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McDonald's starts testing ads from other brands on its restaurant menu screens

The fast-food giant is trialing third-party promotions, eyeing a new retail media revenue stream.

Oreo turns 30 in China with a KFC twist and fried chicken-flavoured biscuits

Savoury fried-chicken biscuits tucked into cocoa burger buns mark Oreo’s 30th in China—a show of the American-born brand's appetite for local reinvention.

Reebok selects TikTok influencer agency

The appointment covers the UK, Germany, and France.

Formula E shifts gears with refreshed brand identity

The update includes a revived logo and high-energy motion graphics.

Scope3 rebrands as Apostra, pivots to agentic AI media buying

Brian O'Kelley's startup will now build software that lets advertisers' and media owners' AI agents negotiate ad campaigns directly, as the industry races to automate buying.

ChatGPT Ads expands to seven more Asian markets

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan will give advertisers access to the platform seven months after the Ads debut in the US.

HSBC's global campaign makes waves

The work was created by VML UK in partnership with VML Lisbon.

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse from shopping on its platform

The e-commerce giant alleges Muse accessed its platform without disclosure and captured customer log-in credentials.

Indian digital agency locked out of Meta ad accounts seeks $121 million in court

Mumbai-based Blink Digital’s client roster includes Amazon, KFC, Star Sports, VH1 and ITC.

WPP wins Nestlé’s integrated content account in Greater China

The account was won after a multi-agency competitive pitch.

Malaysia's top 10 brands of 2026

Shopee commands a sizeable lead, while homegrown brands gain ground across key consumer categories.

Carat names global planning and strategy chiefs

Bram Meuleman and Sarah Stringer take up the newly created roles.

Strategic thinking is marketing's biggest talent gap: WFA report

AI fluency (56%) and data-driven decision-making (55%) are identified as the most underdeveloped capabilities.

WPP Production takes down insourcing guidance

Staff were asked to “actively convince” clients to send all production work to WPP and avoid triple bidding.

Move and win roundup: Week of September 21, 2026

Leo Constellation, GitHub, Q Agency, Bastion, Sport Singapore, F5Shanghai, Virtue Asia, Habitat M, Takeda SEA and India, Tennis Australia, South Australia Tourism Commission, and others in our weekly roundup of appointment news and business wins.

Pinterest positions visual search as its next performance opportunity

The visual discovery and shopping platform unveiled new advertising offerings at its annual marketing summit

On Device joins Index Marketplaces as brand lift measurement partner

Advertisers buying programmatically through Index Exchange will be able to add independent brand lift studies from On Device without having to manage separate measurement arrangements.

Haymarket’s latest Global Impact Report shows sustainability progress

The publisher won global B Corp certification last November.

ChatGPT rolls out conversational ads with ‘Sponsored Agents’

The update includes new integrations with HubSpot and Shopify, automated campaign creation, and AI agents that can talk to customers on the advertisers behalf.

‘I regret the decision’: Hyrox athlete forfeits her victory after Beijing incident

Five days after the incident, Joanna Wietrzyk has apologised, Hyrox has refunded affected competitors and rewritten its global hygiene rules.

Prerna Mehrotra to lead Dentsu Singapore, Prakash Kamdar exits after 15 years

The APAC chief client officer adds the Singapore CEO remit from October 1.

Disney hires Terry Tsai to lead Disney+ marketing across APAC

EXCLUSIVE: The former Netflix and Apple alum will be based in Tokyo for the role.

Five years in the making: How Publicis and PepsiCo plotted secret account switch

Campaign reports on the rivalry and numbers behind the cola giant’s dramatic decision to change global media agency without a pitch.

Spikes Asia evolves into LIONS Asia

After nearly four decades championing Asia-Pacific creativity, Spikes Asia is evolving into LIONS Asia, including the Asia Lions Awards.

‘Meta One’ goes live: Meta just turned its platforms into a paid marketing stack

From US$14.99 a month, the tech giant wants marketers and creators to pay for a new arsenal of AI, publishing and analytics tools designed to drive better performance across Facebook, Instagram, Meta AI and WhatsApp.

Netflix confirms EMEA media agency

IProspect has handled the UK account since July 2023.

Zoom ‘gets it done’ in latest play to showcase its AI capabilities

Kate McKinnon stars in the new spot from Colin Jost’s No Notes Productions.

Jennifer Garner, Cindy Crawford and Serena Williams on how personal brands fuel business success

The three celebrities spoke at the Forbes Women’s Power Summit 2026 on Thursday.

