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40 Under 40 2025: Nana Cao, BBDO Shanghai
Her outstanding acumen and charisma has led to a streak of new client wins, while her ability to unite clients and creative visions keep the business rolling.
How Indonesians and Thais plan their next holiday: Budget vs luxury travellers in focus
YouGov unveils 2026 planning insights showing that luxury and budget travellers in Indonesia and Thailand differ sharply in their destination choices, planning habits, booking behaviours and advertising responsiveness, highlighting the need for brands to tailor strategies to each segment.
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Creating at scale: Canva's CMO on why mastering basics is the right strategy for growth
The CMO's MO: As generative AI transforms how people design, Canva's greatest challenge is keeping creativity human and meaningful. Zach Kitschke talks to Campaign about the values that propelled its rise into an indispensable resource.
Campaign Asia's most-read stories of 2025
Yes, you mostly come for the agency holding company news. But you can't resist a good brand backfiring story. Strategic planners took notice when a target was put on their backs. And nothing topped your obsession with Labubu this year. Here's a look back...
40 Under 40 2025: Momoko Kameyama, Material
Recognised for her innovative approach, her fearless PR instincts have led her to pounce on new opportunities and capitalise where others might merely observe.
Spikes Asia 2026: Meet the Design & Industry Craft jury president
Atiya Zaidi, the first Spikes jury president from Pakistan, dishes on her country's unique creative abilities, on women creatives still bearing a double load, and on the reality of using AI tools.
Stop using the creative process to define your strategy
If the first round of creative work doesn’t hit the mark, it might not be the work that’s off—it might be the brief.
The 2025 Wrap: The boldest brand crossovers in China
From mascots to IPs paired with food and cars, here's how global brands in China leveraged unconventional collaborations to win consumers' attention this year.
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Why L’Oréal’s CMO is betting on startups to keep the world’s biggest beauty brand ahead in innovation
To maintain its leadership in the rapidly evolving beauty tech space, L’Oreal is partnering with startups to accelerate innovation, deliver personalised beauty experiences, and pioneer new technologies.
‘Advertising is going to look different’: WPP’s Kate Scott-Dawkins on next year’s big trends
Is commerce, not creativity, now the main engine of ad growth? This month’s blockbuster report from WPP Media shows retail media has overtaken linear TV in adspend in 2025. The report’s author explains what’s driving the shift.
Australia’s under-16 ban could be the domino that reshapes online governance globally
Brands must make online safety and wellbeing central to how they engage with youths, opines Burson's Douglas Dew. Winning over young audiences now means leading with compliance and purpose.
40 Under 40 2025: Min Roldan, DDB
From smokin’ hot results for a Filipino BBQ brand to making life not just good, but great for LG, to delivering ROI gold on an Olympic campaign, Min Roldan’s work has delivered big time for brands.
The 2025 Wrap: Work that captured the industry's heart
From the historic sounds of Korea’s Liberation Day to improving women's hearing through hijab, to a new mayor's hope, top APAC creatives highlight the work that inspired them this year.
Budget cuts, but muted optimism for Chinese marketing and media in 2026: report
TOP OF THE CHARTS: 'Involution', or business stagnation, looms large in Totem Media's 11th annual report, but with slightly more optimism from marketers as media costs edge higher and brand awareness gains importance.
Bloomberg Media CEO: Navigating volatility and polarisation has been good for our business
Karen Saltser says people crave objectivity and facts in a sea of opinionated news, as evidenced by recent revenue and subscriber growth.
TikTok, Coca-Cola and M150 lead ad awareness gains in Thailand
TikTok's investments in the country appear beneficial for brand equity, while beverage brands Coca-Cola and M150 are seeing gains in the lead-up to major sporting events.
40 Under 40 2025: Millie Menage, Digitas
Her innovative approach to client service and fierce commitment to diversity and inclusion make Menage a remarkable ally to work with.
Asia's values are defining global brand building, TBWA report says
Asian brands are no longer chasing generic global gloss, according to the Eastfluence report. Asia CSO Emmanuel Sabbagh makes the case for marketers to embrace big emotions, intentional limits, and social codes as competitive advantages for Asia, not creative constraints.
The 2025 Wrap: Top M&A deals
Adland’s holding groups went on a 2025 buying spree, with Omnicom forming the world’s largest agency via IPG, while Publicis and Havas scooped up APAC indies amid a martech and AI boom.
AI ads and the uncanny valley problem
For the creative industry, this is no longer a conversation about technology adoption. It’s a conversation about craft.
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