Digital marketing stories
Marketing is gaining strategic weight as nine tech businesses vie for honours in awards that spotlight New Zealand firms' push overseas.
Brands risk being overlooked in AI-led shopping unless customer reviews and ratings are readable by crawlers, Bazaarvoice said.
Video teams could cut manual work and unlock revenue as Brightcove rolls out an AI tool that can act across its platform from chat prompts.
The honours underline rising demand for data and integration tools as utilities, retailers and universities tackle ageing systems and automation pressure.
Australian employers are losing customers and delaying contracts as skilled vacancies linger for weeks, a survey of 214 firms found.
Advertisers in Australia can now adjust campaigns in real time using sales and store visit data, cutting measurement delays to days or hours.
Reusable integrations have cut Bakers Delight's rollout times for new digital tools, with Shopify live in four months and Klaviyo in three.
Marketers can now verify AI-generated pipeline and revenue answers before spending budgets, as Dreamdata ties them to governed data definitions.
Viewers in Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand will soon see interactive shopping ads on LG smart TVs as the partners widen their US rollout.
Advertisers can now link overseas ad spend to store visits, as the new tool goes live in Asia-Pacific and targets travel campaigns.
Marketers risk misreading APAC growth as install gains slowed in gaming and retention weakened, even as finance and payments adoption lifted some markets.
Adobe is using the post to help customers navigate AI adoption while feeding regional priorities back into its global product strategy.
South Korean travellers can now book a San Francisco trip through creator Sumin Kim, as BYRDLI ties social inspiration directly to sales.
The agency's US push gives advertisers an alternative to pricier digital auctions, as it opens access to connected TV, linear television and audio.
The overhaul aims to make browsing easier for shoppers as the family-run interiors retailer seeks to boost online sales and store visits.
Businesses running multiple locations could cut repetitive local marketing work as Synup shifts to usage-based pricing with Sydekick.
Free prompts to curb AI over-reliance are being rolled out in Brazil as PUCPR tries to preserve source citation and human judgement.
Australian retailers may be missing search traffic, after 16 months of data showed shoppers far prefer “orthopedic” to “orthopaedic”.
Many UK small firms are exposed to copyright and confidentiality claims online, with fewer than two in five carrying insurance cover.
Retailers in Singapore are using AI and telco data to spot untapped audiences, cut insight time by up to 60% and sharpen decisions.