Staples North American Sales Drop, International Sales Up
Office-supplies giant Staples reported that fourth-quarter profit dropped 1 percent; the company cut its annual forecast.
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Office-supplies giant Staples reported that fourth-quarter profit dropped 1 percent; the company cut its annual forecast.
Unique visitors to travel, career, tax, and real estate sites in the U.K. increased from December ‘07 to January ‘08 , reports comScore, citing its World Metrix audience measurement service (via MarketingCharts).
The January data, below, also show Google Sites, Microsoft Sites, and eBay to be U.K. internet properties with the most traffic.
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Clear Channel U.K. announced a mobile service that will allow advertisers to get up close and personal to consumers who are intrigued by their out-of-home messages.
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Britain’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) will begin making spot-checks of TV broadcasters to be sure they are complying with some new license conditions the independent regulator is putting into place come March.
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Datamonitor expects the global television broadcast market to undergo significant revenue growth, from $284.1 billion in 2007 to $326.2 billion by 2010, according to a Datamonitor report, “2008 Trends to Watch: Media and broadcasting technology,” MarketingCharts writes.
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Publicis Group and Havas reported strong Q4 and full year 2007 results, outpacing industry trends. Havas growth was strong in all business groups, particularly digital and media operations.
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Omnicom’s fourth quarter earnings were up 13 percent due to strong international growth, the marketing and communications company announced today.
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Coca-Cola’s strong sales of Vitaminwater in the U.S., along with higher sales of soda in Asia and Latin America, boosted fourth-quarter net income 79 percent to $1.21 billion, or 52 cents a share, over last year.
Bauer announced the decision to close two consumer magazines, First and New Woman, today. Some 49 journalists and editorial staff members are likely to lose their jobs.
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British publication Dare has decided to stop charging $1 for the magazine and will become the first women’s magazine in the country to be given away for free.
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The distilled-spirits market grew for the eighth straight year, with 2007 sales up 5.6 percent, totaling $18.2 billion, as consumer interest in cocktails and high-end products remained high, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (DISCUS), reports MarketingCharts.
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Offline media direct mail and telemarketing are the best media to combine with email, according to a new report from the U.K.’s Direct Marketing Association.
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Digital audio broadcasting in the U.K. is in trouble unless the industry stops “beating its chest in public about the wonders of DAB” and instead engages in an honest industry debate about the future of the platform, says a report from Enders Analysis.
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More than 85 percent of the world’s online population has used the internet to make a purchase - increasing the market for online shopping by 40 percent in the past two years - according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey on internet shopping habits, reports MarketingCharts.
Click to enlarge Ryanair, the U.K.’s low-cost airline, is running an ad which has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. Ryanair says the banning of the ad is “absurd,” and plans to continue running the campaign.
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Global advertising spending in measured media is expected to show 6.8 percent year-over-year gain, reaching $479 billion in 2008, compared with 2007’s 6.0 percent YOY increase, according to GroupM’s “This Year, Next Year” study, writes MarketingCharts.
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Fourth quarter profits for L’Oreal SA, the world’s biggest maker of cosmetics, climb 6.6 percent to $6.5 billion on increased sales of skin creams in Asia and Eastern Europe, new perfume launches and the rebuilding of distribution in the U.S.
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One million digital radio receivers were sold in the U.K. in the fourth quarter, bringing total digital radio receiver sales near the 6.5 million mark.
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Online shopping in the U.K. grew 54 percent in 2007 over 2006, according to the Internet Marketing in Retail (IMRG) Capgemini E-Retail Sales Index.
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