Difficult period for technical consumer goods in Western Europe

NUREMBERG, GERMANY: The overall market for Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) in Western Europe recorded a sales volume of €41.8 billion* in the second quarter of 2011. This is a decrease of 5.1% compared to last year's figures. 5 Sep 2011 12:23

UK mobile retail access via smartphone grows in past year

LONDON, UK: comScore, Inc has released data from the comScore MobiLens service showing that 13.5 million users across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK), accounting for 5.8% of all mobile subscribers, accessed online retail sites in the three month average period ending May 2011. 2 Aug 2011 11:52

Retail websites reach 75% of European internet audience each month

LONDON, UK: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released results from a study of online shopping in Europe. In January 2011, 270.6 million unique visitors in Europe visited sites in the retail category, representing a market penetration of 74.5% of Internet users, up 8.5 percentage points versus last year. 22 Mar 2011 08:24

RECMA publishes 2010 digital agency rankings

PARIS, FRANCE: RECMA, the research company evaluating media agencies in 50 countries, has just released its new Digital Agency Rankings report - edition 2010. The report finds that the leader is WPP with 32% of the total digital resources. 8 Nov 2010 09:04

EPC gets copyright management idea accepted

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Publishers Council (EPC*) has succeeded in getting its idea for 21st century copyright management accepted as one of just seven "Big Ideas" sought by the European Commission to forward its Digital Agenda strategy. 5 Nov 2010 11:43

Youth market ready to use mobiles as wallets

PARIS, FRANCE: Consumers confirm strong interest in using their mobile phone as wallet according to a recent market poll sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent. These findings were uncovered as part of a youth market study exploring the appeal of a mobile wallet service. 29 Sep 2010 08:01

Mobile measurement launched in Japan

TOKYO, JAPAN: comScore, Inc has announced the introduction of its syndicated mobile measurement service, comScore MobiLens, in Japan. MobiLens offers insights into consumers' mobile behaviours, user demographics and device capabilities, to provide a comprehensive picture of the mobile market. 23 Sep 2010 08:53

iPhone ad platform gets US$60m in advance bookings

[Mark St Andrew, creamglobal.com] CALIFORNIA, USA: Apple's iPhone 4 will be the first smartphone to run the company's iAd mobile ad network, with 17 advertisers already lined up to target mobile app users. 21 Jun 2010 10:29