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Double-digit growth seen for US and Europe online retail

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Mobile is seen one of the efficient channels to leverage growth for online retail in US and European regions.

A recent study from Forrester Research said that online retail in the regions will experience significant growth over the next 5 years. An estimated 10% compound annual growth rate is expected for US online retail – thatmobile5’s reaching to almost $250 billion by 2014; while Western Europe is expected to higher its rate margin at 11%.

For small businesses to get motivated, Forrester report suggested that businesses must take adjustments between the online and offline channels now that consumers have desires on those spaces, otherwise, it causes some risks of losing sales.

Forrester said a multi-channel strategy is a response to consumer’s desire to hop between offline and online worlds to maximize that growth, now that consumers, report said, are seen to increasing mobile and social behavior. Read more

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TheTMSway Weekly Radar on Mobile Marketing and Business

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

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Juniper: Mobile Marketing Retail Market to Hit $12B by 2014

Mobile coupons will dominate the mobile retail market in the early stages of its growth spurt, according to a new Mobile Marketing and Retail Strategies Report by Juniper Research. The report finds that one-to-one marketing allied with the rapid proliferation of smartphones will lead the growth of the entire mobile retail market to $12 billion by 2014. The mobile retail sector — which includes mobile coupon redemption values, smart poster fees and advertising spending in Juniper’s definition — will, however, see mobile advertising exceed coupon redemption values by 2013.

Direct marketers must embrace mobile marketing: DMA panelist

NEW YORK – As more consumers use their smartphones for communication, social networking and shopping, companies must optimize their Web site for mobile. The “Why Direct Marketers Must Embrace the Mobile Marketing Opportunity” panel at DMA Mobile Marketing Day 2010, hosted by Mobile Marketer and the Direct Marketing Association, was moderated by Mobile Marketer editor in chief Mickey Alam Khan. Mobile has proven to be an effective marketing channel across various sectors, and direct marketers ignore that fact at their peril.

Where are the legal minefields in mobile marketing?

NEW YORK – A panel of lawyers discussed important issues for every mobile marketer during the “Legal Dos and Don’ts” panel at Mobile Marketing Day, hosted last week by Mobile Marketer and the Direct Marketing Association. The panel featured Reed Smith lawyer Adam Snukal and Lustigman Firm principal attorney Andy Lustigman, as well as Siteminis chief operating officer Steve Timpson. Mobile Marketer’s Mickey Alam Khan moderated.

Invest in mobile marketing ‘to drive future sales’

Small businesses have been advised to invest in their mobile marketing infrastructure now in order to drive sales in the future. Global retail and property analyst and consultant Michael Baker explained that mobile marketing is one of a number of new technologies which firms can use to lure prospective customers. In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Baker said that promotions such as SMS marketing can be highly targeted, meaning that businesses are able to select the demographic that they wish to reach.

2010 brings “both hope and anxiety” for LatAm telecoms market

Whilst Latin America’s telecoms industry suffered from the economic breakdown of last year, the industry’s move into the IT space was a trend that solidified in many of the region’s most important markets, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The region’s pay-TV market is described as still holding promise, and whilst IPTV did not become a reality due to regulatory restrictions, video-on-demand services made “great advances”, according to the report, which adds that 2010 brings both hope and anxiety for the sector.

Mobile’s Near Future: The Impact on Business

Our mobile phones have become so tethered to our everyday lives that soon they’ll become more important than our wallets. In fact, a recent multi-country poll conducted by market research firm Synovate found that 25 percent of people would rather lose their wallets than their cell phones. These small, portable devices allow us to do virtually everything: communicate, shop, bank, access information, watch videos, listen to music, play video games, take photos, and stay organized and on schedule.

Mobile commerce to grow to $119bn by 2015: report

From the billions of mobile subscribers around the world to the more than one billion apps that have been downloaded via Apple’s App Store, mobile is legitimately big. According to ABI Research, mobile is going to get a lot bigger in the ecommerce market. The research firm is predicting that in 2015, $119bn worth of goods and services will be purchased via a mobile phone.

