Data services are powering the online retail boom, helping UK businesses get their share of the ‘Santa Economy’ and ensuring they deliver a seamless shopping experience for customers during Black Friday weekend. In 2016, during Black Friday and Cyber Monday alone, Experian received over 24 million requests for contact information to be validated by their […]
It is estimated that UK retailers will send more than 40 million text messages over the festive period to deliver personalised Black Friday and Christmas deals direct to customers. While consumers have flocked to WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, the text message is positively thriving in the business world. SMS remains a key tool for customer […]
YOOX, which has always been at the forefront of e-fashion, has teamed up with Google to develop an innovative and groundbreaking interactive ADV format, creating for YouTube the world’s most exclusive collection. YOOX is a virtual wardrobe of wonders and treasure, and the intention was to offer customers a selection of the most covetable fashion […]
NinthDecimal, a leading marketing platform powered by location data, announced it has expanded its offline attribution platform, Location Conversion Index (LCI), to measure website effectiveness. As the industry’s first website-to-store attribution offering, the new Website LCI helps marketers further connect their digital assets to offline sales, and provides retailers with a better understanding of the interplay between their […]
Black Friday 2017 is heading toward being the biggest mobile shopping day so far, as increased time spent in-app leads to more dollars spent across the retail spectrum. Total time spent on shopping apps on Android devices is set to grow by over 45 per cent in the US from the two years prior, according […]
Facebook is gearing up to grab automotive advertising budget with dynamic and lead ads for auto brands, both released on November 16. Dynamic ads for auto, like Facebook’s other dynamic ad products for ecommerce and travel, allow advertisers –auto manufacturers and car dealerships, in this case – to retarget auto intenders and create lookalike audiences […]
The Deep & Dark Web facilitates an expansive and dynamic underground economy shaped by the diverse skills and motivations of a wide range of adversaries. The forums and marketplaces where illicit goods and services are exchanged have come to play an influential role in today’s cyber and physical threat landscape by providing access to the […]
At an event in New York, Voysis has announced its new product, Voysis Commerce, and released the findings of a research report that shows voice commerce and search is at a major inflection point for retailers and brands. The launch of Voysis Commerce comes shortly after the company revealed their breakthrough on WaveNet technology that […]
Holiday shoppers spend three hours reading online content before committing to a trip, with a quarter then booking their summer holiday on their smartphone, according to new research by Teads, the inventor of outstream video and the a leading video advertising marketplace in the world. Key findings: The research reveals the impact of video ads in […]
Apple says demand for its new iPhone X, its most advanced version so far, is “off the charts” after consumers rushed to preorder the smartphone on Friday, with first-day deliveries in the US selling out in 38 minutes, according to experts. The iPhone X comes in two models with different amounts of storage and is […]