A new report published by Brightpearl, a provider of retail management systems that helps high-growth retailers streamline back-office operations, finds an enormous gap between omnichannel importance and adoption and its effective execution. The findings, taken from a report entitled ‘The State of Omnichannel’, a survey of 352 retail leaders in the United States, shows that […]
Criteo has unveiled the findings from two third-party studies it commissioned, as part of the company’s new initiatives to create an open commerce marketing platform. The studies examined the value of data and the strength of shared pools of knowledge within the industry, and is a timely reminder for Australian brands that they need to […]
Ogury, the mobile data platform, released its Mobile Banking Study 2017 – an analysis of over 1,265,000 mobile users active during July – September 2017 in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The study reveals that UK fintechs are increasing their market share amongst mobile banking users, with 8.8% having downloaded at least […]
More than 58% of video plays globally – a record – occurred on mobile devices in the third quarter of 2017, per the Q3 2017 Global Video Index released by Ooyala, a leading provider of software and services that simplify the complexity of producing, streaming and monetising video. This represents the sixth consecutive quarter in which […]
Southeast Asia’s Internet economy is set to hit $50bn in 2017, outpacing earlier growth expectations by 35% and well on track to realising a $200bn internet economy by 2025, according to a report released by Google and Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government’s investment vehicle, called the ‘e-Conomy Southeast Asia Spotlight 2017’. The report found that […]
By the end of 2017, advertisers are expected to spend an estimated £3.39bn on programmatic trading, up 23.5% from the previous 12 months, eMarketer estimates. “Despite recent negative press, the UK remains a market leader in programmatic, and strong growth will continue over the next few years,” the report states. Mobile is – and continues […]
In a recent commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of AppsFlyer this November, marketers were surveyed about their top challenges and goals for mobile marketing in the upcoming year. In this survey, Forrester polled 250 marketers whose companies spend at least $1 million a month on digital advertising. The survey also dove deep into the issue of […]
The use of emojis has added a lot to text communication. We all know that when you receive a disco dancing emoji followed by three wine glasses in response to the question of whether your friend is still on for a few after work drinks, that the night could be about to spiral out of […]
Google has surpassed Facebook as the primary source of referral traffic for web publishers in a reversal of fortunes for the tech titans since the beginning of the year. Data provided by digital analytics specialists Parse.ly highlights the diverging fortunes of both tech giants with Facebook’s share of external traffic referral slumping from 40 to […]
Every £1 spent on online display ads delivers an average of £1.94 in sales in UK supermarkets, according to a year-long research project involving Unilever, Nestlé, i2c, Nielsen, Nectar, and IAB UK. The project tested ads of nine brands – Nescafé, Häagen Dazs, Persil, PG Tips, Magnum, Surf, Maille, Tropicana and Aquafresh – across the […]