Ikea's decision to give customers more control about how it handles their data signals the role privacy around customer data now plays in the brand marketer's toolkit, several industry experts say.

The customer data platform (CDP) industry continues to grow apace, with 14 new vendors and US$236 million in cumulative funding added to the ecosystem in the last six months.

It was just last month Salesforce officially took the wrappers off its first customer data platform (CDP). It's a move that raises a big question: What does it mean for the longer-standing data management platform (DMP)? Will these platforms will continue to co-exist, or will CDPs in fact replace DMPs?

Western Union's Nicole Zimmermann is all too aware of the challenges and responsibilities associated with handling massive amounts of customer data.

There’s no question today’s brands recognise the purpose of gathering customer intelligence (CI) is is to better understand customer motivations in order to drive future growth.

Voice of customer (VOC) programs are becoming increasingly popular with marketers, but there are some general do’s and don’ts to follow if they're going to succeed.

As traditional retailers rethink their strategies around loyalty cards and customer data, Qantas and Myer are the latest retails giants to join forces with mobile wallet app provider, Stocard, and pilot their loyalty programs on the company’s app.

A voice of the customer (VoC) program can be a powerful way marketers can collect customer feedback, mine that feedback for insights, and then incorporate those insights into business decisions - but what happens when there’s just too much data to manage?

Successful data-driven marketers are increasingly turning to first-party data to improve customer intelligence and lessening their reliance on third-party data sources, a new report claims.

Apple has named MediaMath, The Trade Desk, Rubicon Project, GET IT Mobile, Accordant Media, Adelphic and AdRoll as launch partners for the company's iAd Workbench API 2.0.