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Interactive television retail (tRetail or t-commerce) is in trouble in the UK, according to a new report from Forrester Research. The company says that return on investment (ROI) is currently a distant possibility and that dozens of retailers are chasing tiny revenues. Rather than struggle on, retailers must reassess their opportunities now – the majority… Continue reading UK TV Retail Is Struggling According To Forrester

US online adspend fell by 10% year on year in the first half of 2001, according to figures released today by CMRi, the internet division of advertising and marketing communications group, CMR. CMRi estimates that US internet adspend for H1 2001 totalled $1.5 billion. Yahoo continued to drive overall website revenues with a total of… Continue reading Internet Hit By Ad Downturn As Spend Drops 10% In First Half

New media advertising is set to boom over the next few years, despite its rocky fortunes in the last 18 months. Market researchers Allegra Strategies forecast that while the difficult market will mean a downturn this year, the average rate of growth for the next few years for new media ad revenues will be 51.8%… Continue reading New Media Ad Revenue To Rise

Advertising spending for all US media fell by 5.9% year on year for the first half of 2001, according to figures released yesterday by advertising and marketing communication group CMR. CMR estimates that total adspend for the first half of 2001 came in at just under $47.5 billion, compared to $50.4 billion for the same… Continue reading No Positive Advertising Shift Anticipated This Year, Says CMR

Zenith Media downgraded its global advertising forecasts at the end of last week, with a particularly bearish outlook for the coming months (see Forecasts). Today Myers Reports set out its US growth forecasts by media alongside Zenith’s, with both groups predicting that the US advertising recession could be more severe and prolonged than had first… Continue reading US Ad Growth Forecasts By Media: Zenith Versus Myers

Market research agencies saw profits rise by more than half on average over the last three years, according to research from direct marketing and business publishing company, The Prospect Shop. The group says that market research agencies are in a highly-successful period of growth. Over the past three full accounting years, the average agency saw… Continue reading Market Research Companies Benefit From Three Strong Years

Great Britain’s leading commercial radio stations saw sales increase by 37% to an average of £5.4 million over the three accounting years to 1999/2000, according to The Prospect Shop‘s Business Ratio report. Profits rose by 101% to an average of £1.3 million last year. “The last three full accounting years have been extremely prosperous for… Continue reading Radio Companies See Medium-Term Profits Growth, Says Report

The advertising industry looks set for its worst year since the recession of the early 1990s, as Zenith Media has downgraded its global forecasts yet again. According to a report on FT.com, the agency is now predicting a global adspend decline of 2.6%. A couple of months ago it estimated a 1.5% fall. The US… Continue reading Zenith Cuts Ad Forecasts Again

The slow start to the US television market’s upfront sales, coupled with a very low rate of conversion to confirmed orders (see US TV Networks Suffer Low Pre-Season Ad Bookings), has seen the costs per thousand fall at all but two of the major networks, according to data from yesterday’s Myers Report. Costs per thousand… Continue reading US TV Upfronts Show Declining Airtime Costs That Could Be Here For A While

The late start to the ad-buying period for the 2001-2002 US television season is starting to cause concern for the TV networks, according to an article in the US’ Mediaweek yesterday. The site reports that with only three weeks before the start of the season advertisers have placed formal orders for only around a third… Continue reading US TV Networks Suffer Very Low Pre-Season Ad Bookings