In today’s ‘Day in the Life’, we hear from Richard Friar, MD at Starcom, about what it’s been like to take on his role during the pandemic, and why he believes we are about to enter an era of ‘media agency domination.’
The Festival of Marketing returns in June with an event designed to help marketers get ‘future fit’, and to prepare beyond the year with confidence following a period of intense upheaval and change. Fast Forward will run from the 7th to the 10th June, and will feature content to equip marketers with insight to tackle […]
Alex Hamilton, head of innovation at Isobar, spoke at Econsultancy Live about how customer experience is evolving in the wake of Covid-19 – and how it is impacting brands’ ecommerce strategies. In order to highlight how customer experience has and continues to evolve in the age of Covid-19, Alex Hamilton compares Isobar survey results from […]
The global AR market is projected to grow from $6.12 billion in 2021 to reach $97.76 billion by 2028. The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly accelerated investment of late, driven by the greater need for companies to deepen customer relationships via digital platforms. Within the context of marketing, augmented reality allows brands to offer unique and […]
The acceleration of ecommerce throughout the globe over the course of 2020 was hard to ignore, as consumers shopped online often out of necessity, and brands were forced to rapidly change their strategies as a result.
Today’s ‘day in the life’ features David Watkins – the co-founder and COO of e-bike subscription platform, DASH Rides. We speak with David about his day-to-day working life, how DASH pivoted during Covid-19, and why the pandemic has forever-changed transport systems. Please describe your job: What do you do? I am the co-founder and COO […]
At Econsultancy Live last month, Richard Robinson, MD of Xeim Engage, chaired a panel with guests Emma Stacey, Brand and Marketing Director for TSB; Katie Avon, Director of Marketing for Grosvenor Group; and Alex Valibona, Managing Director for Birchbox. The question up for debate – what’s next for CX? More specifically, what customer behaviour trends […]
Richard Robinson, Managing Director of Xeim Engage (incorporating Econsultancy and Oystercatchers), has again been named in the BIMA 100, the list of the most influential people in the UK’s digital and tech community.
Tony Miller is VP, Growth and Performance Marketing at WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers), which is now helping more than five million members around the world lose weight and build a healthier lifestyle. Miller recently spoke at Econsultancy Live about how WW uses data-driven personalisation to forge meaningful (and long-lasting) connections with consumers. Creating […]
Gali Arnon is CMO at Fiverr – the online marketplace for freelance services. We caught up to find out more about her role, plus insight into strategy at Fiverr, including its recent acquisition of high-end talent platform, ‘Working Not Working’, and a new subscriptions feature for freelancers.
On day two of Econsultancy Live: ‘What’s next for CX?’, Elisabeth Ward, accessibility expert at Scope, speaking to Econsultancy Editor Ben Davis, gave an overview of disability in digital including how the pandemic has in some cases exacerbated accessibility issues.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is impacting every part of our lives, from the places we can go to the way we spend our time, to the priorities we have and the way we spend our money.
Spring has arrived, and as lockdown begins to lift, we’ve got another roundup of the best social media stories and campaigns from April 2021. There’s a wide variety of different campaigns to cover this month, ranging from Cadbury’s virtual Easter egg hunt to Dove weighing in on the topic of self-esteem. We’ve also thrown in […]
In today’s ‘Day in the Life’, we speak to Bhavesh Unadkat, who is Head of Digital Marketing at Capgemini Invent. We chat with Bhavesh about his ten years at Capgemini, what keeps him motivated in his role, and the brands that he thinks set the bar for data strategy. Please describe your job: What do […]
Camila Diaz is Head of Product Design and Research at online greetings cards and gift company Moonpig. At Moonpig, Product Design is a discipline that comprises a range of UX-related functions, including user research, user experience design, information architecture, visual design interaction, and service design thinking. As such, Diaz played a pivotal role in the […]
The ambition to deliver great customer experiences is universal, eternal and often feels unattainable – no matter what you do, there is more to be done; no matter how on-trend you are, the next trend is already calling. Improving your CX capability is not the answer, writes Engine Transformation CEO Emma Robertson, it’s what you do next internally that will count.
Max McShane, Head of Digital at Octopus Energy, spoke at Econsultancy Live today about how the energy supplier strives to create ‘outrageously good customer experiences’ – and the successes it has seen as a result. Octopus Energy is a renewable energy supplier with the over-arching goal of fast-tracking the globe to a zero carbon future. […]
Tony Thomas is the Head of Digital Shelf Optimisation at brand performance agency Threepipe. We recently spoke with Tony to find out more about his role, gain insight on the rapidly evolving online grocery market, and discuss how client strategy has changed at Threepipe in the past year.
A new report from Econsultancy and Decibel shows increasing numbers of businesses have recognized the close correlation between the quality of their customers’ digital experience and business outcomes. They are consequently investing in new optimization-related tools and techniques that have led to the development of more sophisticated metrics, and the evolution of digital experience ‘ownership’ within their organizations.
Adobe’s Digital Trends 2021 report highlights the financial service sector’s digital adoption efforts in the face of huge disruption, and the barriers it needs to overcome in order to reach total transformation.
Today’s ‘Day in the life’ features Mary Say, the co-founder and CEO of brand innovation consultancy, Brand Potential. We hear from Mary about what a typical day in her role looks like, plus insight into how Brand Potential’s clients have innovated during the pandemic.
This overview of personalisation in ecommerce is an excerpt from Econsultancy’s Ecommerce Best Practice Guide.
In March 2021, Google announced on its Ads & Commerce blog that it was “Charting a course towards a more privacy-first web”. The blog post was a re-affirmation of Google’s commitment, first revealed in January 2020, to remove support for third-party tracking cookies in Chrome from 2022, and contained further details about how it plans […]
From an increase in self-serve and personalised experiences to the rise of live chat and marketplaces, here’s how digital technologies are transforming the customer experience in B2B.
The ability of an organisation to leverage data – either for singular marketing campaigns or wider business strategy – points to a degree of data maturity. It indicates that the process of becoming ‘data driven’ or undergoing ‘data transformation’ as part of a wider digital transformation programme – is underway. Engaging in testing and optimisation […]
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