Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced their goal of having “50% externally initiated product / process innovations” as early as 2006 and declared at the same time war on the “not invented here” syndrome. P&G is aware of the fact that in an experience economy, which permanently gives customers the opportunity to evaluate products and services in detail, the speed of innovation will inevitably increase.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of transactions processed by smart checkout technologies, where the fixed checkout process is replaced by a frictionless model, will reach $387 billion in 2025, up from just $2 billion in 2020.

More and more users are no longer typing in their search query by hand, but are using voice assistants such as Alexa, Cortana, Siri, or Google Voice Search to conveniently speak the search query with their own voice. There is much speculation about the importance of voice search, but what’s clear is the fact that particularly younger users are using voice search regularly. For online marketers, the use of voice control means a change in search behavior and new possibilities for search engine optimization (SEO).

AppsFlyer, the global attribution leader, released  the 11th edition of the Performance Index and the 2nd edition of the Growth Index.

The Performance index guides marketers on how media sources are performing, and which show potential for partnership, while the Growth Index examines the diverse ad networks of Southeast Asia (SEA) to determine their rankings.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and marketing automation (MA) are two advanced tools that allow marketers to optimize tasks across the whole marketing spectrum.

What would you say if you could have 100 percent ownership over your data and you can decide who you give access to? How about if you would be compensated for others accessing your data for their advertisements? Is this ideal world even realistic from a user's point of view?

Obviously, companies whose management has technological competence can cope better with the corona crisis, as a variety of studies prove. When asked what must-haves for future managers are indispensable, four skills emerged as being crucial: decision-makers should have strategic thinking, leadership qualities, be competent in handling technologies, and understand the market and customers.

Adobe just unveiled significant innovation across its Creative Cloud applications and services at Adobe MAX. In addition to ground-breaking new features like Neural Filters in Photoshop, the company released major updates to its flagship applications including Lightroom, Premiere Pro and Illustrator. Furthermore, Adobe underscored its commitment to accelerating the development of mobile and multi-surface apps, with the official launch of Adobe Illustrator on the iPad and Adobe Fresco on the iPhone. Additionally, the company previewed a prototype of a digital content attribution tool that will debut within Photoshop and Behance as part of its Content Authenticity Initiative.

ADA, a data and artificial intelligence company that designs and executes integrated digital, analytics, and marketing solutions, is launching a new business line that combines data-driven marketing strategies with end-to-end eCommerce solutions.

IDC Asia/Pacific’s latest report, titled Asia/Pacific Unified Communication and Collaboration Market Assessment, highlights end-user adoption trends, drivers, vendor shares and landscape, and market size assessment in 2019, considering that the unified communication and collaboration (UC&C) market has been consistently gaining traction across the world and in Asia/Pacific following the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown restrictions imposed by local governments, work from home policies, and social distancing protocol have resulted in disruption of normal life and created the need for remote collaboration among employees across the distributed workplace.

MOGUL.sg, a property technology start-up, just announced the launch of Singapore's first-ever 3D Virtual Property Expo and provides us with a glimpse into what we can expect to see emerging in today’s experience economy. The virtual expo will take place from 15 to 17 October 2020 and be hosted on the MOGUL.sg platform, featuring Singapore Land Authority (SLA)'s OneMap3D, with the aim to assist home buyers with their property search and decision-making process.

Recurring work processes have always been both a curse and a blessing in modern marketing. The good old (M)ad Men from Madison Avenue earned quite well with it and were able to keep their “sovereign knowledge” non-transparent in analogue times. Today, nobody accepts paying hourly rates beyond good and bad for repetitive work processes without great intellectual or creative ability. This so-called ‘monkey work’ has become a commodity and the automation of such routine work a factor in future competitiveness.

At the inaugural Shopee Brands Summit 2021, Shopee’s leadership team shared their 2021 roadmap for brands to capture the next wave of growth in the region’s US$172 billion e-commerce market, as an increasing number of consumers spend more online.

Tencent Cloud announced the launch of its first Internet Data Center (IDC) in Indonesia, further emphasizing its commitment to addressing the ever-growing business needs in Indonesia and Asia. Leveraging its robust data center infrastructures around the world, Tencent integrates cloud computing, big data analytics, AI, Internet of Things, security, and other advanced technologies with smart enterprise scenarios. At the same time, we provide a holistic smart enterprise solution for sectors including finance, education, healthcare, retail, industry, radio/television, transport, and energy.