Jun 19, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation
Dominos Pizza has become the latest victim of a hack attack for their French and Belgian sites, with the perpetrators demanding a ransom of €30,000 or they will expose their customers address (and their favourite toppings). The group, who call themselves Rex Mundi,...
Jun 18, 2014 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video, Regulation
YouTube has attracted controversy with its new music subscription service, that will see artists on independent labels blocked form the site over a payment dispute. The move could mean music videos by high-profile artists such as Adele and Arctic Monkeys could be...
Jun 18, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
Amazon has boasted that it tripled the number of applications on its Android app store in the last year alone, but the online retailer still siginificanly trails Google Play and the Apple App store in terms of overall downloads. The firm claims that that for...
Jun 16, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Over a third (37%) of British consumers online are willing to take advantage of the growing phenomenon of the “sharing economy” in which people use specialist websites to rent out assets they own, according to a new study by Nielsen. Also known as peer-to-peer rental,...
Jun 16, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing
The opening game day of the World Cup on Thursday saw a drop in traffic until kick off, with half time the peak time for conversion, according to new research. Data from Peerius reveals that the pre-match build up caused shoppers to turn-off and it wasn’t until the...
Jun 13, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Amazon is launching a Prime Music, a streaming service available at no additional cost for Prime members, offering one million tracks to stream… compared to Spotify’s 20 million. Prime members will be able to listen to hundreds of pre-programmed Prime...
Jun 10, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, USA
Participants around the world are tapping into the sharing economy, an emerging global trend that some authorities value at more than $25 billion, according to new research from Nielsen. In a sharing economy, also known as collaborative consumption and peer-to-peer...
Jun 10, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Germany, Mobile
More and more people in Germany plan and book their holidays through their mobile phones, according to new research from comScore. With m-Commerce continuously on the rise, the Travel industry has experienced particularly strong growth rates in this area. Nearly...
Jun 9, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Sixty-eight percent of global online consumers are willing to share or rent their personal items in share communities for payment, as services such as Uber (sharing cars) and Airbnb (renting accommodation) continue to rise, according to a new study by Nielsen....
Jun 6, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Search engine marketing
Web users are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, according to new US research from eBay. eBay published the claim in a paper ‘Consumer Heterogeneity and Paid Search Effectiveness: A Large Scale Field Experiment’ published in conjunction...
Jun 2, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Social media, Twitter marketing
Weight Watchers opened a pop-up café in London for just a week, offering healthy food for free… Provided diners share the experience on social media The Feel Good Café in Hoxton Square, East London, aims to champion “choice, flavour and real food” and is...
May 29, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Search engine marketing, Social media
Here are the top digital marketing data and case studies that caught our eye. Mary Meeker’s digital trends: Just 1% of global data being analysed While 34% of the data we’re creating is useful, only 1% of it is now being analysed in some form, according to the...
May 29, 2014 | China, Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Email marketing, Facebook marketing, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation, Search engine marketing, Social media, Twitter marketing, USA, Viral and buyrals, WhatsApp
While 34% of the data we’re creating is useful, only 1% of it is now being analysed in some form, according to the latest research from renowned Morgan Stanley internet analyst Mary Meeker. View the full slide presentation below: KPCB Internet trends 2014 from Kleiner...
May 29, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Online retail giant Rakuten will open its first café in its home country of Japan, as the firm continues to expand into new markets. The flagship, Kashiwa Sato designed “Rakuten CAFE” opens in Shibuya, Tokyo on Thursday, May 29, 2014. The new venture will offer...
May 29, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing
The Tuesday after a Spring Bank Holiday was predicted to spark a 33% rise in online spending – based on recurring trends over the April & May Bank Holidays over the last 2 years, according to new research. Some key stats show that: • The Tuesday after a Bank...
May 29, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, UK
More than a third of all online sales are now made on a mobile device (smartphones and tablets) as m-commerce continues to increase its share of the UK e-retail market, according to the latest results from the IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking. Key findings...
May 28, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Social media
Hotel chain Marriott Rewards has launched a PlusPoints program that rewards loyalty program members 250 points for each Facebook ‘like’ or Twitter ‘follow’. Under the scheme, sharers also get 25 points for each Facebook share or retweet about...
May 23, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Search engine marketing
This week Google has rolled out its latest Panda 4.0 update designed to drive down low-quality content from its search rankings- with eBay seemingly losing out heavily from the new algorithm, according to new research. The US-based data, from Searchmetrics, listed an...
May 22, 2014 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Marketing through gaming, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Search engine marketing, Social media, UK, Unilever - Research, tips and news for marketers, Viral and buyrals
Here are the top digital marketing data and case studies that caught our eye. UK search marketing trends 2014: Budgets increase as focus turns to conversion rate optimisation More than half (58%) of all UK companies plan to increase their paid search budgets this...
May 22, 2014 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, Mobile, Online advertising
At the beginning of 2014, an Ikea Facebook campaign drove an 11 per cent increase in foot traffic for the retailer, according to research carried out by Vizeum and iProspect in partnership with Facebook and EE. The study matched Facebook usage and EE data over the...
