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Online shoppers splash-out over the festive period

Sadly the festive season is over for yet another year and has been replaced by New Year resolutions, most likely fitness based ones designed to remedy the excessive amount of food and drink we have all consumed. But this year there is also particular focus on the vast amount of money that shoppers spent purchasing [...]

Clothing retailer delights customers with X-Ray app

Well, this distinctive application of augmented reality will definitely grab people’s attention…
Clothing retailer Moosejaw released a cheeky new app last month to help ‘spice up’ a clothing catalogue which undresses its’ models to reveal what’s hiding underneath that bulky, winter knitwear.

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Get excited about 2012!

Last Friday saw the draw for Euro 2012, so start placing your bets and making your plans around the summer schedule, because Euro 2012 is set to be huge! UEFA reported that 155 million people watched the 2008 tournament and Spain’s close 1-0 final win over Germany was shown in 231 countries!*

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Fox launches virtual store in time for Christmas!

Marketers have shown some great uses of QR codes recently, allowing brands to genuinely innovate and engage with consumers. A current example is the HMV and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment campaign. The campaign sees the launch of a new virtual shop that uses QR codes, enabling mobile users to buy DVDs on the spot [...]

Wayne Rooney’s hairdresser brings Bromley FC barnets into the digital age!

The Hayes Lane club have done a deal with the Betfair betting website for all their players to sport QR codes on their heads tomorrow as they face Leyton Orient in the FA Cup first round.
Daniel Johnson is famous for styling Rooney’s hair – albeit with the help of a little surgery – and will [...]

Coupons – the way forward for brands

New research carried out for Coupon.com suggests that 44% of respondents agreed that coupons or vouchers influence them to choose between brands. 
The survey was carried out by YouGov in the UK. The survey also found that 16% of consumers use coupons to purchase products more than they would have a year ago with an 11% [...]

Z-CARD® at MediaPro 2011

MediaPro is a top marketing and media exhibition held in November every year at Olympia, London. The event is always extremely popular, with over 150 expert suppliers of marketing solutions including new online and offline technologies and social media. With the event attracting over 50 major brands including Unilever, ITV and Universal Pictures at the 2010 [...]

Are QR Codes the solution for lost keys?

Most of us have experienced the frustration when you struggle to remember where you left your keys. However, QR codes may provide the key solution in tracking them down.
The idea is that you attach a QR code to your key ring which would provide a QR code download link and instructions on the back. When [...]

Realising the power of mobile

A recent article in Marketing magazine highlighted some interesting points about retailers failing to tap into their consumers use of smartphones and mobile websites.  Did you know that both Easyjet and Apple do not have a website optimised for mobile?*
Easyjet were one of the first airlines to exploit the web as a direct sales channel, [...]

Put your contact details directly into your client’s pocket!

There’s more to QR codes than simply providing a gateway to mobile sites. One example is the ability to share your contact details more easily. You can store your contact information in vCard format, and with one simple scan of the QR code, all of the information stored on your vCard is effortlessly transferred to [...]