Global Marketing News – 13th April 2016 Alibaba to invest $1 billion in rival ecommerce platform Lazada The Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has announced it is going to invest 1 billion US dollars in Lazada. Lazada is an ecommerce company that … Read More
Global Marketing News – 12th April 2016 New Indian ecommerce regulations could spell trouble for Amazon The ecommerce giant Amazon could be facing legal trouble in India. In the last month, India has implemented new regulations regarding ecommerce, meaning that … Read More
Jargon Buster – 11th April 2016 A is for… AMP You may have heard lots of buzz about AMPs recently. But these AMPs aren’t the thing you plug into an electric guitar. In internet marketing, AMPs refer to Accelerated Mobile … Read More
Global Marketing News – 11th April 2016 Zimbabwe to implement China-style internet censorship regime Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe has expressed a desire to introduce Chinese-style internet censorship rules to the country. In a speech that praised the usefulness of the internet … Read More
Global Marketing News – 8th April 2016 Amazon launches Amazon Payments Partner Programme The international ecommerce giant Amazon has launched its Amazon Payments Partner Programme aimed at ecommerce platform providers and developers. Amazon Payments Partner Programme allows ecommerce companies to … Read More
Global Marketing News – 7th April 2016 EU advances its investigation into Google The European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said that the Commission is “advancing” its investigation into Google’s Android operating system and AdSense advertising service. The European Commission has … Read More
Global Marketing News – 6th April 2016 China denies controversial draft law would block all foreign sites The Chinese government has denied that a controversial draft law to do with domain names would block all foreign websites in the country. … Read More
First up, Pubcon Austin is taking place in Texas, USA on the 3rd of May. The conference will cover a variety of topics such as social media, content marketing, PPC and SEO, and will feature speakers from Google, AOL and … Read More
Global Marketing News – 5th April 2016 Mobile ecommerce behaviours in Europe revealed Research by Zanox has revealed the mobile ecommerce behaviours of several European countries. The UK and the Scandinavian countries came top when it came to the amount … Read More
Global Marketing News – 4th April 2016 Research reveals biggest digital growers and slowers Researchers from Tufts University have revealed which countries’ digital economies are growing the fastest. It measured countries’ digital economies based on supply-side factors, demand-side factors, innovations … Read More
Global Marketing News – 1st April 2016 Periscope reveals its success as it turns one year old The Twitter-owned live video streaming app Periscope is now one year old. The social media company celebrated the milestone by sharing some new … Read More
Global Marketing News –31st March 2016 Mobile optimisation becomes ever more important in travel industry Mobile devices are increasingly being used by travellers researching holidays online, according to a study by HeBS Digital Research. A big trend, cited by 60% … Read More
Global Marketing News –30th March 2016 The problem of geo-blocking in Europe Research by the European Commission has revealed that geo-blocking is a common problem in Europe. Geo-blocking is where a website stops internet users from certain countries from accessing … Read More
Global Marketing News –29th March 2016 Apple may face challenges in Indian mobile market Apple is launching its new iPhone SE smartphone, but analysts are predicting it may struggle in the Indian market. The iPhone SE has a 4 inch … Read More
Global Marketing News – 24th March 2016 Internet users do not trust new general top level domains A study by IDG Research has revealed that internet users do not trust new general top level domains (gTLDs). The new gTLDs, such as … Read More
