Malibu Brings the IoT to FMCG as it Turns Bottles into Digital Touchpoints

Malibu Brings the IoT to FMCG as it Turns Bottles into Digital Touchpoints

Malibu is looking to capitalise on consumers’ “contactless payment behaviour” by turning 40,000 of its bottles into media platforms, offering consumers access to exclusive content simply by tapping their smartphone on the bottle. Malibu is using the same technology used for contactless payments to create 40,000 ‘connected’ bottles, allowing users with Android phones and the […]

Chatsuite Launches Industry’s First Chatbot Platform for Agencies

Chatsuite Launches Industry’s First Chatbot Platform for Agencies

  Chatsuite, the market’s most comprehensive Chat Marketing Platform, announced today the launch of the first chatbot platform for agencies, a tailored system unique to large agencies that will allow them to effectively scale chatbot capabilities across a large number of client campaigns. While large agencies are expected to manage digital and social activities for their […]

Bacardi Is Turning Private Web Surfing Into an Online Scavenger Hunt

Bacardi Is Turning Private Web Surfing Into an Online Scavenger Hunt

Most people know Google Chrome‘s incognito mode for removing any trace of their web history—or for avoiding retargeted digital ads that track their whereabouts. But Bacardi found a clever little hack around private web browsing that it’s turning into a campaign targeting millennials. The brand and BBDO New York partnered with electronic music artist Goldroom—also […]

Hollywood VFX Veteran Makes Magic With Augmented Reality

Hollywood VFX Veteran Makes Magic With Augmented Reality

Originally created as an Augmented Reality test project, this magical Tarot Card experience was truly enchanted. Now it’s available for iOS and Android users on Google Play and the App Store for use both as a view-through mobile app and in Google Cardboard or Daydream headsets. Big Blue Ceiling, the Extended Reality think tank created […]

StubHub: Buy And Sell The Hottest Tickets

StubHub: Buy And Sell The Hottest Tickets

StubHub is the premier online marketplace for buyers and sellers to trade tickets for the hottest gigs, concerts and sports events. The eBay-owned brand had a well established presence and multi-channel customer base in the US, but we needed to establish brand awareness in the UK. Fetch works with StubHub on both sides of the […]

R/GA And Interpublic’s New Venture: Seeking The Next Great Marketing Tech Startup

R/GA And Interpublic’s New Venture: Seeking The Next Great Marketing Tech Startup

[Photo: Flickr user Takashi Hososhima] The Marketing Tech Venture Studio is billed as an advanced accelerator targeting startups in messaging, AI, bots, and machine learning. Over the last few years, advertising agency R/GA has taken its leadership and innovative approach to digital technology into the startup world by partnering with companies such as German retailer […]