The badly kept secret of how Pakistan’s $2 billion media industry keeps losing money
If AdEx is declining, how are media agencies making money? Here’s what the last three RECMA reports suggest about media agency growth. Also, an inside track on what a leading pay television network is doing to capture a larger slice of the dwindling AdEx pie.
Bangladeshi export leftovers are wreaking havoc on Pakistan’s fashion retail industry
Social media marketing means that the local industry is being given a run for its money, by both smuggled and legally imported clothes.
Freight prices and overloaded ships – the confusing world of supply-chain
A series of bad calls and a shortage of almost everything means shipping costs are finally catching up with economics
Jahan Maamta, wahan Dalda…and CCP too
Why did the IHC decide that the regulator had overstepped in investigating Dalda?
Please stop talking about unprecedented times – this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twitterverse
We are sick of hearing how these are unprecedented times. And no, this should not be the new normal because it is...
Debt restructuring and IPOs – the case of Supernet
The subsidiary company of Telecard has had its IPO delayed due to its balance sheets.
National Foods’ excellent 2021
The famous spice company is determined to win the condiments and pickles department too
The not so humble stockbroker, and why you need them
The PSX might not exactly be Wall Street, but the stockbroker is still an important character
PCB faces serious financial losses after cancelled tours
Years in the making, the PCB had done everything to prepare until the unthinkable happened
Shaukat Tarin and the FBR are shepherding Pakistan towards the digital payments promised land
It has been a long, arduous road getting here. Now it is time for the government to help consolidate the fintech revolution
Profit merchandise and memes – this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twittervers
We at Profit this week are trying to figure out if “the stock market is not an indicator of the economy” merchandise...
BankIslami’s North Korean entanglement featuring Seth Rogen and the English Premier League
Yes, you read that right, and you’re going to want to keep reading on
Why are advertisers in Pakistan ignoring the 2023 Cricket World Cup?
A cocktail of bad ratings and poor athletic performance is a recipe for disaster, coupled with distribution confusion and a consortium that appears to disregard Kantar-MediaLogic data
Oversubscription at Octopus tells a tale of too much regulation
To avoid ridiculous levels of oversubscription, the free market must be allowed to do its job
Cement companies join heads as coal prices threaten recent success
The conference made it clear that while things have been good, the future might be a tougher road to tread