Refinery29, a leading media and entertainment company for young women, and creative agency Berlin Cameron, part of the WPP network, announced the results of their inaugural “This is Women’s Work: Stepping Up Startup Culture” study around the rising generation of female entrepreneurs, women’s experiences in the startup world and key issues around access to capital. Inspired by […]
The UK’s top e-retailers are seriously jeopardising sales by not prioritising on-site customer experience, according to an industry index report. The research, carried out by leading eCommerce and digital agency Visualsoft, forms part of the company’s second annual e-retail performance report. It analysed the industry’s top 250 names and found failings across a number of website performance metrics, […]
The amount spent on video advertising has risen continuously in recent years while more and more video formats have found their way into the market. One important aspect has thus far remained largely unexplained: How effective is video advertising on different media, and what role do positioning, contact frequency, and a combination of communication measures […]
UK retailers are wasting almost two million hours every working week due to ineffective competitor price-checking processes, according to a research report. The findings were published in a white paper by pricing and automation specialist, Omnia Retail, which questioned 150 UK retail businesses on the scope and efficacy of their pricing strategies. They show that companies are needlessly spending […]
New Hotels.com research reveals that one in ten millennials hope there’s ‘no room at the inn (laws)’ so they don’t have to stay the night. To get away from it all,15% are and 34% wish they were going on holiday over the festive period this year. To help them on their way, Hotels.com is offering 10% off […]
Marketers have moved to data segmentation and multi-channel marketing tactics, following the introduction of the GDPR, according to new research from TransUnion (formerly Callcredit). Two-thirds of marketers (66%) said they are now less able to personalise marketing to individuals, and have switched to segmentation, with eight out of ten marketers (78%) agreeing that being able […]
Counterfeiters are capitalising on Christmas; this is according to new research by MarkMonitor, the world leader in enterprise brand protection. One in three (30%) consumers has inadvertently bought a fake product, with 68% of the counterfeit items being bought as Christmas presents. The fear of fakes and online fraud are ever-present, especially over the festive […]
A staggering 75% of the British public are cutting down their consumption of products they see as having a harmful impact on the environment or their health, from single-use plastic to meat, according to a new survey. The impact of plastic on the planet has hit home the hardest with the British public, thanks in part to the BBC wildlife series […]
WARC, the global authority on advertising and media effectiveness, has released Marketer’s Toolkit 2019, an annual report outlining the priorities of, and challenges facing, brands in the year ahead – as well as guidance on how to meet them. The report is centred on a survey of more than 800 senior marketing and advertising professionals […]
More than a third of retailers have damaged their profit margins due to errors and inaccuracies in product pricing, according to new research. The findings were published in a report by pricing and automation specialist, Omnia Retail, which questioned 150 retail businesses on the scope and efficacy of their pricing strategies. The study, Retail Pricing Wars, found that 36% […]