective Vietnam’s digital economy is expanding at one of the fastest rates in Southeast Asia. According to eMarketer and local industry trackers, the top five e-commerce platforms in Vietnam — Shopee, TikTok Shop, Lazada, Tiki, Sendo — generated US $12.6 billion GMV in 2024, a ~37% YoY increase from 2023. Projections indicate that GMV will reach US $15.4 billion by 2025,
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For decades, brand tracking has been ruled by methodical, structured surveys. But what if we told you that some of the most powerful brand signals don’t come from trackers, but from consumers? We’re talking about user-generated content (UGC): memes, rants, reviews, TikTok videos (and more) that shape how people experience your brand in real life. If you’re not treating this social signal as a core brand
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Retail media is changing faster than ever. As retailers build their own ad networks and invest heavily in first-party data, one opportunity remains vastly underutilized — turning your loyalty members into a scalable army of content creators. Your customers already create content every day: reviews, unboxings, product hauls, TikTok tutorials. The only missing link is a
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For more than a decade, digital advertising has been plagued by the perennial challenge of measuring true efficacy. That era is over. The rise of Retail Media Networks (RMNs) marks the third wave of digital marketing, an era defined by precision, accountability, and predictive intelligence. According to eMarketer, RMNs are set to capture over 20%
The Third Wave Unfolds: Retail Media’s Growth Trajectory for APAC Brands in 2026 Read More »
For years, marketers have wrestled with the question of who to target: loyal customers, new audiences, or those who have drifted away. Most default to broad awareness or to chasing new buyers. But new research suggests that the highest returns come from a very specific — and often overlooked — segment: the Persuadables. Coined in
Finding the Persuadables – Precision Targeting That Multiplies ROAS by 16x Read More »
Marketers have long measured campaign success by the immediate lift they can prove — impressions, clicks, short-term sales. But new findings from the Brand as Performance (BaP) initiative by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) are forcing a fundamental rethink of what marketing performance really means. In a series of longitudinal studies conducted with Circana, TransUnion,
Beyond the Click – Why 80% of Advertising’s Impact Happens After the Campaign Read More »
MMA Impact, the most definitive gathering of decision-makers of Indonesia, is kicking off with a power-packed list of marketers, tech providers, sellers and agencies, all under one roof. The contemporary marketing landscape presents intricate challenges, as traditional frameworks increasingly lose their relevance amidst pervasive political, social, and cultural transformations. The integration of digital technologies,
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For decades, television has been at the heart of storytelling – building emotion, trust, and shared experiences for millions of viewers. But as audiences evolve and viewing habits shift across devices, one thing has become clear: television isn’t disappearing – it’s transforming. Connected TV (CTV) is not a new medium competing with traditional TV; it’s
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