Mobile Users Want Personalized Services

It’s no secret that mobile phone users have graduated from simple voice and text usage of their devices. eMarketer estimates more than 650 million people worldwide, or 13.4% of mobile subscribers, use the Web via a mobile device at least monthly in 2010. According to a Tellabs survey conducted by The Nielsen Company, two-thirds of mobile users around the globe are interested in “smart” services that would feed them information based on personal preferences, location, time of day and social setting.

SMS enhances CRM/loyalty programs: Mobile Marketing Day panel

NEW YORK – Panelists at Mobile Marketing Day, cohosted by the DMA and Mobile Marketer, discussed how to build an opted-in SMS database that ties in with other channels such as email and direct mail. The panel was moderated by Mobile Marketer’s Mickey Alam Khan and covered how to use keywords and short codes to drive traffic to stores and Web sites.

Research and Markets: A Comprehensive Report on Australia’s Mobile Data, M-Commerce and M-Payment Industries

Relative to Asian markets, especially in Japan and South Korea, Australia has a small m-commerce industry. The key elements of effective mobile commerce are mobile payments and mobile advertising. The period over 2009 and 2010 is critical for the development of a larger m-commerce market. No widely adopted standard for mobile payments has been developed in Australia to date.

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TheTMSway Weekly Radar on Mobile Marketing and Business

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

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Report: Global Mobile Advertising Market to Reach $18.5 Billion by 2015

Mobile advertising market is at variable maturity levels in different regions, but is expected to grow at a faster rate as compared to other advertising formats such as Internet, print, direct mail, and television. With the introduction of new forms of mobile advertising such as display advertising, mobile Internet advertising, and search, the marketers have greater opportunities than ever to reach more targeted customers.

Mobile marketing tipped for further growth in 2010

Adoption of mobile marketing is set to expand significantly over the next 12 months as consumers become more reliant on their handsets. TMCnet correspondent Calvin Azuri, citing a report carried out by E-mailvision, said that the continued growth of the channel will see it become one of the main drivers of email marketing in 2010.

Asia Pacific handset sales up 7%, says Gartner

The mobile marketing potential of Asia Pacific has been highlighted by Gartner in a new study which reveals that handset sales surged in 2009. Analysts at the research firm reported that handset sales in the region bucked the global trend by increasing to 483.5 million last year, up by 6.7 per cent from the 2008 figure of 453.1 million.

Mobile internet revenues ‘will boost south-east Asian telecoms market’

Money generated from mobile internet browsing will help the south-east Asian telecoms market perform strongly this year, IDC has forecast. The research firm predicted that the region’s mobile operators and infrastructure will generate revenues of $36.1 billion (£23.2 billion) in 2010, an increase of eight per cent from its performance in 2009.

Top Brands and Industry Pioneers from Around the Globe to Gather in Singapore for the 2010 Mobile Marketing Association Forum Asia

Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is pleased to announce the return of the MMA Forum Asia to Singapore on April 13 to 15, 2010 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Singapore. The theme of this year’s forum is “Now and Next”, a chance for participants to analyse and review the year just past as well as forecast what is to come. This year’s Forum will bring together over 250 participants from all over the globe, uniting members of the mobile marketing eco-system including regulators, brands, agencies, content aggregators, carriers, device manufacturers, technology developers and other major players in the mobile marketing industry. The focus is squarely on brands and agencies, and the event is open to members and non-members alike.

Demand for Mobile Financial Services Grows

While mobile coupon and mobile commerce usage may not have grown as quickly as many marketers hoped, Americans appear to be eagerly adopting mobile banking. The “Mobile Money Study” by Data Innovation found that a strong majority of US smartphone users (68.7%) had accessed banking or other financial services on their mobile phone in the past three months.

67% Of The World’s Population Are Mobile Subscribers

A new report published yesterday by the UN indicates that 67% of the world’s population, or two-thirds total, are mobile subscribers- far outweighing Online access. 67% of the world’s population represents around 4.6B people, up from only 1B in 2002, indicating staggering continued growth.  In developing nations, however, the uptake is even more substantial with 57% of the total population in these nations being mobile subscribers, even though other technologies are scarce.

