Top tips: Reinventing the customer journey with technology
Tom Acland, CEO at 3DEXCITE, looks at how businesses can use technology such as AR/VR to transform the customer journey. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated digital trends, meaning that...
View ArticleFood and grocery delivery app downloads ‘grew 33% globally during pandemic’
The global pandemic sparked a huge rise in food and delivery apps across the world with over half a billion new downloads since March 2020, according to new research. App marketing company App Radar...
View ArticleFood and grocery delivery apps continue to soar as lockdown eases
Despite lockdown restrictions being lifted worldwide, food and grocery delivery app use is still on the rise, according to new research. The data, from App Annie, a mobile data and analytics company,...
View ArticleInfluencer commerce firm rewardStyle rebrands LikeToKnow shopping app as LTK
Influencer content monetisation technology platform rewardStyle, and its LIKEtoKNOW.it shopping app are rebranding to become LTK. The company is unifying its two brands for consistency and simplicity...
View ArticleCarrefour rewards Fortnite players for (virtual) healthy eating
Carrefour has teamed up with Fortnite to launch Healthy Map, a level within the game that allows players to regain life only by eating healthy. On Carrefour’s “Healthy Map”, players can heal...
View ArticleIPA report: UK marketing budgets grow for the first time since start of pandemic
Total marketing budgets across the UK increased for the first time since Q4 2019, rising by a net balance of 6% across surveyed companies, according to new data. The findings, from the latest IPA...
View ArticleMobile payment users worldwide surpass 1 trillion amid pandemic
Last year, for the first time, total mobile payment users worldwide (those who had made a purchase at least once in the prior six months) surpassed 1 trillion. The research, from eMarketer, indicates...
View ArticleGlobal marketing trends: adspend to exceed pre-pandemic peak with 11% rise...
Global adspend will exceed the pre-pandemic peak by 6% this year, with digital set to take 58% share of market in 2021, up from 48% in 2019, according to new data. Zenith’s new ad forecasts on Monday...
View ArticleGlobal gaming trends: Consumers spent $10bn on mobile games in first half of...
Consumers spent $10.32bn on mobile games in the first half of 2021 up from 23.88% from a similar period in 2020, according to new global data. Mobile gaming has continued to gain prominence with...
View ArticleInvesting in in-app social features is a must in a world that is crying out...
Francesca Gargaglia, COO & CBO at marketing tech platform Amity looks at why brands are increasingly adding social-features to their own apps. If the last year has taught us anything it’s that...
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