Global marketing news – 5 May 2015 Sohu.com is catching up with Baidu in China Sohu.com could be a threat to Baidu, having reported better than expected financial results with a revenue increase of 25%. The Chinese internet company, based … Read More
Global Marketing News – 1st May Egypt’s e-commerce activity is set to double The co-founder of an online shopping platform called Souq.com has said that Egypt has some of the fastest growing figures for online shopping. A recent Mastercard study … Read More
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 … Read More
Global Marketing News – 29th April Yahoo faces a tough search for Japan exit Yahoo is hoping to sell a $9 billion stake in its Japanese affiliate, Yahoo Japan. A Yahoo chief executive says that the company has hired advisors … Read More
Global Marketing News – 28th April Facebook Suffers Slowdown in Global Growth Shares in Facebook fell by 2% last week as it reported its slowest quarterly revenue gain in two years. Meanwhile, research and development spending increased as more money … Read More
Global Marketing News – 27th April The EU Plans to Create a Single Digital Market in Europe The European Commission is set to announce that it wants to create a single digital market across the EU. Currently, all 28 member … Read More
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 … Read More
23 April 2015 – Global marketing news Baidu develops its own smartwatch OS DuWear The leading Chinese search engine Baidu has announced that it has developed its very own operating system (OS) for smartwatches, called DuWear. DuWear is open platform … Read More
22 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Google’s “Mobilegeddon” update is finally launched globally Google has updated it search algorithm to punish websites that are not optimised for mobiles. The so-called “Mobilegeddon” update will push down websites in the search … Read More
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 … Read More
20 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Internal Google antitrust memo leaked An internal memo that was circulated to Google staff about the EU antitrust investigation has been leaked online. The EU has launched an antitrust investigation against Google, which … Read More
17 April 2015 – Global marketing news Chinese B2B e-commerce to reach 10 trillion yuan Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce sales reached a staggering 10 trillion yuan, equivalent to 1.6 trillion US dollars, in China last year, an increase of 22% on … Read More
16 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese court orders removal of negative reviews from Google Maps A court in Japan has ordered Google to remove 2 negative reviews that were written on Google Maps about a Japanese medical practice. … Read More
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 … Read More
14 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese Twitter streaming app already ahead of US rivals The Japanese live-streaming app Twitcasting has announced that it intends to enter the US market. Twitcasting, which was launched in 2010 and has over … Read More
