Brands
Clevertap and Infobip join forces to power RCS in omnichannel engagement
MUMBAI: Clevertap has partnered with global cloud communications platform Infobip to integrate Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging into its omnichannel offering, promising a new era of dynamic, visually rich, and highly personalised brand-customer interactions.
With over 1.2 billion monthly active users across 60+ countries and Apple set to support RCS with iOS 18 the format is fast emerging as a game changer in digital communication, set to reach over 2 billion users by late 2025.
Through this collaboration, brands using Clevertap can now craft captivating RCS messages featuring high-quality visuals, carousels, and real-time, two-way interactions enabling more engaging conversational marketing and deeper customer connections.
“RCS represents the future of brand-customer interactions—dynamic, interactive, and personalised experiences that continuously evolve with consumer expectations. By integrating RCS into our omnichannel platform, we’re empowering businesses to elevate their customer interactions to the next level. Our partnership with Infobip helps us realise this vision and ensures that businesses can continuously meet and exceed customer needs,” said Clevertap co-founder & chief product officer Anand Jain.
Beyond aesthetics, RCS ensures trust through verified brand identities and detailed analytics, such as read receipts and real-time feedback crucial for campaign performance and loyalty building.
With Clevertap’s platform, brands can further enhance RCS with, segment users and analyse behaviour using real-time, predictive insights, boost campaign success through AI-powered testing and iteration, integrate RCS with email, push, Whatsapp, SMS and more for seamless journeys, deliver tailored content using contextual and behavioural data.
Infobip chief alliances officer Veselin Vuković commented, “Our partnership with Clevertap unlocks new opportunities for businesses to fully integrate RCS alongside other channels into their omnichannel offerings. By combining our robust channel capabilities with Clevertap’s advanced orchestration and personalisation engine, we are empowering businesses to enhance their conversational marketing experiences, drive real-time engagement through AI-powered automation, and deliver highly personalised interactions that strengthen customer relationships and support long-term growth.”
This integration marks a major leap in digital communication, enabling brands to manage and measure their RCS campaigns effortlessly through one unified platform—turning every customer touchpoint into an interactive, meaningful experience.
Brands
Lululemon picks former Nike executive to be its next chief
Heidi O’Neill, who helped grow Nike into a $45 billion giant, will take the top job in September
CANADA: Lululemon has found its next chief executive, and she comes with serious credentials. The athleisure giant named Heidi O’Neill as its new CEO on Wednesday, ending a search that has left the company running on interim leadership since earlier this year. O’Neill will take charge on September 8, 2026, based out of Vancouver, and will join the board on the same day.
O’Neill brings more than three decades of experience across performance apparel, footwear and sport. The bulk of that time was spent at Nike, where she was a central figure in one of corporate sport’s great growth stories, helping take the company from a $9 billion business to a $45 billion global powerhouse. She oversaw product pipelines, brand strategy and consumer connections, and played a significant role in shaping how Nike spoke to athletes around the world. Earlier in her career, she worked in marketing for the Dockers brand at Levi Strauss. She also brings boardroom experience from Spotify Technology, Hyatt Hotels and Lithia and Driveway.
The board was unequivocal in its enthusiasm. “We selected Heidi because of the breadth of her experience, her demonstrated success delivering breakthrough ideas and initiatives at scale, and her ability to be a knowledgeable change and growth agent,” said Marti Morfitt, executive chair of Lululemon’s board.
O’Neill, for her part, was bullish. “Lululemon is an iconic brand with something rare: genuine guest love, a product ethos rooted in innovation, and a global platform still in the early stages of its potential,” she said. “My job will be to accelerate product breakthroughs, deepen the brand’s cultural relevance, and unlock growth in markets around the world.”
Until she arrives, Meghan Frank and André Maestrini will continue as interim co-CEOs, before returning to their previous senior leadership roles once O’Neill steps in.
Lululemon is betting that a Nike veteran who helped build one of the world’s most powerful sports brands can do something similar for an athleisure label that has genuine love from its customers but is still chasing its full global potential. O’Neill has done it before at scale. The question now is whether she can do it again.
