One-fourth of all UK digital ad spending is set to go to social networks this year as marketers increase their spending on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat to over £3bn. According to eMarketer, UK marketers will spend £3.3bn on social network advertising this year, up 24 per cent from 2017. This forecast has been […]
Spending on paid media worldwide will reach $584.14 billion by the end of this year and approach $757.44 billion in 2021, eMarketer estimates, driven largely by advertiser investments in mobile formats. Ad spending growth rates will range between 4.9% and 8.3% over the forecast period. Growth estimates are largely on pace with eMarketer’s previous estimates […]
Long gone are the days when film was purely seen as the reserve of large corporations with big budgets for television ads, as the gargantuan beast that is The Internet offers multiple platforms for businesses of any size to reach out and connect with targeted audiences via video. The medium of moving pictures is quickly […]
It’s probably not shocking to hear that US shoppers said they have a more positive experience buying a new item than they do interacting with customer service across industries. But when looking at particular verticals, health plan providers have their work cut out for them in both of these interactions, according to research. Temkin Group, […]
Digital buyers worldwide are turning to social networks for a variety of things, like reading reviews and staying on top of fashion trends. According to September 2015 research, these social media activities influence their shopping behaviour. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) polled 22,618 digital buyers ages 18 and older. Respondents had shopped online at least once in the […]
Mobile ad spend is set to surge 35 per cent compared to 12 months earlier and surpass desktop media investment to hit £4.58bn in 2016, and account for 27 per cent of total UK media budgets, according to eMarketer. The research firm on March 10 released the numbers which show that the wider ‘digital’ category […]
Virtual reality (VR) may be in its early stages, but internet users are already interested in experiencing it, according to October 2015 research. Futuresource Consulting looked at the types of virtual reality content that internet users in the US, France, Germany and the UK were interested in watching and experiencing. Some 39% of respondents said […]
The next several years will continue to see double-digit growth in the number of Americans using wearable devices, according to eMarketer’s first wearables forecast. In 2015, 39.5 million US adults 18 and over will use wearables, including smartwatches and fitness trackers. That’s a jump of 57.7% over 2014. While penetration among US adults is just […]
Not surprisingly, Americans are spending an increasing share of their time on their mobile devices. But according to the latest eMarketer forecast, the channel’s growth rate is slowing considerably. Nonvoice time spent on tablets and mobile phones will grow just 11.3% in 2015 to 2 hours and 54 minutes. Since 2012, there has been a […]
For the first time this year, mobile advertising expenditure in the UK will overtake spend on print advertising, according to the latest forecasts from eMarketer. Mobile ad spending has shown significant growth in recent years and is expected to rise 45% this year to over £3 billion ($4.94 billion) and will account for 20% of […]