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.
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.
LONDON - Marketing identifies the five most important consumer trends of 2009.
14 Dec 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Amazon has launched its Kindle e-reader app for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the UK.
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.
08 Dec 2009
Congratulations to all the winners of Marketing's Agency of the Year 2009. In the supplement that accompanies this issue, you can read why every winner, and the runners-up, were so commended.
08 Dec 2009
| by Ed Kemp
LONDON - Sexual health brand Durex is launching a global online community for people to share their sexual experiences and 'celebrate healthy sex lives'.
The site, called Ora!, will initially launch by invitation only before a full launch in early 2010.
LONDON - VCCP has triumphed in a tightly fought battle to win the title of Marketing's Creative Agency of the Year 2009, while Mediaedge:cia (MEC) scooped Media Agency of the Year for the third time in a row.