With the significant improvement in infrastructure and mobile technology proliferation, digital entertainment is increasingly popular in Asia Pacific. And as the average cost of data plans comes down while the respect for the need to pay for music content gradually heightens, demand for digital music entertainment in the region grows.
拜倫．夏普（Byron Sharp）特別主張影響品牌成功的關鍵是市場滲透成長，而非品牌忠誠。雖然他的建議聚焦在如何讓既有品牌成長，但行銷人應該要想想，他的法則是否能應用在新產品開發上？也就是說，行銷人是否能夠利用夏普的法則發行成功的新產品？Byron Sharp asserts that it is penetration growth and not loyalty that is critical to brand success. While Sharp’s advice focuses on how to grow existing brands, marketers should be asking if his principles apply to new product development as well. In other words, can marketers use Sharp’s principles to help them launch successful innovations?
台灣許多服務業已進行多年的顧客滿意度研究，每年都會針對過去一年曾經有交易或有互動的顧客抽查數千份樣本，進行長達30分鐘的電話訪問。然而，這種傳統調查方式逐漸引發企業內部許多質疑的聲音。
Many enterprises in Taiwan have conducted years of research on customer satisfaction. Every year, thousands of customers with an interaction in the past one year are sampled to conduct an around 30-minute telephone interview. However, this kind of traditional survey method has gradually raised skeptical voices within enterprises.
To mark International Women’s Day, and in the wake of the #metoo campaign, a new global study by Ipsos in collaboration with International Women’s Day across 27 countries highlights the level of concern people around the world have about a number of equality issues.
即時訊息替零售業者（或品牌）與它們的消費者開啟了新的溝通管道。根據Facebook，在美妝零售業者Sephora開始透過Messenger提供預約服務後，它的店內美容預約成長11%。而Whole Foods是另一個快速跟上Messenger使用潮流的零售業者。去年夏天它發行了食譜聊天機器人，消費者只要在Facebook Messenger輸入食材或料理類型，就能夠得到主廚機器人的建議，讓消費者隨時隨地都能輕易發掘食譜。
Chat is opening up new channels of communication between retailers (or brands) and their customers. According to Facebook, after Sephora, the beauty products retailer, launched its appointment schedule service via Messenger, its in-store makeover bookings increased by 11%. Whole Foods was another retailer quick to pick up on the use of Messenger. In summer last year, it launched a recipe chatbot, where shoppers could get recommendations from a robot chef through Facebook Messenger, by texting ingredients or cuisine type, to inspire shoppers anywhere, anytime and make recipe-discovery easy.
以保費為例，因為有了科技協助，「動態保費」的時代也跟著來臨了。未來保險商品也能個人化。目前只根據性別、年齡來計算保費高低。未來透過大數據，將改變過去使用「平均值」來計算保費的方式，而是依照個人行為所產生的風險大小計算出費率之別，讓保單設計轉變成「以人計費、一人一價」。
With help of technology, the premiums may also be priced individually. In the future, it is possible that insurance products become more tailored to meet individuals. At the moment, premiums are based on gender and age. With big data, the cost of premium can be calculated by past averages associated with personal behaviors and risks. In another word, for the same policy, each of the insured pays a different fee.
