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30/08/2011
eMarketer: "The global mobile payments market"
Research firms disagree on the current size of the nascent market, but project strong growth in mobile payments and their users.
29/08/2011
USA Touchpoints set to offer marketers consumer centric holistic measurement
USA TouchPoints will equip 2,000 American consumers with smartphones loaded with a special app that allows them to record their media usage at half-hour intervals throughout the day.
05/08/2011
eMarketer: “Maintaining Engagement on Large Facebook Pages”
On a per-user basis, “likes” began to decrease for pages with more than 100,000 fans, then rose again for pages with 1 million to 2.5 million followers.
31/07/2011
Beyond Twitter, Facebook: Social media use in BRIC markets
UM, formerly Universal McCann, found that 79.3% of internet users in Russia managed a social network profile in 2010. In China, more than 68% did the same. But each country has its own unique social networks that leave Facebook and Twitter on the sidelines.
28/07/2011
New ISBA (UK) President
Jon Woods, General Manager of Coca-Cola UK and Ireland, has been appointed by ISBA to succeed Mark Hunter, CEO of Molson Coors, who steps down after two years in the President's role.
28/07/2011
The Advertisers Business Group's (Gulf Cooperation Council) new Board of Directors reports on key initiatives
The new ABG Board members have been officially announced on July 20th, 2011 with the nomination of the Chairman, Mr. Fadi Ghosn (see picture), the Vice Chairman, Mr. Raef Labaki, and members of the board, Mr. Ghayath Sioufi, Mr. Vincenzo Ventricelli, Mr. Chris Saldanha, Mr. Rami Damanhouri, Mr. David Porter.
28/07/2011
UBA (Belgium) to organise its yearly CEO Breakfast event
The next CEO Breakfast will take place on September 9th 2011, with confirmed CEOs from the media sector, advertisers and UBA's Board of Directors.
28/07/2011
