Alphabet Inc on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected advertising sales and higher operating margins, driving shares up in after-hours trading as investors brushed off concerns about higher costs for acquiring mobile customers. The company’s shares were up nearly 3 percent at $1,020 after the bell. They have gained 25 percent this year.Third-quarter revenue for Alphabet, the parent […]
What will adulthood mean in 2020? A new report from J. Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group reveals a new and unique cohort shaping the face of adulthood: The New Adults. The report, ‘The New Adulthood’, looks at the make-up, attitudes and behaviours of this influential new consumer tribe – a group of 30 to 45-year-olds with […]
IAB Australia has launched The Native Playbook and The Programmatic Playbook, both designed to drive best practice, encourage commonality of language and help educate marketers on rapidly evolving digital disciplines. “Native Content has come of age and has proven its value in building strong relationships between brands and publishers’ audiences. It’s the right time for IAB Australia […]
The proliferation of social media, affordable smartphones, and rapidly improving 4G LTE network infrastructure in emerging economies have all directly benefited the mobile advertising market. Large technology giants such as Facebook and Google consider it to be the future of advertising and have invested big bucks to increase the overall visibility of the mobile advertising […]
In a fully integrated campaign targeting the Western European market, Doner London are launching the latest breakthrough technology from Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei. The campaign, shot by Rankin, features seven Tomorrow Entrepreneurs, each using the Mate 10 Pro handset, with built-in AI technology, to accelerate their business. The campaign, the latest in a series of […]
A Mobile Campaign for Johnnie Walker (Diageo Colombia) by Adsmovil and OMD The huge challenge was to find the best way to engage with the Target and deliver a relevant message at the same time. All of this whilst the target was enjoying the Party they were invited to purchase Johnnie Walker Red. For this, […]
Oxford Orders, a city first food and retail ordering network, launches for the residents and businesses of Oxford today. The online and mobile based platform is the first in a series of local marketplace solutions intended to promote regional industry by bringing restaurants and businesses together under a single e-commerce platform. Unlike traditional aggregators that […]
Cost-per-click metric’s decline quickens as more of Google’s advertising revenue derives from smartphone use As mobile-device usage has surged, Alphabet Inc.’s Google has managed to change along with its users, but it is a victim of that success in one important way. The search giant has managed to transition its enormously profitable advertising business […]
More of us are having lunch at our desks than ever before, or eating ‘on the move’ as we go about our hectic lives. Research shows that many of us opt for a pasty or sandwich (Kantar) – often the same one every day, as inspiration deserts us while perusing the supermarket shelf. ‘Meal deals’ […]
The world of email marketing has changed pretty significantly over the past five years. Where desktop clients like Outlook were once a more important delivery medium, readers of email are now in the thrall of mobile clients and webmail services like Gmail. In fact, new research from Return Path found that more than half of emails worldwide […]