In the run-up to Christmas 2016, average mobile traffic has seen an increase of 26 per cent compared to 2015 year-on-year. Since Black Friday, 68 per cent of all online retail traffic has come through mobile and tablets. According to research from Salmon, this mirrors Black Friday – where for the first time mobile overtook […]
For the app economy, 2016 was a great year with $52 billion is gross consumer spending on mobile app stores. Close to $77 billion was spent in mobile in-app advertising this year, shows data from data firm App Annie. The firm believes that 2017 will be ‘another banner year for the app ecosystem’. Talking about […]
American Eagle Outfitters has used Snapchat Spectacles in Hong Kong, despite the product not having launched there, as part of a video-led campaign. The #WeAllCan campaign, by TBWA in Hong Kong, is primarily an influencer campaign that used the new technology to film first person point of view shots to give a more authentic look […]
Retail performance mobile marketing expert Fidzup recently announced it raised $3.7 million in a new funding round with venture capitalists Cap Horn, Turenne Capital and existing investors. The Paris-based company brings mobile programmatic advertising to physical stores. “All of the big players in the app-tech industry have built their platforms to optimize and measure how […]
Sainsbury’s has extended its festive campaign, with the supermarket claiming to have launched the first ever UK karaoke Snapchat Lens. The grocer unveiled the interactive element of its ‘The Greatest Gift’ animation, which landed last month and tells the story of a hard-working Dad, Dave, voiced by James Corden. The song featured in the ad […]
Google is attempting to win over Black Friday shoppers with a new search function that will allow them to see how busy shops and other popular destinations are in real-time. When users search for a shop on Black Friday, Google will deliver a status update, such as “a little busy”, and information about how long […]
Thanksgiving Day brought in a record $449m (£361m) in revenue from mobile devices between midnight and 5pm ET, an increase of 58.6 per cent over 2015. Smartphones accounted for $322m of that figure, while tablets banked $127m. The report from Adobe, based on aggregated and anonymous data from 21bn visits to retail websites in the […]
Rather than use its mobile app to sell football boots to as many people as possible, Adidas is only letting those with a special code make purchases, much like the early Uber model where growth comes from consumer referrals. Going beyond the idea of “influencers” being a single and distinct group of people sits at […]
The IAB has released the results of a study on digital commerce in the US and China, which found Chinese consumers engage in more shopping behaviours on smartphones and tablets than US consumers. According to the research, both the US and China have achieved “near-full adoption of digital commerce,” with 89% of Chinese consumers over […]
TGI Fridays and Byron will soon be accepting the Qkr! with Masterpass app throughout its restaurants, letting UK customers pay from their smartphone using the app- speeding up the bill paying process. Group Individual Restaurants has also signed a deal with Mastercard to implement Qkr across their UK sites early in 2017, which will soon […]