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Retail Asia29/11/2019

Classifieds service Carousell has signed an agreement with telecommunications firm Telenor Group in part to merge with 701Search, which owns online marketplaces Mudah in Malaysia, Cho Tot in Vietnam, and OneKyat in Myanmar. Following the equity and cash agreement, Carousell will be valued at more than US$850 million with Telenor Group becoming the single largest […]

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Retail Asia02/09/2019

Singapore-based online advertising platform Carousell has marked its seventh anniversary with the launch of a new visual identity, together with milestones including having reached its 250 millionth listing and fourfold revenue growth last year. “Our mission has not changed since day one,” said co-founder and CEO Quek Siu Rui. “We want to inspire every person […]

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Retail Asia24/07/2019

Facebook issued an update on its Civil Rights Audit today and notes that the platform now bans messages that praise, support or represent white nationalism and white separatism. The report adds that Facebook posts should be banned even if those exact terms are not used. This would be done by picking out certain “hate slogans and […]

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Retail Asia19/07/2019

Instagram has just confirmed it will bring ads to your Explore feed. As one of the go-to features for Instagram users who search for places, shops and connect with people businesses and creators, Explore looks like a great monetization tool. According to Instagram, more than 50% accounts on its social network use Explore every month to see photos […]

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Retail Asia09/07/2019

Spotify has found a way to better generate more revenue from the ads it delivers to users of its free music streaming service. Although today’s announcement is aimed at advertisers that will now be able to target ads based on the category of podcasts people listen to, users of Spotify’s free service are the ones […]

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Retail Asia05/06/2019

Google has just announced that it will soon start pushing out more ads on mobile to make it easier for Android and iOS users to find information about the products they want to purchase. The so-called Discovery ads will be rolled out to all advertisers globally later this year, as a new way to reach people […]

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Retail Asia14/05/2019

A successful Android app developer with over half a billion installs to its credit is having its apps removed by Google from the Play Store. DO Global, based in China, has had 46 apps erased from Google’s Android app storefront after an investigation conducted by BuzzFeed found serious issues with the apps. Before Google started taking action […]

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Retail Asia10/05/2019

Airasia Group Bhd is keen to acquire digital platforms abroad to boost its digital business segment. AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said: “For sure…some will be M&A (merger and acquisition), some will be joint-ventures.” Asked which country the group was eyeing, he said: “Wait and see.” Fernandes was speaking to reporters […]

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Retail Asia24/04/2019

Amazon has launched another key part of its business in the Australian market – it’s advertising products. Amazon Advertising, the part of the company that offers display and video ads and an online tool to programmatically buy ads, launched in Australia on Friday, according to a company blog post. This gives businesses a way to reach […]

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Retail Asia24/04/2019

After the streaming website blocked the accounts of online gangster Kha Banh for violating its terms of service on April 3, YouTube also terminated the account of the god of profanity Duong Minh Tuyen, another self-proclaimed gangster, due to repeated violations of YouTube’s policies on violence. Kha and Tuyen are two YouTubers who were recently […]

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Retail Asia26/03/2019

Instagram is taking its Shopping ads one step further by making it possible for people to buy the products in the ads without leaving the app. The feature, called Checkout on Instagram, is currently being tested in a closed beta program by nearly two dozen businesses and is only available to users in the US. Retail News […]

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Retail Asia14/03/2019

The Asia Pacific region is leading in mobile ad request with a growth of 44%. This is almost twice the average growth of the Americas and EMEA regions, both of which are pegged at 23%. This was the conclusion of the Global Trends in Mobile Advertising H2 2018 report by Smaato, which offers programmatic insights […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2019

A one-year-old baby with an incredible mane of hair has been signed by Pantene as one of the faces of the brand in Japan. Instagram starlett Baby Chanco has stunned social media users over the last six months as her mother uploads images of her incredible, thick hair. Baby Chanco, who lives in Japan, was […]

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Retail Asia17/10/2018

Gogoprint, a startup that’s modernizing the printing industry, has raised US$7.7 million in series A funding to fuel its expansion into new markets like Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea in the next 12 months. Gogoprint is an online service for printing things like business cards, flyers, and leaflets. It uses algorithms that take into […]

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Retail Asia11/10/2018

Australian operator Telstra has secured an A$17 million ($12.3 million) contract with fleet operator P2P Transport to provide connectivity for a mobile digital advertising solution. Telstra will provide access to its mobile and IoT network and its digital media capabilities to support the project to provide advertising on 900 P2P vehicles as they travel throughout the […]

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Retail Asia10/10/2018

The integration of analytical and data-driven technologies with AI and Blockchain can help businesses better understand customers’ behaviors, habits, interests, and needs. Thus, direct advertisements are easy to access consumers at the right time and the right situation, experts say. “Blockchain can be a game changer when it comes to marketing. The technology will create […]

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Retail Asia30/04/2018

Facebook will this week begin demoting news feed posts from people and pages that use clickbaiting to get greater reach. In what it describes as an effort to promote more meaningful and authentic conversations on the platform, Facebook staff have detected different types of clickbaiting – or in social media lingo, “engagement baiting” – to […]

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Retail Asia14/09/2017

Catch Group’s first foray into the world of TV advertising has cost the e-commerce company millions, as it looks to bolster its brand awareness ahead of the imminent arrival of Amazon. It’s first TV campaign, which has been airing for two-weeks, is part of a long-term marketing play to first establish Catch’s new marketplace image […]

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Retail Asia12/05/2017

Regional rankings place Vietnam as the second-most at risk country from harmful content in Southeast Asia. Video advertisements in Vietnam, mostly on YouTube, are a serious threat to brand safety, and the second most dangerous in Southeast Asia after Indonesia, according to global technology and data company Integral Ad Science (IAS). Indonesia’s video ads were […]

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Retail Asia13/04/2017

‘Between Nivea’s ‘white is purity’ ad and Pepsi’s ‘Black soda matters’ ad, I think it’s time to open my ‘Ask a Black person’ consulting firm.’ Recent high-profile advertising missteps by Pepsi and skin-care company Nivea underscored anew Madison Avenue’s awkward relationship with racial diversity at a time when the United States is becoming less white. […]

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