Brandwatch, the world-leading social intelligence company, has acquired London-based SaaS research platform Qriously to fuse the best of modern market research with its heritage in social intelligence. While legacy social listening players are competing with similar features from the same social media data sources, Brandwatch is differentiating itself by adding Qriously’s real-time survey functionality, enabling […]
AdColony, the mobile performance marketplace, announced that media industry veteran Matt Barash has rejoined AdColony as Head of Strategy and Business Development, along with the promotion of Camila Franklin to VP of Programmatic and Tom Simpson to VP of Brand & Exchange, APAC. These announcements coincide with AdColony combining its programmatic private marketplace and open […]
Sephora and experiential innovation agency Wildbytes unveil the future of retail by taking personalisation to the next level. In a world first for the international beauty chain, it has installed an intelligent digital mirror in its flagship store in Madrid, on the exclusive Calle Serrano. Powered by artificial intelligence, it delivers hyper-personalised experiences and product […]
Chiquita Brands International, the world’s leading banana company, announced a new partnership with Snapchat, the global multimedia messaging app, which will allow consumers to have fun with Chiquita in honour of World Banana Day on April 17th. Through the end of May SnapCodes will appear on 200 million Chiquita Blue Stickers, allowing fans of the […]
Stronger-than-expected internet advertising will drive 4.7% growth in total global adspend in 2019, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on March 25. That’s substantially ahead of the 4.0% forecast made in the previous edition of the report, published in December 2018. Zenith forecasts 4.6% growth in both 2020 and 2021, ahead of previous forecasts […]
Shazam! has partnered with Snapchat to launch the first sponsored, voice-activated Snapchat Lens, meaning anyone can transform themselves into a superhero! Snapchatters simply have scan the Snapcode, say “Ok, Shazam!”, and with a flash of lightening their inner superhero will appear on the screen. The Snapcode is dotted around London on posters and billboards, making it super […]
TI Media has partnered with high-impact mobile advertising platform, Picnic, to create unique digital campaigns for brands using Picnic’s ‘Stories’ format across TI Media’s range of sites. The latest campaign, for PlayStation, sees the brand promote PS4 games including Spyro and Everybody’s Golf using the social media inspired stories format, and is the first of […]
Tencent is looking to launch its mobile payment service WeChat Pay in India this year, in a bid to take on Google Pay and Paytm. The Chinese tech giant has reportedly met with executives from the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) to obtain a licence for the payments app, according to Entrackr. Tencent has already […]
Global experience agency Imagination, announces the opening of a new concept store experience – vivo Lab – in Shenzhen, China for Chinese smartphone brand vivo. The immersive experience, which is the first photography-oriented concept launched by a phone manufacturer, officially opened over the weekend. vivo, one of the world’s largest smartphone brands with over 200 […]
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has acquired Israel augmented reality (AR) company InfinityAR. Financial details about the acquisition were not disclosed but market sources estimate that Alibaba, which already holds a major stake in the startup, paid over $10 million. InfinityAR was founded in 2012 by Moshe Hogeg and since 2014 has been managed by CEO […]