Despite the fact that internet use in Ireland has doubled in the past two years, AmÃÂĄrach Consulting has downgraded its ecommerce forecasts for Ireland for the year. Lack of interest by net users in buying online is cited as the reason for the downgrades. Almost a third of all Irish adults (around 895,000 people) currently… Continue reading AmÂrach Downgrades Irish E-Commerce Forecasts

United Business Media (UBM) announced that Bernard Gray, previously the group strategy director, has been appointed as chief executive of CMP Information, UBM’s UK-based professional media business, with immediate effect. He will be responsible for the next phase of CMP Information’s development, the company said. United’s profits were hit in the first half by falling… Continue reading UBM Appoints CMP Information Chief

ABN AMRO has downgraded its full year forecast for UK media from 0.4% to -1.6%, following the release of data from AC Nielsen MMS indicating that in June the market slipped 13.7% year on year. The broker says its revised forecast reflects “the increasing likelihood that there will be no significant second half recovery.” At… Continue reading Insight Analysis: ABN AMRO Downgrades UK Media Forecast With No H2 Recovery

The global m-commerce market will grow considerably over the next four years according to new research by Cahners In-Stat Group. M-commerce in 2000 represented $264 million, generated by 9.2 million wireless subscribers. This figure is due to grow slowly between now and 2005 with the exception of the Japanese market which is set to rocket.… Continue reading ‘Generation Y’ Key To M-Commerce Success, Says Cahners In-Stat

Whilst recent RAJAR figures reveal a continuing upward trend in UK commercial radio listening (see Forecasts), this has not been converted into revenue as figures for Q2 show a decline in ad revenue of 14.5% when compared to Q2 2000. National advertising fell by 18.6% but this drop was offset slightly by a fall of… Continue reading UK Radio Q2 Ad Revenue Falls By 14.5%

By 2006, there will be nearly 250 million mobile subscribers in the United States, according to “US Cellular Market Forecast 2001 – 2006”, a report by Strategy Analytics. Handset purchases are forecast to top 154 million by this date and penetration is forecast to reach 50% of the population by 2002. New equipment and services… Continue reading US Mobile Users Will Top 250 Million In 2006, Says Strategy Analytics

Pre-tax profit at United Business Media (UBM) was down by 48% year on year for the six months to 30 June 2001, impacted by the downturn in hi-tech advertising revenues at its CMP Media publishing business in the US. Interim profits came in at £71.7 million, way below the £137.8 million of last time. Revenues… Continue reading Profits Halve At UBM After US Hi-Tech Advertising Slump

New research from Jupiter MMXI reveals the value of online teens to European marketers. Currently, teenagers represent 12% of the European online population and are spending a significant and increasing amount of their time online. In June 2001, 12 – 17 year olds in Europe spent nearly 8 hours online representing an increase of 2… Continue reading European Teens Are A Valuable Audience For Online Marketers, Says Jupiter

Commercial radio has fought back in share of listening, according to RAJAR figures released this morning. All Commercial saw a quarter on quarter increase in percentage share of 0.6 percentage points, while All BBC saw a drop of 0.8 percentage points, although it still leads the field. Local Commercial also had a healthy quarter in… Continue reading Quarterly Gains For UK Commercial Radio

GWR Group has restructured its internet operations in a move which will make annual cost savings of around £1.3 million. The move will also see a restriction in the ‘speed of development’ of koko.com, the group’s regional information and enterainment portal. GWR says it will now concentrate resources on its localised directories and radio station… Continue reading 46 Jobs Go As GWR Restructures Internet Operations