retail growth in US increase 8% as compared to ecommerce growth of 20%

data from MasterCard SpendingPulse™, which looks at U.S. retail sales trends across cards, cash and checks, retail sales excluding auto and gas grew 7.9% during the traditional Black Friday to Christmas Eve shopping season. The biggest winners this season were eCommerce and furniture, with double-digit growth, while electronics and men’s apparel lagged well behind.Commerce grew roughly 20% compared to last year. This is not a total surprise, as 70% of U.S. consumers report doing more research online than before, according to our recent Omnishopper Guide

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wearables devices growth trends : apple watch sport vs pebble steel

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comparison of Pebble steel and Apple Sport

The wearable devices, specially smartwatches is set to see an exponential growth , according to a recent IDC data research report on worldwide Wearable Device Tracker.The IDC predicts  wearable device shipments will reach 76.1 million units in 2015, up 163.6% from the 28.9 million units shipped in 2014. By 2019, worldwide shipments will reach 173.4 million units, resulting in a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.9%. Total shipments include both basic and smart wearables, which are two very different product categories in many aspects.

snapchat and number of daily likes on facebook

As of 2015, december 31st, Snapchat has over  5.3 million likes on Facebook .The chart represents snapchat's users on Facebook  who have created a story on snapchat in a seven day period, which are aggregated across display news feeds.

the biggest investors and total funding rounds in snapchat

Snapchat is a photo  and video messaging app that allows users to take photos, record videos, add text and drawings, and send them to their intended recipients.Snapchat was created by  by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown when they were students at Stanford University. Among its investors are 1)Alibaba 2)Benchmark 3)Fidelity Investments 5)General 6)Catalyst Partners7) Glade Brook Capital 8) HDS Capital 9)Kingdom Holding 10)Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers along with  Coatue Management SV Angel and Tencent Holdings  

Geographic Composition of Snapchat Inc.'s Investors (Cumulative) | FindTheCompany

Snapchat as of 2015, December 31st has made 4 Acquisitions with a  Total Equity Funding $1.17B in 7 Rounds from 16 Investors.Snapchat serves transient display ads to over 100 million daily active users on its platform,  for 10 seconds ( for the time range users can keep their recordings) after which the next sets of online ads are shown . Every ad disappear within 10 seconds, followed up the other set.Snapchat has succeeded in disruption the traditional CPC and CPM online ad models.

The success of the new model can be explained by the fact that Snapchat charges as astounding $750,000 a day.The company has experienced high user-base growth this year and has been one of the most compelling Unicorns in the tech industry. The firm has managed to raise over $1 billion in equity funding to date, which has valued the company between $15-20 billion.

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radio exceeds TV in terms of reach

In the first quarter of 2015 an average of 223 million Americans aged 18+ tuned in to the Radio at least once a week, amounting to a reach of almost 93% of the adult population. 

However television came in a close second with a weekly reach of 87%, while digital platforms lagged behind considerably. While Radio does win in terms of sheer reach, TV remains unparalleled with respect to average weekly usage. According to Nielsen’s measurements, U.S. adults spent an average of 36 hours a week watching TV in Q1 2015,

the 5 trends in digital marketing set to dominate in 2016

MOBIE, SOCIAL, ANALYTICS AND NATIVE ADVERTISING, INCLUDING THE RISE IN BIG DATA ARE among the " top 5 trends  in digital marketing which are expected to dominate in 2016

approx $2.1trillion stashed away in tax havens by the biggest brands

According to a recent study on the use of tax havens in 2014, the 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits overseas to avoid U.S. taxes

TOP 10 TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHICH HAS STASHED THEIR MONEY IN TAX HAVENS

Among the total of $2.1 trillion, of the entire amount siphoned to countries which are tax haves,around 25% of that amount (549.7 billion) is hoarded abroad by ten tech companies alone.Among them Apple remains the undisputed number 1 brand in terms of hoarding cash, parking a whopping $181 billion overseas. That is almost twice as much as second-ranked Microsoft ($108.3b) and roughly three times the total of IBM, has parked the largest amount of cash outside the United States.

