ANA: Content marketing budgets jumped before pandemic

Linda J. Dodson

Dive Brief: Marketers boosted their spending on content marketing in 2019 by an average of 73% over two years, per a survey by the Association of National Advertisers and The Content Council, before the coronavirus pandemic restrained ad spending. They forecast that spending on content marketing would grow by 42% […]

Sony to develop avatar robot with ANA startup

Linda J. Dodson

TOKYO — Sony looks to enhance next-generation robots from avatarin, a startup launched by Japanese carrier ANA Holdings, as interest grows in remote-control machines that can take the place of humans amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo-based avatarin lets users feel like they are somewhere else by seeing through the eyes of a robot […]

ANA will delay reception of aircraft to cut costs: president

Linda J. Dodson

TOKYO — All Nippon Airways will delay the delivery of aircraft as Japan’s largest airline makes moves to soften the financial blow from the coronavirus, President and CEO Shinya Katanozaka said in an interview with Nikkei. The global outbreak has closed international borders and has essentially grounded the airline industry as whole. To […]