Google has made its move on gaming with the announcement of streaming platform Stadia.  The news came on the second day of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; and it surely stands as one of the most significant gaming reveals in the industry’s history. Such a major player moving in with such an ambitious platform could radically impact the broad ecosystem of the industry, the makeup of audiences playing games, and the way the medium is consumed and designed. However, Stadia’s [...]

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In today’s digital world, consumers’ attention span continues to decrease while expectations for online experiences increase. Research conducted by Google indicates that if sites take longer than three to four seconds to load, users are more likely to turn towards the competition. For a lot of marketers, user experience may not be front of mind, but it is now a vital part of their digital marketing strategy. In this piece for ExchangeWire, Maggie McKosky (pictured below), head of user experience & [...]

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In this piece, Emily Bedford, head of customer success, EMEA, Partnerize, tells DTCDaily that we have arrived at the age of the DTC Brand. You know the brands we’re talking about. They’re the direct-to-consumer players that so often sit next to the word ‘disruption’ in our industry discourse – names like Allbirds, Glossier, and ThirdLove. In fact, just this past autumn, IAB hosted its first-ever Direct Brand Summit, an event explicitly designed to recognise the recent dramatic shift from the realm of traditional [...]

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In this edition of Weekly Focus APAC: UOB Powers Up Digital Bank in Thailand; Visual AI to Help Samsung Mobile Consumers Discover & Buy Products; Alipay Goes to 3,000 Walgreens Stores; and DBS Doubles Up On QR ‘Angbaos’. UOB Powers Up Digital Bank in Thailand United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched a digital bank in Thailand that specifically targets millennials who prefer to bank on their mobile devices. The Singapore-based bank said it was introducing its “mobile-only bank” first in the Thai market [...]

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The resurgence of e-commerce in Southeast Asia has helped mitigate the decline in postal mail volumes, but it has also raised last-mile delivery challenges. To address this, Singapore Post (SingPost) is looking to build up its network and offer more options for consumers to receive and send packages. Established more than 160 years ago, SingPost in 2016 launched its Regional E-commerce Logistics Hub, which has a sorting capacity of 100,000 parcels a day. Parcel volumes in November 2018 climbed 25% year-on-year [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – and in this edition: First Analysis of European Anti-fraud Efforts Shows 94% Fraud Reduction in Tag-Certified Channels; Akamai Acquires Janrain Inc.; RTL Group to Acquire Video Technology Company Yospace; and IgnitionOne Experiences Continued Growth with Market-Leading Customer Intelligence Platform. First Analysis of European Anti-fraud Efforts Shows 94% Fraud Reduction in Tag-Certified Channels The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – and in this edition: S4 Capital plc Appoints Michel de Rijk as CEO APAC; Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts; MightyHive Opens New Office in Stockholm; TimeOne – Mobile Enters Programmatic Audio Market with Trisonic as Exclusive Creative Partner; and Johnston Press acquired by newly formed company JPI Media. S4 Capital plc Appoints Michel de Rijk as CEO APAC S4 Capital plc (SFOR.L), a new era digital advertising and marketing services company, [...]

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For most ad tech, martech, and commerce companies, with global growth aspirations, the topic of entering the U.S. market will come up sooner rather than later. It’s clear why: the U.S. is home to the world’s largest consumer market and, according to research from eMarketer, U.S. ad spend is on track to reach USD$220.96bn (£168bn) in 2018. Expansion is often seen as an indicator of company maturity: for VC-funded businesses, the U.S. generally presents a more risk-friendly environment than the [...]

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Total marketing budgets were revised higher during the third quarter of 2018, extending the current period of growth to six years, but to the weakest extent in almost three years. This is according to the Q3 IPA Bellwether Report, published last week (17 October). Report highlights – Cost pressures and growing uncertainty weigh on budget – Internet marketing spending plans continue to provide key support to growth – Most downbeat assessment on industry-wide financial prospects since Q4 2011 – Muted ad-spend growth forecasts for 2018 [...]

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The simple relationship between publishers and advertisers has become increasingly complex, with the introduction of sophisticated digital ad buying. The growth of the internet has also caused an ad oversupply that’s left massive amounts of inventory unsold. In this piece, Anudit Vikram (pictured below), SVP, audience solutions, Dun & Bradstreet, says that to combat the problem, the industry has introduced ad networks, DSPs, and SSPs between the buyer and seller, making the ecosystem more and more complex. What was originally created [...]

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