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Enero Group Lifts Profits 35% Despite 1% Revenue Decline
Enero swaps revenue growth for profit gains, lifting EBITDA 35% through cost cuts and AI experimentation. A playbook for holding companies navigating client headwinds.
Leighton Cosseboom
Founder of Mission Media. A marketing entrepreneur and veteran operator in Southeast Asia, leading corporate comms at Dunkin' Indonesia and PR & IR at DailyCo. Ex-CMO at ACV Capital, founder of C2 Media, and former Tech in Asia senior editor.
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Behind Omnicom's Merger Loss: Core Business Surges 28.6%
Omnicom's US$941M loss masks a 28.6% surge in core earnings post-IPG merger. CMOs must navigate agency consolidation and APAC restructuring ahead.
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Spotter Showcase 2026 Positions Creator Deals as TV Upfront Alternative
Creator deals are moving faster than TV upfronts. Spotter's 2026 Showcase proves brands can skip traditional broadcast cycles and close partnerships in months, not years.
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Sea Limited and Google Partner on AI Across Gaming, Commerce, Payments
Sea and Google partner on agentic AI across gaming, commerce, and payments. CMOs must track how autonomous shopping agents reshape Southeast Asia's $200B retail media market.
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Marico Taps L'Oréal Executive to Scale Digital Beauty Business
Marico hires L'Oréal's digital chief to scale beauty brands toward 2.5x revenue growth and double-digit margins by FY27.
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12 Chat Commerce Platforms Powering Sales Across Asia
Chat commerce is already moving 40% of Thai consumers and 36% of Vietnamese ones. Here are the 12 platforms actually powering sales across Asia.
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Why Vietnam's $90B SME Credit Gap Is Fintech's Next Battleground
Vietnam's $90B SME credit gap is shifting fintech competition away from saturated consumer payments. Banks and fintechs are racing to capture underserved small business lending.
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Vietnam Fintech Pivots to SMEs as Consumer Payment Market Saturates
Vietnam's fintech market is shifting from consumer payments to SME financial services as digital wallet adoption saturates. CMOs targeting businesses must act now.
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12 AI Visibility Tools for Brand Monitoring Across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Your brand dominates Google but vanishes from ChatGPT. As 90% of searches shift to AI by 2026, traditional SEO monitoring is obsolete. Here are 12 tools to track your AI visibility.
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Listnr Acquires The Inspired Unemployed Podcast in Comedy Talent Play
Listnr snaps up The Inspired Unemployed podcast to capture 4.2M social followers and dominate Australia's booming comedy audio market.
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DayOne Data Centers Taps JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley for US$5B IPO
AI infrastructure demand is reshaping Asia's capital markets as DayOne Data Centers eyes a US$5B IPO. What this signals for tech valuations.
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Former AFR Journalist Hits Profitability in Two Months
Former AFR journalist Joe Aston hit profitability in month two with Rampart, a premium commentary publication charging US$65/month. Single-digit churn rates prove the subscription model works.