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Machine customers: The biggest commerce opportunity of the decade?

Machine customers represent one of the biggest new growth opportunities of the decade, and business leaders must act now to create a path to entry to a business megatrend that will eventually be more significant than the arrival of digital commerce. To take a step back: A machine customer is a non-human economic actor who […]

Successful brands ‘prioritise first-party data and advertising agility’

Gartner has released a list of Genius Brands within its latest Gartner Digital IQ Index, identifying the best-in-class brands across 15 industries, with forty-five of the 1,402 brands analysed categorised as ‘Genius this year. On average, Genius Brands achieved 10.9x more site traffic than their peers in 2022 and grew their revenue by 8.6% in […]

Smarter Payments Summit: New date due to industrial action

Due to industrial action on the rail network, we have moved the Smarter Payments Summit to the 24th April, at the Hilton London Canary Wharf (same venue). Register to attend the FREE Smarter Payments Summit and you’ll be joining the likes ASOS, British Airways, Marks & Spencer and Tesco at the leading event for the payments industry. […]

Co-op adds PayPal for online purchases

Co-op has partnered with PayPal to offer additional choice for shoppers to make purchases of groceries through its online shop. PayPal is now available for shoppers as a payment option for purchases of online home delivery orders and click and collect via Co-op’s online shop – shop.coop.co.uk – enabling shoppers to buy online and pay […]

Luxury brands set to benefit most from China’s re-opening

Luxury brands will continue to focus on China as the expected revival in its economic growth will drive up sales by 6.1% and 6.0% in 2023 and 2024, respectively. GlobalData cites disruptions caused by COVID-19 and China’s stringent measures against the pandemic kept consumers away from stores, some of which had to close temporarily or operate […]

Businesses back away from TikTok ad spend

A benchmarking report from Productsup has identified the top four business priorities for creating strong customer experiences in 2023. The report is based on a survey of 755 senior decision-makers from 16 countries – either personally responsible for or reporting to those responsible for – managing product information at their organization.   Productsup’s latest study reveals where businesses […]

Join these great organisations at the Smarter Payments Summit

Register to attend the FREE Smarter Payments Summit and you’ll be joining the likes ASOS, British Airways, Marks & Spencer and Tesco at the leading event for the payments industry. March 30th | Hilton London Canary Wharf Attendance to the Summit gives you access to 1-2-1 meetings with innovative suppliers who can help with your upcoming projects, […]

Carbon footprints set to become key focus of packaging sustainability, not recycling

With most public commitments to sustainable packaging at risk of going unfulfilled, 20% of organisations will shift their focus from recycling and eliminating plastics to reducing the carbon footprint of their packaging by 2026. According to Gartner, while the pivot in focus leaves organisations with unmet pledges vulnerable to greenwashing backlash, early movers that successfully […]