Fashion consumers are buying more online than they ever have before. So much so, in fact, that Forrester predicts the number of global online fashion buyers will reach approximately 911 million by 2022, making fashion the largest category of online buyers overall. Fashion ecommerce is continuously changing, with consumer expectations pushing brands to innovate in […]
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Andy Whatley is SVP of Business Development at Instreamatic, an interactive voice-enabled audio advertising platform. A veteran of the radio marketing industry, Andy Whatley is now responsible for building out partnerships with brands and publishers for Instreamatic and helping to realise the next generation of audio advertising. Econsultancy caught up with him to find out
Increasingly it seems like New York’s Fifth Avenue is becoming the destination for sneaker brands, and, following Adidas and Nike, the latest resident is Puma, which has opened its first US flagship at number 609. The timing is curious: the German brand typically sits in third place within the global sports rankings and has reported
In 1994, the success of Dumb & Dumber (Box office close to 250M USD) had a lot to do with the performance of Jim Carrey. In that same year, John Travolta made an iconic comeback from a career slump with his portrayal of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction (box office 220M). I think it would
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It’s a cracking stats roundup this week, so let’s waste no time before we dive in. Read on for news about wearables, online retail sales, social formats and lots more. Check out the Internet Statistics Database for further stats and insight. The majority of users are willing to pay a subscription fee for top apps
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When you think of bookcases or bedding, Ikea is naturally one of the first retailers that springs to mind – a testament to the brand’s domination of the home furnishings retail market. In a way, Ikea has made home design accessible, with demographics ranging from students to families able to afford the brand’s fashionable furniture
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Michael Raven is the founder and MD of Blazon, an innovation launch agency based in London. We caught up with him to find out how he came to found an agency that specialises in launching innovations, what skills his job involves, and his advice to anyone looking to start a career in PR or innovation.
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The first thing I want to address in this article is jargon. Marketing and start-ups are full of reinvention, often not in the way we’d expect. There is a lot of unnecessary rebranding of established terms. We hear constantly about the abbreviations and names of supposedly new ideas. Part of this is rediscovery, while other
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Swarovski is a company that dates way back to 1895. It is typically seen as a diamond-alternative – a crystal jewellery brand that centres on luxury and tradition. In recent years, Swarovski has taken steps to modernise its image somewhat; shifting its focus to target a younger, more digitally-savvy demographic. One of the main reasons
Global digital advertising revenues are on the up, growing 17% in 2018 to reach $251 billion (or 45% of global advertising revenues). This rise is expected to continue, with digital advertising predicted to represent 50% of total advertising spend across the world this year. While immediate investment is something of a certainty, what trends are
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