{"id":646,"date":"2021-06-05T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T15:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.phdmedia.com_\/francophone-africa\/2021\/06\/05\/phd-hong-kong-ceo-clement-chung-talks-ad-spend-new-talent-and-ambitious-clients-2\/"},"modified":"2021-06-05T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T15:10:56","slug":"phd-hong-kong-ceo-clement-chung-talks-ad-spend-new-talent-and-ambitious-clients-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/francophone-africa\/2021\/06\/05\/phd-hong-kong-ceo-clement-chung-talks-ad-spend-new-talent-and-ambitious-clients-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PHD Hong Kong CEO Clement Chung talks ad spend, new talent and ambitious clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The city of Hong Kong is the financial hub of Asia; however, in recent years, the once British-owned colony has made global headlines due to the political tensions it now faces with China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a conversation with\u00a0<em>Marketing-Interactive<\/em>, PHD Hong Kong CEO Clement Chung explained that many industries are leading the growth charge even against the backdrop of recent political turmoil and the current global pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Marketing spend for core industries closely intertwined with consumers&#8217; daily lives, such as household and toiletries, banking and finance, and retail (supermarkets), remains resilient. &#8220;We have even seen major in-market launches from these industries during the height of COVID-19, such as the launch of retail giant Dairy Farm Group&#8217;s unified CRM platform and as well as its yuu Rewards Club, the biggest rewards club in Hong Kong,&#8221; said Chung.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One industry the agency saw growth emerge from unexpectedly was the pet care industry which saw explosive year on year growth in marketing spend of 186% (May 2020 to 2021 versus May 2019 to 2020), according to PHD data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;One would expect that pets are considered a part of the non-essential category, a borderline luxury even, given the living conditions of Hong Kong that are said to remain flat during COVID-19. We hypothesise that this growth could be partially due to an increase in Hongkongers&#8217; disposable income as a result of travel and social distancing regulations,&#8221; Chung explained. As a consequence, consumers are now spending more on pampering their beloved companions at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">PHD Hong Kong&#8217;s formula for growth has been relatively simple: work with ambitious clients who are not content with the pre-pandemic status quo and partner with them to turn their ambition into reality. While PHD has been involved in a similar number of pitches this year compared to pre-pandemic years, what has changed, according to Chung, is the demand for more diverse agency capabilities and integrated solutions. 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PHD&#8217;s Chung explains: &#8220;Advertisers and agencies that don&#8217;t pivot to meet the demands of the new normal will be left to bite the dust.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fuelled by its vision to &#8220;Make the Leap&#8221;, PHD Hong Kong has embraced this change through accelerating many of its capabilities and hiring a new breed of talent with the skill sets to lead change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For the full\u00a0<em>Marketing-Interactive<\/em>\u00a0interview with Clement Chung and other industry executives, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketing-interactive.com\/analysis-where-are-ad-dollars-in-hk-coming-from1\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Hong Kong is the financial hub of Asia; however, in recent years, the once British-owned colony has made global headlines due to the political tensions it now faces with China.\u00a0 In a conversation with\u00a0Marketing-Interactive, PHD Hong Kong CEO Clement Chung explained that many industries are leading the growth charge even against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100036,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[96,97,31,98],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-views","tag-advertising","tag-growth","tag-phd-apac","tag-phd-hong-kong"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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