Embedded Mobile Traffic Rapidly Grows

Mobile data traffic from embedded computing devices is increasing so rapidly that if current trends continue, the total number of bytes sent each month in 2014 will equal the total equivalent traffic measured in 2008, according to ABI Research. ABI Research estimates that nearly 7,900 petabytes of data will be sent from embedded computing devices in 2014. This traffic originates from laptops, netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) that are equipped “out of the box” with cellular or mobile broadband modems. Laptops and netbooks will account for about 90% of the traffic, with the contribution from MIDs and media tablets remaining fairly small.

Apple stings HTC with patent lawsuit

Apple said it sued rival smartphone maker HTC for infringing on 20 of its patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The company said it filed the action concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court in Delaware.

Asians becoming more adept in using mobile and online technologies

ASIAN consumers are becoming more open to digital and mobile advertising and online commerce, says Universal McCann (Malaysia) chief executive officer Prashant Kumar. “Countries like South Korea and Japan have mobile technologies that’s a generation ahead of western markets. In fact, youth in Japan are called ‘Oyayubizoku’,” he tells StarBizWeek.

Asia leads travel industry recovery; emerging markets look positive

In 2010 nascent trends such as the use of online marketing, the adoption of digital applications and mobile technology are expected to take root as travel players discover the benefits that these can bring to their businesses. “Asia’s huge potential for growth and its relatively younger travel industry mean that travel players in this region are strategically well placed to capitalise on the new realm of opportunities as the economy steps into a recovery phase,” Bailey concluded.

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TheTMSway Weekly Radar on Mobile Marketing and Business

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

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Motorola Maintains Mobile Subscriber Market Share Lead

Despite a slight dip in its market share percentage, Motorola still led all mobile OEMs in U.S. subscriber market share during Q4 2009, according to the comScore MobiLens service. A total of 234 million people age 13 and older in the U.S. used mobile devices by the end of Q4 2009 in December 2009. Motorola’s market share of this group dropped from 24.9% in Q3 2009 to 23.5% in Q4 2009. LG retained its number spot, incrementally increasing market share from 21.7% to 21.9%.

15B Mobile Tickets Forecasted to be Sold by 2014

Nearly 15 billion tickets will be delivered to mobile devices worldwide by 2014, compared to just more than two billion this year, according to a new study by Juniper Research. The transport sector is leading the way, according to Mobile Ticketing Applications and Markets, with SMS, bar code and app-based services offered by rail and metro providers and airlines. In the foreseeable future, Juniper predicts that cinema chains, concert organizers and sports teams will also recognize the commercial viability of this technology.

Americans Spend Nearly 3 Hours on Mobile Internet Daily: Ruder Finn

Americans spend nearly 3 hours online via their mobile devices each day, according to a new study of mobile internet use by Ruder Finn. The study revealed that people in the U.S. spend 2.7 hours of their day on the mobile internet. Most (91%) go online to socialize, compared to 79% of traditional web users.

Demand for Mobile Financial Services Grows

While mobile coupon and mobile commerce usage may not have grown as quickly as many marketers hoped, Americans appear to be eagerly adopting mobile banking. The “Mobile Money Study” by Data Innovation found that a strong majority of US smartphone users (68.7%) had accessed banking or other financial services on their mobile phone in the past three months.

Mobile Marketers Demand ROI

Mobile is at least somewhat important to the strategy of more than three-quarters of marketers in North America, according to a January 2010 survey by R2integrated. But barriers to mobile campaigns remain. The greatest obstacle, the survey found, was difficulty in developing the business case for mobile campaigns, followed by inability to measure ROI and a lack of a mobile component to the strategic marketing road map.

Mobile will be trillion-dollar industry by 2013

Our latest mobile forecasts predict that global connections will reach 6.49 billion in 2014, with revenues of $1,036 billion. However, “emerging maturity” in emerging markets and continued competition in developed markets will hit operators hard. Operators must seize the initiative to benefit from the huge scale of the mobile industry. Our estimate for global connections in 2009 (4.56 billion) is 1.2% lower than previously forecast. However, by 2014 our forecast of 6.49 billion connections is 1.1% higher than our previous estimate.

