D&AD Awards: The nominations

LONDON, UK: Here are the nominations for the D&AD Awards. See this year's In Book winners and Nominations below. Yellow Pencil winners will be revealed on Wednesday 12 June at the Awards Ceremony. 22 Apr 2013 11:05

Consumer Confidence Survey: Economy again top global concern

NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy. 9 Nov 2011 09:36

10 trends that will shape our world in 2013

NEW YORK, US: JWT, one of the world's best-known marketing communications brands, has released its eighth annual forecast of key trends that will drive or significantly impact consumer mind-set and behaviour in the year ahead. 18 Dec 2012 11:38

Q1 2013 desktop-based US retail e-commerce spending, up 13%

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc has released its estimates of Q1 2013 US retail e-commerce sales. 15 May 2013 13:42

IGA partners with Unitrade to expand to SA

CHICAGO, US / JOHANNESBURG, SA: IGA has announced that it will continue to advance its global presence by partnering with Johannesburg-based Unitrade Management Services (UMS) to bring the IGA brand back to South Africa. IGA originally moved into South Africa in 2002, but there have been no IGA stores in the country since 2008. 18 Jan 2013 10:48

NYF International Advertising Awards: 2013 shortlist

NEW YORK, US: New York Festivals International Advertising Awards for World's Best Advertising has announced the 2013 Shortlist for a number of its competitions. 26 Apr 2013 09:58

Global consumer confidence increases 1 point in Q4 2011

NEW YORK, US: Global consumer confidence increased one index point last quarter to 89, while Europe led confidence declines in 24 of the region's 27 measured markets, according to fourth quarter 2011 global consumer confidence findings from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. 8 Feb 2012 12:14

Survey: 87% of US consumers will use a mobile device to help make holiday purchases

DUBLIN (CALIFORNIA), US: According to a joint national survey conducted by Sybase 365, the mobile services arm of SAP AG and the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global trade association for the mobile industry, mobile devices are playing a more crucial role than ever before in influencing consumers' shopping decisions at the point of sale and across every stage of the purchase funnel. 3 Dec 2012 08:15

Small business gets an official day

NEW YORK, US: In 2010, American Express created Small Business Saturday, a new shopping day right after Black Friday, to help small businesses get what they needed most: more customers. 21 Jun 2012 05:56

Global mobile user survey released

[Dr KF Lai] SINGAPORE: Despite mobile device functionality becoming ever more sophisticated, research, released this week by mobile media company BuzzCity, shows that mobiles are actually sustaining, not replacing, consumer demand for PCs. 16 Feb 2011 08:31

Unemployment, inflation worries hit consumer confidence

NEW YORK, US: Consumer confidence fell in 25 out of 52 countries in Q4 2010 as hope for a global economic recovery evaporated at the end of last year, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index, which tracks consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among online consumers. 27 Jan 2011 11:00

2012 US online holiday spending up 14%

RESTON, US: comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has reported the final 2012 holiday season retail e-commerce spending totals. US$42.3bn was spent online during the entire November-December holiday shopping season, marking a 14% increase from 2011. 5 Jan 2013 07:12

US Cyber Monday results

RESTON, US: comScore has reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 30 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, US$20.4bn has been spent online, marking a 15% increase versus the corresponding days last year. 3 Dec 2012 08:27