YouTube has announced the top ten Christmas ads of 2017 in the UK. John Lewis’s ‘Moz the Monster’ Christmas ad tops YouTube’s annual festive leaderboard in the UK this year, according to league tables revealed today.
The final figures from cyber weekend have been released and online has come out on top. Craig Summers, UK Managing Director, Manhattan Associates, looks at what retailers can learn from the results.
On average UK consumers value their data on average at £254 per year, according to new research.
Ahead of millions of people hitting the roads over Christmas, Waze launches a new bundle of features to make journeys more bearable over the festive period and beyond.
This case study from Argos and Bazaarvoice, covers how the UK retailer ensured its website is a ‘one-stop shop’ for customers, including product descriptions and images, reviews, real-life images and Q&As of the products among others, and how it utilises product sampling prior to bringing new products to market.
The amount spent on UK online retail sites on Black Friday 2017 was up +11.7% to £1.39bn, according to data from IMRG. This was ahead of the original forecast of +9% growth for the day.
Three quarters (75%) of charities don’t offer apps capable of making or managing payments, despite almost half (45%) of UK consumers making donations via a mobile device in the last year and 65% using their smartphone or tablet to pay for goods or services.
Nearly half (48%) of shoppers would like to customise their contactless card transaction limit, or would like to the ability to do so, according to new research* from card machine provider Paymentsense.
Christmas can be a great opportunity to secure new customers, and a good experience with personalised service can lead to higher retention rates. Howard Williams, Marketing Director at Parker Software looks at how live chat software help manage high volumes of festive customers.
The launch of the smartphone and wider “connectivity” are seen as the most significant technology breakthroughs during the past 25 years, a survey has revealed.