Mobile is pretty much the answer to everything: Google CEO at Mobile World Congress

Google CEO Eric Schmidt gives mobile a ringing endorsement at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft is talk of the town, carriers seeking to win back control of the app world worry some and the Jordanian queen has one goal. However, there was also a sense that Mobile World Congress was like rest of the major shows: carrier-centric. Indeed, one of our correspondents – an executive from one of the leading mobile ad networks – felt that mobile advertising got the short shrift at the world’s largest mobile gathering.

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TheTMSway Weekly Radar on Mobile Marketing and Business

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Mobile marketing gaining ground

ADVERTISING on mobile phones is gaining ground as analysts say functionality and affordability help build up the potentials for the industry. According to Pudding Media Inc. founder Ruben Eduardo Maislos, mobile advertising spending in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to hit $2.108 billion this year, increasing by nearly 74 percent next year to $3.655 billion.

Mobile Messages to Surpass 2.1 Trillion Messages in Asia/Pacific in 2010

Short Messaging Services and mobile voice services are proving resilient even during financial crisis, as SMS in Asia/Pacific and Japan are on pace to reach 1.9 trillion messages in 2009, a 15.5 percent increase from 2008, according to Gartner. In 2010, SMS volumes are forecast to surpass 2.1 Trillion, a 12.7 percent increase from 2009.Gartner analysts said that messaging traffic and revenues continue to be driven by new subscribers in developing markets.

Mobile marketing to account for 11.7% of ad spend

Mobile phone marketing will account for 11.7 per cent of total digital advertising spend by 2014, it has been claimed. According to new projections from industry analyst Berg Insight, the mobile marketing sector will be worth an estimated EUR 8.7 billion (£7.8 billion) in the next five years.
The firm believes that the medium will become a standard part of digital campaigns alongside email marketing and html email newsletters.

International mobile money transfer services to exceed $65bn by 2014, Juniper Research

Juniper Research forecasts that international mobile remittances market will gain traction as world exits recession. According to a new report from Juniper Research the international mobile money transfer market will be worth in excess of $65bn by 2014, based on gross transaction values – driven principally from migrant workers based in developed countries. Juniper’s new report – ‘ Mobile Money Transfer & Remittances: Markets, Forecasts & Strategies 2009-2014′ -  however also identified a number of inhibiting factors such as rising global unemployment and increased immigration controls by governments which will hold back the market until the recession is over.

China’s 3G Conversion Boosts Telecom Software Firm’s Earnings

U.S. telecom firms have hit a ceiling as most Americans have a cell phone and Internet access. These firms can only dream of untapped potential in China, the world’s largest mobile market. The Chinese government shook up its telecom structure 18 months ago. At the time, China had six major telecoms, split equally between wireless and fixed-line providers, and merged them into three.

Next big growth wave to come from Asia, not necessarily China: Yahoo

SINGAPORE: Internet search giant Yahoo said its next big wave of growth will come from Asia but not necessarily just from China and it said there are also ample opportunities for growth in emerging countries like Indonesia, Vietnam and India. Yahoo is already big on the internet and it’s looking to get even bigger among internet users especially in Asia. Industry players are predicting that growth in internet use in Asia will expand a compounded 19 per cent by 2012.

Cellphone users log in on social networking sites

Manila, Philippines — More social networking site (SNS) users in Asia-Pacific, including those in the Philippines, are logging in through their mobile phones potentially overtaking personal computers as the device of choice, according to research firm International Data Corp.’s recent survey. “The survey findings thus show that mobile phones and mobile Internet hold the promise of changing the SNS landscape in the Asia-Pacific region. Particularly in markets where PC penetration is relatively low, mobile phones have the potential to eventually overtake the PC as a preferred way of accessing SNSs,” said Debbie Swee, market analyst at IDC Asia-Pacific Emerging Technologies Research.

Android doubles smartphone traffic in 6 months: AdMob

In the United States, Google’s Android had 20 percent of the smartphone traffic, up from 7 percent six months before, according to AdMob’s October 2009 metrics report. The report also found that new BlackBerry devices from Research In Motion are generating an increasing percentage of total requests for the platform. RIM’s BlackBerry Tour, the new Curve 8900 and Curve the 8520 are gaining traffic.

