Two thirds of all the growth in global advertising expenditure between 2017 and 2020 will come from paid search and social media ads, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published September 24. Over this period, total spending will increase from US$86bn to US$109bn on paid search, and from US$48bn to US$76bn on social media. Paid […]
M&C Saatchi Mobile have officially announced they are repositioning. The company will now be known globally as M&C Saatchi Performance. M&C Saatchi Performance is a natural evolution for the agency. M&C Saatchi Mobile launched in 2006, prior to the smartphone revolution, where they were at the forefront of the rise in mobile, winning more than […]
Bloomberg Media’s innovation lab, BHIVE, has launched The Bulletin, the latest feature to its mobile app delivering added utility to today’s on-the-go professionals. Based on BHIVE’s extensive user research on news delivery preferences, the new feature, available on the homepage of the mobile app, makes it easy for users to get a snapshot of the […]
Traffic accidents caused by use of cell phones during the driving, increased in Chile. The most recent report delivered by the chilean police and the Conaset (National Commission of Traffic), shows that traffic accidents caused by “distracted driving” have risen a 93.2% in the last six years. To highlight this an initiative of Movistar, with […]
With 67% of 18 to 34-year-olds saying the need to take a break from technology, does this open an opportunity for brands, asks Vaughan Edmonds, planner at global experience agency Sense. Britain has an addiction epidemic. I’m not talking about drugs, alcohol, gambling or even caffeine. This addiction is far more common. Most people reading this […]
Social and Mobile agency, Puzzle, have partnered with Ted Baker to launch ‘Seemore’, his unique virtual assistant through its UK Facebook Community. Seemore is designed to showcase Ted Baker’s AW18 range in a new and engaging way for customers as well as helping them with their most common enquires. By harnessing the latest machine learning technology […]
Oath, a Verizon subsidiary, introduces Oath Ad Platforms as its simplified suite of intelligent advertising and publishing solutions globally. Oath Ad Platforms combines the best assets from BrightRoll, ONE by AOL and Yahoo Gemini into a unified set of solutions that makes it easier for advertisers and publishers to drive growth. The suite activates Oath’s […]
Following the success of On Demand – the instant messaging service used to search for the products requested by customers in the Milan flagship store and have them delivered anywhere they want – Rinascente presents WeChat On Demand. The aim is to extend the company’s personal concierge service, which was launched almost a year ago […]
Häagen-Dazs is the first ice-cream brand to move into automated product delivery with its new mobile eCommerce technology ‘Häagen-Dazs NOW’. The service enables ice-cream to be ordered and delivered into the hands of consumers when out-and-about by using an innovative combination of proven mobile technologies. The brand is trialling the service this Friday, 7 September […]
Billion Dollar Boy, a global influencer marketing agency, is announcing the launch of StoryTracker, an industry first AI-powered Instagram Story tracking tool. This unique piece of software allows influencers and influencer marketing professionals to locate, categorise, save, download and analyse Instagram Stories before they disappear. With Instagram recently releasing figures showing that Stories now has […]