The Ultimate Guide to Personalisation

2026 · UK Edition

Personalisation has become a central focus for businesses aiming to enhance customer experiences across various industries. As showcased in recent stories, it involves leveraging data, AI, and emerging technologies to create tailored interactions that meet individual consumer preferences and expectations in real time.

From loyalty programmes adapting to economic challenges, to AI-powered marketing and customer service innovations, personalisation drives increased engagement, loyalty, and revenue. Organisations are advancing their strategies by integrating first-party data platforms, utilising generative AI, and employing intelligent tools that respect privacy while delivering meaningful and empathetic experiences.

Readers exploring this tag will discover insights into how personalisation transforms marketing, retail, ecommerce, travel, and customer experience, highlighting challenges and solutions that enable brands to stay relevant and competitive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

UK Personalisation news
Analyst Insights
Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks
Gartner · Personalisation · Data Protection
Last week
Building an enterprise data integrity architecture for AI and compliance
Gartner · Personalisation · CRM
Last month
SAP rebrands Emarsys as Engagement Cloud for AI CX
Gartner · Personalisation · SaaS
Last month
Gartner: LLMs to reshape PR budgets & staff chatbots
Gartner · Personalisation · MarTech
Last month
Constructor earns sole Customers' Choice in Gartner report
Gartner · Personalisation · CX
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
Reviews
Hands-on Review: espresso Lite 15 portable display
Marketing Technologies
Last week
Expert columns
Gender bias in AI - how to spot it, and how to prevent it
By Ruth Bucknell of Merkle UK
Last week
Designing a digital high street that truly fits us
By Vicki Blenkinsop of Visualsoft
Last week
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
By Amber Domenech of Goddiva
Last week
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
By Marlene Wolfgruber of ABBYY
Last week
Women, we can have it all - and AI is helping us prove it
By Kaitlyn Collins of Pacvue
Last week
The future of marketing is built on open data infrastructure
By Monica Ohara of Fivetran
Last week
Four women who are nailing loyalty with customer experience front and centre
By Fiona Stevens of LoyaltyLion
Last week
Why household context matters for the future of audience insight
By Colin Grieves of Experian Marketing Services
Last month
Maximising value from AI in 2026
By Barley Laing of Melissa
Last month
How address validation transforms Shopify deliveries
By Edmund Ng of Melissa
Last month
Nine Predictions for AI in 2026, from the Father of AGI
By Dr Ben Goertzel of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance
Tue, 27th Jan 2026
B2B data cleansing: Improving business data quality
By Edmund Ng of Melissa
Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Why data trust is the missing link in digital transformation
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Thu, 1st Jan 2026
The email you almost sent: Why skipping verification costs you customers
By Edmund Ng of Melissa
Tue, 30th Dec 2025
From click to delivery: How bad data breaks the eCommerce experience
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Tue, 30th Dec 2025
Interviews
Exclusive: Adobe's Firefly is to reshape creative pipelines
Discussing Marketing
Thu, 30th Oct 2025
How the Orlando Magic are reinventing fandom with data and AI
Discussing Big Data
Thu, 8th May 2025
Recent news
MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI
About Hybrid Cloud
Last week
UK shoppers warm to AI agents but trust concerns grow
About Marketing
Last week
Criteo becomes first adtech partner for ChatGPT ads
About Marketing
Last week
Online peak spending swings complicate 2026 planning
About Online shopping
Last week
Typeface unveils AI engine for governed marketing at scale
About Marketing
Last week
Holland & Barrett tech push lifts revenue towards GBP £1bn
About Robotics
Last week
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.3 Instant with fewer refusals
About Software Updates
Last week
Wickes debuts home improvement retail media network
About Marketing
Last week
Firstup boosts employee comms with new personalisation tools
About iOS
Last month
Infobip unveils AgentOS to power AI-first customer service
About Cloud Services
Last month
Kentico reveals Site of the Year 2025 award winners
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
Canva buys Cavalry & MangoAI, appoints algorithms chief
About Netflix
Last month
Google & Klaviyo deepen AI pact for agentic commerce
About Customer Relationship Management
Last month
Umbraco leads UK membership bodies' digital spending
About Customer Relationship Management
Last month
AI shapes RFP proposal teams as revenue pressure grows
About IT services
Last month
Job moves
Amperity hires Bridget Perry as chief marketing officer
Move at Microsoft
Last week
Skillsoft names Bernard Barbour as new technology chief
Move at Skillsoft
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
eDesk appoints Gareth Cummings as CEO to drive AI push
Move at EMEA
Tue, 20th Jan 2026
Skillsoft names Bernard Barbour as new tech chief
Move at Skillsoft
Fri, 16th Jan 2026
SALESmanago appoints Phil Draper as CEO to drive global AI growth
Move at Whatsapp
Fri, 14th Nov 2025
Linktree hires tech veterans to boost AI & personalisation features
Move at Airbnb
Fri, 19th Jan 2024
Sitecore appoints former Salesforce executive Kathie Johnson as CMO
Move at Salesforce
Tue, 21st Nov 2023
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