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 […]
Eighty-five per cent of senior executives plan to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) by 2020, according to a new survey of UK digital leaders by Deloitte. The findings come from the first edition of a new regular report from Deloitte, the Digital Disruption Index. The index will track investment in […]
Two thirds of the world’s digital display advertising (67%) will be traded programmatically by 2019, up from 59% in 2017, according to Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts, published on November 20. The value of advertising sold programmatically will rise from US$57.5bn in 2017 to US$84.9bn in 2019, growing at an average rate of 21% a year. […]
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 […]
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 […]
New research from Teads reveals that CMOs at large brands in the UK have made drastic changes to their digital marketing in the last 12 months in response to growing concerns around brand safety, transparency and fraud – with 44% reviewing relationships with suppliers and 43% reviewing agencies. Less than a year since Marc Pritchard’s […]
Traditional TV and mobile screen viewing are set to reach parity by 2020, with 50 per cent of all TV and video viewing taking place on either smartphone, tablet, or laptop. According to Swedish networking and telecoms company Ericsson, the amount of video consumed on mobile devices would have increased 85 per cent since 2010. […]
Mindshare UK previewed their Trends for 2018 – identifying the top five trends for marketers to watch for over the next 12 months, during their Huddle in London on November 9. A comprehensive report will then follow on December 5th exploring the trends in detail, their role in consumers’ lives, and their implications for the world of media […]
As retailers add voice-activated ordering technology, data shows that shoppers are increasingly bringing voice-enabled devices into their homes. 27 million of the devices—either an Alexa-enabled Amazon Echo, Dot or Tap device, or a Google Home voice-activated device—are in U.S. consumers’ homes as of Sept. 30, up 25.9% from 20 million devices at the end of June, according to just-released […]
Most people (55%) are more comfortable sharing their mobile device’s location with an app, compared to two years ago, according to new research from Verve. 73% of consumers say they now allow apps to access their mobile’s location, and one in ten (11%) say they always allow apps to do so. But advertisers and publishers […]