Swirl, AccuWeather partnership brings real-time weather targeting to indoor mobile location marketing
Industry’s first integration of weather and indoor location data, announced at the Mobile Marketing Association Leadership Forum, enables retailers and brands to drive the highest in-aisle contextual relevance in mobile NEW YORK — Swirl Networks, Inc. and AccuWeather today announced a groundbreaking partnership that brings the most advanced, real-time weather targeting …
Mobile wallets: The next channel for marketers
In an age where cash is in decline, a smartphone is in every pocket or purse and there seems to be an app for everything. Mobile wallets are a convenient, connected alternative to enable an evolved shopping experience. As digital wallets gain popularity in Canada and around the globe, there …
What is mobile direct marketing?
Q&A with Dilshan Kathriarachchi, chief technology officer at EQ Works Age has never been a limiting factor for Dilshan Kathriarachchi. He has assembled his life and career around emerging mobile technology, specifically when it comes to marketing. By the age of 15, he became an instrumental part of the roll-out …
Flexiti Financial appoints marketing, retail experts to Advisory Board
TORONTO, ON — Flexiti Financial today announced that Diane J. Brisebois, president and CEO of the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), and Rick Padulo, chairman and CEO of Padulo Integrated, a multimedia retail communications company, have joined Flexiti Financial as the first two members of the company’s Advisory Board. Flexiti Financial is …
Top five marketing skills in demand in 2017
Here is a look at the top five jobs and skills that will be in high demand in the ever-evolving marketing industry in 2017: Paid social Mobile browsing is on the rise. Most consumers are using their smartphones for messaging, email and social media; therefore, a lot of companies are …
Mastercard expands mobile order-ahead platform for Canadian retailers and on-the-go consumers
Qkr! with Masterpass enters six new markets and introduces “Open Tab” feature Barcelona, SPAIN — At Mobile World Congress, Mastercard today announced that it will expand Qkr! with Masterpass, a mobile order-ahead and payment platform developed by Mastercard Labs, to six new markets including Canada and add new functionality to …
Mobile drives over a third of all email-generated revenue for the first time
New Yes Lifecycle Marketing data reveals the gap between mobile and desktop engagement, conversions is shrinking rapidly CHICAGO — For the first time, mobile accounted for a third of all email-driven revenue in Q3 2016, a milestone in the shrinking gap between desktop and mobile, according to data from Yes Lifecycle …
Fathom launches enterprise product and platform
Fathom’s high accuracy scalable technology redefines BLE location, context and intelligence VANCOUVER, BC and LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Today Fathom introduces its suite of products to the public. Fathom — a hardware and cloud-based software system — has been designed to redefine the beacon and IoT space. Fathom delivers a wide …
Mastercard and BMO make fingerprint and ‘selfie’ payment technology a reality in North America
New biometric app for commercial use available in the U.S. and Canada LAS VEGAS – Mastercard today announced the North American rollout Identity Check Mobile, a new payment technology application that uses biometrics, including fingerprint and facial recognition, to verify a cardholder’s identity and simplify online shopping. BMO Financial Group (BMO) …
Mobile payments awareness grows, cash use declines; consumers demand more to make the leap to mobile, Accenture survey finds
TORONTO — Sixty-three percent of consumers in Canada use cash at least weekly to make purchases at a merchant location, down five percentage points from 2015 – the most significant decline in use of traditional payment methods over the past year, according to a new report from Accenture. Awareness of …