Global Marketing News – 1st June 2015 Vietnamese browser Coc Coc takes on Google Chrome Coc Coc is the second most popular web browser in Vietnam, coming after only Google Chrome, according to data from ComScore. Google Chrome currently has 5.95 million users in Vietnam, compared to 4.19 Coc Coc

Global Marketing News – 26th May 2015 Taiwan orders Taobao to leave the country Taobao, the arm of Alibaba that deals with consumer-to-consumer ecommerce, has been ordered to end all business in Taiwan and leave the country within the next 6 months. The company also faces a fine of 240,000

Global Marketing News – 19th May 2015 Indian ecommerce could attract $25 billion in investment A report by consulting firm, India Opportunity Advisors shows that with enough foreign investment, the e-commerce sector in India could reach $60 billion in sales by 2020. The report says that despite Indian e-commerce experiencing

Global Marketing News – 8th May Google rolls out new ads as mobile searches top PCs in 10 countries Google has developed a range of ads intended to be more mobile-friendly, following its announcement that that searches on mobile devices now outnumber those on personal computers in ten countries, including

Global Marketing News – 30th April Apple increases iphone sales in China, Apple has seen increased iPhone sales in China, dispelling the myth that China is a challenging market for the company. It announced global sales of 61.2 million iPhones in the first quarter of 2015, up 40% from the

24 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Baidu announces launch of Baidu Mall China’s leading search engine Baidu has announced that it is entering the world of ecommerce and will soon be launching Baidu Mall. Baidu Mall will be an ecommerce platform for China and is expected to launch to

21 April 2015 – Global Marketing News JD launches international retailers site in China One of the leading ecommerce companies in China, JD, has launched a new website dedicated solely to international retailers wanting to sell to Chinese consumers. JD Worldwide currently has 450 different online shops containing over 150,000

15 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Paid links will be a negative ranking factor for Yandex Yandex is to update its search engine ranking algorithm to make paid links a negative ranking factor. Last year, Yandex announced that paid links were to be removed as a ranking factor for

9 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Google set to face antitrust charges in Europe After 5 years of antitrust investigations, it appears that the EU is preparing to file charges against Google. The EU has been approaching companies that filed complaints against Google to ask for their permission to