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Category: Technology
Enterprise data management for physical spaces
Why do businesses collect data? Put simply, to improve. Take your website and Google Analytics as an example. Google Analytics captures data about your website and its users. You then analyze this data and use it to improve your website. But what happens when you have heaps of data coming…
El Gato Negro serve up WiFi analytics to improve the dining experience
El Gato Negro, the award winning Spanish restaurant, have partnered with Advantex and Purple to install an advanced guest WiFi network at their three story restaurant located in the heart of Manchester. The new network will offer diners a free, high-speed and secure WiFi connection, whilst also enabling the restaurant…
What does 5G mean for WiFi?
5G is here and it’s here to stay, it has already reached 228m global connections, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down, despite the global coronavirus pandemic. To understand how 5g works it’s important to compare it to its predecessor, 4g, to grasp the real differences and benefits of…
We’ve analyzed 110 million unique individuals, across 10 billion visits to 45,000 venues. Here’s what we found.
Do you know how many people visit your venue on a daily, weekly or monthly basis? Do you know how many of those people are new or repeat visitors? Do you know how frequently your repeat visitors return? Do you know your customer demographics? If we were talking about your…
Capturing insights and not just customer data
Collecting customer data is great in terms of growing your CRM and directly engaging your total addressable market. However, more importantly, is aggregating this customer data and overlaying it on top of other data sets to give you insights. Google Analytics and other online analytics tools provide you with an…
How to increase customer footfall
Online ecommerce sales have been on the rise for a number of years. A report by Statistia reveals that in 2020, ecommerce retail sales are expected to reach 4.1 billion US dollars, up considerably from previous years. And so, many retailers, and other ecommerce businesses with physical venues, are looking…
How to increase app downloads
Congratulations! You’ve built a mobile app. You truly love your apps icon, and design, and it works flawlessly on all the devices which you tested it on. There’s only one problem: your app is not being downloaded. If this is the case, then you’re encountering the same problem that many…
Top five technologies to watch in 2019
The world has experienced some mind-boggling innovations over the last couple of years, and if you think that was exhilarating, wait for what’s in store for 2019. Every industry is gearing up for tech innovations that will substantially disrupt business and make a broader impact on usability. During the annual…
Break through the noise: Six ways to hyper-personalize
Consumers are exposed to an average of 4,000 to 10,000 ads per day. From watching television to surfing the internet on a smartphone, consumers are bombarded with tons of messaging throughout the day. As a result, marketers have to figure out how they can differentiate themselves. Much of this can…
Instantly connect your Purple data with Microsoft Dynamics
Purple is pleased to announce a new integration with Microsoft Dynamics, the intelligent cloud platform that enables businesses to unify CRM and ERP capabilities. Microsoft Dynamics delivers a modern approach to business applications, helping businesses unify data and relationships, build intelligence into decision making, and achieve better results. The new…
Purple and Better Ad Network are serving disruptive technologies in hospitality in Chicago
Hospitality brands can now connect with their customers before they even step on site – and we’re not talking about sending them from your social media pages. We’re talking about capturing their attention while they’re in the vicinity before they walk into your competitors’ restaurant, bar or cafe. Purple, global…
Purple support Chorley’s Inspire Youth Zones project
Purple, leading WiFi analytics provider, is supporting Chorley’s Inspire Youth Zones project by donating a guest WiFi network and analytics platform for the new Youth Zone site. The Youth Zone, which is located on Chapel Street, offers a safe and inspiring environment for young people, aged 8 – 19, or…
Why brick and mortar stores are key to world domination
You may have noticed we’ve been talking a lot about the ‘customer algorithm’ recently. It’s a term that we have coined off the back of Alibaba’s ‘new retail’ strategy – one that aims to merge the online and offline worlds of data capture. It’s all about combining data from multiple…
WiFi4EU: A Continental Shift In Free WiFi Access For Europe
On May 29th, 2017 the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission reached a political agreement to provide free WiFi connectivity for citizens and visitors in the European Union. The WiFi4EU scheme will be delivered through simple and non-bureaucratic procedures including online applications, payments by vouchers (each worth 15,000 Euros)…
Register your 1:1 with Purple at HITEC Amsterdam 2018
Are you attending this years HITEC event in Amsterdam? If so, make sure you book in some time to visit stand 176. Purple will be on hand over the course of the three day conference to talk you through how you can increase customer retention by 24%. Intrigued? You should…