Apr 11, 2013
Trading conditions continued to deteriorate and the growth in retail sales volumes slowed further during the first quarter of 2013, according to results from the latest Ernst & Young/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Retail survey. Derek Engelbrecht, retail and...
Apr 8, 2013
Apple’s market share leadership is under threat from Samsung as it saw its slice of the worldwide tablet pie falling from 51,7% to 43,6%, while Samsung’s spurred upwards from 7,3% to 15%. It might not yet be time to worry, but, according to Christopher Riley, CEO of...
Mar 19, 2013
The ability to measure sales activity against actual marketing expenditure – commonly referred to as “closing the marketing loop” – has historically been a challenge for all retailers, decreasing the overall effectiveness of marketing campaigns. Bevan...
Mar 6, 2013
Despite intense industry efforts to overcome market inertia, 2012 nonetheless ended on a sour note with global PC shipment volume shrinking 3,7% on the year. With limited initial traction from Windows 8 in the holiday season, and continued pressure from tablets, IDC...
Mar 5, 2013
More smartphones are forecast to be shipped globally than feature phones in 2013 – the first such occurrence in the mobile phone market on an annual basis. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors...
