With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, this infographic from Rakuten looks at the global online shopping trends for the most romantic day of the year- revealing that Asians spend the most, Germans spend the least and Americans spend £231m a year on presents for their pets…
Over 4 in 5 customers (83%) need some form of support during their online journey, and 59% of consumers would like more options in how they connect with brands, according to a new survey.
Google+ is now the second largest social network in the world in terms of monthly active users, overtaking Twitter for the first time, according to new data.
Car maker Citroën is inviting its Facebook fans across the world to vote for a selection of consumer-created designs to customise its new Citroën DS3.
A US judge has ruled that Google’s Motorola unit cannot ban sales of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 games console because of a patent dispute.
Last Christmas, Nutella ran a cross-platform ad campaign in Germany, mixing traditional and new media spend, including TV and Facebook. This case study looks at how the Facebook campaign generated more sales than TV ads for the food brand.
French President Francois Hollande has told Google’s chief executive that France would legislate to force the search engine to pay for displaying links to news articles, unless it struck a deal with French media outlets.
Russia’s Mail.Ru Group has rebranded its international email service as my.com, as the first looks to expand.
ASOS has set its sights on launching in China and Russia within a year, as the online fashion group targets two of the biggest retail markets in the world.
Social media has the biggest influence on purchases of video games, baby toys and mobile phones, and accounts for 1 in 10 purchasing decisions, according to a new global study.