We handed 130 million people a smartphone, but we forgot to give them the manual. That is the uncomfortable truth staring us in the face, and it is exactly why Digital Literacy & Brand...
Cross-Cultural Branding: When Bangladeshi Brands Go Global (and Foreign Brands Localize for Bangladesh) Here is the brutal truth: You can have the slickest logo, the biggest media buy, and the smartest agency in Gulshan,...
Pop-Ups, Experiential and Phygital Retail in Bangladesh A crowded mall, an empty checkout Last Eid, a mid-sized fashion brand in Dhaka did everything right on paper. Influencers. Discounts. Prime mall placement. Footfall was strong....
Neurodiversity & UX & Bangladesh You know that moment when you open a local food delivery app during the lunch rush, and it screams at you? Pop-ups for free delivery, a sliding banner for...
The “Add to Cart” Button is Dying. Are You Ready? You spend thousands on a Shopify site. You tweak the UX until it’s perfect. You run the ads. And yet, the data shows something...
Your brand promises eco-friendly practices. Your customers want proof. That gap? It’s costing you market share right now. Here’s what surprised me: 93% of consumers say they want to live more sustainably, yet...
Bank of America’s Erica handled over 1.5 billion customer interactions by mid-2024. Not 1.5 million. Billion. Meanwhile, back in Dhaka, your customers are still punching through six-level menu trees just to check their...
Data Privacy in a Mobile-First Bangladesh – Three million Bangladeshis had their Facebook data compromised in 2022. Most didn’t even know until months later. Here’s the uncomfortable reality: 72.8% of Bangladeshi households now use...
Augmented reality for local brands: Your customer walks into a furniture showroom, falls in love with a sofa, purchases it, waits three weeks for delivery—and then realizes it clashes with their carpet. The...
Your ad campaign generated 800 million impressions. The ROI? Exceptional. But here’s the uncomfortable question nobody’s asking: was the celebrity endorser in that video actually real? Welcome to 2025, where Bangladesh’s advertising industry...
