Acxiom, in collaboration with Adobe, announced the launch of Connected Spaces, a global solution aimed at delivering more relevant omnichannel experiences to customers. Connected Spaces is designed to revolutionise customer experience and business returns for retail, travel and leisure locations such as airports, malls, sports stadiums, concert arenas and resorts. A pioneering example is Heathrow […]
Google has launched its Trusted Contacts location-sharing app for iOS devices, seven moths after the feature first arrived on Android. With Trusted Contacts installed, users can designate any of their contacts as “trusted,” which means those individuals will be able to see their activity status (e.g. ‘Active Recently’) and request a specific location. The activity status allows friends and family to […]
Live streaming has become the hottest new marketing trend among advertisers, used as a strategy to encourage real-time engagement with consumers. In the latest infographic from direct response agency Koeppel Direct, the statistics reveal how people are now viewing content and why there’s been such a significant shift to live streaming among industries. The infographic, […]
Swrve, a leader in mobile marketing engagement, announced its new Premium Analytics offering on to the existing Swrve Mobile Engagement Platform. Swrve’s Premium Analytics offers organizations unparalleled insights, reporting, and analytics capabilities in relation to customers’ mobile usage. The platform hosts all of a company’s mobile data, giving enterprise data scientists capabilities for data-mining, reports, and […]
In the mode for tacos? Lyft and @tacobell are bringing you the first-ever ride-thru experience with Taco Mode. https://t.co/gD2fWtUWsY pic.twitter.com/gWGWOOUArQ — Lyft (@lyft) July 25, 2017 Ride-hailing company Lyft is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Taco Bell providing passengers with a unique ride-thru experience. The partnership brings to life a first-of-its-kind offering — […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) announced the evolution of its RADAR suite of Out-of-Home (OOH) advanced advertising platform with the addition of Cuebiq’s location intelligence and attribution solutions, which leverage the largest source of accurate location data in the US The new agreement enables CCO RADAR to tap into Cuebiq’s location insights and footfall attribution analysis, based on […]
Advertising is the lifeblood of the internet. Google parent company Alphabet makes more money from digital ads than any company on the planet — it’s expected to make $73.8 billion dollars in net digital ad sales in 2017 after subtracting for traffic acquisition costs, according to internet research firm eMarketer. Google represents 33 percent of the […]
Messaging service Line will total 50.2 million individuals in Japan this year, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast, increasing 10.3% from 2016. By the end of 2021, that user figure will reach 58.5 million. The homegrown service is the largest chat app in Japan, with 92.8% of the country’s mobile phone messaging app users regularly accessing […]
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) announced the appointment of Sanjay Gupta, Executive Vice President of Marketing, Innovation and Corporate Relations at Allstate Insurance Company, as the new Chairman of its Global Board of Directors at the opening of the seventh annual MMA CEO & CMO Summit in Napa, California. Gupta, a strategic and operational marketing leader, […]
Festival season is officially in full swing. From Glastonbury to Wireless and from Love Box to T in the Park, the UK plays host to some of the greatest musical spectacles in the world over the summer months. However, contrary to popular belief, festivals do not only provide an opportunity for revellers to dust off […]