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We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year break and are feeling energised and ready to hit some events over the next few months as we have some great ones for you to attend! The Delivery Conference 2015 Tuesday February 3rd 2015 MetaPack will play host to the sixth annual Delivery Conference - a one day event dedicated to responding to consumer demand for choice and control over the delivery experience. Joining us will be the most influential retailers from across Europe and a host of retail thought leaders who are redefining the industry. Register now to secure your FREE place as a retailer or 3PL or use your Mixing Digital discount code, TDC10, if you are a technology vendor, carrier or agency working in the retail sector and wish to purchase a delegate ticket. Internet Leaders Dinner with PetsPyjamas: More than just a Website. Thursday 26th February At this dinner the CEO of PetsPyjamas, Gracia Amico, will talk to us about the importance of truly understanding your customers and creating a shopping experience that (over) delivers on their needs. She will explain the approach PetsPyjamas have taken to achieve this, covering various channels of the business with emphasis on the ability to book pet friendly breaks. PetsPyjamas is the ultimate shopping destination for pet owners. They recently won the 2014 Retail Week Award for customer services initiatives, so it’ll be an insightful evening on how this brand has and will innovate. Register now to secure your place at the dinner for just £99 including a 3-course dinner and unlimited drinks. We look forward to seeing you soon All our best wishes Davina, Charlie, Maria, Ben, Donia, Faris, Ali and Fe
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The complaint surrounds the iOS 8 and the amount of memory it reserves for itself on ipods, iphones and ipads. The complaint alleges that it takes up so much space that far less than advertised is left for people to store their own data. Apple has yet to issue any official comment on the lawsuit.
The app is aimed at kids eight and above and I’m sure a few adults will be downloading it too. Bionicle – Mask of Creation casts six of the line’s characters in a 3D action game and kids can unlock 100-plus virtual pieces of Lego to customise their character, but there are no in-app purchases. All extra content is accessed simply by playing the game. In fact, surprisingly with no third-party ads, the app isn’t being directly monetised in any way.
India’s Web Blocking Causes Anger
India's Department of Telecoms ordered the blocking of many sites recently to prevent the uploading of inappropriate content and to prevent the publicising of "jihadi activities".
After considerable pressure from users and the site themselves, four of the sites - Weebly, Vimeo, Daily Motion and Github - were unblocked, Officials said the other sites would have their blocks lifted if they complied with the "law of the land". The Indian Ministry for Communication and Information Technology said in a statement: "It was stated that Anti National group are using social media for mentoring Indian youths to join the Jihadi activities. India has a history of sporadically blocking websites, or issuing warnings about online content.
John Lewis Sees a New Pattern for Christmas Trade
As Blacks Friday sales take over the winter pre-Christmas retail sales market, they are also reshaping the retail world in the run up to Christmas and the January sales, John Lewis announced figures showing the impact the Black Friday sales had on it’s 2014 Christmas Trading.
As reported on Essential Retail News - http://www.essentialretail.com/news/article/54aa71d082fad-john-lewis-confirms-new-pattern-to-christmas-trade&utm_source=ER-Campaign-252&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=essential-retail-news-john-lewis-confirms-new-pattern-to-christmas-trade-small-e-tailers-eying-stores-and-online-marketplaces-news-on-customer-loyalty-queue-busting-rbte&campaign_id=252&article_id=1207 As Blacks Friday sales take over the winter pre-Christmas retail sales market, they are also reshaping the retail world in the run up to Christmas and the January sales, John Lewis announced figures showing the impact the Black Friday sales had on it’s 2014 Christmas Trading. John Lewis’s Managing Director, Andy Street, spoke about a “new shape” to Christmas trading for retailers which is defined with an early peek at the end of November and then driven by deals, mid-season sales and insensitive, followed by the last minute gift buying rush a few day before Christmas. Also said "With Black Friday driving a higher proportion of online sales and customers increasingly wanting more convenience, this has meant a real concentration on fulfilment, making this a truly 'Logistics Christmas'," Street explained. "The investments we have made and the new capabilities we have built in recent years in Distribution and IT have been fundamental in ensuring we successfully navigate this changing shape of trade." For the five weeks to 27 December, total sales were £777 million, which represented an increase of 5.8% compared with last year, or +4.8% on a like-for-like basis. Online sales were up 19% on last year, while click & collect overtook home delivery as a method of fulfilment this Christmas – with 56% of online orders for the period collected in a shop. To find out how to boost your customer choices and deliver control book you place at The Delivery Conference 2015 Taking place on Tuesday February 3rd 2015, MetaPack will play host to the sixth annual Delivery Conference - a one day event dedicated to responding to consumer demand for choice and control over the delivery experience. Joining us will be the most influential retailers from across Europe and a host of retail thought leaders who are redefining the industry. Register now to secure your free place as a retailer or use your Mixing Digital discount code, TDC10, if you are a technology vendor or carrier working in the retail sector and wish to purchase a delegate ticket.
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That last event was a huge success with over 1000 delegates attending and 66% of delegates being retailers. From those 1000 delegates 60% of them are in fact decision makers.
The event consists of a conference, exhibition and awards.
Two conference streams, Delivery Innovation - a platform for the carrier and postal industry to present their latest innovations and developments. Online Strategy - a forum for top retailers from across Europe to discuss their strategy for keeping pace with consumer demand and lessons learned along the way. In between break-out sessions you will have the opportunity to check out the exhibitors and see what they have to offer. We have exhibitors such as Hermes, Parcelforce Worldwide, Citysprint, Royal Mail and more. You will hear from speakers across Europe such as Ocado, Groupon, Zappos, Carphone Warehouse and more At the end of the day you can enjoy networking over a few drinks and enjoy our very own awards ceremony: The Delivery Excellence Awards.
Please click here for more info and to register.
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The theme of this year’s edition is “‘Engage Customers Like Never Before: One Customer, One Experience, One Enterprise’. This edition would have 70+ Senior level professionals who would share their views & expertise on pre–decided topics and would have close to 350 industry leaders and practitioners of Loyalty, CRM, Marketing, Customer Experience, Social & Digital Media, Mobile Solutions, Employee Engagement, Big Data & Analytics. The entire event coverage alongwith a brief of last 7 years proceedings is available on the website www.loyaltysummit.net For more information please email on harish@loyaltysummit.net or call +91 9969428590
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Digital Media Strategies takes place 9 – 11 March 2015 at Kings Place, London. It brings together a global audience of over 400 CEOs and senior leaders from news, magazine, broadcast, B2B, STM and digital pureplay media businesses. Over three days of case studies, analysis, workshops, training, round table discussions and tailored networking opportunities, it focuses on the key strategic challenges behind developing a profitable and sustainable media business in a digital world. Now in its third year, it has now become the key venue for addressing the big-picture challenges facing the industry, focusing not on PR pitches, but instead on honest, in-depth case studies which go deeper than the surface trends
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Our Digital Review enables you to take a quick dive under the skin of your digital marketing efforts to identify what’s working, what’s not and where and how you can make some effective changes. We take a hands on, human led approach, which sets us apart from highly automated software generated reports. We review all aspects of your brands online presence.Taking a team-based approach to researching, testing and documenting our findings. We believe that the best digital reviews are carried out by impartial individuals who are experienced brand guardians, web designers and developers. We create an online report: http://www.digitalbrandreview.uk/project/sample-report-acme/. We also offer a face-to-face meeting to go over our findings in more detail and make any recommendations. To find out more give me a call on 07932 820764 or email sally@phenotype.net
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