Australia Post begins delivering small parcels by drone
Australia Post has begun to trial new technology to deliver small parcels by Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) or drone. This closed-field trial is an important next step in testing the new technology which will potentially deliver small parcels safely and securely to customers’ homes, allowing for faster transportation of time-critical …
Five reasons marketers need a digital asset management system
Files, assets, collateral; these words all essentially mean the same thing in a marketing world but are often treated very differently in business! Files is a basic name for digital assets, from images, videos, ads, word documents – and absolutely anything you may want to store digitally. They adopt …
Australia Post begins delivering small parcels by drone
Australia Post has begun to trial new technology to deliver small parcels by Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) or drone. This closed-field trial is an important next step in testing the new technology which will potentially deliver small parcels safely and securely to customers’ homes, allowing for faster transportation of …
How FUSE retooled for the tech, digital, social and XM era
FUSE is not the agency we were when we started out 13 years ago. Today we’re all about data and insights that drive both conversation and conversion for top Canadian brands. And while we work in any medium; our love of technology and innovations leads us to focus in digital, …
Automating the marketing ecosystem
Half a century ago IBM revolutionized the computing business by separating programs from hardware. Today a comparable revolution is underway: the shift to browser-based applications in the cloud. But that poses a dilemma for marketers: how do they combine multiple standalone applications to form a unified marketing ecosystem? At …
CRM meets programmatic advertising
Traditionally, the worlds of customer relationship management (CRM) and media buying have been almost entirely separate—each with its own unique data, techniques, tools and specialized expertise. However, recent trends in the data and technology landscape have caused a blurring of lines between these two areas of competency. In particular, the …
Canadians break holiday online shopping records in 2015
Online shoppers click into the record books; 20% growth in online sales PRESS RELEASE: TORONTO — Canadians shopped online in record numbers during this year’s holiday shopping season. For the first time in Canadian eCommerce history, the combined online share of sales in November and December 2015 totalled 9.8%, according to …
Unleashing the power of e-commerce
How a smart e-commerce strategy helped a Canadian fitness wearable manufacturer take on the world The wearable technology market is experiencing a gold rush. Goliaths like Apple, Samsung and Fitbit have been aggressively pursuing this category. And yet, there is a mid-sized company in Vancouver producing fitness watches and wristbands …
E-commerce for growing service businesses
Most business owners think of e-commerce in the most common use case—augmenting or replacing brick and mortar with online retailing. Canadian companies like Shopify and Tulip Retail are betting big and jockeying to be the trusted provider that guides brick and mortar establishments into the modern omni-channel marketplace. In 2012, …
54% of Canadians would sue over CASL violations
According to a new poll, carelessness in Canada’s Anti Spam Legislation (CASL) compliance may be a ticking time-bomb for Canadian businesses. Companies need to carefully review customer communications ensuring they are compliant with CASL or they run a serious risk of lawsuits. The poll revealed Canadians may be far more …