The embryonic web services market is set to undergo significant expansion over the next five years, according to a new study from technology analysts IDC. The report, Western European Web Services Market Analysis, 2002-2007 details the forecast for spending on hardware, software and services used to implement web services projects in each of seven industries… Continue reading Web Services Spending Poised For Strong Growth
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At a time of uncertainty in the general retail sector, online shopping sales rose by almost a half in the US last year and internet buying is becoming an increasingly profitable activity, according to a new report from Shop.org and Forrester Research. The State of Retailing Online 6.0 featured a survey of more than 130… Continue reading US Online Retail Revenues Near $100bn
Worldwide sales of wireless networking products increased slightly in the first three months of 2003, according to new figures from Dell’Oro Group. The market research firm calculates that the wireless LAN market grew by 1% quarter-on-quarter realising revenues of $411 million. Unit shipments rose 6% to 4.8 million during the period in question. The first… Continue reading Wireless Network Vendors See Growth In Q1
The management at Capital Radio remain confident about the future performance of the group despite interim results which showed a 15.5% fall in profits. The challenging advertising market has increased pressure on revenues which slipped more than 5% to £56.9 million in the six months ending March 31 2003. Similarly, profits before tax and goodwill… Continue reading Capital Takes Stock As Ad Slowdown Persists
Future Network has reported an satisfactory rise in revenues for the first quarter as it looks to build on the progress made in 2002. In a trading statment released to coincide with the group’s annual general meeting, Future said that gains had been made in each territory resulting in a 7% rise in overall revenue.… Continue reading Future Lifted By Bright Start To Year
After the upheavals of recent weeks, Cordiant Communications, the struggling advertising group, has today been given a two month deadline to get its affairs in order. Lenders have confirmed that they will continue financing agreements until mid-July, sufficient time for management to devise a survival strategy. “The company has now signed a definitive agreement with… Continue reading Cordiant Gets Breathing Space From Creditors
At-work internet users are a potentially lucrative audience and marketers would be well advised to devote a portion of their advertising budget towards reaching these people by day, according to new research from the US this week. The study carried out by the Online Publishers Association in association with Millward Brown IntelliQuest sought to examine… Continue reading Advertisers Eye At-Work Surfers
Despite its recent rise to prominence, WLAN is unlikely to mount a serious challenge to 3G in the future. That is according to new analysis from Strand Consult. While WLAN offers faster online access than mobile phones, the research suggests there are a number of factors to be addressed before it can be compared with… Continue reading WLAN Poses Little Threat To 3G, Says Research
Digital television forecasts for 43 countries are shown below, courtesy of Informa Media. The US is forecast to have nearly 45 million digital households, some 46% of the world’s total, by the end of 2003. Penetration will rise to 105 million homes at the end of decade, equivalent to 27% of the global total. The… Continue reading Global Digital TV Rankings From Informa Media
French advertising network, Havas, has posted first quarter financial results that show a significant slow-down in revenues in the UK and US. These regions comprise around two-thirds of Havas’ business. Total group revenues were Â402 million, down by 19.8% on Q1 2002. Within this, Europe fell by 15.1% to Â197 million, with Germany, Italy and… Continue reading Havas Revenues Show Weak UK And US, No Recovery Until 2004