Global Marketing News – 5th August 2015 Google faces prosecution after defying French court Google has said that it will not be complying with an order issued by the French data privacy watchdog, the CNIL. Last month, the CNIL ordered Google to remove links from all of its domains under

Global marketing news – 3 August 2015 E-commerce gets easier in Russia with Yandex Delivery The Russian search giant Yandex has launched its own delivery service. Yandex.Delivery will help Moscow-based e-commerce stores deliver items to other regions in Russia. Delivery is a big challenge in Russia as it is such

Global marketing news – 28 July 2015 Slow page load speeds limit international success Businesses targeting international markets are putting their performance at risk by having slow loading speeds, research has suggested. A report from Nielsen has revealed that 47% of people expect a website to load within 2 seconds,

Global Marketing News – 22nd July 2015 Google profits dented by global exchange rates Google’s quarterly revenues have increased by 11% compared to the same period last year, reaching almost 18 billion US dollars. Advertising revenue accounted for 16 billion US dollars. The average cost-per-click has fallen slightly, with increases

Global Marketing News – 16th July 2015 VKontakte app banned from Google Play app store VKontakte’s app has been removed from the Google Play app store. VKontakte is Russia’s most popular social network, with 85 million users, out of a total Russian population of 144 million. The app is believed

Global Marketing News – 10th July 2015 Sony and Yahoo Japan team up to enter Japanese real estate market Sony and Yahoo Japan have teamed up to enter the real estate market in Japan. Sony will invest 1 billion Yen in Sony Real Estate Corporation, with Yahoo Japan pledging to

Global Marketing News – 6th July 2015 Google accused of delivering “degraded” search results A Yelp-sponsored study has accused Google of delivering low quality search results by prioritising its own services over more relevant, high quality alternatives. The study, which was conducted by two researchers from Harvard Business School and

Global Marketing News – 30th June 2015 Global brands improve Facebook ROI in emerging markets Facebook has launched a program called Creative Accelerator, which shows different ads depending on a user’s internet speed, location and gender. With over a billion people now using Facebook, and many of them using low-quality

Global Marketing News – 24th June 2015 Baidu’s iQiyi to acquire 1,000 Hollywood titles Baidu is to head to Hollywood, thanks to its video streaming subsidiary, iQiyi. The service hit five million subscribers in June, an increase of 765% from the previous year. iQiyi plans to acquire 1,000 Hollywood titles

Global Marketing News – 18th June 2015 France threatens Google with sanctions The data privacy watchdog in France, the CNIL, has ordered Google to remove links from all of its domains under the “EU right to be forgotten” law. The “right to be forgotten” law means that EU citizens can