According to the latest research commissioned by Ecrebo, the point of sale marketing specialist, 57% of retailers say they aren’t ready for GDPR, while 41% are ready for the compliance deadline. With personalisation playing such a key role in retail — 89% of retailers say they use data to personalise the customer experience — the […]
New analysis has revealed that the global marcoms M&A market in Q1 2018 was led by a dramatic increase in private equity (PE) backing. Almost a quarter (22%) of all deals involved PE, 41 in total, double the 11% seen in the last two quarters of 2017. The study was carried out by Results International, […]
WARC, the global marketing intelligence service, has released ‘Lessons from the world’s top effectiveness campaigns’ to uncover shared creative, media and measurement strategies. The report analyses the results of the latest WARC 100, an annual ranking of campaigns based on their performance in effectiveness awards from around the world. The four lessons from the 2018 […]
The trends study created by independent media agency The Specialist Works (TSW) in conjunction with Pocket Gamer Biz, highlights that most mobile brands aren’t fully utilising offline channels such as TV, Radio, OOH and print. The study of 250 mobile industry professionals shows that marketers are sceptical about using traditional media but would be open […]
Relay42, a company that empowers marketers to create AI-driven customer journeys, has published a socially-sourced whitepaper that provides a unique view of the relationship between marketing and technology. The whitepaper, entitled ‘Cross-channel Personalization: The Heart of Customer-centricity’, found that the potential of technology to make the marketing function more effective and sophisticated cannot be underestimated […]
Brand engagement with consumers has significantly evolved over time. The rapid rise of the internet and social media has facilitated companies with a growing variety of platforms to create more personalised interactions with their brand. This in turn has enabled brands to harvest loyal consumers who follow their every action and become early adopters of […]
New research from MarkMonitor, a leader in enterprise brand protection, has revealed that almost half (47%) of brands lose sales revenue to counterfeit or pirated goods, with one in three reporting a loss of more than 10%. The research also found that 58% of respondents agree that keeping a brand safe will become increasingly difficult […]
One-fourth of all UK digital ad spending is set to go to social networks this year as marketers increase their spending on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat to over £3bn. According to eMarketer, UK marketers will spend £3.3bn on social network advertising this year, up 24 per cent from 2017. This forecast has been […]
Technology giant Tencent has retained the coveted title of China’s most valuable brand for a fourth consecutive year, achieving a brand value of $132.2 billion, a 25% year-on-year increase, according to WPP and Kantar Millward Brown’s 2018 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands rankings. Other noteworthy sectors include education, logistics and technology, all of […]
The median pay gap at Dentsu Aegis Network is just over 14% in favour of men, according to its Gender Pay Gap report out on March 28. The 14.1% gender pay gap is lower than the UK national average of 18.4%. The network aims to have an equal gender split across all levels of its […]