by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated December 9th, 2018. Thailand’s marketing industry is truly exceptional. Advertising focuses more on the subtle qualities of the product and brand than the obvious ones. Local culture forces traditional advertisers to think outside the box....
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated March 9th, 2019. Since Myanmar opened up to the world and denounced its military dictatorship, the nation has benefited from increased trade and an exponential increase in foreign direct investment. That’s true for practically all industries in...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated May 18th, 2019. E-commerce in Southeast Asia lags noticeably behind the rest of the continent. Despite an increased focus from the authorities, it’ll be quite some time before e-commerce in ASEAN reaches the same level of other places in the...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated December 11th, 2018. China, soon to be world’s largest logistics market, wouldn’t be where it is today without proper infrastructure. The country needs infrastructure to transport goods effectively. Because of this, China’s State...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated September 23rd, 2018. With old age often comes peaceful years of traveling the world. But the best places to retire probably aren’t in your home country. Selecting which country to retire abroad isn’t always easy. Thankfully, expats...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
New laws could halt genetically modified organism (GMO) agriculture in the Philippines. Actually, this GMO ban would stop new farming technology in Southeast Asia as a whole. That’s because the Philippines is ASEAN’s regional pioneer in the field. Back in...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Update for September, 2018: This post was written back in 2016 and all our predictions on economic trends in China were accurate. But we aren’t quite as bullish going forward. We’re now looking at frontier markets like Vietnam and Cambodia for stronger...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated December 10th, 2018. One of the more overlooked industries in South Korea is its pharmaceutical sector. But the Korean drug industry’s size and future prospects mean this probably shouldn’t be the case. The South Korean pharma market is...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated June 7th, 2018. Vietnam is one of the few communist countries left in the world. But its economy has been more capitalist for the past few decades. The Vietnamese government realized a state controlled economy would not be effective in riding the...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated April 16th, 2019. Companies around the world want to seize the ocean of opportunities that Southeast Asia now represents. That’s especially true with the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community. Learning how to advertise in the ASEAN region is...