tax paid by the top 5 tech giants

How much do the top tech giants pays as tax ? This question has been asked across the political spectrum as well as across business meetings. Time and again both legislators and senators have questioned Large tech companies such as Apple and Google who  are often accused of avoiding U.S. taxes by stashing foreign earnings in countries with lower corporate tax rates.This chart tries to dig through the reality

Taxes paid by the technology giants  it definitely  not in line with the kind of  profits these companues make.In 2014, Apple paid $13.97 billion in income taxes, which is more than what IBM, Microsoft and Google paid combined. More importantly though, Apple’s effective tax rate (the average rate at which pre-tax profits are taxed) in 2014 was 26.1%. While that is actually higher than it is for many of its fellow tech companies, it is 2.5 percentage points below the average tax rate paid by S&P 100 companies in 2014, not to mention the statutory federal income tax rate of 35%.

the biggest fashion brands across the world

The BIGGEST FASHION GLOBAL BRANDS BY SALES

Louis Vuition tops as the worlds biggest fashion brand with $22.55 billion revenues. H&M, Nike and Zara takes the 2nd and 3rd spot with revenues of $21billion and 19.86billion respectively.

e-retail sales have grown by 400% since last decade

Ecommerce has grown by leaps and bounds during the last decade from, 50 billion USD to 270 billion USD in 213. Leading this  online revolution is the online retail store Amazon with74 billion USD  revenues in 2013, compared with UPS 55billion USD

top 10 markets mobile sales vs online sales

EMIRATES, DELTA AND  UNITED  are among the worlds most valuable Airlines brand with a combined brand value of over$17.5 billion .The number one airlines brand with a highest brand value is EMIRATES.Emirates  continues to lead the sector with a 21% rise in brand value to US$6.6 billion. Formula 1, the French Open and most importantly football teams from PSG to Real Madrid and Arsenal to AC Milan all display the Emirates logo.

UK,Germany and US among the biggest mobile shopping markets.

UK tops as the biggest markets in terms of  mobile spends with 28%  share out of total ecommerce sales revenues .Germany and  US  for the  no 2 and no 3 biggest mobile markets respectively with  27% and 26% of ttal ecommrce sales coming from mobile ( tablet and smrtphones)

cpg, apparels and office supplies fastest growing online categories

EMIRATES, DELTA AND  UNITED  are among the worlds most valuable Airlines brand with a combined brand value of over$17.5 billion .The number one airlines brand with a highest brand value is EMIRATES.Emirates  continues to lead the sector with a 21% rise in brand value to US$6.6 billion. Formula 1, the French Open and most importantly football teams from PSG to Real Madrid and Arsenal to AC Milan all display the Emirates logo.

FASTEST GROWING ONLINE PRODUCTS CATEGORIES

 digital content and subscriptions are growing the fastest with 27% growth, while in terms of products, consumer packages goods have been  showing the fastest growing  eCommerce segment with 21% growth followed by  apparels and accessories sports and fitness wear are among  the  fastest growing online categories, followed by office supplies, home appliances and furniture.

global top 5 retail chains by continents : americas vs asia vs europe

The above chart shows the biggest global retail chains across the world by their revenue .
The data is based on the 18th annual Global Powers of Retailing report, produced by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) in conjunction with STORES Media.

 This report identifies the 250 largest retailers around the world based on publicly available data for fiscal 2013 (encompassing companies’ fiscal years ended through June 2014) and analyzes their performance based on geographic region, product sector, e-commerce activity and other factors. - Sthe European brands in the table have seen minimal growth or a decline in their brand values. Iberia has been the worst affected, its brand value has fallen 23% to $951m. Southwest Airlines achieved a 52% growth in brand value Airlines 50 Sector Analysis – Airlines after a strong financial year and American Airlines’ brand value soared 39% to $3,649m, moving it up to 5th place

the biggest US apparel brands by sales per stores

The  highest sold apparel brand by sales per store in US

the chart shows the most sold apparel brands by retail store sales .The top 3brands as published by NRF  is L Brands Aschena retail group and Chicos FAS.

