Global Marketing News – 13th July 2015 Will Google’s right to be forgotten reach the USA? The privacy group Consumer Watchdog is to file a complaint against Google to the US Federal Trade Commission. The complaint will argue that rules … Read More
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 … Read More
Global Marketing News – 9th July 2015 Naver to launch English-language live streaming service The South Korean search engine Naver has announced that it will soon be launching its first English-language service. Naver V will be a live streaming service … Read More
Global Marketing News – 8th July 2015 PayPal to enter international money transfer market The online payments company PayPal has announced that it is going to buy Xoom for 890 million US dollars. Xoom is a leading international online money … Read More
Global Marketing News – 7th July 2015 Russia relaxes its “right to be forgotten” law Russia has announced that it will be relaxing its online “right to be forgotten” law, as China tightens its own cyber-laws. Russian lawmakers had originally … Read More
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 … Read More
Global Marketing News – 3rd July 2015 Alibaba launches 11 country-specific pavilions Alibaba’s T-Mall Global platform has just launched 11 new country-specific “pavilions”, sections of its site devoted to selling foreign products to Chinese consumers. The new pavilions are for … Read More
Global Marketing News – 2nd July 2015 Top Korean search engines announce new mobile algorithms Two of South Korea’s top search engines have announced major algorithm updates to help deliver a more personalised search experience to mobile users. Naver has … Read More
Global Marketing News – 1st July 2015 Study reveals best times to tweet around the world Research by Buffer has revealed the best times to tweet in order to get the maximum number of clicks, engagements, retweets and favourites. The … Read More
Recently, myself and my colleague Umay Jones had the fabulous opportunity to spend a few days inside the Yandex headquarters in Moscow. We were very surprised by the weather! Moscow can get very cold during the winter (dropping as low … Read More
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 … Read More
Global Marketing News – 29th June 2015 Technology giant Alibaba sells US ecommerce flop Alibaba has sold its US-based ecommerce site 11 Main to a key American competitor, highlighting the company’s withdrawal from foreign markets as it seeks to solidify … Read More
Global Marketing News – 26th June 2015 Google opens Google Campus Madrid to boost Spanish tech start-ups Google has opened a “Campus” in Madrid. Google Campus Madrid is a space where technology start-ups and entrepreneurs can go to work, network, … Read More
Global Marketing News – 25th June 2015 Russian ecommerce leader opens up to European retailers The Russian ecommerce site Ozon has announced that it will start allowing European and Chinese merchants to sell on its site later this year. The … Read More
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 … Read More
