It looks like B2B tech marketers won't be battling too hard for budgets this year. Eight in 10 B2B marketers at technology companies expect their budgets to increase or remain the same, according to a survey of more than 350 B2B tech companies across North America and...
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Mobile Gaming Friction Leads to Wasted Ad Spend
Gaming should be an enjoyable experience, and finding something to play shouldn’t be frustrating. But an average of 88% of total global mobile gamers (84% in the US) have experienced at least one friction point when looking for a game to install and play. This is...
The Top 5 Most Popular Categories Purchased Online Are…
A majority of online consumers around the world claim to buy entertainment (61%) and service (56%) categories more often online than in-store. And while fewer (38%) say they buy durables such as fashion, IT/mobile and electronics more often online, that still...
Mobile Devices Becoming the Most Important Shopping Tools for More US Consumers
Almost half of US adults (45%) agree that their mobile device is quickly becoming their most important shopping tool, marking a considerable jump from last year, when fewer than one-third (29%) felt that way. So finds GfK in its latest FutureBuy study [download page],...
Smartphones Are Now Responsible For the Majority of Global Digital Video Plays
Smartphones reached a new milestone in this past quarter, declares Ooyala in its latest quarterly Global Video Index [download page]. For the first time in Q2 the devices exceeded a majority share of all digital video plays worldwide, hitting 52%, representing solid...
Free Report: Global Email Deliverability Benchmark
[Sponsored by Return Path] Email marketers have had a busy year. With GDPR coming into effect and mailbox providers like Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo making changes to their platforms and infrastructure, there has been no shortage of challenges. Even with all of these...
Brands Can Be An Important Expression of Belief Systems, Say 1 in 3 Consumers
Did you choose to buy Nike after it featured Colin Kaepernick in its new campaign? Perhaps you chose to boycott the brand for the same reason. As it stands, almost 1 in 3 consumers have strongly held, passionate beliefs and feel that the brands they buy are an...
Do Brands Have Enough MarTech Now?
Brands in the UK and North America are expected to devote somewhere around one-quarter of their budgets this year to marketing technology. Are they getting what they need with that spend? A study from Moore Stephens and WARC [download page] suggests that most have all...
MarTech Estimated to Occupy Almost One-Quarter of Budgets in the UK and North America
The global marketing technology industry is estimated to be essentially a $100 billion market ($99.9 billion to be precise), according to a new report [download page] from Moore Stephens and WARC. Slightly more than half of that market value - or $52 billion - is...
Good News. Your Email Campaigns Are Now Reaching 85% of Your List.
Inbox placement rates are continuing to improve in the US, with an average of 85% of promotional emails from US senders reaching the inbox in the second quarter of this year, up from 77% during the year-earlier period. That's according to Return Path's latest annual...
Streaming Video Quality Improves
Most online video service providers believe that their quality and reliability will soon match or exceed traditional TV. And recent trends suggest they're headed in the right direction. A new report from Conviva [download page] - which measures some of the largest...
This Handy Chart Tells You Internet Adoption, Social Use and Smartphone Ownership in 37 Countries
Almost half of the world is now online, according to recent research. Now, a new report [pdf] from the Pew Research Center looks further into internet use, revealing that it continues to grow in developing countries while remaining high in advanced economies. To...

9 in 10 Demand Gen Marketers Believe Online Event Fatigue is Real
In 2020, B2B marketers who had once relied on face-to-face events had to look elsewhere to build pipeline — and for 8...

These Are Perceived to be the World’s Most Innovative Market Research Suppliers in 2021
While optimism about the market research industry as a whole remained steady even during the pandemic, suppliers’...

Digital Divide Remains As Lower-Income Americans’ Tech Adoption Continues to Lag
Most adults say they go online at least daily, but how they are accessing the internet often depends on their income...

Half of Global Media Ad Spend Forecast to Be Online Next Year
Global internet advertising spend is projected to account for about half of total media advertising dollars next year...

Global Box Office Revenues Up 1% in 2018, As North America Reaches New Peak
The total amount of box office revenues for all films released in countries around the world grew to $41.1 billion...

Study: Brands Lack the Meaningfulness Consumers Desire
People would not care if 77% of brands disappeared. However, more than three-quarters (76%) of consumers expect brands...