New research by Acxiom finds automotive organisations are ‘customer data dazzled’

New research by Acxiom finds automotive organisations are ‘customer data dazzled’

Against a backdrop of the worst period since the financial crisis for new car sales, new research has revealed the UK’s automotive companies could also be limited in their ability to understand and engage their customers due to data challenges. The new findings, from marketing data and services experts Acxiom, discovered that over a third of automotive […]

Footasylum teams with Peak to put AI at the heart of its eCommerce business

Footasylum teams with Peak to put AI at the heart of its eCommerce business

Leading fashion streetwear and sportswear retailer, Footasylum, has seen a 28 percent increase in email revenue from hyper-personalised marketing communications as a result of working with artificial intelligence (AI) company, Peak. Footasylum, which trades from over 65 high street stores across the UK and stocks leading brands, including Nike and Adidas, has been working with […]

WPP forms new creative, data and technology agency Wunderman Thompson

WPP forms new creative, data and technology agency Wunderman Thompson

WPP announced that Wunderman and J. Walter Thompson will unite to form Wunderman Thompson, a creative, data and technology agency built to inspire growth for its clients. The new organisation will be distinctively positioned as a provider of end-to-end solutions – through creative, data, commerce, consulting and technology services – at a global scale. Wunderman […]

65% of digital media to be programmatic in 2019, according to Zenith’s ad spend report

65% of digital media to be programmatic in 2019, according to Zenith’s ad spend report

65% of all money spent on advertising in digital media in 2019 will be traded programmatically, according to Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts, published on November 19. Advertisers will spend US$84bn programmatically next year, up from US$70bn this year, which represents 62% of digital media expenditure. Zenith predict that in 2020 advertisers will spend US$98bn on […]

Imagination works with the University of Cambridge, Lume brings scientific data to life

Imagination works with the University of Cambridge, Lume brings scientific data to life

 Independent global creative agency Imagination announces Lume; in collaboration with The Lee Lab at the University of Cambridge. Lume is an innovative virtual reality (VR) platform for analysts to better visualise, discover, explore and share their data. Lume leverages the power of immersion and data analytics to make highly complex data intuitive to understand, […]

Future Thinking appoints Jim Stevenson as Group CEO

Future Thinking appoints Jim Stevenson as Group CEO

Data driven intelligence company Future Thinking has appointed Jim Stevenson as Group CEO. Stevenson has a proven track record with over 20 years’ experience in growing businesses through strategic realignment and transformation for the digital economy. Prior to joining Future Thinking, Stevenson was CEO and founder of The Bletchley Group, which provides consultancy on agile […]

Momentum launches MomentumBi, a new business intelligence platform

Momentum launches MomentumBi, a new business intelligence platform

Momentum Worldwide, the world’s leading global experiential advertising agency, has launched MomentumBi. A first-of-its-kind business intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence to ingest structured and unstructured data to provide real-time insights that inform, enhance and measure experiential advertising. As a cloud-based, cognitive platform with AI capabilities, MomentumBi correlates Momentum’s proprietary experiential data with sales, media, […]

New online platform recommends travel hotspots, curated by social media post

New online platform recommends travel hotspots, curated by social media post

Virgin Holidays launches the Trending Travel Guide – a digital platform that updates daily to give real-time holiday recommendations. By analysing an astonishing 25 million social media interactions, the data-driven guide brings the most popular bars, restaurants and attractions to the top of its online hotlist. As the popularity of guidebooks wanes and social media […]