Insights Editor
Ben Davis is Insights Editor at Econsultancy. He edits Econsultancy articles and contributes to our reports and events. Ben is interested in emerging technology, UX and brand. He lives in Manchester, England.
We’ve seen lots of examples of new intelligent search features or conversational agents in the last six months in online retail – from Walmart, Instacart and Amazon, for example. In a recent article, I tried out some AI-powered product discovery features to see how useful they might be for shoppers. And though they each provided distinctive […]
Nearly two thirds of consumers rank data security as critical to their CX expectations. They want to know their data is being looked after, especially in the hands of generative AI.
A roundup of research that paints a picture of the growth, but also the context for the growth, in retail media.
It’s still early days for in-store retail media. What will it mean for brand strategies and what is the potential for dynamic content and personalisation?
Nataly Kelly is Chief Marketing Officer at consumer insights platform Zappi, which helps B2C brands with their advertising research and innovation. We caught up with Kelly to ask about the changing nature of market research; any brand doing ad testing ad hoc “will miss out on the latest opportunities to leverage AI for consumer insights,” […]
A look at some ecommerce use cases for LLMs, such as AI-powered search and chatbots, and what constitutes best practice for UX.
One of the biggest names in email marketing is Mailchimp, which grew so rapidly in the noughties and 2010s thanks to its commitment to designing for smaller businesses. Those early days of digital may seem a distant memory, but email is still the cornerstone of many a marketing department. We caught up with Jim Rudall, […]
The connected car requires a big transition at OEMs, including new commerce capability to be able to engage seamlessly with customers through sales, after-sales, and in-car commerce.
Many ecommerce companies “incorporate AI tools and functionalities that do not necessarily enhance the customer experience” when they could be prioritising the “fundamentals” of UX, according to Kelly Goetsch, Chief Strategy Officer at Commercetools, a cloud-based headless commerce platform. We caught up with Goetsch to ask him about multichannel retail, his dream client, more ecommerce […]
From creating a culture of learning to proving the ROI of L&D investment, marketing leaders discussed their approaches to capability building at Econsultancy’s inaugural forum.
Luca Picardi is Head of Brand Strategy at Kallan & Co., a design studio with a virtual working model (and offices in Helsinki, Melbourne and Christchurch). He has been working across brands and digital products for the last decade. Given Picardi’s schooling at Central Saint Martins and current teaching work at BAU school of design […]
Drowning in data or relying on gut instinct? If customers want to feel valued, and marketers want efficiency and salience, where is the sweet spot of tailored communications and experiences?