56% planning to purchase a device over the Christmas Period, despite 69% confirming their device doesn’t always understand them
There’s going to be a lot of domestic smart tech unwrapped amid the tinsel this Christmas, according to the latest research on the hottest Christmas gifts. Despite 56% of the population already owning a smart device and 56% planning on purchasing a smart device for either themselves or a loved one, many are only using limited […]
By Conor McGrath, Head of UK Clients at post-purchase experts parcelLab
Psst. Want to hear a secret? What if I told you that there’s a way to achieve marketing performance metrics upwards of 80% – and one that doesn’t have anything to do with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented/Virtual Reality, Chatbots, Programmatic or any of the other new tech buzzwords we’ve been promised will revolutionise marketing in […]
Collaboration Brings Connected Market Insights to Category Leaders Across the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Sector
Signals Analytics, the next generation advanced analytics platform that leverages external data to uncover trends and predictive insights, today announced that it has joined the Nielsen Connect Partner Network, the industry’s largest open ecosystem of tech-driven solution providers for retailers and manufacturers in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. Available through Nielsen’s Global Connect Business, this relationship expands the reach […]
By Alex Springer, Director, Sales and Solutions Architects, Impact EMEA
Happy National App Day—that traditional time of year when we pause (briefly, between swipes) to reflect on just how much the world and its purchases have gone mobile. For everything from entertainment to fitness to fertility, we now look to apps to meet our most basic needs. We spend 87% of our mobile time in-app, and when we […]
Advertisers will increase their global ad expenditure by 4.3% in 2020, but the commercial audiences supplied by media owners will shrink by 1.6%, fuelling a 6.1% increase in media prices, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published today. Demand for advertising has grown consistently throughout this decade. To sustain market share, large brands need to maintain […]
New research reveals voice assistants and data from phone calls are set to transform the workplace
Nearly nine in ten (89%) UK workers want to unlock the automation, productivity and compliance benefits of their ‘voice data’ from work calls, with adoption of voice tech in the business world predicted to follow rapid consumer adoption of hands-free assistants, new research from voice data capture platform Dubber has revealed. The use of smart […]
New research reveals 98% believe future improvements are held back by data silos, justifying the cost and in-house skills shortage
Data-driven marketing is vital for today’s marketing teams. But a new report by global marketing communications agency Allison+Partners revealed that while marketers have made progress to becoming more data-driven, nearly all respondents cited numerous barriers preventing them from getting the most out of data. The survey, which included input from 500 marketing directors in the […]
Programmatic adspend to exceed US$100bn for the first time in 2019
While programmatic continues to rise, its adspend growth is slowing due to industry challenges of privacy and supply-chain that must be addressed to resume faster growth Brands need to develop new targeting techniques using first-party data and customer data platforms in response to the ongoing death of the cookieUK-specific: We forecast continued […]
Relying on reviews and going by the photo are often two fall backs to making a decision. Global App Testing have uncovered what it takes to have the most successful app in the app store with speed, visuals and reviews playing a part. There’s an app for that! Apps are at the forefront of our […]
Consumers welcome many types of personalized mobile messages from businesses, and they are 35x more likely to open mobile messages than emails, reports a new global study from Sinch. Despite this, businesses have been slow to provide the type of high-value, real-time messaging that consumers prefer most. The Sinch Mobile Consumer Engagement 2020 report uncovers […]
