Customer data stories
AI agents are quietly reshaping retail, and sluggish loyalty platforms risk losing transactions long before shoppers know they've gone.
Broot.ai has embedded Vonage voice APIs into its CRM, enabling one-click in-app calling, local numbers and unified activity tracking for teams.
Prophet hires Lia Carruthers and Becky McMillan in Australia as it scales from start-up to growth phase and boosts marketing and customer teams.
Yaspa hires former Shieldpay executive Cameron Flood as Head of Product for UK and Europe to drive expansion in payments and data services.
SpecterOps broadens BloodHound Enterprise to map identity attack paths across Okta, GitHub and Jamf-managed Macs in hybrid environments.
Informatica adds Microsoft Fabric Open Mirroring support and opens a Swiss Azure delivery hub to boost governed data for AI and analytics.
Qualtrics launches AI-powered customer experience tools to unify feedback, automate analysis and fix service issues before they escalate.
Retail leaders are racing to turn data, AI and retail media into performance engines, reshaping how customer loyalty will work by 2026.
Gamma is urging organisations to prioritise quick CX wins, reducing customer friction and risk while building momentum for longer-term change.
In eCommerce, clean verified customer address data is now essential to cut costs, stop fraud and keep shoppers loyal worldwide.
Dentsu ANZ names Danica Bellchambers Chief Data & Technology Officer to unify data, tech and AI across media, creative and CX teams.
OpenAI abandons in-chat checkout for ChatGPT, pivoting to web‑navigating shopping agents and referral-led partnerships with retailers.
AI agents are fuelling a new wave of cyber risk, as criminals weaponise automation to speed up ransomware and sharpen extortion tactics.
Coralogix and Skyflow partner to tokenise sensitive log data, balancing observability, privacy and AI-ready telemetry for global firms.
Open banking has swiftly evolved from a regulatory fix into core UK infrastructure, transforming payments, lending and everyday money management.
Manchester City appoints N-able as official cyber partner to safeguard its expanding digital operations and global fan data footprint.
Lendi Group taps MongoDB to rebuild data platform and go fully AI-native by 2026, targeting faster rollout of mortgage and property services.
Amperity warns identity gaps and flat budgets mean AI-led retail personalisation remains generic, missing high-intent moments for shoppers.
New Zealand Loyalty Association debuts to unite brands and launches nation's most comprehensive loyalty study ahead of 2026 summit.
AI tops CX investment plans, but few brands yet deploy proactive, predictive tools across channels, leaving omnichannel ambitions stalled.