The Kantar Media Reactions 2021 survey of global marketers reveals that over 70% of advertisers are growing their investment in digital platforms in 2022. Marketers across Southeast Asia increased advertising and media investment last year as more media channels became digitised with spend in the sector, globally growing by...
As the world hopefully awaits the end of the pandemic, Kiwi small businesses have found a lifeline in digitization to sustain their operations moving forward. This was revealed through a survey by Crazy Domains earlier this year. COVID-19 has shut down small to mid-sized...
Over the past two years, Asian companies across the board pushed through with digital transformation faster than the rest of the world. According to the IDC, ICT spending grew in 2021 by more than 7.1% in APAC to US$950 billion, and is expected to reach US$1.1 trillion...
Trend Micro Incorporated announced research earlier this year revealing that 89% of electricity, oil & gas, and manufacturing firms have experienced cyber-attacks impacting production and energy supply over the past 12 months."Across the globe, industrial locations are going digital to drive sustainable growth. But this has invited a...
With the return of nightlife after two years of pandemic related restrictions, maintaining productivity after a weekend out may be a happy problem once again. Enter DrinkAid, a health supplement brand based in Singapore that specializes in reducing the side effects of alcohol such as intoxication, flushing...
The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented crisis that affected every aspect of our world. The human and social costs of the disease were staggering, and the disruption to the global economy was acute. Unsurprisingly, small and medium businesses (SMBs) were among the worst hit,...
Pattern has polled 1,000 Chinese shoppers who shopped on the largest cross-border marketplace Tmall Global in the past 12 months. The polling is set to understand these cross-border shoppers' online buyer behaviour, and how their buying decisions for Western brands and products were influenced in...
Coding skills are growing in prevalence for many job roles across sectors in Singapore. However, almost nine in ten (89%) employers say that there is a shortage of talent with the required coding skills to a "large" and "some" extent. With the challenge to...
The market for buying goods online from other parts of the globe has gotten so big that it dwarfs the world’s largest economy. An EY study found that global cross-border payment flows are expected to reach US$156 trillion in 2022. Meanwhile, the United States GDP in 2020...
The online shopping space has been growing and evolving.  Merchants are constantly under pressure to deliver shopping experiences that make it easier for their shoppers. As a result, shoppers around the world, including those in the US and China, have embraced significantly improved checkout experiences in recent...