L’Occitane marketer: Brands can’t have complete control over how they are seen

Like celebrities who worry about being spotted without their makeup, marketers have to accept a more transparent reality, Elida Wong says at a Festival of Marketing session.

Rahul Ahuja exits CMO role at Audi China

Beijing-based Rahul Ahuja departs after a three-year tenure; an interim head of brand and marketing is appointed.

Google promotes Sapna Chadha to lead advertising in Asia-Pacific

Her new responsibilities will include business strategy, growth priorities, resource allocation, product commercialisation, sales operations, and business intelligence.

Aquviva and Sariwangi top YouGov's list of August advertisers in Indonesia

Aquviva's rise to the top coincides with an extended period of activity around its “3–2–1 AQUVIVA” hydration campaign, which features actor Angga Yunanda.

WPP closing in on Coca-Cola’s international media, data and tech account

Publicis Groupe pulled out of the two-horse race after winning PepsiCo.

Assembly announces global CEO, Connie Chan to helm APAC

The global chief is a former Dentsu iProspect CEO; Chan steps into the APAC role Brosgill held before his April exit.

Omnicom conducts a 'detailed deconstruction' of the PepsiCo loss

Omnicom expects its headcount to fall by around 15,000 by the end of 2026. CFO Phil Angelastro says losing PepsiCo’s media account could give it more freedom to go after business in the same categories.

China’s 684 million gamers skew older, lighter and more female: report

Gaming is a $28 billion market in China, up 12.17% YoY, and Omnicom’s report sketches a maturing landscape where future gains will hinge on deeper engagement, not fresh users.

Japanese brand Wego cancels anime collaboration after backlash in China

The scheduled My Hero Academia collaboration was due to launch on September 18, a historically sensitive date in Chinese history.

Move and win roundup: Week of September 14, 2026

Betagro Group, Mahindra Manulife Insurance, Havas Malaysia, Bastion Aotearoa, Anthropic, Accenture Song, Thales, Commonwealth Bank, Lyka, Google, Assembly, Pay.com.au, SPH Media, Marketforce, IG Group, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Today the Brave, Publicis Media, PRecious Communications, and others in our weekly roundup of appointment news and business wins.

LVMH hands APAC media account from WPP to Publicis without a pitch

EXCLUSIVE: Publicis will take over every APAC market from January 2027 except Japan, ending WPP’s nine-year hold on the luxury group’s regional business.

Campaign Asia-Pacific launches a case study library of the region's best work

Agencies, brands and in-house teams are invited to send free submissions.

Omnicom Advertising Group president and CEO Troy Ruhanen is retiring

BBDO Worldwide chairman Andrew Robertson will step into the role immediately.

Moonfolks hires Dentsu Indonesia exec as general manager

Komariah will lead Moonfolks’ creative, digital operations and oversee its specialist businesses in Jakarta.

Australia seeks to allow social media users to opt-out of algorithms

Draft legislation could force tech giants to offer feed opt-outs or pay millions of dollars in fines.

Meta ran more than 300 ads with suspected child sexual abuse this year: report

The ads reached more than 29,000 people and typically used AI to depict the sexual abuse of young children, the investigation said.

M+C Saatchi ANZ management buyout is off the table

The Parc-backed transaction will not proceed following due diligence.

‘Great products begin with people’: Samsung union’s Times Square ad

The 15-second billboard spot takes the Korean workers’ pay dispute global.

PubMatic expands in Hong Kong to capture Chinese outbound ad spend

Fresh from opening in Melbourne, PubMatic expands in Hong Kong to tap Chinese brands’ global ambitions, APAC advertising solutions VP Sudipto Das tells Campaign Asia.

Move and win roundup: Week of September 7, 2026

We Are Social, Globe Telecom, Publicis Media, Havas, Virgin Australia, Sweatshop, FoodPanda Malaysia, Cathay, TBWA HK, Anthropic, Criteo, PHD Australia, Chuck Studio, Redhill Communications, Singapore's Ministry of Health, and others in our weekly roundup of appointment news and business wins.

The Trade Desk to cut 15% of global workforce in restructuring

CEO Jeff Green said the job cuts are about preparing for growth, not financial trouble, as the adtech giant revealed a US$1.5 billion cash pile in the ten years since its IPO.

WPP to cut up to 1,000 more jobs by year-end, FT reports

The network has reportedly cut roughly 11,000 jobs since 2025.

Omnicom ‘proud’ of PepsiCo media work as it reels from global loss and stock drops 5%

Publicis was awarded PepsiCo's global media account without a pitch.