The Australian Federal Government is set to shake-up the way public and private sector organisations can access and use consumer data by outlaying $44.6 million to launch a new Consumer Data Right (CDR).

​Growing volumes of data generated through emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, voice interaction and mixed reality could see consumers outsourcing their own identity management as the very nature of value-driven exchange between brand and consumer transforms.

Australian brands are embracing digital transformation, but the experiences they are delivering in advertising are not meeting consumer expectations, an Adobe report revealed.

Football Federation Australia (FFA) “stopped talking only football” as it pushed out a non-traditional digital marketing campaign that aimed to make real connections with desired fans - particularly kids and young males - to support the Hyundai A-League.

The rising trend of sustainable corporate practises and eco-friendly business models are changing the way businesses communicate with customers, but is the message getting across?

With the post-holiday dieting messages in full swing, Lean Cuisine has launched an interesting adblocking campaign so consumers can focus on health rather than the pressure to diet and lose weight.

Engagement, social connection and more personalised technology are key themes and trends in terms of customer engagement. They’re also driving mobile marketing as the new frontier of the digital landscape.

With the online fashion space saturated with content, the pressure is on retailers to find innovative ways to engage effectively with consumers. One e-commerce site, Stylematch, has adopted a ground-breaking way to leverage content aggregation, curation as well as customer engagement.

Myer’s new CEO has admitted the retailer has struggled to meet the modern and omni-channel expectations of its customers after announcing a 23 per cent drop in net profits in its first half.

Charity giving community portal, JustGiving, has launched a ‘Care’ social button for donation sites in a bid to make the experience more personal for consumers.

News Corp's Lachlan Murdoch believes newspapers still have a "tremendous amount of life left in the them" despite a huge shift to digital technologies.

Sudden celebrity deaths, along with the royal baby and release of the iPhone 5S, have topped Google’s Zeitgeist list of what Australians were searching for information on this year.

Australian wine brand, Jacob’s Creek, has come up with a quirky way of using social media messaging and analytics to help customers create highly personal Christmas cards for friends and family.