Just Eat buys online takeaway rival Hungry House for £200m
Online takeaway food service Just Eat has been on a spending spree, buying up two smaller rivals.
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2017’s business trends in a digital world
10 informed ideas about emergent digital trends and themes to expect in 2017 from digital agency Code Computerlove.
Season’s Tweetings: Social media replacing Christmas Post
This year, a quarter of Britons will shun sending traditional Christmas cards, with 52% now opting to spread their festive cheer digitally via social media and messaging apps.
10 digital innovation predictions for 2017
Digital marketing, technology and commerce consultancy, Amaze has revealed its top ten industry predictions for 2017. Its chief strategists and technologists have set out how human behaviour will influence digital advancements in the year ahead and what this will mean for brands, especially in terms of cognitive computing and A.I.
Millennial shift: Young consumers drive new email habits
For consumers, the email address is the way to access so many of the useful things available on the web, like social media accounts, making purchases, banking and so on. For marketers, the email remains the most-used medium for reaching consumers.
Mobile commerce trends: Retailers not fully maximising mobile revenue
Smartphones are rapidly increasing their share of online retail traffic in Europe, with a 54% year-on-year increase in visits to retail sites from smartphones in 2016, according to Adobe’s 2016 Mobile Retail Report.
Augmented reality and adaptability “biggest digital transformation trends for 2017”
Augmented and virtual reality could revolutionise the business world, but adaptability will be key to success, according to a new report looking into the biggest digital technology trends in the upcoming year.
Automatic for the people – Four trends for 2017
As we move into 2017, the dynamics of digitisation and virtualisation are joining with the growing maturity of the Internet of Things and big data analytics to usher in a new era of super-connected business and leisure, writes Alan Coleman, the chief executive of Brite:Bill.
Facebook brings Instant Games to Messenger and News Feed
Facebook is expanding further into social games with a HTML5 cross-platform gaming experience called “Instant Games,” along with 17 titles that include some familiar names like Pac-Man.
Top tips: 3 unconventional holiday marketing tactics to help you stand out
With the Christmas frenzy now in full swing, Bart Mroz offers some last-minute digital marketing tactics to stand out from the competition this holiday season.