Aimee Costello, Localistico: Local marketing, post-COVID retail and going digital

A shop sign that says 'local'.

Could you tell us a little bit about Localistico and what it does?

Localistico is a local marketing SAS provider. So, essentially, any kind of company that has a physical location, we help them to market that physical location to their customers. We help them to manage digital representations of those physical locations. 

So if you went to a new city and you want to find a coffee shop, what you normally do is just pick the phone up and Google ‘coffee shop near...

Half of brands will have failed to unify customer engagement channels by 2022

A customer being served.

By 2022, 50% of large organisations will have failed to unify engagement channels, resulting in a disjointed and siloed customer experience that lacks context.

This is according to a study by Gartner, which has urged companies around the globe to deliver frictionless omnichannel experiences to create more connected experiences for customers and further drive digital commerce.

Matt Moorut, principal analyst in the Gartner Marketing practice, said: “Frictionless...