Consumer focus on sustainability outstrips marketers current skill set 

Two in five (40%) marketers would like to attain a marketing qualification relating to sustainability, but do not currently possess one.

Despite this, the number of marketers participating in sustainability work continues to increase, with three-quarters (76%) of marketers saying they have engaged in this work in the last five years, with nearly half (45%) feeling pressure in their role to communicate their company or clients’ sustainability credentials. 

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7 August 2023 | Best Practice

Most marketing managers forced to execute strategies they had no say in

More than half of marketing (53%), sales (55%), and customer experience (57%) managers report being sidelined during strategic discussions, yet are still expected to execute plans.

This is according to research from HubSpot’s Behind the scenes: A Marketing, Sale and Customer Success pulse check survey, which indicates a disconnection between business decision-makers and those tasked with delivering customer success in a revitalised post-pandemic UK...

19 July 2023 | Best Practice

Marketing industry urged to reduce ‘alarming’ digital waste levels

Investis Digital (iDX) – a global digital company focused on performance-driven, data-driven solutions – has released the findings of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on the financial and environmental waste caused by companies’ investments in technology and software, and duplicative digital advertising and content strategies.

The problem: Managing MarTech

Only 17% of companies indicated that their different technology components work together...

18 July 2023 | Best Practice

The cookie rental market is collapsing: Get your house in order with first-party data

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The marketing landscape is undergoing a profound transformation propelled by two significant forces: the collapse of the third-party cookie rental market and the dynamic realm of data privacy. This generational shift demands that marketers abandon reliance on traditional customer identification, retention and acquisition methods. Instead, they face the urgent task of swiftly constructing a robust foundation of first-party data. This is vital to ensuring they continue to deliver meaningful...

4 July 2023 | Best Practice

More than two-thirds of consumers being sent irrelevant messages by retail brands

With the high street reporting negative sales for the first time in more than two years, it’s clear that retailers are continuing to face a challenging and competitive environment.

Yet, at a time when positive and personalised experiences are more critical than ever, new findings reveal many retailers are not meeting the mark, with over two-thirds (69%) of consumers reporting that they receive irrelevant messages from brands and 41% saying they do not feel valued when it comes...

3 July 2023 | Best Practice

Complaints about nuisance calls saw freak drop of 57% in 2022

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The number of nuisance calls and texts reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) dropped by 57% in 2022, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from technology company Quadient has revealed.

The ICO received 56,015 complaints about nuisance calls and texts in 2022, less than half the 131,491 received in 2021 and fewer than in any year since 2019. Overall, there were 32,317 complaints about live calls (down 35%), 13,790 about automated calls...

14 June 2023 | Best Practice

Consumers abandon firms that waste energy storing data 

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Almost half of consumers (44%) in the UK think it’s the responsibility of the organisations that store their information online to delete it when it’s no longer needed. This is according to new research from Veritas Technologies, the leader in secure multi-cloud data management.  

And these consumers are prepared to vote with their feet if businesses don’t cut back on data-related pollution: 42% said they would stop buying from a company if they knew it was...

4 April 2023 | Best Practice

Consumers believe ESG should be a mandatory practice

While the majority of consumers believe that Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) should be a mandatory practice for UK businesses, less than a third (32%) believe it is undertaken to make a positive change, with companies focussing on ESG of business gain alone.

This is according to research by digital identity specialists, ID Crypt Global. Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) is a set of standards designed to measure a business’s impact on...

28 March 2023 | Best Practice

MillerKnoll selects Amperity to accelerate first-party data strategy

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Amperity, the leading enterprise customer data platform (CDP) for consumer brands, today announced MillerKnoll has selected Amperity to maximise the value of its omnichannel data through the delivery of relevant, personalised customer experiences.

With Amperity, MillerKnoll will be able to leverage its customer data to reach more consumers, while enriching advertising campaigns through insights on cross-channel behaviour, data science scores and content...

22 March 2023 | Best Practice

Businesses are losing customers due to disjointed digitisation

Digitisation efforts begun in the pandemic must now be reconciled in light of today’s customer needs, according to the findings of research released by customer engagement platform Twilio.

The study has uncovered how businesses’ digital acceleration in 2020 has led to a wealth of channels that now need to be consolidated into nuanced, personalised customer engagement strategies in response to today’s consumer needs. With customer retention a crucial metric amid economic...

20 March 2023 | Best Practice