In recent years, Dubai has been making tremendous efforts to become a digitally equipped city – Smart City. With its goal to become paperless for all transactions by 2020, mobile wallet is gaining significant traction to enable more convenience and a secure way to pay. HSBC, one of the most competitive banks in the region, […]
Out There Media (OTM), a global leader in mobile advertising and data monetization, has announced their expansion into the Middle East and a new partnership with Zain, a leading mobile operator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa. OTM, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is the creator of Mobucks, a proprietary technology platform that […]
On November 14, MarComm News attended Creativebrief’s BITE Live event in London. The main theme of the day was going from insight to action and transforming the richness of ideas into real business value. BITE Live invited some of the world’s leading brands and their agency partners to reveal how they have turned cultural and […]
Mindshare, the global media agency network that is part of WPP, is celebrating its 20th birthday by partnering with ENACTUS to power the next generation of leaders to address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ENACTUS is dedicated to inspiring university students to improve the world through entrepreneurial action. It is the world’s largest experiential […]
Crowne Plaza® Hotel & Resorts and media technology company Oath today announce a collaboration to create ‘Downtime’, the ultimate hub for the modern business traveller. The business lifestyle channel launches today on HuffPost UK and hosts a mix of promotional features and editorial content, including an original scripted video series titled ‘Downtime’, created with BBC […]
Mindshare UK, part of WPP, unveiled its research report, The Future of Retail CX (Customer Experience). The Mindshare Futures report identifies five key trends for the retail industry, focusing on mobile, voice, physical stores, branding and data. A key conclusion is that the store offering will become a real point of differentiation from competitors in […]
New research from Future Thinking has found that the consumer response to the iPhone launch remains underwhelming amid a growing backlash against smartphone evolution. 20% of British consumers said: “I don’t want a smartphone – I just want a phone that makes calls.” Only 5% said they planned to upgrade to an iPhone soon after […]
Marmite, Unilever’s famous spread, has launched a new digital experience that analyses your emotions whilst you taste Marmite, to discover, in real-time, whether you are likely to be born a lover or a hater. The technology has been developed by digital creative agency AnalogFolk. Visit tasteface.marmite.co.uk on your mobile and try some Marmite. TasteFace and […]
Bringing digital and print together, Time Out London readers will have a chance to stream exclusive behind the scenes footage of the cast of new Netflix show ‘Glow’ straight from the magazine’s cover. The video-in-print cover ad is one element of Time Out’s latest creative partnership as part of Three’s pioneering ‘Go Binge’ campaign. This […]
Mindshare is placing its FAST (Future Adaptive Specialist Team) integrated performance unit at the heart of its business going forward. According to the agency, FAST is an integrated service that joins together with traditional media planning and buying services, enabling maximum efficiency in driving insights, targeting, allocating investment, activating and optimising across all media. To […]