Last week, Callcredit, the UK’s third-largest credit reference agency announced that it will soon offer free, full credit reports online with a new site called Noddle. Julia Kukiewicz, editor of Choose.net, takes a closer look…
Comment: Olympic ticketing website crash endangers second round sale
The Olympic ticketing website crashed temporarily on Friday morning, barring people from a second chance at securing tickets for the event. A 10-day first-come, first-served chance to pick up 2.3 million unsold tickets began at 6am this morning, but immediately hit problems due to a surge in demand. Colin Rowland, Senior VP from OpTier, comments … [Read more…]
Lastminute debuts credit card with offers and reward points
Online travel and leisure retailer, lastminute.com has launched a new credit card in partnership with MBNA and MasterCard.
Companies ‘struggle with measurement in multichannel world’
The proliferation of data from a growing suite of marketing and business performance tools is making it harder than ever for companies to develop integrated reporting systems, according to research.
Social media use ‘directly benefits more than half of businesses’
More than half of professionals report a direct boost to their business as a result of their social media usage.
White paper: Digital channel integration
As the number of digital channels grow, how can agencies create a cohesive cross platform campaign for their clients? Digital marketing agency bigmouthmedia and its sister agency LBi today released their joint white paper “Blending: digital channel integration – when 1 + 1 is more than 2”.
Government axes COI ad agency- 400 advertising jobs at risk
The Government has shut down its iconic Central Office of Information (COI) ad agency arm, putting an estimated 400 advertising jobs at risk.
Top 13 countries for tablet and mobile internet use
Canada is the top country for iPad use, Japan has most iPhone users and the US prefer Android phones, according to new data from comScore.
Data capture suffers as Brits opting for online anonymity- research
More than one in three consumers are now withholding all identifying information when engaging online with brands, according to new research.
Welcome to ‘Blogwarts’: Harry Potter lives on with new JK Rowling site
J.K. Rowling is launching Pottermore, a new website that will include new material and illustrations from the Harry Potter franchise.