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UK online retail sales grew by 50% year on year to £1.1 billion during October, according to the latest figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). This is also a 36% rise over September’s sales and could be the start of a Christmas surge for the e-retail sector. The IMRG is forecasting that… Continue reading UK Online Retail Will Double To £3.3bn This Christmas, Says IMRG

European consumers will spend â‚Ź9 billion online on this year’s Christmas shopping, almost as much as US consumers, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Europe’s 166 million regular online shoppers are expected to spend 24% of 2003’s total online retail expenditure in the run up to Christmas, totalling â‚Ź9 billion. In the same… Continue reading European Christmas Online Retail To Hit €9bn, Says Forrester

One of the UK’s largest radio groups, GWR, was seen in the spotlight yesterday, rising 5.51% after revealing that pre-tax profits almost trebled during the six months to September (see GWR Profits Treble With Strong Local Group Performance).Rival radio group Chrysalis saw stocks climb 0.80% higher after claiming it had made a strong start to… Continue reading Sharewatch: GWR Buoyed By Positive Sentiment

Channel 4 has appointed Kevin Henry as commercial projects manager within its client and strategic sales team, as it looks to increase it cross-platform offering to advertisers.The new role will see Henry assume responsibility for developing an integrated sales approach across Channel 4’s commercial departments and its 4 Ventures division. He will report directly to… Continue reading Channel 4 Appoints Henry To Cross Platform Sales Division

The IPA has announced a research initiative, which will provide the industry with a single source media survey.The initiative was conceived by the IPA Media Futures Group, with the collaboration of ISBA, and initial funding will come from the IPA. A series of diverse proposals from research agencies in answer to a broad brief –… Continue reading IPA Research Initiative Proposes Cross Media Survey

Following the recent flurry of activity in the press sector, Nik Vyas, associate director at Zenith Optimedia, explains why the print market is one of the most dynamic and forward thinking of mediums when it comes to creating, nurturing and developing brands…Press is boring and lacks innovation.These are a couple of the criticisms I hear… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Pushing Print

Marks and Spencers has appointed specialist digital content development group, Captive Audience, to trial in-store marketing in the run up to Christmas.As part of the deal Marks and Spencers will unveil a network of digital screens in five of its flaship stores this month.The screens will display 25 second infomercials on 25 key gifting products… Continue reading Marks And Spencers Trials In Store TV Ads

Nearly a quarter of all marketing departments have been let down by websites crashing half way through their advertising campaigns, according to new research from technology group CatchFIRE.The study claims that various technical difficulties with websites often reduce marketing effectiveness and damage corporate reputations. It follows high profile failures such as the launch of the… Continue reading Website Problems Reduce Marketing Effectiveness

Richard Desmond, publisher of the Express newspapers, is understood to have instructed his financial advisors to put together a bid for The Telegraph, amid increasing interest in the assets of the paper’s owner Hollinger International.Daily Mail & General Trust is also understood to be among a group of interested parties that have already approached Lazard,… Continue reading Desmond Puts Together Bid For Telegraph Titles

Capital Radio is to buy London urban radio group, Choice FM, for around £15 million, it announced this morning. Capital already owns 19% of the Choice group, which it acquired in September 2001 for £3.3 million.Choice operates two Hip Hop and R&B-based stations – 96.9FM in south London, which has been broadcasting since 1990, and… Continue reading Capital Radio Takes Choice FM For £15 Million