12 March 2015 – Global Marketing News China to tighten ecommerce regulations The Chinese government has announced plans to introduce stricter regulations around ecommerce in the country. The new rules would target counterfeit products, which are a widespread problem on … Read More
11 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Baidu seeks funding to create artificial intelligence The founder of Baidu, Robin Li, has asked the Chinese military for funding for a “China Brain” project that would focus on developing artificial intelligence. Li … Read More
10 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Amazon opens store on Tmall Amazon has opened a store on its rival Tmall’s marketplace in an attempt to expand its reach in the Chinese market. Amazon is struggling in China, with less … Read More
9 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Baidu has app removed from Brazil’s Google Play Store after spat with Qihoo Baidu has had its antivirus app removed from the Google Play Store in Brazil as part of an ongoing spat … Read More
6 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Nigeria is leading African nation for ecommerce A study conducted by Ipsos has revealed that Nigeria is the leading African nation for ecommerce. Out of Nigeria’s 50 million internet users, a staggering 90% … Read More
5 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Report reveals internet access worldwide Facebook has released a report on how internet access differs worldwide. The 43-page report shows that only 38% of the world’s population goes online more than once a … Read More
4 March 2015 – Global Marketing News UAE company buys shares in Turkish ecommerce platform Hepsiburada The UAE company Abraaj Group has bought shares in the leading Turkish ecommerce platform Hepsiburada. Abraaj Group bought the 25% stake for 100 million … Read More
3 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Thai businesses using Instagram and Line to drive sales There’s an increasingly popular trend in Thailand for retailers to post pictures of their products on Instagram and complete the sale using Line, as … Read More
2 March 2015 – Global Marketing News WeChat invests in Africa WeChat Africa has invested in the South African mobile jobs platform Money for Jam (M4JAM). Money for Jam launched on WeChat in August 2014 and allows businesses to post … Read More
27 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Italy imposes conditions on Google Google has agreed to several conditions imposed by Italian privacy regulators in the wake of investigations following the merging of its 70 different privacy polices into one. Google … Read More
26 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Facebook’s Internet.org rolls out in India Facebook has just rolled out its Internet.org initiative in India. The Internet.org project aims to provide key basic internet services to mobile users for free and has … Read More
25 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Yandex triggers investigation against Google in Russia The search engine Yandex has asked Russia’s anti-monopoly regulator to investigate Google over whether its Android operating system is unfairly blocking other search engines on Android … Read More
24 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Ecommerce trails behind traditional retail in India Research by PwC has revealed that ecommerce levels in India are extremely low compared to traditional retail methods. Online shopping accounted for only 0.4% of all … Read More
23 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Google launches Chinese version of its YouTube developer channel Google has announced the launch of a Chinese language version of its YouTube developers’ channel. The new channel, which is aimed at helping Chinese … Read More
20 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Russia accuses Twitter of ignoring user information requests Twitter has been accused by the Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor of refusing to comply with information requests from the Russian government. Roskomnadzor said that Twitter … Read More
