Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex tissues and GoodNites disposable underwear, has launched a text-based mobile campaign to promote its Huggies nappy/diaper brand in Meijer stores. The campaign, powered by digital marketing solutions provider HelloWorld, offers consumers a chance to win instant prizes – which includes a trip to Orlando, Florida – through the ‘Magical Vacation […]
Contactless retail payments made via cards, mobile and wearables are set to reach $1.3 trillion (£1.01 trillion) in value globally by 2019 – more than double the estimated $590bn estimated for this year. According to research from Hampshire-based analyst Juniper Research, cards will continue to contribute the most to total contactless transactions – accounting for […]
Criteo has released its UK FMCG Deep Dive – Taking Stock of the Future of Grocery report, exploring the latest e-Retail themes and trends in the UK FMCG marketplace, including the impact of mobile on grocery shopping, and identifies the most searched terms used by shoppers and which products shoppers inevitably buy. A few of […]
Curalate has launched in the UK, with Farfetch and Lipsy among more than 50 European brands already working with the US-based digital marketing technology company. Its ‘discovery-driven commerce’ platform enables retailers to leverage visual content from a variety of sources and make it fully shoppable for consumers. Curalate’s technology tags each image and video with […]
Coca-Cola has launched a ‘Minority Report’-style in-store display system shows personalised messages to approaching shoppers based on data on their smartphones. The system is powered by Google Cloud technologies and works on any HDMI-ready display that serve as grocery store aisle “end caps”, restaurant menu boards and even interactive cinema posters. The system can be […]
Switzerland’s largest retail company Migros looks to usher in the revolutionary future of shopping with the new augmented reality (AR) function of their app called ‘Discover’. It uses the smartphone camera to identity unique features on the product packaging and match them with the product database. As soon as a product has been “discovered”, the product name appears on […]
Mobile ordering systems must be built around a venue’s existing operations and enhance their processes. If this fundamental concept is ignored, the fantastic benefits to owners’ profitability and their customers’ journeys will be lost. Quick-service venues around the UK are right to be considering the value mobile ordering could bring to them. They can see […]
Unilever plans to shift more of its marketing budget to digital display advertising after a successful trial involving five of its brands delivered an average ROI of £1.47 for every £1 spent. The data was calculated by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), which was one of the partner organisations that took part in Unilever’s ongoing […]
Beginning March 23, Facebook is rolling out a new mobile shopping ad format globally, along with a new metric to measure the number of outbound clicks each ad receives. Known as Collection, the format consists of a photo or video set above four clickable product images. The images can be arranged automatically based on Facebook […]
MillerCoors and the IPG Media Lab, announced the launch of Miller Lite On-Demand, a revolutionary suite of connected home services that modernize the beer shopping experience. The newly launched services include a voice-activated Amazon Alexa skill and a custom AWS IoT Button. Both will restock your fridge with Miller Lite within the hour. These capabilities […]