India’s ride-hailing giant Ola is bringing its business to another overseas market, stepping up its international challenge to Uber. Now, it’s heading to the UK’s capital city, adding to the intense competition Uber already faces in one of the world’s most active ride-hailing cities. Transport for London (TfL) has given Ola the nod to begin operating in […]
Snapchat has teamed up with Lego Wear to offer its members a shopping experience with a difference in the form of a pop-up augmented reality (AR) fashion boutique in London. Shoppers who pop into the Fitzrovia pop-up on February 13 will find the spartan store dressed solely with a Snapcode but by whipping out the Snapchat app […]
Digital marketing agency Kagool, has expanded its office in London, after making 4 new appointments and winning several new clients. Kagool, which also has offices in Cardiff and Manchester has moved to a larger new London office in Holborn. The new premises will enable the company’s growing team of Sitecore specialists in the capital to service […]
Technology and design firm Iconeme is collaborating with participating retailers in London’s Notting Hill to launch a personalised virtual ‘high street takeover’ that delivers promotions and offers to shoppers’ phones. The takeover, which will cover Notting Hill’s busy Ledbury Road and Westbourne Grove, includes retailers like Derek Rose, Melt, Hari’s, Melissa Odabash, Petit Bateau, Toast and Dinny […]
Häagen-Dazs is the first ice-cream brand to move into automated product delivery with its new mobile eCommerce technology ‘Häagen-Dazs NOW’. The service enables ice-cream to be ordered and delivered into the hands of consumers when out-and-about by using an innovative combination of proven mobile technologies. The brand is trialling the service this Friday, 7 September […]
A pop-up shop that accepts only digital currency will open this September in London to kickstart the launch of the capital’s Crypto Week. Both initiatives are the brainchild of the Reality Gaming Group, which has joined forces with Soho Radio and Jägermeister to give London’s consumers the opportunity to find out how to buy and use […]
The first 100% mobile car rental service, Virtuo, is set to shake up the car rental scene as it launches in London on July 18. The Virtuo app was hand selected by the Apple team as App of the Day on July 14, which generated thousands of installs ahead of the launch. Already available in […]
London’s leading arts venues combine to launch the capital’s first centralised refreshment mobile and online ordering service. Revolving around theatres, concert halls and performing arts spaces in central London, MyOrder London, powered by Preoday, helps theatregoers beat interval and pre-performance queues by letting them order and pay for refreshments in advance of their visit. At […]
A fifth of consumers will refuse to share any personal data at all with brands by this time next year, if a trend discovered by CRM (customer relationship marketing) agency Amaze One continues. Still more (32%) are currently reluctant to share more than their name and email address according to the research, making meaningful relationships […]
Leading chilled soup retail brand GLORIOUS! Soups launched its first virtual reality (VR) pop-up, the world’s first wellness shed, by inviting the co-founders of Mindful Chef to try it out. Myles Hopper and Giles Humphries were the first people to test the novel concept of VR mindfulness at the event yesterday. GLORIOUS! created a game especially […]