Lloyd James to return to industry after two years out
Lloyd James, one of the direct marketing sector’s most colourful characters, is returning to the industry to take up a…
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Big issues to tackle in 2017: the looming skills crisis
It may seem like the stylus is stuck on the record, but much like vinyl, the skills shortage does not…
Charities guilty of using Response One file illegally
The charity sector’s incompetent data practices have now engulfed St Ives-owned data business Response One, after it emerged that both…
New guide aims to lift lid on data suppression files
Brand owners are being offered a way to plot a course through the complex world of data suppression and home…
Top ecommerce brands are ‘all data and no action’
A forensic analysis of the digital marketing methods of the Top 50 leading ecommerce brands in the UK reveals that…
WPP pools customer data into GroupM global suite
WPP-owned media agency GroupM is launching a global technology suite which unites the customer information held by all WPP data…
Pro-Brexit Daily Mail hit by Brexit advertising slump
The Daily Mail looks like it has paid a heavy price for backing Brexit following predictions that it will report…
Content sharers ‘are nine times more likely to buy’
Brand owners are being urged to tap into online consumer sharing activities to identify and predict new customers, on the…
Sky data chief McCarthy joins Signal as EMEA boss
Sky’s head of data partnerships, Nick McCarthy, is leaving the company after six years to join US cross-channel marketing technology…
M&S to bank on data as Sparks card comes to fore
Marks & Spencer is planning to ramp up its investment in data-driven marketing by ploughing more resources behind its Sparks…