Despite coming of age during hard economic times, younger European consumers that are 25 through 34 years old are more likely to engage in online spending than other groups, and are helping propel the growth of e-commerce in the region, according to an ecommerce expert.

Technology appears to be playing a role in reversing the stereotype of the male dislike of shopping. As the number of people owning a smartphone continues to rise, research from Kantar Media’s Global TGI (www.globaltgi.com) reveals that men lead the way when it comes to mobile shopping.

IPC Media has launched Inspired Conversations, a new ad platform that lets brands engage with consumers across the publisher’s websites.

Move over sexting… this risqué new viral ad from Durex Australia puts a new spin on long distance relationship with a new way by combining sex and technology. See why its our video viral of the week below…

Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has defended his company paying just £6m in UK corporation tax, saying the firm was playing a key role in the UK’s high-tech growth.

Amazon has produced 14 pilot episodes for potential new TV shows, letting viewers have their say on which ones should be turned into a full series.

Much like the TV phenomenon ‘Game of Thrones’, the sales and marketing factions of large organisations are often locked in bitter internal feuds. This infographic from Pardot charts the ongoing battle and looks for ways to broker peace between these rival houses.

Back in 2010, Clarks partnered Maxymiser to work on their online optimisation strategy. This case study looks at how, the shoe retailer used customer insight and testing to get a 4.2% uplift in conversion and 900% increase in newsletter sign ups.

76% of major UK retailers do not offer free instore wi-fi, according to new research from mobile marketing agency Sponge.

A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that the amount of mobile data traffic generated by Smartphones, Featurephones and Tablets will exceed 90,000 Petabytes by 2017, equivalent to almost 42 quadrillion tweets or approximately 7 billion Blu-ray movies.