Lidl UK Launches AI Wine ChatBot Giving Customers Expert Wine Knowledge & Recommendations

Lidl UK Launches AI Wine ChatBot Giving Customers Expert Wine Knowledge & Recommendations

Lidl, the UK’s seventh largest retailer, has launched its first fully-automated, AI-powered, Facebook Messenger chatbot to help UK customers select the best wine whatever the meal or moment. Users simply type in a wine question and voilà, the answer appears! Lidl’s new chatbot – named Margot – will perform the role of shoppers’ virtual wine […]

Postmates launches data-driven “We Get It” campaign by 180LA

Postmates launches data-driven “We Get It” campaign by 180LA

Postmates, one of the only on-demand delivery apps that can deliver anything from anywhere, announced a “We Get It” 360 brand marketing campaign that captures how on-demand ‘anything’ is quickly becoming a way of life — particularly in the app’s largest market of Los Angeles. From Pho, aspirin and coffee runs for the office, to […]

YouAppi Doubles Mobile User Conversion Rates with Powerful Re-Engagement Solution

YouAppi Doubles Mobile User Conversion Rates with Powerful Re-Engagement Solution

YouAppi, a leading growth marketing platform for premium mobile brands, announced the launch of its Re-Engagement solution, created to maximise the value of all mobile users, whether acquired organically or through the YouAppi platform. YouAppi Re-Engagement was designed to work in tandem with YouAppi’s User Acquisition (UA) solution as part of its 360 Platform. It […]

Amazon opens a supermarket with no checkouts

Amazon opens a supermarket with no checkouts

 Amazon is finally opening its checkout-free brick-and-mortar convenience store to the public, nearly a year after it originally planned to open its doors. Amazon Go is an 1,800 square foot automated store based at Amazon Seattle headquarters. The store relies on sensors and cameras to detect what items shoppers have taken from the shelves, […]

Dentsu Aegis forecasts improved ad spend outlook for 2018

Dentsu Aegis forecasts improved ad spend outlook for 2018

Dentsu Aegis Network’s latest Ad Spend Forecasts, based on data received from 59 markets, puts global growth at 3.6% in 2018, up from 3.1% in 2017.  Events will play an important role in 2018, with the Winter Olympics & Paralympics, FIFA World Cup in Russia and the US Congressional elections all expected to stimulate ad spend growth. At […]

Capgemini report finds that voice assistants will become a dominant mode of consumer interaction in 3 years

Capgemini report finds that voice assistants will become a dominant mode of consumer interaction in 3 years

Capgemini’s Digital Transformation Institute has released a new report titled, “Conversational Commerce: Why Consumers Are Embracing Voice Assistants in Their Lives,” which highlights how consumers are using voice assistants and the opportunities this creates for businesses to connect with their customers. The report, which surveyed more than 5,000 consumers in the US, UK, France and […]

Campari America Taps Thinfilm’s NFC Mobile Marketing Solution to Drive eCommerce

Campari America Taps Thinfilm’s NFC Mobile Marketing Solution to Drive eCommerce

Refrigerator magnets will never be the same. One touch and you can have Wild Turkey Bourbon, SKYY Vodka, or any number of Campari America products delivered automatically to your front door. The innovative spirits company is piloting a program to simplify the consumer purchase cycle by leveraging near field communication (NFC) technology. It will allow consumers to […]

Cheil look to bring Dutch short track speed skaters closer to Olympic gold with the Samsung SmartSuit

Cheil look to bring Dutch short track speed skaters closer to Olympic gold with the Samsung SmartSuit

January 2018 marked the launch of the Samsung SmartSuit: an innovative ice skating suit with corresponding app. Based on a concept by creative agency Cheil Amsterdam and developed by Samsung Benelux the suit was exclusively designed for Dutch short track speed skaters Sjinkie Knegt and Suzanne Schulting. This technological innovation enables the brand to actively […]