MMA Unveils New Definition Of ‘Mobile Marketing’

The Mobile Marketing Association Tuesday released revisions to its definition of “mobile marketing.” The new definition is: “Mobile marketing is a set of practices that enables organizations to communicate and engage with their audience in an interactive and relevant manner through any mobile device or network.”

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Mobile Messages across Asia/Pacific to Surpass 2.1 Trillion in 2010

Friday, November 27th, 2009

3SMS in Asia/Pacific and Japan are on pace to reach 1.9 trillion message in 2009, which is a 15.5% increase from 2008, according to Gartner report.

In 2010, Gartner forecasts that SMS volumes will surpass 2.1 trillion, which is a 12.7% increase from 2009. Gartner analysts said that messaging traffic and revenues continue to be driven by new subscribers in developing markets.
“Strong organic growth continues in Asia’s developing markets, with marginal subscribers turning to low-cost messaging as an entry-level service,” said Madhusudan Gupta, senior research analyst at Gartner. “In the mature markets of the Asia/Pacific region, SMS has seen sustained healthy growth as a result of steady price declines and increasingly generous SMS and data bundles.” Read more

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Asia Pacific: Social network users log in via mobile phones, survey

Friday, November 27th, 2009

More social networking site (SNS) users in Asia Pacific, including those in the Philippines, are logging in through their mobile phones according to International Data Corp.’s recent survey.

2The survey interviewed 1,400 SNS users, aged between 15 to 35 years, from December 2008 to January 2009. It is part of a series of studies that evaluate the impact of Web 2.0 on Internet users in Australia, India, China, Korea, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

“The survey findings thus show that mobile phones and mobile Internet hold the promise of changing the SNS landscape in the Asia-Pacific region. Particularly in markets where PC penetration is relatively low, mobile phones have the potential to eventually overtake the PC as a preferred way of accessing SNSs,” said Debbie Swee, market analyst at IDC Asia-Pacific Emerging Technologies Research.

SNSs include sites such as Friendster, Facebook, Hi5 and MySpace. Non-SNS include sites such as YouTube, Amazon and Wikipedia. Read more

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TheTMSway Weekly Radar on Mobile Marketing and Business

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Retailers to Send up to 3 Billion ‘Mobile Coupons’ to Phone Users by 2011, According to Juniper Research

New figures from analyst firm Juniper Research estimate that almost 3 billion mobile coupons will be issued to Mobile Users by 2011, with just under $7 billion of discounts redeemed. The new Juniper study finds that mobile coupons are becoming an increasingly important tool for brand owners and retailers to provide a `push to purchase’ capability for mobile marketing and advertising campaigns. The key issues driving the move to mobile coupons include:

Will BlackBerry give Android, iPhone a run for their money?

With all of the buzz around marketing on the iPhone and Android-enabled devices, there seems to be a sleeping giant left behind in the dust. Research in Motion’s BlackBerry has quietly become the leader in smartphone market share in North America even though the first incarnation of its much-anticipated Storm was nothing to write home about. Will the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm 2 help RIM gain coveted smartphone marketshare and therefore woo marketers to the platform?

LinkedIn Surpasses 50 Million Users

As we reported yesterday, growth for some of the world’s biggest social networks — like Twitter and Facebook — appear to be flattening. One site bucking that trend though is LinkedIn, which saw a 5.68% growth in traffic for the month of September, according to Compete.

Good news for Android, from both Verizon and Gartner

Analysts from Gartner are predicting that the Android OS will be running on 14% of all smartphones globally by 2012, putting it ahead of iPhone, WinMo and Blackberry. The OS currently has around 2% of the smartphone share – but Gartner is confident that the openness of the OS will lead to a surge in the number of devices being manufactured, sold and used over the next 3 years.

