H&M launches transactional site in UK
Swedish fashion giant H&M has launched its much anticipated transactional website this week, hoping to tap into the growing demand for clothes shopping online.
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H&M launches transactional site in UK
Swedish fashion giant H&M has launched its much anticipated transactional website this week, hoping to tap into the growing demand for clothes shopping online.
Mypitch brings crowdsourced marketing services to UK
Mypitch.com has begun the European roll-out of its creative marketing crowdsourcing services with the opening of offices in UK, Ireland, France, Poland, Hungary and Spain.
Google takes on Skype with free web calls
Google has launched a new tool that lets its US-based Gmail users make free calls to one another via the web.
Males drive surge in mobile dating
Young adult males factor prominently in the increase in Europeans accessing dating sites on their mobile phones, according to new research.
Web security: Turkey and Russia ‘most risky places to surf the net’
Where in the world are you most likely to be hit by a malicious computer attack or virus? According to the results of AVG Technologies’ first ever Global Threat Index, it’s the Caucasus region, with Web surfers in Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan all being the most likely to face threats while online.
Right to reply: World Cup branding flops- The ball’s bearing
What lessons can brands learn from this summers World Cup marketing failures? Mark Terry-Lush, CEO at Renegade Media, takes a closer look at sport as a branding tool, and how marketers can do to avoid scoring more own goals ahead of London 2012.
French retail figures tripled in year
Two percent of visitors to retail sites – 700,000 people – made online purchases in 1999, and numbers of visitors to e-commerce sites have doubled in the past six months alone. The trends are attributed to the increase in new sites and improved promotion. Average promotion budgets for French retail sites have doubled from less … [Read more…]
A quarter of N. Ireland households to go online
Overall, 78,000 homes representing 216,000 people, or 13% of the population have access to the internet, and Quest analysts predict that up to 20% of households in Northern Ireland will be online next year. These findings place Northern Ireland alongside Ireland, France and Germany and ahead of Italy and Spain in terms of Internet penetration. … [Read more…]