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Vodafone Leverages GumGum’s Contextual Intelligence Platform to Increase Purchase Intent Around Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3
Date: June 30, 2022
London, UK – 30th June 2022: GumGum and Vodafone have announced a successful strategic partnership which has seen the multinational telecommunications company successfully leverage GumGum’s contextual intelligence platform, VerityTM, to increase purchase intent around the popular Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3; a compact, foldable phone. As part of this successful partnership, GumGum set out to test...

Covid Can’t Break South Africa’s Love Affair With Shopping Malls
Date: June 29, 2022
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – With two days to go until opening to the public, workers rush to put the finishing touches on the Kwena Square shopping complex, a shiny $13 million sign that South Africans are defying the global “retail apocalypse”. Not even COVID-19 could separate them from their beloved malls. “I love...

Factbox-Europe’s Summer Travel Chaos
Date: June 28, 2022
(Reuters) – Strikes and staff shortages are forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights and causing hours-long queues at major airports, dashing hopes of a sizzling first summer after COVID lockdowns. Here is a summary of some of the developments: LABOUR UNREST: After sweeping job cuts and pay cuts when COVID-19 brought travel to a...

Britons Seek Cheaper Grocery Options as Inflation Bites – NielsenIQ
Date: June 28, 2022
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britons are shifting to cheaper food alternatives in their supermarket shopping as they try to navigate a worsening cost of living crisis, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher NielsenIQ said that over the four weeks to June 18 sales of frozen poultry rose 12% year-on-year, sales of rice...

German Consumer Sentiment Plunges to New Record Low – GfK
Date: June 28, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – German consumer sentiment is projected to fall to another record low in July, as the Ukraine war and interrupted supply chains push up energy and food prices even further, a survey showed on Tuesday. The GfK institute said its consumer sentiment index, based on a survey of around 2,000 Germans, dropped to...

Angry and Left Behind: Rural Voters Back French Far-Right in Challenge for Macron
Date: June 27, 2022
By Layli Foroudi BRIARE, France (Reuters) – Marie-France Chouffeur, a 52-year old farm worker from a small town in central France, had never voted for the far-right before April’s presidential election, when she backed National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen against incumbent Emmanuel Macron. This month, she was one of many rural voters who...
