Enterprise Explores

Consumer behavior fundamentally shifted in 2020, and the smartphone market wasn’t spared. While sales may have dipped due to economic reasons, it looks like the overall smartphone market may be back on track and headed for a serious rebound in the coming months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Industry leaders in the FMCG sector have created the Malaysia Recycling Alliance (Marea) to promote recyclable and renewable materials for consumer packaging, as well as to minimise packaging leakage into the environment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can governments learn from the wildly popular game Mario Kart (that’s right, Mario Kart!) when planning their sustainability goals? A researcher in the US, who also happens to be a massive fan of the game, is suggesting that governments gamify sustainability in order to be more efficient in reaching their goals. The best part is, it makes perfect sense. Let’s a-go! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to PwC’s March 2021 Global Consumer Insights Pulse survey, Malaysian consumers are a responsible lot when it comes to sustainable shopping. In conjunction with World Earth Day 2021, we discuss if sustainability has become a priority for Malaysians and what brands and businesses can do to ‘tango’ with consumers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With cinemas mostly closed, Netflix’s position as an entertainment provider served the company extremely well during the pandemic. However, as life inches towards a sense of old normalcy, Netflix seems to have suffered a significant dip in subscriber uptake, causing its shares to plunge by a whopping 11%.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TikTok is facing allegations in London’s High Court of illegally harvesting the private data of millions of European children. This may cost them billions of pounds, as well as change the way their users see the app forever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They say data is currency these days, but what does that mean exactly? How much does consumer data influence brands and retailers? With the pandemic still at large and vaccination rollouts happening worldwide, new trends are emerging to suggest what retail might be like in the coming year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tech companies have a huge role to play by tackling the gap in the market when it comes to upskilling. As such, Microsoft Malaysia has opted to back over one million Malaysians as part of their Bersama Malaysia initiative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Employers of migrant workers are responsible for getting them registered for vaccination, according to National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister, Khairy Jamaluddin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Screen time and social media usage have both proven to be topics of furious debate when it comes to when children should be introduced to them, and with this comes the question; when should children be allowed to own personal devices? And how does this come into play during the pandemic, where screens seem to be both a burden and salvation?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.