stimulus policies worth Baht 464 billion to support domestic spending, the property market and grassroots economy. Meanwhile, tourist arrivals rose by 4.2 percent, softening from 7.3 percent in 2018. A

billion) of income, an 11.7 percent increase from 2016. The main driver of tourism income was spending by Chinese tourists. Meanwhile, global financial markets experienced occasional volatility amid

, the confidence in consumer has remained low level, the joint mourning for the passing of the King has effected to the domestic economy activity, these affected the purchasing force and spending less. (2

consumer consumption, Public Sector investments spending, and the various effective advertising and marketing promotions campaigns undertaken as appropriate by the Company. As such, all are key factors to

.) Export sector was impacted from country lock down of the partner countries due to the discontinuance of production chain 3) Government spending and investment shrinkage due to the delay of government

have also led to a widespread slowdown in economic activities especially in the service sector. Private consumption contracted compared to the same period last year across all spending categories, in

%, respectively, whereas, print media continues its multi-year decline, down 25.0%. The advertising spending in TV improved by 3.0% in 20182. Such positive trends in OOH and online have been fueled by lifestyle

business. Similarly, private investment sector was slowdown regarding to the concern about uncertain government spending except in the electronics group that moved production base from abroad and the

lower-than-expected net profit performance was negatively impacted by an expected event in Malaysia, where advertisers cut back their spending due to the country’s sluggish economy during the first half

Vietnam. Overall SSSG in hardline segment decreased, primarily due to declines in overall customer spending in Thailand, particularly product in categories like home entertainment, where Power Buy is