Online retailers must look to mobile commerce

The ecommerce experience is all about taking the shopping environment to the consumer instead of the consumer physically going to the shop. Today, however, this scenario is changing rapidly. As the usage of next-generation handsets grows and mobile technology continues to advance, bringing the ecommerce experience to consumers will increasingly mean delivering it to their mobile devices.

Mobile advertising poised for substantial growth: CTIA keynote

A Yahoo Mobile executive said that mobile advertising has been growing despite the economy during a keynote address at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009: Mobile Business. Yahoo also unveiled the next phase in its efforts to deliver personally relevant Internet experiences to mobile users worldwide by showcasing the new Yahoo mobile homepage during the keynote address. The presentation covered the growth of mobile Web usage and Yahoo’s various ad-supported mobile properties, including search, applications and the mobile Web site.

Which Smartphones Fill Consumer Content Needs?

The iPhone continues to top all other smartphones in measures of consumer satisfaction. In May–June 2009, Crowd Science found it well ahead of the BlackBerry and other smartphones in measures of satisfaction and brand loyalty—and content usage too. August 2009 data from CFI Group agrees: Users are happier with the functions of their iPhones than with any other smartphone. Android and Palm Pre took second and third place, respectively.

Mobile Advertising Becoming Line Item In Brand Media Buys

When a mobile phone that spends 18 hours in someone’s pocket or purse makes a noise, they stop what they’re doing and service the device. “That’s a marketer’s dream,” Michael Wehrs, president and chief executive officer for the Mobile Marketing Association, tells Online Media Daily. People develop a personal attachment to the device, so they tend to trust it. Large companies, such as BMW, Lufthansa, Pepsi and Coca-Cola, have recognized the benefits of mobile advertising.

Report: Android to surpass iPhone market share by 2012

Research firm Gartner is forecasting that Google’s Android operating system will surpass Apple’s iPhone in global smartphone market share by 2012, Computer World reports. Gartner says that Nokia’s Symbian OS will own 37.4 percent of the smartphone market that year, putting Android in second place with a predicted 18 percent of the market. BlackBerry OS came in third in the report with a predicted 13.9 percent of the market, followed by the iPhone’s OS X with 13.6 percent of the market. Windows Mobile is expected to control 9 percent of the market share.

Entertainment top vertical in mobile ad spend: Millennial Media

The entertainment industry, an early innovator in mobile, remained the top vertical in terms of mobile advertising spend in the third quarter, according to Millennial Media’s U.S. Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART) report. The consumer packaged goods (CPG) vertical jumped from sixth in mobile marketing spend in the second quarter to the fourth spot in the third quarter. In addition, Apple drove Samsung out of the top spot for number of ad impressions among device manufacturers.

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TheTMSway Weekly Radar on Mobile Marketing and Business

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Mobile marketing and the right to privacy

A mobile phone is a highly personal device, even more so than keys and a wallet or purse–most people have with them at all times. That makes the mobile phone a highly effective way to provide relevant and timely information to individuals–not only by their friends, family and colleagues, but also by brands and marketers.

Asia will continue to Lead in Mobile Growth and Revenues with China in the Forefront

According to research of Frost & Sullivan, North Asia is light years ahead of all other Asian sub-regions in terms of mobile service innovation and revenues, especially due to countries like Japan and South Korea. Both nations account for the highest average revenue per user (ARPU) levels in Asia-Pacific, with Japan at US$53.20 per month and South Korea at US $38.04 in 2008.

Smartphone Sales to Surpass PCs by 2011

If you notice every other person around you with a smartphone these days, you’re not alone. Smartphone sales will surpass worldwide PC sales by the end of 2011, says a recent report by RBC analyst Mike Abramsky. While mobile phone sales overall have decreased, smartphone sales have gone up. Mobile phone sales worldwide hit 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, down 6% year-over-year, reports Gartner. Smartphone sales passed 40 million units, a 27% increase from the same period last year.

