Influencer Marketing stories - Page 2

Gym booking app SPORTL launches in London after GBP £250,000 pre-seed, offering pay-as-you-train access at 50 studios with no memberships.

SPORTL secures GBP £250,000 pre-seed funding to launch a pay-as-you-train fitness booking app with 50 partner gyms across London.

Seven influencers with 4.5m Instagram followers were sentenced for pushing an illegal FX scheme in a case the FCA says should warn others.

Taboola forecasts 2026 travel marketing will hinge on personalisation, mobile-first booking, creator content, social search and first-party data.

EE has opened a new experiential flagship on Oxford Street as part of a GBP £3 million push to expand hands-on tech stores nationwide.

UK Mother's Day spending is set to reach GBP £2.52bn this year, with men planning to splash out significantly more than women.

AI search tools cast brands in starkly different lights, with Google skewing early negative and ChatGPT souring sentiment near purchase.

Women are urged to shift from self-effacing 'give to give' to confident 'give to gain', turning generosity into visible power and progress.

Revuze now tracks TikTok Shop sales and creator performance, unifying commerce data with customer feedback in its market platform.

London agency CEEK posts 50% growth in 2025 and hires Grace Flusfeder as Head of Social & Creative to drive its AI-first visibility model.

Awin launches Campaign Builder and smarter partner recommendations to slash affiliate setup times and sharpen performance reporting.

UK fashion brands are ditching viral trend-chasing in favour of AI-powered personalisation, loyalty-building and deeper influencer storytelling.

Most Britons have never heard of new AI and marketing roles, with many dismissing titles like Belonging Manager and Empathy Engineer as fake.

UK startup Sendr launches AI-personalised videos for eCommerce, claiming a 33% uplift in abandoned-cart revenue and 10x more clicks.

UK consumers are embracing AI tools but trust is splintering, with most cross-checking search, social and brand sites before deciding.

Pulse Advertising has named Paola Nannelli Chief Executive as it steps up UK and US growth plans in the fast-shifting social commerce market.

UK health and beauty marketers plan to deepen AI use in 2026 while boosting hiring, creative budgets and influencer partnerships.

PayPal-owned Honey is dropped by Rakuten's ad network, cutting it off from 2,000 merchants amid claims of affiliate fraud and link theft.

Hendrix Rose PR has been appointed to lead UK media relations for fashion search specialist Verde Digital, targeting fashion and eCommerce titles.

AI agents will reshape how shoppers discover brands, forcing retailers to rethink visibility as SaaS vendors and ad budgets come under strain.