Carol Dray, Marketing Director, Rakuten’s Play.com explains why after 10 years Facebook is becoming more important to retailers than ever before.

Argos has opened a new office in London, dubbed a ‘digital hub’, as the retailer continues its efforts to expand into digital.

The global TV market revenue is set to grow at a steady pace: up 23% by 2018, with Over-the-top (OTT) streaming TV, according to new research.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it is difficult for people to ignore the bombardment of dating web site ads that pop up on computer screens or stare them in the face during the daily commute, all asking if you are ready to find love. Once an embarrassing secret for the digital sect, in … [Read more…]

The Barclays Employers Survey 2014, which questioned 684 UK businesses across all sectors, has revealed that 53% of firms in the media industry will be increasing staffing levels this year (2013: 56%), which is above the national cross sector average (49%). The same survey has also revealed that over a quarter (27%) of media companies … [Read more…]

Twitter is looking at ways of selling products directly from its social network, as the firm explores new revenue streams from social shopping to compete with Facebook, according to a news report.

Amazon has developed a ‘mind-reading’ technology that will predict what people want to buy and ship packages even before customers have placed an order.

Samsung is developing its own Google Glass alternative that it will launch in September, according to news reports.

Advertisers using a combination of affiliate and display are 3.5 times more likely to convert a prospect into a customer than if they used those marketing channels separately, according to new research from Rakuten marketing.

Sky is putting free episodes from some on its TV shows on YouTube, in an effort to entice viewers to its pay-TV services.