Merkle, a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency, announced that Merkle Periscopix has been appointed as one of the first three accredited agency partners within the Google Shopping ecosystem, following a raft of changes. The announcement comes as Google Shopping opens up to Comparison Shopping Sites (CSS) in the European Economic Area and Switzerland, resulting […]
In today’s omni-channel retail environment, brands are stepping on each other’s toes to offer the flashiest deals, rewards programmes and bonus perks, with the goal of capturing long-term consumer attention and turning one-off buyers into repeat, loyal customers. Yet, in this abundance of choice, it proves challenging to define what makes the modern shopper keep […]
Leading online cards, gifts and flowers retailer Moonpig has appointed eCommerce entrepreneur Nickyl Raithatha as Managing Director. Nickyl takes the reins from July 2nd, based out of Moonpig’s state-of-the-art new Clerkenwell HQ. He joins off the back of founding and scaling Finery – one of the UK’s fastest growing fashion brands – to £15m in […]
The 9th of May 2018 went down in history books as among the most significant days in the history of Malaysia. As the nation concluded the election period with the swearing-in of its seventh prime minister on 10th May, eCommerce platforms experienced a significant dip in online traffic as Malaysians were focused on the elections […]
bonprix, which is part of Europe’s second largest eCommerce retailer the Otto Group, launches a new positioning and pan-European campaign. By completely reinterpreting the brand’s tagline ‘bonprix – it’s me’ for 2018’s woman, the new strategy challenges and defies conventional thinking around what women in middle age like – and are like. ‘bonprix – it’s […]
In the first quarter of 2018, Amazon‘s sales of advertising services and other service offerings leapt 132% to $2bn (£1.4bn) year-on-year. This is an increase of 17% from the last quarter of 2017, which is typically the strongest quarter for retail advertising due to the holiday season. “The fact that our data suggests advertisers bucked […]
Digitas Amsterdam and Episerver recently announced a strategic partnership to offer the market joint expertise and solutions in the fields of digital marketing, data and commerce. The partnership creates a unique market offering by combining the core strength of the two companies in the fields of marketing and commerce and making use of the global […]
eBay brings colourful shopping inspiration to the streets in a UK-wide digital out of home (DOOH) drive designed to bring the online retailers vibrant product lines to life. Popular springtime pursuits and product lines are aligned to real-time weather conditions in a campaign that spans transit, retail and roadside environments and runs until the 8th […]
UK online retail sales were up +13.1% year-on-year (YoY) in February, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. With the Beast from the East hitting the UK in the last week of February, the cold weather saw shoppers turn online in their droves, driving a +3.5% lift in sales compared […]
It’s already shaping up to be a challenging year for marketers. Brand fatigue among consumers is at a high and 66% of Brits find ads more intrusive today than they did three years ago. Meanwhile, concerns continue around the effectiveness and accountability of ad campaigns and the industry is continually pushed to do more with […]