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ANALYSIS / 8 Aug 2025 / Bonsey Design
Singapore at 60: Designed for Progress
Welcome to this month’s The Brief, where we join the celebrations for Singapore’s 60th birthday. More than just a milestone, this anniversary is a reminder that Singapore wasn’t simply built over the past six decades...
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Cebu Pacific: On Becoming the People’s Airline
“Cebu Pacific has recently been recognized as one of Asia’s Best Companies in the 2025 FinanceAsia Awards, earning Silver in the Transportation category. CEB is the only airline from the Philippines and one of just...
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Energy Asia: Designing Platforms for Progress
From June 17–19 in Kuala Lumpur, Energy Asia 2025 brought together policy leaders, industry executives, investors, and innovators together ‘ to tackle one of the region’s most urgent questions: how to advance a just, practical,...
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IPO or Delisting: Why Brand Still Matters When the Market Moves
By Graham Hitchmough (Regional COO/Senior Consultant) In the fast-evolving world of Asia’s capital markets, fortunes rise and fall. And so do listings. As Hong Kong’s IPO pipeline rallies and Singapore’s mainboard thins out, investors across...
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Coca-Cola’s ‘Classic’ campaign is stylish and smart…but is it substantial?
Marketing Interactive’s piece on Coca-Cola’s recent ‘Classic’ creative featured a variety of views on the the role and effectiveness of the campaign. You can read the article here, and a below is an extended version...
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ANALYSIS, CONSUMER & PRODUCT BRANDING, CORPORATE & SERVICE BRANDING / 30 Apr 2025 / Bonsey Design
From Points to Pleasure: The Rise of Dopamine Loyalty
Loyalty is Changing: Moment-Based Strategies Now Matter in both B2C and B2B. Loyalty used to be earned. You signed up, collected points, climbed tiers, and waited patiently for a reward. But in 2025, the old...
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Powerful or just performative? Assessing YSL Beauty’s ‘Don’t Call It Love’ campaign
Marketing Interactive’s piece on YSL’s latest campaign in support of its ‘Abuse Is Not Love’ programme shared a variety of views on the efficacy of the approach. You can read the article here, and a...
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ANALYSIS / 19 Mar 2025 / Bonsey Design
Caught in the crossfire? How global trade wars could spell opportunity for brands in Asia
A New Trade War, A New Branding Crisis? The latest wave of U.S. tariffs and retaliatory measures has reignited global trade tensions and disrupted industries, from luxury goods to tech and consumer staples. While much...
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Why Fast Food Fashion Remains Hard to Resist
On March 13th Marketing Interactive published and article on the growing trend of fast food and fashion collabs, featuring a contribution from Bonsey Design Senior Consultant, Graham Hitchmough. Below is an extended version… Fast food...
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