Research

The State of AI in Marketing 2026 is a joint report by MMA and Decision Lab, surveying 143 marketing professionals across five Southeast Asian markets in early 2026. It finds that while 57% of organisations have reached advanced AI adoption, the real gap now lies in scaled integration, talent capability, and risk governance rather than access to tools. The report closes with practical implications to help marketers move from experimentation to disciplined, organisation-wide AI integration.

A practical guide packed with jury tips, submission strategy, winner inspiration and global credentials - built to help you enter, compete and win.

Path to Gold: The SMARTIES India 2026 Entry Playbook is packed with jury tips, submission strategy, winner inspiration and global credentials - built to help you enter, compete and win.

Peak Season Playbook is a strategic retail media guide designed for Türkiye's unique calendar of overlapping demand moments, including Valentine's Day, Ramadan, Mother's Day, Back to School, and Legendary November. Each peak season is driven by different consumer motivations, purchase journeys, and measurement realities. Treating them all the same leads to inefficient spending and missed growth opportunities.

Data, Insights, Outlook 2026 is a quarterly thematic series edition from Marketing + Media Alliance Indonesia that captures the signals shaping marketing & advertising across the year. Each edition draws from Member Insights contributed by MMA Indonesia members and turns those perspectives into a curated view of the forces influencing business, brands, consumers and growth - as highlights.

Peak Season Playbook is a strategic retail media guide built for Türkiye's overlapping peak periods: Valentine's Day, Ramadan, Mother's Day, Back-to-City, and Legendary November. Each period carries distinct consumer behavior, a distinct funnel, and a distinct measurement reality. A one-size-fits-all approach burns budget fast.

The game has changed. So has discovery.

Fans aren't just watching IPL 2026, they're asking AI about it. In Partnership with OptimizeGEO, MMA India presents the IPL 2026 AI Brand Visibility Tracker: the first-of-its-kind study decoding how India's top brands show up across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overview — tracked daily, from March 28 through the end of the season.

What You Get

MMA AI Adoption Study 25 | South Africa, conducted by MMA Academy and Kantar Insight, provides a focused view of how organizations in South Africa are adopting AI across Marketing and Customer Experience (CX).

MMA AI Adoption Study 25 | MENA, conducted by MMA Academy and Kantar Insight, provides a focused view of how organizations in MENA are adopting AI across Marketing and Customer Experience (CX).