Mindshare launched its 5th annual Mindshare Trends Report, which identifies the most pertinent trends for brands in 2019 across tech, culture and media. The report also uncovered the overarching theme of a public searching for control and information, against a backdrop of economic and political uncertainty in the UK market. The report draws on extensive consumer research, […]
Creative agency Boys+Girls announced its collaboration with Three and Samsung Ireland to launch the world’s first ‘Connected Restaurant’ – the first ever restaurant that is split between two cities, with one half in Dublin and the other in Sydney. This unique pop up will bring families split between Ireland and Australia together for Christmas, despite […]
Bacardí has recently become synonymous with hacking social media to create fun and engaging content. For example, you may recall Bacardí’s use of Instagram Stories to launch ‘Instant DJ’ (which was recognised at The 19th FAB Awards), developing a Snapchat lens to create a music video in Snapchat, and utilising Instagram polls in ‘Live Moves’. […]
Costa Coffee has partnered with Barclaycard to launch the UK’s first reusable coffee cup equipped with contactless payment technology. The ‘Clever Cup’, which will be available in Costa Coffee stores from this November onwards, is part of a wider relaunch of Costa’s reusable range that aims to encourage customers to avoid single-use takeaway cups. Powered […]
Neuroscience technology company NeuroTrend has announced its Asian expansion by way of Singapore through a collaboration with Tribal Worldwide. Both companies will jointly launch the Neuromarketing Consumer Insights Lab in Singapore with offerings extended across Asia, providing clients with scientific neuromarketing research. This is part of a new suite of tools for Total Experience (TX), […]
When buying a new car the sound system isn’t always top of mind. To change that Swedish creative agency Stendahls, set up a test drive out of the ordinary, and took 4,500 drivers on a sound adventure through one of the world’s most vibrant cities – Madrid. The co-branded test-drive activity by Volvo Cars and […]
Independent global creative agency Imagination announces Lume; in collaboration with The Lee Lab at the University of Cambridge. Lume is an innovative virtual reality (VR) platform for analysts to better visualise, discover, explore and share their data. Lume leverages the power of immersion and data analytics to make highly complex data intuitive to understand, […]
Tencent is set to launch wearable video-recording sunglasses, called Weishi smartglasses, as the company seeks to compete in China’s booming short video market. The glasses feature camera lens in the frames which enable the wearer to film video. The glasses will go on sale on 11 November, coinciding with Tencent’s rival Alibaba’s annual 11.11 shopping […]
Royole, a little-known US handset maker, has unveiled the world’s “first commercial foldable smartphone” at an event in Beijing. The FlexPai features a fully flexible 7.8-inch fully flexible display that can be arranged as two split screens, plus a third ‘edge screen’ or one larger one. It can be used folded or unfolded, which the […]
UK brands are adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) as they race to make sense of customer data and deliver more relevant, personalised experiences, while staying on the right side of GDPR. Adobe research, to be published in a report entitled Context is Everything, reveals an overwhelming majority (91%) of UK businesses view personalisation as a priority, […]