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This article has been updated in July 2024 by Sabrina KHADIVI. Many of the biggest companies in the world are using neuromarketing right now, to dive into consumers’ minds and to understand how they respond to external triggers and how instincts work. Names like Microsoft, Pepsi, Daimler, Mercedes Benz have been investing in the practice to test designs, products and advertisements, while luxury brands are looking for a new way to convey messages, pushing exclusivity, elegance and user experiences more and more innovative...

This article on “2D VS 3D” compares 2 most popular methods to showcase products in ecommerce websites- 2d images and 3d models, in terms of customer engagement and conversion rates. Ecommerce is gaining increasing popularity The estimate of people shopping online today is about 2 billion. This is roughly 25 per cent of the world’s population, and those numbers are still growing massively By the end of 2021, e-commerce is expected to take over 17...

A simple introduction to customization Customization is defined as the act of modifying the supply chain to deliver goods and services which are adapted to satisfy a specific customer’s needs. As the world’s largest supplier[1] of athletic shoes and apparel, Nike already had a worldwide reach, yet unfortunately they were losing touch with the end consumers...

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the way shopping is done, directing people towards digital channels. As McKinsey points out, in October 2020, more consumers worldwide confirmed that they expected to make a bigger portion of their purchases online, compared to periods before the COVID-19 crisis. This change spanned across all categories, from groceries, to jewelry, apparel, footwear, and accessories...

3D visualization definition and its estimated market size If you have been reading our blog, you might already have an interest in 3D visualization, an area about which we, at Hapticmedia, are very passionate. 3D visualization combines a series of technologies such as computer-generated imagery, 3D modelling, rendering and graphics to create three-dimensional imagery which resembles reality so closely that it might be hard to differentiate from a real photo or video...

What is digitalization? Digitalization is described by Gartner as “the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities; it is the process of moving to a digital business.” For the past decades, businesses have been evolving towards digitalization and trying to shift into a more technological approach that adopts digital tools in everyday tasks, at both individual and organizational levels, to have more accessible and transparent data, faster processes and higher productivity...

While the COVID-19 crisis has impacted overall spending, it seems that the holidays aren’t canceled. As Deloitte’s 2020 Holiday Surveys show, consumers are resilient and will adapt their shopping behaviors to these new times, some directing even more money for at-home celebrations. How does this new Christmas shopping landscape look like?..

This article is aimed to discuss esports marketing, its genres and events, a big fan base, huge marketing potential, and very importantly, the opportunities and tools to make the most of it for the benefits of your marketing strategy. The esports marketing ecosystem: players, events and influencers According to McKinsey, the term “esports” is defined as “a specific subset of online gaming with a focus on the competition between human players – both amateurs and professionals – in a video or computer game with predefined rules”...

What is gamification and where is it used? In their 2012 paper “Defining Gamification - A Service Marketing Perspective”, Kai Huotari and Juho Hamari refer to gamification as “a process of enhancing a service with affordances for gameful experiences in order to support users’s overall value creation.” Indeed, gamification means using game related elements and principles in non-game situations to attract users and increase engagement and retention...

At Hapticmedia, we know our clients have a wide array of options when it comes to building their own online 3D product configurator for e-commerce. Indeed, making this choice might seem quite difficult and intimidating, especially if you don’t have the necessary information. What makes an excellent product configurator? A great product configurator showcases the outstanding features of your products from a 360 degree angle, creates an engaging and immersive digital shopping experience, with the help of online personalization, 3D modeling and visualization technology, Augmented Reality, virtual try on, omni channel strategy, engraving and so on, while ensuring safety, agility, light weight, web speed, excellent support and customer services...