Christmas shopping season set to follow trends laid by the pandemic

Christmas Presents

The boom e-commerce has seen during the pandemic is showing little sign of slowing down as the Christmas season approaches.

Cross-channel marketing platform Iterable spoke to 1,000 UK consumers to learn more about their upcoming shopping plans, finding that only 14% planned to complete all or most of their Christmas shopping in-store.

In comparison, the fact that 86% of respondents plan to complete at least half of their gift buying online this year highlights the...

27 October 2021 | E-Commerce

Domino’s selects Emplifi to deliver real-time social media engagement

A slices pizza.

Pizza restaurant chain Domino’s has implemented Emplifi CX platform to better engage with customers on social media and increase call centre efficiency. 

Carley Dunlap, team leader – social media and Q&A customer support at Domino’s, said: “To achieve the personal connections and interactions with our audience, we needed a top social media management and CX tool from a brand that understood our commitment to our customers. We partnered with Emplifi to achieve...

8 October 2021 | Customer Experience

How RIU Hotels & Resorts made booking easier for customers

RIU Palace Madeira

RIU Hotels & Resorts is a Spanish hotel chain founded by the Riu family as a small holiday firm in 1953. It was founded in Mallorca, Spain, and is currently 49% owned by TUI and run by the third generation of the family.

Problem:

On some hospitality websites, finding exactly where you want to stay and making a reservation can be frustrating. Eduard Bonet, VP, digital business, RIU Hotels & Resorts, is working to ensure a superior experience on his company’s...

5 October 2021 | Customer Experience

Aimee Costello, Localistico: Local marketing, post-COVID retail and going digital

A shop sign that says 'local'.

Could you tell us a little bit about Localistico and what it does?

Localistico is a local marketing SAS provider. So, essentially, any kind of company that has a physical location, we help them to market that physical location to their customers. We help them to manage digital representations of those physical locations. 

So if you went to a new city and you want to find a coffee shop, what you normally do is just pick the phone up and Google ‘coffee shop near...

21 September 2021 | Commerce