The Long Game: Gulf’s Bet on The AI Stack
On the evening of 11 June, bankers at Goldman Sachs priced the largest initial public offering ever attempted. SpaceX opened on Nasdaq the following morning at $135 a share, raised…
The Bag, The Brain, and The Ad That Never Mentioned Death
How Guardian Life turned Bangladesh's most avoided conversation into its most effective campaign. Picture this. You're a financial advisor. Your client’s quarterly meeting is happening this week. You begin preparation…
NOT ALL PIVOTS ARE EQUAL: HERE IS HOW TO TELL THEM APART
platform. The business was reasonable enough in its conception — audio content was growing, and the tools for navigating it were primitive. Then Apple added podcast management to iTunes in…
The World Cup Will Be Won Off the Pitch First
The 2026 World Cup kicks off on 11 June. The marketing tournament started months ago. Inside the build-up economy — the teasers, the jersey drops, the TikTok hype, and the…
The Expanding World of Buy Now, Pay Later
BNPL was sold as a smarter way to afford things you want. What the 2026 data shows is something different: it is increasingly how people afford things they need —…
Less Is More: The Strategic Logic Behind the Global Corporate Breakup Wave
In 2022, General Electric — once the most valuable company in the United States, a 130-year-old symbol of American industrial dominance — was worth $68.8 billion. It had spent decades…
The Return of Friction in a Frictionless World
Trader Joe's has no app. No delivery service. No partnership with Instacart, DoorDash, or any third-party platform. In 2025, despite this stubborn refusal to participate in the convenience economy, its…
How bot traffic is reshaping digital audience targeting
There is a quiet crisis playing out inside the dashboards of marketing teams across the world. Campaigns deliver strong click-through rates. Audiences look engaged. MQL numbers are hitting targets. And…
How the US Trade Deal Reshapes Bangladesh’s Apparel Competitiveness
Introduction: Market Access at a Price For Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector, access to the United States has never been cheap, but it has now become explicitly conditional. The US–Bangladesh…
ChatGPT Turns to Advertising. What Does It Mean?
The past two decades have established the digital advertising sphere of business owners as follows: Study Google Ads, dominate Facebook Ads and forecast your path to clicks. This is coming…
The Ramadan Economy: Bangladesh’s Biggest Consumer Season
THE MONTH THAT MOVES MARKETS On the evening of February 17, 2026, the crescent moon rose over Dhaka and Ramadan began. Within hours, the city had already transformed. The streets…
What it Takes to Tame Inflation: Bangladesh at a Policy Crossroads
The stark contrast between Sri Lanka's remarkable inflation control success and Bangladesh's persistent inflationary struggles offers an interesting case study in economic policy implementation. While Sri Lanka transformed from experiencing…
Reinventing the Supply Chain Game: Four Dynamics from Nike
Nike, Inc., headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, dominates the sports apparel, footwear, and equipment industries with diverse offerings, ranking among the foremost providers globally. Benefiting from a robust brand, efficient distribution…
Netflix and Games: One for the Future
Remember the good old times when we used to gather at a random person’s apartment in the whole building to watch that one special show every weekend? Yeah, me neither.…
Chorki just needs to keep doing what it’s good at, producing quality content: Zaraif Ayaat Hossain
Zaraif Ayaat Hossain is the Head of Strategy and Transformation at Transcom Ltd, one of Bangladesh’s largest and most diversified business conglomerates. Transcom’s businesses span across pharmaceuticals, food and beverages,…