With only a few weeks to go until Mad Friday (21st December), the busiest night of the year for festive celebrations, Barclaycard’s new ‘Food for Thought’ study reveals that a restaurant’s social media presence is now more important than ever for drawing in diners at Christmas. The company, which processes nearly half of the nation’s credit and […]
Research released today by Oath has revealed that native ads drive increased brand affinity amongst UK consumers, with 26% more likely to recommend brands they’ve seen on native ads and 15% more likely to consider purchase from these brands when compared to traditional display. The research aimed to gain insight into the value of native […]
Customer engagement company Urban Airship and Vue Entertainment, part of Vue International, one of the world’s largest cinema operators, unveiled the U.K.’s first Google Pay movie tickets. Now Vue movie-goers at over 30 of its paperless sites — not just its app users — can add film tickets to Google Pay and skip the box office to head […]
Mobile Posse, the technology innovator that turns telecom companies into mobile media leaders, announced that United Press International (UPI) has leveraged Firstly Mobile, Mobile Posse’s next-gen content discovery platform distributed through wireless carriers and smartphone OEMs, to drive higher mobile user engagement. UPI, a leading provider of news and photos to millions of readers around […]
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, […]
Leading fashion streetwear and sportswear retailer, Footasylum, has seen a 28 percent increase in email revenue from hyper-personalised marketing communications as a result of working with artificial intelligence (AI) company, Peak. Footasylum, which trades from over 65 high street stores across the UK and stocks leading brands, including Nike and Adidas, has been working with […]
Firefly officially launched out of beta on December 6, with a new approach to spur business and revenue by connecting brands, rideshare drivers, and local city governments. The company, which operates a first of its kind network of “situationally aware” digital smart screens mounted to existing rideshare vehicles, is already proving to be a […]
India now has a true competitor to the likes of Spotify and Apple Music following the merger of Reliance Jio’s music service with Saavn. Earlier in 2018, Reliance Industries acquired over-the-top platform Saavn. At the time, it was announced that JioMusic would eventually be integrated with Saavn to form a combined platform worth $1bn – […]
Programmatic adoption is poised to grow to 52% in the next 24 months, according to research by Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and GroupM. The report titled ‘Mobile Ecosystem and ad-Sizing Report’ 2018 further highlights that the propensity for programmatic guaranteed is increasing in India and the penetration is set to grow from 6% to 17% […]
As part of Xbox’s recently-launched ‘Jump in’ campaign, 215McCann developed social shopping carousels to mimic shopping ads. These ‘ads’ contain a series of sneakers, fashion and consumer electronics but are actually fictional in-game items for some of this year’s most popular games available on Xbox. For example, a collection of shoes targeted to ‘sneaker heads’ […]