Marketing

MBCS & Watsons Turn Raya into a Glam Stage for Every Malaysian to Shine

MBCS, the creative powerhouse under Omnicom Media Malaysia, has partnered with Watsons Malaysia to launch ‘Watsons Pentas Raya Glam’ (translated:‘The Raya Glam Stage by Watsons’), a festive campaign in celebration of Raya. The campaign celebrates the joys of festive preparations while flipping the script on norms, and is inspired by

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Cheap Coffee. Expensive Lessons For Malaysian F&B Brands

Walk into almost any Malaysian mall today and you will see it. A long queue outside a tea shop selling drinks for RM6. A new ice cream chain offering cones cheaper than bottled water. Another coffee brand opening three outlets within months of arriving. To consumers, it feels like a

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CelcomDigi Celebrates The Cultural Keepers With “Penyeri Tradisi Raya”

With Hari Raya Aidilfitri around the corner, CelcomDigi Berhad shares “Penyeri Tradisi Raya”, a festive short film that steps behind the curtain to spotlight the remarkable individuals whose craft shapes the sights, sounds, and flavours of the celebration that we knew and grew up with. “Penyeri Tradisi Raya” continues CelcomDigi’s

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Luckin’s US$400m Blue Bottle Bet Signals the Next Global Coffee War

The global coffee battle just acquired a new layer of intrigue. China’s fast-growing Luckin Coffee is reportedly close to acquiring cult speciality brand Blue Bottle Coffee in a deal valued at just under US$400 million, according to Fast Company. If completed, the acquisition would mark Luckin’s most ambitious attempt yet

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Bite the Damn Burger, Chris Kempczinski

When the CEO won’t swallow his own product, the brand chokes a little too. AdWeek recently carried a sharp, unsparing account of Chris Kempczinski gamely attempting to eat his company’s newest flagship burger on camera. It should have been a lay-up. Instead, it became a small but telling parable about

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Can AI Measure a Smile? Burger King Thinks So

“Have a nice day” used to be a courtesy. Now, at 500 pilot outlets across the United States, it’s data. Burger King is testing AI-powered headsets—branded BK Assistant—that analyse drive-thru conversations and generate aggregated “friendliness scores” based on keywords such as “please” and “thank you.” The system, powered by OpenAI,

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