Category: Digital Experience

A Retail Startup That Allows People to Try on Clothes Digitally Just Got a £10 Million Boost

LONDON – Metail, which allows customers try on clothes in a virtual fitting room, secured £10 million ($12.88 million) in a Series B funding round, as fashion retail continues its move from the high street to the internet. The round was led...

Engaging on Mobile Just Got More Personal

If you are a business in the 21st century, you cannot afford not to engage with your customers via mobile. At a time when consumers’ expectations for brand engagement have changed dramatically with the ubiquity of mobile, social, messaging and the...

Extensive Read: 3D Printers Start to Build Factories of The Future

Recent advances make 3D printing a powerful competitor to conventional mass production SLOWLY but surely the sole of a shoe emerges from a bowl of liquid resin, as Excalibur rose from the enchanted lake. And, just as Excalibur was no ordinary...

Amazon Discounts Make Echo Speaker Best Seller on Prime Day

Millions’ of members had shopped on the site by early Tuesday Wal-Mart, EBay among rivals also offering sales deals Amazon.com Inc. used steep discounts to turn its Echo speaker into a best seller on the company’s annual Prime Day, making good on a...

Microsoft Officially Ends Support for Windows Phone

Your device won’t be a brick, but it won’t get more updates. It’s official: for all intents and purposes, the Windows Phone era is over. Microsoft has ended support for Windows Phone 8.1 just over 3 years after its April 2014 debut. From now on,...

TripAdvisor Teams Up With Deliveroo

Restaurant delivery service Deliveroo is to be incorporated into TripAdvisor listings in cities across 12 countries, thanks to a partnership between the two firms. Customers will be able to access Deliveroo by clicking “order online” within TripAdvisor. The scheme will connect more...

Who’s Afraid of $5 Branding? – The Future of the Creative Industry in the Age of Automation

Those of us in the branding industry have seen several emerging trends that appear destined to integrate permanently into the way we do business. These trends are as far-reaching and diverse as businesses embracing purposeful brand activism, to the ever-growing...

Seedrs & Nutmeg Partner with Fidor Bank on Fintech Marketplace

Seedrs has announced that it will be the sole equity finance provider in a new partnership with Fidor Bank, a challenger bank that launched in the UK back in 2015. Nutmeg, an online wealth manager, will also be joining Seedrs on Fidor’s new marketplace. The...

‘Not Just The Digital Czar’: How The Role of Chief Digital Officer Has Evolved

Two years ago, Charlie Cole became Tumi’s first chief digital officer, charged with bringing a digital mindset to the organisation and working with marketing, merchandising, creative and distribution on a comprehensive digital strategy. Cole now leads a digital team of over 20 people that reports to the CEO...

New £20M Government Investment in Smarter Transport And Energy

Money will help develop “electric vehicles capable of returning electricity to the grid”, promises the government The government plans to take a big step forward with its Industrial Strategy and create a smarter energy system with a number of so-called “vehicle-to-grid projects” to...