Monday, May 20, 2013

Mobile Marketing

App Store hits 50 billion milestone, Google Play not far behind

Apple this week announced they had reached a major milestone - 50 billion apps have been downloaded from their App Store. Meanwhile, Google reveals that it isn't so very far behind. >>

Ecommerce

IBM: Mother's Day shopping goes mobile

Mother's Day shopping via mobile was up 23% on 2012, according to IBM's Digital Analytics Benchmark, with iPhone generating the most online traffic. >>

Internet

Service industry occupations not safe from technology

For the last three decades or more, technology has swept aside manufacturing jobs. Robots and other computers and machines, controlled by software programs, build cars, consumer electronics and drive other manufacturing processes far faster and more efficiently than humans ever could. >>

Ecommerce

How webrooming is taking over ecommerce

There is a new monster behind the door for retailers - or is there? For a little more than two years, we've heard about showrooming - people using mobile devices in-store and then buying from different, lower priced retailers online. Now, there is a new term - webrooming, that is making some nervous. Our expert explains why webrooming may be a tool to engage shoppers, not turn them away. >>

Mobile Marketing

Report: Strong digital presence key to success

Mobile and online outlets are crucial to success, that is the takeaway from new data out from Apigee. The study indicates that brands who are 'high digital performers' are having more success than those who aren't focused on those online outlets. >>

Internet

Report: SMBs falling behind in tech

Small businesses may be some of the earliest adopters of social media platforms, but when in comes to technological infrastructure these same businesses are falling behind. According to new data many small businesses are behind the tech curve when it comes to website development. >>

Loyalty Marketing

Mobile the boost loyalty programs need

The latest Loyalty Report from Maritz Loyalty Marketing found that almost half of loyalty program members have stopped participating in one or more programs over the past year. Using mobile apps to engage consumers in loyalty programs could be the way forward. >>

Ecommerce

British Land: UK retail stores must adapt or die

British retail stores must adapt or die, according to property investors British Land, who called stores that could not be adapted as "essentially obsolete". >>

Mobile Marketing

Platform pushes mobile integration as mobile use soars

New data out from Millennial Media underlines the importance of mobile to an overall advertising strategy. Meanwhile, an upgrade out for the Leaf platform takes mobile devices farther into ecommerce circles. >>

Advertising

UK luxury marketers to spend more on rich media, online video

Research in the UK by media and advertising company Martini Media reveals that marketers targeting consumers of luxury items plan to spend twice as much on rich media and online video that their counterparts marketing to the mass market. >>

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