Blogs
Category: Business
Closing the gap between your online and offline customer data
Are you capturing customer data from your physical spaces? If not, you could be missing a trick. With the rise of online sales and convenience buying, offline seems to have taken a back seat, with businesses now focusing solely on collecting customer data from the online space. The problem… …offline…
Purple listed in Top 30 of The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 in 2018
The finalists for The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 have been released, and we are excited to announce Purple have been awarded 28th place. The Tech Track 100 league table ranks Britain’s 100 private tech (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years. It is compiled…
Airport digitalization: has the passenger experience improved enough?
Passengers have been embracing technology for years, relying on their smartphones, tablets and other devices to stay informed and up-to-date when traveling. Many airports have bought in too, investing heavily over the past few years in self-service technology that keeps passengers informed, creates more efficient passenger journeys and improves the…
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…
Purple takes home the Judges’ Award for International Success at Northern Tech Awards
Purple, global WiFi analytics providers, were last night presented with the Judges’ Award for International Success at the Northern Tech Awards, hosted by GP Bullhound. The awards, held at The Hub in Edinburgh, recognized key players in the region’s digital sector and celebrated the fastest growing and most promising technology…
How our end users have absolute control over their data
End users of WiFi should have control over the data they are willing to share with companies. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full force on 25th May this year, the biggest revision to data privacy and security in 20 years by the European Union parliament, but there…
Purple and Airship land a winning solution for Revolution Bars Group
Revolution Bars Group have commissioned CRM provider, Airship, and WiFi analytics provider, Purple, to deliver a new welcome journey for their first-time visitors to increase customer retention. Purple and Airship have implemented a solution that enables Revolution Bars Group to collect key demographic data on their customers and drive engagement…
Big data and the part it’s playing in ‘new retail’
Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, used the term ‘new retail’ in 2016 to describe a future that would blend online, offline, logistics and data across a single value chain. The strategy aims to establish the business as a consumption solution provider, leveraging big data to enhance consumers’ shopping experiences. And we…
Purple disrupt the WiFi market yet again; offering their enhanced analytics solution free of charge
Purple, global leaders in guest WiFi analytics, has today announced a huge shake up in their free and licensed WiFi solutions. The WiFi and analytics provider have made another bold, yet strategic move to disrupt the WiFi market. Purple are offering their enhanced solution, now called Purple SMB, free of…
Purple welcomes NLT Networks on board its global partner network
Purple has formed a technology partnership with NLT Networks, leading providers of IT business solutions and consultancy, to provide businesses with in-depth data around their customers and physical spaces. NLT Networks work with a number of high profile partners including, Fortinet, Ruckus, Cisco, Meraki, HPe, Aruba and more, and they…
The Future of Data with Amazon’s Alexa Evangelist and GI Insight
A consumer’s journey to making a purchase happens in minutes, therefore why wouldn’t brands create an experience for your customers that reacts with their behaviour and interests – in minutes. Technologies, machine learning and automation are changing the shape of marketing and how businesses understand and engage with their customers.…
Purple move to new offices in Austin, Texas to accommodate further growth
Purple, global leaders in guest WiFi analytics, are moving to TechSpace, a vibrant and creative shared office space located in one of Austin’s premier locations, 98 San Jacinto Center. The new space will allow Purple to execute plans to build on the existing team to meet a continued increase in…
Purple’s WiFi and analytics solution – McDonald’s is lovin’ it
Hamburger giant, McDonald’s, has begun its next course of digital transformation having rolled out WiFi analytics across its sites in Belgium as part of a three-year contract with Purple, Cisco Meraki and Socialspot. McDonald’s Belgium is using intelligent, hyper-targeted marketing features in the Purple platform to deliver radically new digital…
What’s an AP, and why should businesses invest?
You know that box that you switch off and back on again when your WiFi starts playing up at home… well that’s not an AP, that’s a router. An AP, otherwise known as an access point, connects to that box allowing you to extend the range of your WiFi to…
Hotel group improves guest communication thanks to Purple and Nowire Networks
South American boutique hotel and apart hotel group, Inmobiliaria Su Ksa, and its guests are benefiting from the investment in a new guest WiFi solution that will see management gaining valuable analytical data to improve guest experience within each location. Purple’s WiFi and analytics solution has been installed initially at…