16 Dec 2009
| by James Quilter
LONDON - Activision has signed a deal with Cepia to produce a Nintendo DS video game around its best-selling Zhu Zhu Pets (known in the UK as Go Go Pets) robotic hamsters.
16 Dec 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - While feeling frustrated about the delivery of online purchases, people remain unconvinced over Amazon's reported plans to open collection stores, according to members of the public interviewed in the latest BR Video.
LONDON - Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices are currently the most searched for products in the UK this festive season, while searches for toys increased by 18.9% in the run-up to Christmas, according to Experian Hitwise.
14 Dec 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Amazon has launched its Kindle e-reader app for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the UK.
14 Dec 2009
| by James Quilter
LONDON - Accenture has said it will severe its ties with Tiger Woods, as the consultancy firm heads a growing list of brands distancing themselves from the troubled golfer.
11 Dec 2009
| by James Quilter
LONDON - Habbo Hotel, the virtual world for teens, is offering marketers the chance to understand what its users are saying about their brands with a tool that has been piloted by MTV.
10 Dec 2009
| by James Quilter
LONDON - Chinese search engine Baidu Inc is facing the prospect of having to bid for the domain name Baidu.eu on eBay to prevent it being sold to another company.
09 Dec 2009
| by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - Brands should encourage consumers to complain when they are dissatisfied, with the proviso that they respond to the complaint and repair the damage, a new study has found.
NEW YORK - CBS has cancelled the last daytime soap opera owned by Procter & Gamble, 54-year-old TV show 'As the World Turns'.
07 Dec 2009
| by James Quilter
LONDON - eBay.co.uk has launched a Facebook app allowing consumers to create a wish list of present they would like from the site.