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 —…
The Product Markets Itself. Now What?
When Dropbox launched in 2008, it grew to 4 million users in 15 months without a significant advertising budget. The mechanism was a referral programme built into the product itself:…
The Micro-Drama Is the New Brand Film
The first episode of The Scene, Marc Jacobs's new micro-drama series, runs for less than three minutes. It follows Rachel Sennott — comedian, writer, and star of the HBO series…
89 Campaigns Recognised at the Prestigious 9th Digital Marketing Award
Celebrating its 9th remarkable year, the widely acclaimed Digital Marketing Award — an initiative of Bangladesh Brand Forum, presented by Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) and powered by Walton Refrigerator…
Apex Footwear receives RCS Certification for Sustainable Manufacturing
Apex Footwear Ltd. has successfully achieved the Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) certification for its Unit-2 manufacturing facility, taking another major step toward a greener future. Awarded by an accredited third-party…
4th Edition of SDG Brand Champion Awards 2026 Opens for Nominations
The 4th Edition of the SDG Brand Champion Awards 2026 has officially opened for nominations. Presented by AkijBashir Group, the award is initiated by Bangladesh Innovation Conclave and organized by…
When Creator Content Meets Retail Data
Advertising has always had a measurement problem. Brands could tell you how many people saw the campaign. They could tell you how many clicked. What they struggled to tell you…
China’s Retail Brands Are Going Global — and Winning
A Miniso store in Times Square is stocking a Barbie collection that sold out within five days of its global launch. Urban Revivo's flagship on London's Neal Street sits directly…
Why Bangladesh’s Debt Pressure is Rising Now?
Bangladesh’s rising debt pressure is often discussed through headline numbers billions of dollars in repayments, large infrastructure loans, and tightening fiscal space. Yet debt figures alone do not explain why…
Downloaded Once, Forgotten Forever
Scroll through your phone right now. Past the third screen. The fourth. The apps you downloaded after a friend recommended them, the habit trackers you used for three days in…
The Agentic Web: What Brands Need to Rethink Now
In November 2025, Adobe tracked a 1,200% jump in retail traffic from AI sources. Not AI-assisted traffic. Traffic where an AI system did the browsing. The human never visited the…
Digital Overload: Are We Consuming Too Much?
Scroll. Tap. Refresh. Repeat. To most of us, this sequence is instinctive; we do it without giving it any thought. From waking up to the blissful glow of a notification,…
BRAC Bank’s Corporate Digital Solution ‘CORPnet’ achieved BDT 227,321 crore transactions in 2025
BRAC Bank’s Corporate Digital Solution - CORPnet, the leading corporate internet banking platform, processed BDT 227,321 crore in 80 lakh digital transactions in 2025. The platform recorded 43% year-on-year growth…
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 Strait of Hormuz Effect: How One Chokepoint Is Redrawing Global Trade
On 1 March 2026, for the first time in modern commercial shipping history, zero vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz. Not a reduction. Not a slowdown. Zero. The day before,…