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 […]
One of Europe’s largest independent online beauty destination Beauty Bay has had a makeover, centred around a new powerful proposition of Break The Rules. And through the process they have thrown out the cosmetic marketing rulebook to develop a creative attitude that matches their brave challenger brand position. The brand’s striking new identity has now […]
Today the integration of content management systems and eCommerce platforms is of critical importance in delivering exceptional customer experiences. Isobar, a global digital marketing agency, has published a white paper to explain how Headless Commerce, an approach to technology architecture, is more important than ever before. “Headless Commerce: Differentiating Your Approach To Experience Commerce Strategy”, […]
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 […]