How to reach young consumers using the mobile channel

In the light of the opinion voiced by youth marketing expert Ian Stewart, head of Asia, Friendster (ex Coke and MTV), in this insightful interview on mobile marketing to teens in Asia, mobiThinking asked: What needs to happen to make mobile a viable channel to reach the youth segment – i.e. teens, students, school leavers, graduates? What follows is a summary of the responses received back from experts around the world. These fall neatly into two categories:

Motorola Announces First Android Smartphone and Exclusive Operator Deals

Motorola has shown off its first Android based smartphone, along with a collection of user interfaces it is calling MOTOBLUR. The first handset, the Motorola CLIQ in the U.S. and Motorola DEXT elsewhere around the globe, will be released in Q4 of this year. Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR enables users to sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more…

Consumers accepting of mobile advertising: InsightExpress

Smartphones are an excellent platform for advertising and represent a golden opportunity for marketers to reach consumers wherever they are, according to InsightExpress. This was the key finding of InsightExpress’ latest research, which explores mobile Internet engagement levels among smartphone owners in comparison to owners of other devices. The study also examined which factors drive mobile Internet users to return to specific sites.

Google moves toward micropayments for newspapers

With micropayments and transaction platforms a buzzworthy sector of the Web right now, it’s no surprise that Google would want to get in on the game. But Mountain View’s pitch is a little bit different: the payment platform it plans to build, according to Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab, is geared toward newspapers that want to charge for digital content.

Malaysian Mobile Market Reaching the Maturity Stage

A research note from IDC notes that with Malaysia’s mobile services market reaching a maturity stage, mobile phone vendors will have a challenging time increasing the mobile unit shipments in the country and will need to be flexible while executing their business strategies. “The market outlook for the mobile phone industry in year 2009 may not be as strong as a year ago but the market is anticipated to improve over time…

Android Presence Continues to Grow

Google’s Android has been enjoying healthy growth over the past six months. Android has attracted a strong base of application developers, and both carriers and OEMs appear to be getting the message that Android is steadily increasing its mindshare within the handset market. Google has been cagey about releasing the number of available applications on the Android Market. Recent analyst estimates put the total catalog somewhere around 6,000-7,000 available apps.

Marketers, Take Note: The Experts Choose Their Favorite Things

From M-Commerce to Experiential IPhone Apps, Here’s What You Need to Know to Be Up on Mobile Now. When it comes to mobile, hype so often outpaces reality that it’s important to keep expectations in check. While apps aren’t on every phone (yet), and not every American is tuning into live mobile video in the doctor’s waiting room, the iPhone, Google’s Android, ubiquitous GPS and fast 3G networks have ushered in a year rich in innovation.

The Challenges and the Future of Mobile Marketing

“Mobile marketing is not being used to its full potential by marketers,” says Rohit Dadwal, managing director, Mobile Marketing Association, Asia Pacific. Three aspects of mobile marketing that are causing a buzz right now include:

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Multi-channel retailers need to incorporate mobile, social

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Amid the tweaking moment of current retail industry, technology advancement and consumer preferences are still viewed to open a door for the e-commerce.

DMNews got a chance of interviewing with the Executive Director of the Global Retail Executive Council with mobile and social shopping as center of the discussion.

Find out what the mobile and social media can do to multi-channel retailers, and why do retailers need to review and consider to these two potential expansion areas.

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Multi-channel retailers need to incorporate mobile, social

by Nathan Golia

Though the economy has put a squeeze on retailers, advances in technology and consumer preferences have opened doors for e-commerce to take another step forward. James Crawford, executive director of the Global Retail Executive Council, talked to DMNews about two potential expansion areas: mobile and social shopping.

Q How has the economy affected e-commerce so far, and what trends do you see as the holidays near?

A There have been some permanent changes to the way people shop. First of all, every purchase is now a considered purchase. Across all economic strata, people are far more conscious of what they’re buying. I think e-commerce has been somewhat insulated because it’s always been a considered purchase — rarely do you do an impulse buy online. There’s no question this holiday is going to take a hit because of what’s going on in the economy. Credit is much tighter, and the costs of using credit have gone up. Even for people who are a good credit risk, there are more fees and higher interest rates. I think we’re going to see smaller basket sizes. It’s probably going to be a better year for specialty retailers who have unique products that you can’t buy elsewhere. Product assortment will be key. You need to have the right mix to draw the customer in and the right things that ultimately they want to buy.

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