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the internet digital divide vs gender divide

GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE Broadly speaking, the difference is not necessarily determined by the access to the Internet, but by access to ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) and to Media that the different segments of society can use. With regards to the Internet, the access is only one aspect, other factors such as the quality of connection and related services should be considered. Today the most discussed issue is the availability of the access at an affordable cost and quality

DIGITAL GENDER DIVIDE around the world is another major issue  In the least developed countries, only 8% of females will have used the internet in 2015 compared with 11.3% of males. Those statistics echo a September UN report that found that women in low- and middle-income countries are 21% less likely to own a mobile phone, helping perpetuate inequality between men and women. The ITU has set a goal to achieve gender equality among internet users by 2020.

google launches its Interactive, 360-Degree “Spotlight 2D and 3D animation video app

Google  has just turned in a new feature a from its photos stable  with " Spotlight Stories – which is an immersive, 360-degree animated videos meant to introduce a new form of storytelling – to YouTube,.The technology for making these mini-movies was first developed by Motorola Mobility’s Advanced Technology And Products (ATAP) division, but Google continued to fund its development over the years following Motorola’s 2011 Google acquisition.

 The first story to arrive is a holiday film called “Special Delivery,” from Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations. This  feature  will let consumers create movie format powered by sensors like the gyroscope and accelerometer which will  create an immersive viewing experience that involves 3D and 2D animations and 360-degree video angles

The Spotlight Stories only work with the YouTube app on certain Android phones, Google has also created a YouTube 360 version so those with other Android devices can still view the movie, as well as those on iOS devices and the web. And there’s a Google Cardboard viewing option, too. 

the best 5 demand side platforms :comparison rating

A DSP(demand side platforms) enables advertisers, agencies and ad networks to buy display impressions across multiple ad exchanges (DoubleClick, Right Media, ADSDAQ, etc). The below chart shows and compares various demand side platforms" on the basis of market share.

G2 Crowd Grid for Demand Side Platform (DSP)

best demand side platforms" by The above   chart shows the market leaders across this category demand side platform (dsp) products that are rated highly by G2 Crowd users and have substantial scale, market share, and global support and service resource

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The number one demand side platform according to users across the G2platform are DoubleClick which rank one .Digital Marketing  demand side platforms that are highly rated by their users, but have not yet achieved the market share and scale of the vendors in the Leader category  include  MediaMath and StackAdap . Niche products like DataXu and AppNexus and  Consolet are yet to grab significant marketshare or yet to gather the number of ratings to figure among the top 5

The DSP space is increasingly crowded, but among the companies are: MediaMath, Invite Media, Turn, DataXu, Triggit, X+1, Lucid Media, BRANDSCREEN and Adchemy.

5 new factors which will impact your seo in 2016 and beyond

THE 15 search factors across on page and off page that will impact your seo in 2016 and beyond.here are 5 things you need to keep in mind as they are set to impact your search  marketing plan in 2016 and beyond

Domain Level link features along with page leve link, keyword and content features will continue to ule, however, engagement, traffic, lost traffic, click through across the SERP rankings, bounce rates from the SERP pages are the newer algorithm changes, which Google is planning .  Along with those
mobile friendliness and structured data will be given new emphasis. Readibility including font size and text are something to be kept in mind, Using a fancy font might impact your SERP rankings.. and not for the better Experts suggest " verdana" is the most search friendly font( easily recognizable by bots and human alike )

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why retail is an indicator of economic prosperity: retail jobs vs other industry

The UNITED STATES   have 3,793,621 retail establishments across the entire country.The below data from NRF showed on the form of a chart, shows where retail stands as compared to other industry in job creation in US

RETAIL INDUSTRY JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC INDICATOR

Retail supports 1 in 4 American jobs

It’s not just about the jobs directly in retail. The industry supports nearly 5 million logistics jobs; 4 million management and administration jobs,. 2 million health care and service jobs; 2 million finance, insurance and real estate jobs; and 800,000 technology jobs.According to NRF economic prosperity and retail have a linear relationship 

tech brands form 70% of the 100 most valued 2015 brands

The technology and telecom providers categories comprised 44% of total brand value  in the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2015 ranking. 10 years ago  the tech companies accounted for 36% of the total brand value

