breaking news | May 19, 2013

Singapore - Telecommunications firm M1 has sponsored the Schools Challenge League which provides students the opportunity to hone their netball skills.

Singapore - Nespresso has paired up with Savour, Singapore's largest gourmet festival, as presenting partner and official coffee of the 2013 event and appointed DDB Group Singapore for the project.

Malaysia – Tesco introduced its grocery home shopping service to grow customer satisfaction and to respond to growing internet usage trend.

Malaysia – Burger King Malaysia took a social dive late last year with its Facebook Community Building Campaign, which focused on fan acquisition through promos.

Philippines - Carat will be working on restaurant chain's communications planning and buying and digital campaigns starting 1 June.

Global - Tiger Beer has consolidated its digital and social media account, awarding it to independent agency iris after a pitch.

Hong Kong - Small Luxury Hotels of the World has revealed how significant mobile has become for the luxury travel group, with China alone seeing growth in mobile usage of more than 400%.

Malaysia - Of over 4.25 million social gamers in Malaysia, more than half are aged 25 to 54 and half of them spend more than RM100 a week on grocery.

Regional - Marketing magazine is delighted to confirm Kensaku Konishi, president & CEO for Canon Singapore, as a speaker for Shopper Marketing 2013.

Global - MediaCom Worldwide has appointed 23-year agency veteran Fraser Riddell to head up a new practice, MediaCom Beyond Borders, resulting in a change in its APAC leadership.

Philippines - With the brunt of its pre-launch ad spend poured into digital, Jed Marcaida, digital marketing director at Solaire, said they wanted to be sure it's money well spent.

Global - Shell has partnered iris Worldwide to reach out to motorcycle enthusiasts worldwide through the ‘Enjoy Your Ride' campaign.

Singapore - With competition heating up, businesses in Singapore face tough challenges and difficult hurdles. How can market intelligence help marketers better equip their businesses?

Philippines - PANA rolls out a new partnership program to elicit more direct and open communications with the advertising industry, reflecting upbeat developments following its exit from the Adboard last November.

Global - A study by BBC World News and BBC.com/news showed that news audiences expect to see advertising nearly as much on mobile as on TV and online.

Singapore - Anna Ng former marketing director of Sentosa Leisure Group has left the company to take up the role of head of brand and value for The Body Shop Singapore.

Malaysia - Advertising + Marketing magazine's Agency of the Year makes a return on 7 June for its fourth edition, following last year's successful run.

Hong Kong - Cerebos plays on the all-too-common theme of coming into contact with sick passengers on the bus for its newly launched immunity booster product.

Malaysia – Astro Radio extends three main radio stations coverage to Sandakan to strengthen its localisation offering across the nation.

Singapore - Local brewer Tiger Beer has launched a new campaign, ‘Game Time', which challenges fans to come up with creative ways to get out of tricky situations to catch "live" football matches on time.