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Business / 1 day ago
Indonesia’s bottled water brands face a moment of truth in 2025: Exclusive World Visualized Brand Report
Based on a nationwide consumer survey conducted between September and October 2025, the latest Impactum Insights Brand Image findings reveal an Indonesian drinking water market shaped by two dominant players, a crowded middle, and a long tail struggling with visibility. Based on a nationwide consumer survey conducted between September and October 2025, the latest Impactum Insights Brand Image findings reveal an Indonesian drinking water market shaped by two dominant players, a crowded middle, and a long tail struggling with visibility. On environmental responsibility, Aqua stands apart from the field with 50.3%. The gap to second place is not marginal but structural. Le Minerale follows at 35.4%, leaving a 14.9-point distance that no other attribute in the study replicates.
Business / 2 days ago
The numbers behind Indonesia’s snack choices in 2025: Exclusive World Visualized Brand Report
The latest Impactum Insights Brand Image Report reveals that Indonesian consumers rely heavily on taste, familiarity, and healthy qualities when deciding what snacks to buy, with little appetite for overthinking the choice. The latest Impactum Insights Brand Image Report shows that Indonesian consumers rely heavily on taste, familiarity, and healthy qualities when deciding what snacks to buy, with no room for overthinking the choice. According to the report titled "Savoury Snacks Leaders in Indonesia", 56% of consumers cite taste as the single most important factor when choosing a savoury snack, far ahead of any other attribute.
Business / 3 days ago
These are the currencies stronger than the U.S. dollar in 2026
Despite the U.S. dollar’s role as the world’s dominant reserve currency, several national currencies are trading at higher values per unit than the dollar. Despite the U.S. dollar’s role as the world’s dominant reserve currency, several national currencies are trading at higher values per unit than the dollar. According to published exchange rates verified by EBC Financial Group and recent global financial data, the following currencies have a higher unit value than the U.S. dollar as of early 2026:
Business / 3 days ago
All you need to know about Indonesia's banking brand hierarchy in 2025: Exclusive World Visualized Brand Report
The central takeaway from the 2025 Banking Consumer Survey in Indonesia, conducted by Impactum Insights, is that consumer perceptions of banks remain strikingly stable, concentrated, and uneven. The central takeaway from the 2025 Banking Consumer Survey in Indonesia, conducted by Impactum Insights, is that consumer perceptions of banks remain strikingly stable, concentrated, and uneven. One institution continues to define the benchmark. The rest of the market is divided into a solid but crowded second tier and a fragmented middle struggling to convert capability into equity.
Business / 4 days ago
The top 10 richest people on the planet right now
Extreme wealth at the very top continues to surge, and January 2026 confirms what the past few years have made clear: technology remains the dominant engine of global fortunes. Extreme wealth at the very top continues to surge, and January 2026 confirms what the past few years have made clear: technology remains the dominant engine of global fortunes. According to estimates from Forbes and Bloomberg, the world’s richest individuals now control unprecedented levels of capital, driven by AI, cloud computing, electric vehicles, and digital platforms that shape everyday life.
Business / 1 week ago
G20 Growth Outlook for 2026: Emerging economies set to outpace the West, IMF forecast shows
The global economic recovery is set to remain uneven in 2026, with emerging economies driving growth while much of the developed world continues to slow. The global economic recovery is set to remain uneven in 2026, with emerging economies driving growth while much of the developed world continues to slow. That is the central message from the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook, which projects wide disparities in GDP growth across G20 economies this year.
Business / 1 week ago
Who leads the world in butter exports?
The global butter trade may not grab headlines every day, but it’s a big business that grossed US$10.3 billion in 2024, up from US$6.4 billion in 2020. The global butter trade may not grab headlines every day, but it’s a big business that grossed US$10.3 billion in 2024, up from US$6.4 billion in 2020. Export data shows that a small group of countries dominate the world market, with Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand taking the top spots.
Business / 1 week ago
What the EU-Mercosur trade agreement is all about
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement is a wide-ranging pact between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The EU-Mercosur trade agreement is a wide-ranging pact between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. In practical terms, it is designed to lower barriers to trade and investment, set common rules for doing business, and create a more predictable framework for political and economic cooperation between the two regions.
