US online retail sales will hit $88.1 billion by 2005, whilst total US business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce revenues will reach $133.3 billion by this time, according to a new report from eMarketer. The report predicts that by 2005, 66.7% of the population aged 14-plus will be online and 78.0% of these will be using the web… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: US Ecommerce Forecasts From eMarketer
Conrad Black, chairman and chief executive of Hollinger International, is set to announce a “comprehensive reconstruction” of parts of its parent firm, according to press reports. Hollinger Inc, which controls Hollinger International, publisher of the UK’s Daily Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times faces a potential funding shortfall after a profits warning in August (see Financial… Continue reading Hollinger Chief Plans Reconstruction
ITV partners Carlton and Granada remained in the spotlight yesterday, down 0.71% and 0.66% respectively. The two broadcasters yesterday announced a substantial increase in ITV1’s network programme budget after the Government cleared the way for their £4.2 billion merger. (see ITV Merger Leads To Increase In Programme Budget).Broader market sentiment was bullish yesterday as UK… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Remain In The Spotlight
US online retail will hit $88.1 billion by 2005, whilst total US business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce revenues will hit $133.3 billion by this time, according to a new report from eMarketer. The report predicts that by 2005, 66.7% of the population aged 14-plus will be online and 78.0% of these will be using the web for… Continue reading US Ecommerce Forecasts From eMarketer
The underlying rate of UK inflation dipped slightly to 2.8% during September, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.A fall in the price of clothes and shoes were the biggest downward influences on the figures. However, the impact was minimised by the hot summer, which pushed food costs higher.The headline rate… Continue reading UK Inflation Dips Slightly During September
Carlton and Granada have announced a 7% increase in ITV1’s network programme budget after the Government cleared the way for their £4.2 billion merger. The £57 million year on year increase to £849 million for the current financial year, from 1 October to 30 September 2004, could increase once cost savings from the merger a… Continue reading ITV Merger Leads To Increase In Programme Budget
Internet users now spend more time online than watching television, according to new research commissioned by the recently launched BT Yahoo! Broadband service.The NOP survey makes grim reading for TV advertising sales chiefs by revealing that the average internet user now spends 3.5 hours a day online, compared to just 2.8 hours watching television.Internet users… Continue reading Consumers Are Spending More Time Online
Internet users now spend more time online than watching television, according to new research commissioned by the recently launched BT Yahoo! Broadband service. The NOP survey makes grim reading for TV advertising sales chiefs by revealing that the average internet user now spends 3.5 hours a day online, compared to just 2.8 hours watching television.… Continue reading Consumers Are Spending More Time Online, Says Study
Following the Government’s decision to clear the way for the £4.2 billion merger of Carlton and Granada, James Papworth, ad marketing manager at IPC Prospector, considers the implications for advertisers…For months now the question of ‘will Granada and Carlton merge’ was as much in the balance as the question of ‘will Glenn Hoddle get the… Continue reading NewsLine Column: The ITV Merger – A Game Of Two Halves
Wireless email has boosted the amount of time that employees can put into their work and its effect will become increasingly obvious in the next few years, according to a new study from The Radicati Group. The report claims that despite the shaky economy and relatively unstable carrier networks, almost 2 million business professionals will… Continue reading Wireless Email To Benefit Productivity
