Global Marketing News – 21st March 2016 Chinese ecommerce market now the biggest in the world China’s internet penetration has broken the 50% barrier for the first time ever. The news was announced by the China Internet Network Information Centre, … Read More
Global Marketing News –17th March 2016 Google loses Android appeal in Russia A Russian court has upheld a ruling that Google abused its dominant market position in the Russian mobile market, after rejecting an appeal from the internet giant. In … Read More
Global Marketing News –14th March 2016 Spanish store shows how to win with social media in China The Spanish department store El Corte Ingles has run a successful social media campaign targeting Chinese tourists. Chinese tourists are famous for their … Read More
Global Marketing News – 10th March 2016 Arabic domains are gateway to Middle East success A report by ICANN has found that the potential for growth in the Arabic domain name market is huge. The Arabic-character top-level domain name شبكة. … Read More
Global Marketing News – 7th March 2016 Quality beats cost in Indian ecommerce Apple has overtaken the budget brand Xiaomi in the Indian smartphone market. Apple is now in sixth place in the country, pushing Xiaomi down to seventh place. … Read More
Global Marketing News – 2nd March 2016 Souq is the Middle East’s first unicorn company The Middle Eastern ecommerce site Souq has received 275 million US dollars’ worth of funding, the largest ever amount of money to be raised in … Read More
Global Marketing News – 26th February 2016 Baidu exposed for mobile user surveillance An online security firm has found that thousands of apps using code written by the Chinese internet giant Baidu are sending unencrypted sensitive data to the company. … Read More
Global Marketing News – 24th February 2016 In which country is Twitter more popular than Facebook? Twitter has more monthly active users than Facebook in Japan. The social networking companies have just released their user figures for the end of … Read More
Global Marketing News – 19th February 2016 Ecommerce has limitations warns international retailer The German electronics retail company Media-Saturn Group has said that it wants to expand its network of physical stores after admitting that ecommerce has its limitations. 8% … Read More
Global Marketing News – 16th February 2016 Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba takes new musical direction The Chinese internet giant Alibaba has bought a 4% stake in the South Korean music company SM Entertainment for 30 million US dollars. SM Entertainment … Read More
Global Marketing News – 11th February 2016 WeChat sets its eyes on Africa The Chinese social app WeChat is setting its sights on the emerging African market. WeChat is a social network, messaging service, video and voice calling service and … Read More
Global Marketing News – 8th February 2016 Chinese consumers say Happy New Year to retailers Today is Chinese New Year and research by Criteo has found that more people than ever before have been using the internet to do their … Read More
Global Marketing News – 3rd February 2016 International ecommerce sales fuel Alibaba growth Alibaba, one of the most popular ecommerce sites in China, has released its sales figures for 2015. The figures reveal that online shopping is growing in the … Read More
Global Marketing News – 29th January 2016 Is AI the future of search? The leading Chinese tech company Baidu has announced that it will be investing more money in supercomputing technologies. Baidu’s President announced the news in a Bloomberg TV … Read More
Global Marketing News – 26th January 2016 Programmatic advertising delivers best digital return Research by AdRoll has found that digital advertisers are planning to increase their spending on programmatic advertising more than any other form of advertising this year, with … Read More
