Global Marketing News – 27th May 2016 Baidu Tieba to close down due to piracy fears Baidu is due to close its literature forum website, Baidu Tieba, due to ongoing concerns of online piracy. The move has come as a reaction to … Read More
Global Marketing News – 24th May 2016 Naver affiliate files lawsuit against Kakao An affiliate of Naver, NHN Entertainment, has filed a law suit against Kakao for violating its patented mobile technology. The suit, which was filed with Seoul Central … Read More
Global Marketing News – 19th May 2016 Three quarters of online shopping carts get abandoned Digital shopping cart abandonment is at a level of 74.3% worldwide. Data from Sale Cycle shows that the Asia-Pacific region had the highest rate of … Read More
Global Marketing News – 16th May 2016 Google declares war on payday loan sites Google has taken the step to ban all payday lenders from its sites. Any loans which are due within 36 days or with an interest rate … Read More
Global Marketing News – 11th May 2016 Facebook wards off wannabe trademark-thief in China Facebook has won its case against a Chinese company that registered itself under the same name. The Chinese ‘Face Book’, registered itself as a separate trademark … Read More
Global Marketing News – 6th May 2016 Russia looks to China for internet censorship advice Russian multi-millionaire and founder of the censorship lobbying group Safe Internet League, Konstantin Malofeev, has begun a campaign to tighten internet censorship across the country. … Read More
Global Marketing News – 3rd May 2016 Which digital skills will matter most for businesses? According to a report undertaken across Europe and the US, in three years’ time skills in analytics and big data will be the most crucial … Read More
Global Marketing News – 27th April 2016 Indian ecommerce market to break $100 billion mark The Indian e-commerce market is expected to be worth over 102 billion US dollars by 2020, an increase from just 16 billion in 2015. Figures … Read More
Global Marketing News – 22nd April 2016 Google charged with Android abuse by EU Google has been formally issued antitrust charges by the European Commission. The company is accused of being in breach of EU laws of competition by placing … Read More
Global Marketing News – 18th April 2016 Naver to launch app store to rival Google and Apple The South Korean internet giant Naver is going to launch an app store in June this year. It has joined forces with the … Read More
Global Marketing News – 15th April 2016 WeChat announces radical new content censorship policy The popular Chinese messaging app WeChat has announced a long list of content that is now banned on the site. Banned content includes anything that violates … Read More
Global Marketing News – 13th April 2016 Alibaba to invest $1 billion in rival ecommerce platform Lazada The Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has announced it is going to invest 1 billion US dollars in Lazada. Lazada is an ecommerce company that … Read More
Global Marketing News – 8th April 2016 Amazon launches Amazon Payments Partner Programme The international ecommerce giant Amazon has launched its Amazon Payments Partner Programme aimed at ecommerce platform providers and developers. Amazon Payments Partner Programme allows ecommerce companies to … Read More
Global Marketing News – 5th April 2016 Mobile ecommerce behaviours in Europe revealed Research by Zanox has revealed the mobile ecommerce behaviours of several European countries. The UK and the Scandinavian countries came top when it came to the amount … Read More
Global Marketing News –31st March 2016 Mobile optimisation becomes ever more important in travel industry Mobile devices are increasingly being used by travellers researching holidays online, according to a study by HeBS Digital Research. A big trend, cited by 60% … Read More