Among the top 100 biggest brands this year APPLE, GOOGLE, MICROSOFT and IBM form the top 4 most valuable brand this year in the  BrandZ WPP group ranking. In fact among the top 10  most valued global brands  in 2015 , 7 brands are across the technology or the telecom space. Brands like  VISA, AT&T and VERIZON  rank  5th ,6th and  7th  respectively . They are followed by Coke, McDonald's and Marlboro  which are ranked 8th, 9th and 10th. Among the top 100 brands

The 11th-14th rank is once again taken by technology brands with  Tencent, Facebook, Alibaba and Amazon ranking in that order

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WPP reveals the 10 fastest growing brands this year; Alibaba &Facebook tops

This years Millward brown brand report has some surprises and a few expected brand rankings 2015 number one global brand has been Apple.The Brand Value of the Top 10 brands almost tripled, to $1.1 trillion, one-third of the total value of the Global Top 100.Whereas the top 100 brand value now stands at $3.3 trillion, a 14% increase on 2014 and a 126% growth over 2006 .Apple, with its relentless focus on the consumer experience, and the ability to wow its consumers demonstrated this yet again with the iPhone 6, returns to the top spot with a 67 percent increase in brand value.

WPP  and Millward brown's  BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking, in 2015, .

The biggest riser is Facebook with an increase in value of 99% The  fastest growing brand this yeat ( new entry) is the online retailer Alibaba which debuted in the retail ranking at $66.4 billion, helping to grow the retail category ranking by 24% and overtaking both Amazon and Walmart This years Fastest rising brand report shows that "Five of the 10 Top Riser brands come from technology or telecom providers categories. Other fastest growing brands were Domino's Pizza which won on brand strength and communication.Amazon grew faster with its consistent and  awesome customer care. Other fastest growing brands were  Skoll ,Verizon, Google and Zara were

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Indonesia 's digital media powered by 56% growth in online video

In Indonesia  the user penetration in the "Digital Video" segment is at 9.92% in 2015. The country's average   average revenue per user (ARPU) in the "Digital Video" across Indonesia is currently at  USD 8.09 in 2015.

INDONESIA DIGITAL MEDIA GROWTH STORY : 2015 TO 2020

The "Digital Video" growth in Indonesia  is currently led by online video which is  expected to show a revenue growth of 55.97% in 2016.

However digital music and e publishing will be the biggest digital media  growth stories .

By 2020 digital publishing will grow by a huge 26%, while, digital music revenues will grow by 9%

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real madrid, dallas cowboys and Yankees among top 3 richest sports teams

The most valuable t s-0w6eam for the third year in a row is Real Madrid CF, which first overtook Manchester United on the list in 2013. However, the amount of time that Los Blancos will top the rankings could be limited. American franchises have been shooting up the list lately, with the iconic Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees franchises both passing the $3 billion mark for the first time to tie for second place at $3.2 billion

50 most valuable teams are worth $1.75 billion each, which is up 31% from 2014. Why are sports teams more valuable these days? Forbes notes that leagues and teams are signing more lucrative television deals, with live sports being an important draw in the world of PVRs and streaming. The NFL, for example, split a massive $7.24 billion in revenue with all 32 teams last season. Each team received a hefty $226.4 million, mostly from television deals. The composition of this year’s most valuable team list includes 20 NFL teams, 12 MLB teams, 10 NBA teams, 7 soccer teams, 1 NHL team, and 1 racing team (Formula One).

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The hottest 5 consumer technology devices this year

All around the world, consumers are increasingly using internet to share and make things faster and easier apart from sharing one culture. In an latest Ericsson ConsumerLab survey of 23 countries, it found that  more than three-quarters of consumers browse the internet and half use social media every day

The hottest consumer products this year from Sumit Roy

The popularity of  digital streaming overtake broadcast TV among those aged 16-45, with 80 percent in this age group watching streamed video several times a week or more. 77 percent of the total sample population watched broadcast content, compared to 75 percent who favored streaming services, but this is set to change during 2015. The year will be historic, as more people will watch streamed on-demand content than broadcast TV.

