No matter how its business strategies perform, however, Line’s stickers are an example of how tech companies can influence and reinforce cultural trends, as characters created to sell a product ...

Line's cute sticker characters have branched out into other opportunities for the company. This year, we saw Korean cosmetics brand Missha come out with a line of makeup featuring Line's trademark ...

SINGAPORE — If you're a Line user in Asia, chances are you've seen Meow the Tabby Cat, one of the Japanese messenger's most downloaded sticker characters in the region. Meow's creator ...

Rather it has created its own set of cutesy cartoon characters to star on stickers and also in the games and apps that live on the Line platform. These characters effectively act as recognisably ...

More than a mobile chat app, Line is blossoming into a platform and that’s reflected by the fact that many of its sticker characters crop up in its social games and linked apps (such as Line ...

LINE Corp, the company behind Japan’s most popular messaging ... “in order to stimulate corporate tie-ups and other merchandising deals featuring sticker characters.” The platform also offers ...

And the characters are valuable as more than just Line stickers. As an example, he pointed out Kumamon, a rosy-cheeked black bear designated the official mascot of the Kumamoto prefecture in Japan ...

You might have seen these cute little characters in your free sticker options in messaging apps like LINE or Facebook, but didn’t know they were related to global K-pop icons BTS. Well ...

There are 28 sticker characters by Thai creators that have had success in overseas markets. Line Thailand aims to build a more expansive ecosystem of Line creators compared with Japan and Taiwan ...

As you can see above, there are plenty of fan favorite characters in this new sticker pack. Fans of Fate/Grand Order can say “good morning” or “thank you!” via SNS through these LINE stickers.