Sanofi’s Opticrom teams with Mindshare to launch UK’s first voice-activated pollen alert

Sanofi’s Opticrom teams with Mindshare to launch UK’s first voice-activated pollen alert

Mindshare, part of WPP, and Sanofi, the global healthcare leader, have launched the UK’s first brand-led pollen alert on Amazon’s Alexa platform. In addition to being market-leading within the consumer health space, it is also the first voice-activated skill to use hyper-local data to notify users about high pollen counts in their postcode. It is […]

The Wedding of the Year: Siri and Alexa say Yes to each other in Vienna

The Wedding of the Year: Siri and Alexa say Yes to each other in Vienna

Vienna celebrates “Love for everyone”. A very special wedding took place at Belvedere Castle: two world-famous AI women – Siri and Alexa – exchanged vows. The Viennese LGBTQ+ community celebrated the marriage of the language assistants in front of a crowded congregation which included Viennese LGBTQ+ celebrities Pandora Nox and Laksmi Wuggenig. Serviceplan Campaign and […]

smp boosts dedicated Amazon team with new specialist appointments

smp boosts dedicated Amazon team with new specialist appointments

smp, the London-headquartered commerce marketing agency, announced two new specialist appointments to its Amazon team, to support the agency’s ongoing international growth. Bella Bui has been appointed Media Buyer, with Febby Mpundu appointed Content Specialist. Following a series of new business successes in the tech sector, the new appointments will bolster smp’s dedicated Amazon team […]

New Top 50 brand list for u30s by ZAK, reveals 7 out of top 10 brands are tech propositions

New Top 50 brand list for u30s by ZAK, reveals 7 out of top 10 brands are tech propositions

What are the favourite brands of under 30s audiences? Not what you’d expect… Much is said about how this audience are obsessed with social media. They carefully curate their personal brands, meticulously retouching their selfies and wearing the right gear at all times. It’d be easy to consider this audience as preening, as being totally […]

Interbrand releases 2018 Best Global Brands Report

Interbrand releases 2018 Best Global Brands Report

Interbrand has announced Apple, Google, and Amazon are the three most valuable brands in its 2018 Best Global Brands report, with luxury and retail as the two dominant sectors. Now in its 19th year, the report’s 2018 theme is Activating Brave, and examines the role that brand strength plays in the bold transformation of the […]

Proximity Worldwide drives innovation with Voice and IoT Labs

Proximity Worldwide drives innovation with Voice and IoT Labs

Proximity Worldwide has unveiled its first Voice & IoT lab named Invoke. Launching at Barefoot Proximity, the Cincinnati office within the Proximity global network, the lab will provide a dedicated hub for audio, voice and IoT development and deployment, and will drive innovation and new business growth for the network. Building on Proximity’s legacy of […]

Branded Products – Taking Back Control Through DTC

Branded Products – Taking Back Control Through DTC

I’m a firm believer that the Direct to Consumer (DTC) business model is a game changer. Having the opportunity to partner with some of the world’s leading consumer and retail brands has given me a front seat to watch some of the fascinating interplay between the key players in today’s CPG sector battles. A battle […]

Big brands no longer get big love from UK consumers, says FKC report

Big brands no longer get big love from UK consumers, says FKC report

Global brands may have spent billions over recent years putting customer love into the DNA of their advertising strategies, but for the majority of today’s consumers, brand loyalty is firmly a thing of the past. New independent research launched on August 22, The Truth Report 2018: The trouble with Real People, conducted by strategic marketing […]

Petits Filous announce ground-breaking partnership with Amazon Pantry to support Free Play initiative

Petits Filous announce ground-breaking partnership with Amazon Pantry to support Free Play initiative

 Petits Filous, the much-loved children’s fromage frais brand, announces a first-of-its-kind partnership with Amazon Pantry. The innovative collaboration not only marks a pledge from Petits Filous to both champion and facilitate free, imaginative play in the UK, but also represents a significant investment for the Petits Filous brand. Petits Filous believe a little less […]

Budweiser Won the Social Media World Cup, According to MediaCom North

Budweiser Won the Social Media World Cup, According to MediaCom North

Budweiser is the brand that won the social media World Cup, according to data from MediaCom North. With the tournament over after France were victorious, it was the famous beer brand’s #ManoftheMatch content that saw it score with fans on social media. MediaCom North tracked engagement and sentiment on Twitter throughout the World Cup, ranking […]