How a shoppable fashion show gave Roots a record-breaking quarter
Ecommerce

How a shoppable fashion show gave Roots a record-breaking quarter

6y Mike O'Brien

How a shoppable fashion show gave Roots a record-b...

How do you stand out during the holiday season? Canadian retailer Roots created a Black Friday fashion show that was shoppable, Shazam-style. Read Mor...

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How can retailers improve their mobile app experience?
Ecommerce

How can retailers improve their mobile app experience?

6y Mike O'Brien

How can retailers improve their mobile app experie...

We spend the majority of our time on smartphones in-app, but our usage is concentrated on a select handful of apps. What do retailers have to do to en...

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Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spring
Strategies

Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spring

8y Mike O'Brien

Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spri...

We're always talking about the growing convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Here are five brands with great phygital campaigns all over the...

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Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovation around an offline product
Media

Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovation around an offline pro...

8y Mike O'Brien

Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovat...

Absolut Vodka has remained relatively unchanged over the past 137 years, but Afdhel Aziz works to keep it innovative through the creation of Absolut L...

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Formulating a credible go-to market strategy for your mobile site or app
Insights

Formulating a credible go-to market strategy for your mobile site or app

8y Idris Nagri

Formulating a credible go-to market strategy for y...

Planning and budgeting for your promotional campaign at the very start of your mobile project is critical to success. Read More...

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What can virtual reality mean for e-commerce? A CES demo gives us a glimpse
Strategies

What can virtual reality mean for e-commerce? A CES demo gives us a glimpse

8y Mike O'Brien

What can virtual reality mean for e-commerce? A CE...

As virtual reality becomes more accessible, it's getting out of its novelty phase. But could it disrupt e-commerce? A very cool experience at CES in V...

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Tweets of the Week: AMAs and Adele keep brands rocking, while also saying thanks
Asia

Tweets of the Week: AMAs and Adele keep brands rocking, while also saying t...

8y Sophie Loras

Tweets of the Week: AMAs and Adele keep brands roc...

Between "The American Music Awards," "Dancing With the Stars", and the launch of Adele's record-breaking album "25," Twitter was awash with singing an...

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How Target's new ads show the real value of Shazam
Media

How Target's new ads show the real value of Shazam

9y Idris Nagri

How Target's new ads show the real value of Shazam

Target's ability to incorporate Shazam as a pillar of its latest ad campaign exemplifies the future of cross-channel innovation with the user experien...

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Spotlight on: Adam Tucker, president, Ogilvy NYC
Agency Spotlight

Spotlight on: Adam Tucker, president, Ogilvy NYC

9y Mike O'Brien

Spotlight on: Adam Tucker, president, Ogilvy NYC

As one of the top agencies in the world, Ogilvy & Mather specializes in campaigns that engage consumers in unique ways - something New York president ...

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Havas and Shazam Partner to Predict Hit Music and Drive Data-Fueled Engagement
Data insights

Havas and Shazam Partner to Predict Hit Music and Drive Data-Fueled Engagem...

9y Emily Alford

Havas and Shazam Partner to Predict Hit Music and ...

A new partnership between Mobext, the mobile division of Havas, and Shazam uses data to predict future hit songs and get brands on the bandwagon even ...

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Brands Fight Ad Blindness With Interactive Experiences
Media

Brands Fight Ad Blindness With Interactive Experiences

9y Mike O'Brien

Brands Fight Ad Blindness With Interactive Experie...

Brands like Target, Shazam, and The Home Depot are increasingly making interactive mobile ads, while also taking decreasing user attention spans into ...

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What the Apple Watch Really Means for Brand Advertisers
Media

What the Apple Watch Really Means for Brand Advertisers

9y Idris Nagri

What the Apple Watch Really Means for Brand Advert...

The Apple Watch is opening up a whole new world for marketers - but what can brands realistically do on the device? Read More...

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SXSW 2015: Shazam Partners With Brands to Simplify Search
Search

SXSW 2015: Shazam Partners With Brands to Simplify Search

9y Emily Alford

SXSW 2015: Shazam Partners With Brands to Simplify...

Shazam's chief product officer, Daniel Danker, spoke with ClickZ at South by Southwest about a new feature on the brand's app that will use images and...

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Real-Time Advertising a Staple of the Super Bowl
Display Advertising

Real-Time Advertising a Staple of the Super Bowl

9y Mike O'Brien

Real-Time Advertising a Staple of the Super Bowl

Brands can reach consumers during the Super Bowl with real-time video ads on Facebook and through Twitter war rooms. And with a shoppable halftime sho...

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Spotlight On: Pandora's Jack Krawczyk
Data insights

Spotlight On: Pandora's Jack Krawczyk

9y Mike O'Brien

Spotlight On: Pandora's Jack Krawczyk

The director of product management recently spoke with ClickZ about Pandora's troves of user data, which goes back more than eight years, and how it e...

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Data's Role in Music and Marketing
Data insights

Data's Role in Music and Marketing

9y Mike O'Brien

Data's Role in Music and Marketing

Platforms like Pandora, Spotify, and Shazam know a lot about their millions of users. How does this vast amount of data impact the relationship betwee...

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Shazam Brings Targeted Ads In-Store
Marketing

Shazam Brings Targeted Ads In-Store

9y Mike O'Brien

Shazam Brings Targeted Ads In-Store

Partnering with Mood Media, a company that sends digital watermarks to mobile devices from retailers' sound systems, Shazam allows brands to use the p...

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IHOP’s #SongsSecretlyAboutPancakes Showcases Shazam as a Marketing Tool
Marketing

IHOP’s #SongsSecretlyAboutPancakes Showcases Shazam as a Marketing Tool

10y Idris Nagri

IHOP’s #SongsSecretlyAboutPancakes Showcases Shaza...

IHOP says it decided to use Shazam because it wanted to engage with consumers longer than it can in a TV spot and notes the Shazam icon is more of a d...

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Shazam Receives $40M From Carlos Slim's America Movil
Marketing

Shazam Receives $40M From Carlos Slim's America Movil

11y Idris Nagri

Shazam Receives $40M From Carlos Slim's America Mo...

The media engagement company has teamed up with one of the world's wealthiest men to further growth in the Americas. Read More...

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Bacardi Targets Moviegoers With Shazam-Enabled Content
Marketing

Bacardi Targets Moviegoers With Shazam-Enabled Content

11y Idris Nagri

Bacardi Targets Moviegoers With Shazam-Enabled Con...

Until August 8, consumers in front of 100,000 U.S. movie screens will see a Bacardi-sponsored "film" during previews and will be able to access additi...

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Shazam: Connecting TV and Digital Like Never Before - Part 2
Asia

Shazam: Connecting TV and Digital Like Never Before - Part 2

11y Simon Small

Shazam: Connecting TV and Digital Like Never Befor...

Cornetto, Old Navy, and Bud Light are already creating multi-device companion experiences through tech players such as Shazam. Consider these resource...

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Shazam: Connecting TV and Digital Like Never Before - Part 1
Asia

Shazam: Connecting TV and Digital Like Never Before - Part 1

11y Simon Small

Shazam: Connecting TV and Digital Like Never Befor...

While TV drives reach and ad spend, dual screening with players such as Shazam presents huge opportunities. Read More...

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