Vodafone has said it wants to be seen as an innovator as it continues its pivot towards a customer-centric strategy, with the telecom firm’s Chief Operating Officer and Director of Customer Service Neil Blagden, explaining why AI is helping fuel a shift in perception for the brand. Fresh from following its competitor Three in abolishing roaming […]
Mr Bean, the buffoonish alien sitcom character played by Rowan Atkinson in the 90s, is the face of a new mobile phone game to attract tourists to London. London & Partners, the mayor of London’s promotional agency, has hired Endemol Shine Group and Pointvoucher to design and market “Play London with Mr Bean”, which uses the […]
The Natural History Museum opens its doors to reveal an awe-inspiring blue whale skeleton as the star of its redeveloped central space, Hintze Hall. As part of the project, audiences are invited to discover more about the whale in both its natural and preserved environments via a new digital experience which is part of a […]
Performics, the performance Marketing agency of Publicis Media, has extended its partnership with global data services provider, Acxiom. This extended partnership in the UK will see the incorporation of the onboarding capabilities of LiveRamp, which will harness its omnichannel identity resolution offering. Over the past 18 months, Performics’ partnership with Acxiom has allowed client teams […]
Joules, the premium lifestyle brand that sells clothing, footwear and accessories for women, men and children, as well as an expanding range of homewares, toiletries and eyewear collections, have partnered with Yext, the global digital knowledge management provider, to manage the public facts in public domain about the Joules brand across the digital ecosystem. The Yext Knowledge Engine will […]
Benefit Cosmetics is launching a social media campaign to support the relaunch and revamp of its range of concealers, Boi-ing. The campaign, created by socially-led creative agency We Are Social, taps into the theme of concealment by creating a microsite powered by social technology that will help consumers hide social media posts from the past. […]
Dutch beer brand, Amstel, has joined forces with new mobile experience Snatch, to launch a UK-wide sampling campaign. The augmented reality app will give away 10,000 free pints, redeemable in Mitchell & Butler outlets, to people who successfully ‘snatch’ and hold onto their prize for up to six hours. The virtual treasure hunt app allows […]
5G services from network operators are set to make $269bn (£208bn) by 2025, rising from $851m during the year of 5G’s expected network launch in 2019, resulting in a compound annual growth rate of 161 per cent in the first seven years of 5G. According to Hampshire-based analyst Juniper Research, the vast majority of revenues in […]
The start of the O2’s 10th birthday celebrations saw the arrival of three special cakes – a Ginger Br-Ed Sheeran, a Praline Dion and a JAM-iroquai – as their real-life counterparts embark on a series of special gigs at the venue. O2 commissioned famed food artist Lara Mason to create the life-size confectionary statues of […]
LiveRamp, an Acxiom company and leading provider of omnichannel identity resolution, announced the addition of targeting for people-based search to its platform.The addition complements LiveRamp’s strength in people-based targeting for display, allowing marketers to better coordinate efforts across these channels and deliver more engaging and personally relevant advertising to customers. Consumer intent is inherently expressed in […]