A new model for creativity, influence, brands and purchase… SHEIN

🐉 The hidden dragon in eCommerce SHEIN has made a step forward into new fashion brands — but this time, sourcing it from the #crowd.   As they launch a competition to create new fashion brands they are not only crowd-sourcing their new designs to give even greater breadth, but also touching a core target group.   The…… Continue reading A new model for creativity, influence, brands and purchase… SHEIN

The new gold rush. 💵💴

With #eCommerce penetration now at critical mass, and beyond in many categories, the new gold rush is to connect media #audiences with the retail platforms — or simply to integrate the transactional step of the funnel. Looking East to the promises of #SocialCommerce, the key factor in all these executions is to connect the broadest audiences to a transaction in the…… Continue reading The new gold rush. 💵💴

Kicking off SocialCommerce in Europe with TikTok & L’Oreal

Last week we announced an exciting project we’ve been working on behind the scenes with TikTok, to bring shopping directly into the app experience. Through our strength in #eCommerce, our continued innovation in #LiveShopping with LiSA, and #SocialCommerce with Replika Software Inc.; and now our partnership with TikTok we are very excited to be the first international…… Continue reading Kicking off SocialCommerce in Europe with TikTok & L’Oreal

Confinement Collection // Lockdown List

What have you bought during the confinement, and where have you purchased from? The lockdown has brought a swift acceleration of our shift from purchasing instore to online, even avid online buyers have moved new categories online. We have been testing out a number of retailers – how their supply chain and customer service performs…… Continue reading Confinement Collection // Lockdown List

Why you don’t need a digital strategy, but you need an HR strategy

What’s the point in having a different strategy for your digital world than the rest of it? Does your brand offer different products and services online than off? Are your consumers split into those that only go to stores and those locked in their basements on a laptop? It doesn’t make sense – yet we…… Continue reading Why you don’t need a digital strategy, but you need an HR strategy

Bootstrap marketing your business for dummies

I’ve been helping a few organisations get off the ground recently – in pure bootstrap mode – trying to figure out how they present themselves. Below are a few of the tips I’ve shared with them, to try and look professional, quickly, without major expense: 1/ Get a good looking logo We should assume that…… Continue reading Bootstrap marketing your business for dummies

Content Marketing & Service Design are the future of Branding

Buy One, Get One Free; Only $9.99 with free shipping; Washes whiter than ever. These are the ad slogans of the past, there is a major shift in the way that brands communicate driven by the digital revolution. Two major changes are driving this, the first is the proliferation of marketing messages through multiple channels…… Continue reading Content Marketing & Service Design are the future of Branding

Thoughts on the Publicis Groupe reorganisation

Maurice Levy, CEO of Publicis, made a major announcement about the organisation of the Publicis Groupe yesterday – see the video below: There have been a swath of article and opinions over the last 24 hours regarding whether this is the right or wrong move, comparing to Martin Sorrell’s organisation of client teams at WPP…… Continue reading Thoughts on the Publicis Groupe reorganisation

A new vision for CRM

Direct marketing, email newsletters and CRM seem like tactics from a bygone age in today’s communication world; but within brands and marketing departments the arguments still rage as to whether an organisation needs to build its own customer database and harness its audience, or whether the major online ecosystems of Google, Facebook and Apple now…… Continue reading A new vision for CRM