Snapchat revealed two new features and one new eCommerce initiative on November 14. The messaging application debuted Friendship Profiles, which contain all of the content—images, videos, messages, links, etc.—that users have saved in chats with friends or groups of friends in one place. If a user opts to share his or her location, that user’s […]
Facebook has quietly released an app aimed at competing with TikTok, the 15-second video app that merged with Musical.ly earlier in 2018, as it looks to bring teenagers back into its user base. Word that Facebook was developing the app surfaced last month when TechCrunch reported that Facebook was building a standalone video product for users to record […]
Poltrona Frau revamps its WeChat account on the occasion of Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai. The design brand, active on the most important Chinese digital platform, maximizes the integration between on and offline channels thanks to Digital Retex. Leading high-end furniture manufacturer Poltrona Frau continues its investment strategy in China and becomes increasingly digital. In conjunction […]
Weibo usage will grow to 340.1 million people in China this year, accounting for 24.6% of China’s population, according to eMarketer. The social networking app, which is referred to as China’s Twitter, will grow by more than 17% in 2018. This growth will continue over the next couple of years with Weibo users expected to […]
While an entire industry has been built around the ‘digital detox’ and social media’s been labelled as a new type of addiction, China’s netizens feel that social media actually offers a relief from daily life. Some 57% of Chinese users feel social media helps them “relieve from pressure in real life”, up 12% points from last year according […]
Tonino Lamborghini, the luxury brand belonging to the Lamborghini family, has signed an agreement with Digital Retex, trusted partner of WeChat in Europe, for the implementation of a strategy that brings to China the spirit of its “lifestyle experience brand”. The strategic objective of Tonino Lamborghini’s agreement with Digital Retex is to systematically oversee the […]
The Napa Valley Film Festival, taking place November 7-11, is an annual celebration of food, film, and wine, lighting up the towns of Napa, Yountville, Calistoga and St. Helena at the most colourful time of the year. Independent global creative agency Crowd was tasked to create digital marketing campaigns that would help streamline a more user-friendly purchase process. Crowd designed a bespoke landing […]
Pinterest announced that retail executive Andréa Mallard has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. She joins Pinterest from Gap’s Athleta, and oversees the global marketing and creative teams. Mallard is responsible for telling the Pinterest story to Pinners and Partners all over the world, as a growing audience comes to Pinterest to find inspiration […]
The iOS version of Shazam, the music identification app acquired by Apple in December 2017 for $400m, has been updated to version 12.3, and now integrates with Facebook-owned Instagram, enabling users to share songs they discover on Instagram Stories. The update is the second major update to the app since Apple completed its acquisition of Shazam, […]
About a year ago, alcohol brands said they were reluctant to spend money on Snapchat because they could not verify ads were only being served to people of legal drinking age. The issue came to a head in January, when Diageo pulled all spend from Snapchat when its ads were being seen by kids and […]