UK viewers will switch off from viewing the World Cup as soon as their team is knocked out, according to new research from media and technology company, Oath. One in four (26%) people in the UK will not support any other team in the football tournament should their team leave the contest. Of eight countries […]
Busy consumers are forcing brands and retailers to develop new style products and services to keep up with their constant on the go lifestyles. Seven in ten shoppers say convenience is more important than five years ago when it comes to shopping and almost one in five demand same day delivery when ordering online, reveals […]
The results from a recent study published today by field marketing agency Gekko entitled ‘Smart Home Shopper’ reveals that more than half of Brits have purchased smart technology for their homes – but have little idea how to use it. The study which investigated smart home purchasing behaviour found that 56 percent of adults have […]
Research unveiled on May 8, suggests the advertising and media industries are perpetuating harmful socio-economic stereotypes because they’re too focused on rich and middle-class households. Six out of ten Brits (62%) are concerned that TV ads all too often only portray wealthy homes, while around two-thirds (63%) believe the poor are negatively stereotyped in advertising. […]
The vast majority of 18-34-year-olds in the United States and China are moving away from cash, according to a new report from The Innovation Group at J. Walter Thompson Intelligence. The Future of Money report sheds light on the disruptive global changes ahead in payments, currency and banking. Advances in these fields led by Chinese […]
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 […]
UK advertising expenditure grew 4.6% to reach £22.2bn in 2017, the eighth consecutive year of market growth, according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report – the UK’s definitive advertising statistics. Continuing the positive results for UK adspend, the final three months of 2017 saw expenditure grow 6.2% in Q4 2017 over Q4 2016, with adspend […]
Mindshare UK, in partnership with AR technology company Zappar, has launched ‘Layered’ – a report identifying how brands must adapt to the rise of augmented reality (AR). • The report reveals that a third (33%) of consumers believe AR would help them to narrow down choices when shopping. • Increasingly, consumers are expecting products […]
With just one month to go until the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into effect, the Digital Marketing Institute, which sets the global standard for digital marketing education and practices, has said that marketers must take more responsibility within organisations when it comes to preparing for, and upholding, GDPR compliant practices. According to […]
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 […]