Sep 11, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, USA
Smartphone spending accounts for $6.7bn, or 63% of the total spent in m-commerce. This goes against the common notion that tablets are strong drivers for mobile spending. However, factoring in the total number of smartphone owners in the US is 142m compared to the 69m...
Sep 11, 2013 | China, Mobile
Apple has revealed its much-anticipated iPhone 5S and 5C devices, marking the first time the company has launched two smartphones simultaneously, as it responds to an increasingly competitive global handset market. Watch this video from the Daily Telegraph showing...
Sep 6, 2013 | France, Germany, Online advertising, Online video, UK
UK’s video programmatic market is valued at €20.5m for 2012 and predicted to rise to €224.5m by 2017, according to new research. The study, from video ad marketplace SpotXchange, looks into the adoption of programmatic video advertising across the five biggest...
Sep 3, 2013 | Mobile, USA
Vodafone has sold its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to US telecoms group Verizon Communications, as the mobile network operator refocuses on faster mobile broadband services in a new ‘Project Spring’ initiative. The deal ends a long-running saga, with both Vodafone...
Sep 3, 2013 | China
Yahoo has shut down its portal, news sites and community services in China, handing over to partner Alibaba to run internet services in the country. The move follows the closure of its email service last month, and the Yahoo China home page now redirects users to a...
Aug 30, 2013 | India, Online video
India boasts the world’s second fastest growing online population with 31%t Year-Over-Year Growth, six times the average global rate, according to a new report. ComScore has released the 2013 India Digital Future in Focus report. The report provides a comprehensive...
Aug 27, 2013 | China, Mobile
Baidu is letting users preview mobile apps without needing to download them, as the Chinese search giant looks to expand into mobile. Baidu’s free ‘Light App’ platform will run other apps, giving users a chance to access them without having to install them...
Aug 23, 2013 | Germany, Online advertising
This chart shows the top 10 sites in Germany and their growth in audience between January and July 2013. Wetter Online, a German weather site, saw its audience grow 120%. Recent Yahoo! acquisition Tumblr reported the 4th highest growth in traffic with 44%. Priceline,...
Aug 21, 2013 | China, Mobile, WhatsApp
China-based mobile chat app WeChat has reached 100 million registered international users, after doubling its user base in last three months, as the firm looks to rival WhatsApp on the global stage. The messaging service app cited its aggressive global marketing...
Aug 21, 2013 | Brazil, China, Online advertising
Worldwide consumers are buying, researching and engaging with brands on their mobile devices. But their priorities and levels of satisfaction vary wildly from country to country – so brands need to make sure their content is adapted and attuned to local needs. This...
Aug 20, 2013 | Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Latin America, Online advertising, Russia
Singapore is the nation most motivated to go online by entertainment; The Portuguese the most motivated by information and the Chinese by self-expression and transaction, according to new research by global media agency network Mindshare. These are just some of the...
Aug 19, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Germany, Online video, Social media
The 57.8 million internet users in Germany each spent nearly 20 hours online during June 2013. Social networking accounted for a quarter of time spent online in Germany, making it the most engaging activity that month. Retail sites reached 77 percent of the German...
Aug 15, 2013 | China, Social media, Twitter marketing
Sina Weibo claims that it now has 54 million active users a day, as the firm continues its battle with WeChat and Tencent for dominance in the Chinese social networking sector. Weibo now has more than $1bn in cash in its coffers and American investment firm Piper...
Aug 14, 2013 | CPG, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, India, Online video, Social media
Horlicks has launched a new Facebook campaign in India to promote its new biscuit, inviting users to guess the plot of a new TV commercial with a number of clues. Watch the final TV commercial below: To promote the new Horlicks Nutribic ‘fibre rich digestive...
Aug 12, 2013 | Australia and New Zealand, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Search engine marketing
Online advertising spend in Australia reached $3.6bn in the past year, up 14% and overtaking TV for the first time, according to new figures.s The figures, from IAB Australia and PricewaterhouseCoopers, indicate that over the first six months of the year total online...
Aug 7, 2013 | Mobile, Regulation, USA
A ban on sales of older models of Apple’s iPad and iPhone in the US has been overturned by the Obama administration. President Barack Obama’s trade representative then vetoed the decision because of its “effect on competitive conditions in the US...
Aug 6, 2013 | Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, Brazil, China, E-commerce and E-retailing, France, Germany, India, Latin America, Russia, UK, USA
This chart shows the percentage of each country’s internet population who have bought something online. 40.4% of the worldwide internet population will make a purchase through a digital channel this year. Western Europe’s online population is very engaged...
Aug 6, 2013 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Online advertising, USA
Procter & Gamble’s digital spend makes up 35% of its ad budget in the US, as the FMCG giant looks to maximise the return on its marking investment. The move comes as new research indicates that Americans will spend more time online this year than watching...
Aug 6, 2013 | Online advertising, Russia
Online advertising is soaring in Russia, with the medium now second behind TV and ahead of print, according to research. The data, from AKAR (the Association of Communications Agencies of Russia), indicates that in 2012, online advertising generated 56.3 billion...
Aug 5, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing, France
Retail sites reached 84.5% of the online audience in France, making it the third biggest market in Europe in June 2013, after Germany and Russia, according to new research from comScore, looking at the top 10 French online retail sites of 2013. As the second sales...
