Mobile Payments Said to Near 1 in 4 Online Payment Transactions
Source: Adyen Notes: Globally, payments over mobile devices represented 23.3% of total online payments during Q3, according to Adyen’s latest quarterly report. (Expect that figure to rise in the next...
View ArticleWeekend Reading, 10/24/14
Halloween spending is expected to rebound from a drop last year and total $7.4 billion, according to the NRF, which finds that the average person will spend $77.52 this Halloween. Roughly two-thirds of...
View ArticleTop 10 at Domestic Film Box Office, Weekend of Oct. 17-19, 2014
Content in Rentrak Theatrical box office updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its Box Office Essentials theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
View ArticleAlmost Half of Mobile Video Ad Impressions Occur on iOS Devices
Source: Opera Mediaworks Notes: [Editor’s Note: The headline to this article has been amended to better reflect that the article refers to mobile video ad impressions.] While iOS devices accounted for...
View ArticleSmartphone-Based Webrooming Beats Showrooming Across Most Age Groups
Source: GfK Notes: Consumers (ages 18-68) are more likely to research a purchase online using a smartphone and then buy it in-store (“webrooming”) than they are to see a product in a store and then buy...
View ArticleEnterprises See Social’s Value in Customer and Influencer Engagement
Almost 9 in 10 enterprise organizations agree that their social media presence is important to stay competitive, according to results from a Hootsuite survey of more than 750 respondents across 8...
View ArticleB2B Demand Gen Channels Ranked by Cost-per-Lead
Which channels provide the lowest costs-per-lead for B2B marketers? Given that a recent Ascend2 report found that the majority of marketers are seeing steady or increasing costs-per-lead, a new report...
View ArticleWhere Are Demand Gen And Sales Training Teams Most Aligned?
Source: Corporate Visions Notes: Only about 1 in 10 B2B marketers and salespeople from around the world report a complete level of coordination between their demand generation and sales training teams,...
View ArticleMobile Ad Click, Conversion Rates Seen Higher Among Women
Source: AppLovin Notes: Women are more likely than men to click on mobile ads, and they also sport higher conversion rates and average purchase values, finds AppLovin in an analysis of more than one...
View ArticleHow B2B “End User Buyers” Are Engaging in Online Commerce
“B2B end user buyers” have various procurement policies in place, such as approval/authorization procedures (76%) and reimbursements policies (57%), but 3 in 10 report a lack of concern for such...
View ArticleUS Email Open and Click Rates, by Hour Scheduled, in 2013
Mailer Mailer has released its latest annual “Email Marketing Metrics Report” analyzing data from almost 1.2 billion opt-in newsletters. While the topic of timing seems to often inspire debate as to...
View ArticleMobile Now Two-Thirds of Facebook’s Ad Revenues
Source: Facebook [pdf] Notes: Facebook’s advertising revenues grew by 64% year-over-year in Q3 to almost $3 billion, of which mobile comprised 66% share, up from 49% share a year ago. Some 64% of...
View ArticleOnline Adults Report Spending Close to 3 Hours a Day Using the Internet At Home
Source: Leichtman Research Group Notes: The average time spent by an individual with internet service at home is 2.8 hours, finds the Leichtman Research Group, up from 2.2 hours in 2009. That 2.8-hour...
View ArticleEmail Open and Click Rates, by Subject Line Length
Source: MailerMailer Notes: Email newsletters with short subject lines of between 4-15 characters sported the best open rates last year, according to a MailerMailer analysis of almost 1.2 billion...
View ArticleTop 10 at Domestic Film Box Office, Weekend of Oct. 24-26, 2014
Content in Rentrak Theatrical box office updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its Box Office Essentials theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
View ArticleUS Omni-Channel Shopping Behavior, by Category
Source: GfK [download page] Notes: On average, 44% of US shoppers combine online and in-person shopping activities (“omni-channel shopping”) across 15 product and service categories, reports GfK in a...
View ArticleTrust in News Media Types, by Generation
Source: Harris Interactive Notes: American adults have the most trust in local TV news, finds Harris Interactive, with 78% having at least some trust that it will get them the news fairly and...
View ArticleDigital Marketers Report Limited Channel Integration
On average, only 45% of digital marketers integrate any two channels, finds a commissioned study [download page] conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Experian Marketing Services. The report,...
View ArticleHow Search Results Can Drive In-Store Visits
3 in 4 consumers who find local information in search results to be helpful report being more likely to visit stores. That’s according to a recent Google, Ipsos MediaCT and Sterling Brands survey [pdf]...
View ArticleUS Shoppers’ Attitudes to Mobile Payments, by Generation
Source: GfK [download page] Notes: Millennials (18-34) are about twice as likely as older generations to view mobile payments as easier and more efficient than other payment methods, per GfK’s survey....
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