Papa John’s, the third largest pizza delivery company in the world, is working with digital marketing company, Rakuten Marketing to drive digital sales through location targeting and raise awareness of a York store opening – its first in Yorkshire. Papa John’s is using Rakuten Marketing’s targeting technology to pinpoint their core audience within a three […]
Starbucks have created Starbucks Reserve, a brand of rare small-lot coffees, and opened a Roastery and Tasting Room in Seattle, a unique experience that is also the world’s largest Starbucks. The experience that lets visitors follow the coffee bean’s journey from harvesting to roasting and tasting, giving them a great cup of coffee, all with […]
Bud Light, the official beer sponsor of the National Football League, is introducing the ultimate in smart technology innovation at the start of the season to ensure that sports fans never run out of Bud Light when watching the action. The Bud-E Fridge is a first-of-its-kind smart home beer fridge that enables consumers the ability […]
Starbucks is launching Mobile Order & Pay in the UK, allowing customers to pre-order their favourite drinks and food in over 150 London stores and save time in the queue. Rolling out from 1st of October, the new feature, available exclusively within the Starbucks App, offers customers greater convenience and the ability to customise their drink […]
Nescafé is the world’s first coffee brand to provide consumers with a fully immersive virtual reality experience, by transporting them to Brazil’s coffee fields using their mobile phones and an ingenious viewer developed by Google. After downloading the Nescafé 360˚ app, which is also available for Android and iPhone, consumers can slip their mobile into a Nescafé-branded […]
Starbucks is looking to ease in-store queues with the nationwide implementation of mobile ordering and payments across the US. Following a the launch of a mobile ordering pilot in Portland earlier this year, the app, which was available only on iOS, is now also available on the Android operating system for coffee drinkers in around […]
Gatorade is trying to give fans a new point of view — like how to stare down a Major League fastball — as part of a new virtual reality effort. The campaign features Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper and seeks to put fans in his shoes as he steps to the plate. The campaign — […]
As part of its ‘#MakeItHappy’ campaign, Coca-Cola installed an interactive billboard in a subway station in Stockholm. Dubbed ‘Coke-moji’, the digital ad used facial recognition technology to mimic commuters’ facial expressions and displayed them as emojis. People who stood in front of the billboard had their smiles and winks reflected back at them, brightening their […]
Despite its success, Coca-Cola’s Share a Coke campaign did not encompass native names in many countries, especially in Latin America. The original campaign was especially welcomed in Peru, but due to the country’s diversity many couldn’t participate because of their native names. In response to that, McCann Lima created a voice recognition drinks dispenser that […]
Zomato has launched its Whitelabel Platform, a full suite of technologies for restaurants to run their business on the internet. The key feature on the platform is the ability for restaurants to launch custom-branded native mobile apps to help them connect with and engage their customers, and operate at internet scale. The food-tech segment has seen […]