Nearly nine in ten (89%) UK marketers are now managing international marketing campaigns, 55% across Europe and an additional 14% further afield, but only 11% of marketers have local marketing teams in overseas markets, according to new research.

England fans from the north-west are planning to spend a massive 1,840 hours – the most for any area in the country – communicating and posting photos via social media during the World Cup, according to new research.

Marin Software has launched MarinOne – a next generation advertising platform that lets advertisers manage integrated campaigns across both search and social for better cross-channel alignment in one place.

UK shoppers’ interest in celebrating Father’s Day stands at 52%, with spending plans are up on 2017 figures, with total expenditure on the event forecasted to reach £799 million, according to new research.

Snapchat has launched a new tool for advertisers called ‘reach and frequency’, letting them buy most of the platform’s ad formats programmatically, including its popular augmented reality (AR) lenses.

Carrefour and Google have partnered for three digital shopping initiatives, including voice search, cloud computing and AI.

Only one fifth of UK internet users will be tuning into all scheduled England matches in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

With Cannes Lions 2018 on the horizon, YouTube has released a special edition Cannes YouTube Ads Leaderboard celebrating the most popular global video ads since last year’s festival.

Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has launched an animated series set to air exclusively on YouTube during the World Cup tournament, featuring Everton stars Wayne Rooney, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies, Cenk Tosun and social media star Tekkerz Kid.

Will we one day be having meaningful artificial conversations, or is it too much to ask our chatbot friends? Howard Williams, marketing director at chat specialist Parker Software, investigates where chatbots need to improve if they’re to become true conversationalists.