Boys+Girls, Three & Samsung Bring Loved Ones Together this Christmas with First Ever ‘Connected Restaurant’

Boys+Girls, Three & Samsung Bring Loved Ones Together this Christmas with First Ever ‘Connected Restaurant’

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 […]

Isobar launches ‘Augmented Humanity’, their trends report for 2019

Isobar launches ‘Augmented Humanity’, their trends report for 2019

Isobar, a leading global digital agency, released ‘Augmented Humanity: Isobar Trends Report 2019‘, an exploration of five digital trends for 2019. The report explores the extent to which humanity will work in harmony with technology to expand and enrich life in 2019. Written by the innovation and strategy experts across Isobar’s 85 offices in 45 […]

Disney pens digital advertising deal with Google

Disney pens digital advertising deal with Google

Disney has entered into a partnership with Google which will see the media and entertainment giant bring its entire global digital video and display business on to Google Ad Manager. Google will power Disney’s advertising across its collection of brands and properties, including Disney, ABC, ESPN, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. As a result, Disney […]

Bacardi and BBDO New York Turn Instagram into a Drum Machine

Bacardi and BBDO New York Turn Instagram into a Drum Machine

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 and Barclaycard Team for Contactless ‘Clever Cup’

Costa Coffee and Barclaycard Team for Contactless ‘Clever Cup’

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 […]

New study shows mobile is driving 56% of festive online fashion sales

New study shows mobile is driving 56% of festive online fashion sales

Consumers are growing more comfortable buying fashion items on their phones reveals new Black Friday and Cyber Monday data from AI-powered retail personalisation platform, Nosto. And for fashion retailers, Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 was 36% bigger than last year. Nosto’s analysis of millions of visits to fashion sites globally suggests mobile accounted for […]

Evolving holiday shopping habits have created ‘Black November’

Evolving holiday shopping habits have created ‘Black November’

Consumer spending data shows that shoppers are no longer waiting for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The weeks leading up to the big, traditional spending days are seeing increased online traction. Brand Keys, a research consultancy, calls this earlier shopping pattern ‘Black November.’ According to a survey of more than 11,000 US consumers, over 55% […]

Mobile broadband is faster than Wi-Fi in 33 countries, according to Open Signal

Mobile broadband is faster than Wi-Fi in 33 countries, according to Open Signal

Generally, it’s accepted that internet access originating from a Wi-Fi hot spot will be faster than a mobile broadband connection. Many of the most popular smartphones, like iPhones, automatically join the nearest known Wi-Fi network because of this belief. But according to a new study, this assumption isn’t true in many places around the world. […]