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india and china to account for 40% tech graduates by 2020 , US & EU to face severe tech manpower shortage

Latest data from OECD  studies the state of technology manpower looking at higher education engineering graduates between the ages of 25 and 34 across  OECD and G20  member countries – 42 countries in total.The report shows  that   skilled manpower across the technology sector has been shrinking rapidly from EU and the United states
India and China have reduced the share of tertiary graduates from Europe, Japan and the United States in the global talent pool.

 Engineering Graduates break up by country : 2010

 Engineering Graduates break up by country : 2020

China and India will account for 40% of all young  technology graduates  by 2020, while US and EU will face shortage of skilled technical manpower.The above charts show the difference in Fresh engineering  graduates : compared between 2010 and 2020

1. China will produce 29% of all higher education graduates aged 25-34 (up from 18% in 2010); India, will account for  12% technology graduates  by 2020
2. The number of engineering graduates in US will account for just 11%, by 2020( (down from 14% in 2010);)
3. EU and  United States combined  will account for just 25% technology graduates  
4.  UK’s share should increase from 3% in 2010 to 4% in 2020; 
5. By 2020, 6% of young  engineering graduates will be from Indonesia

comparing click to open email by devices :mobile vs desktop vs PC

While mobile click-to-open (CTO) rates dipped slightly  in Q3 (to 13.7%), they remained up from the year-earlier period (12.1%) and continue to close the gap with desktop CTO rates, per Yesmail’s latest quarterly report.  mobile email  revenues also grew 2015 by 9.9% year-over-year, with smartphones accounting for 56.6% of mobile revenue, up from 41.6% a year earlier

Apple devices continue to dominate revenues derived from mobile email, accounting for 77% share this past quarter. The iPhone comprised 34% share of orders (up from 23% during Q3 2014), taking share from the iPad, which accounted for 43% of orders (down from 58% during the year-earlier period).

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country comparison : eCommerce revenues compared as a percentage of overall retail sales

The below chart shows " worldwide and global online retail sales revenues  as a percentage of total retail sales across geographies and countries . Globally online retail sales  across the world is expected to grow by 15% CAGR ( from 2014-2019 ) time period. In terms of  total retail revenues, Worldwide  online retail will constitute 9% of overall retail revenues  in 2019 as compared to 5.8% in 2014  

HOW MUCH DOES ONLINE RETAILS SALES CONTRIBUTE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES BY COUNTRY AND REGION

• Online retail sales in US  is likely to constitute 12% of the overall retail sales by 2019.
• Online retail sales in North America  is predicted  to account  for 11% of overall retail sales.
• Asian online retail sales will constitute 10% of total retail revenues ,by 2019
• In Western Europe online retail sales is expected to contribute 10%of total retail sales, while Eastern Europe it will be 5.6%
• Russia  online retail is foretasted to form 5.2%of overall retail sales
• While eCommerce in Latin American nations is predicted to account  for a mere 3,2% of total retail sales 
• In Australasia online retail is expected to contribute 8.4% of overal retail sales revenues by 2019
• Mid east and African nations eCommerce sales as a percentage of total retail sales will account or the lowest ever with 1.6% 

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Nigeria and India leads mobile web traffic while ,UK& US ranks 17th and 19th

NIGERIA INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA leads as nations with highest internet traffic from Mobile .Indonesia,Poland and Turkey makes up 3th to 6th rank. China ranks  9th in terms of mobile web traffic with 33% internet traffic coming from mobile. UK and US ranks 17th and 19th respectively

Global mobile internet traffic is led by Nigeria , whose mobile internet consists of 76%followed by India with 65% internet traffic coming from mobile web. Number 3 was South Africa with 57% of their web traffic coming from online mobile internet

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coming soon :instagram with 3D touch features

Instagram is planning to bring the 3D Touch feature of ‘Peek and Pop’, currently exclusive to Apple iPhone 6s series, to Android as well. A report on The Verge had noted that the feature had gone live with a new update on Android, but it was later pulled back by Instagram. - 

 However there are some limitations on using Instagram , as users can access 3D Touch features only inside the app and not from the homescreen. Also Android users need to long press to access the feature. The lack of pressure-sensitive screens on Android makes the whole experience less exciting compared to latest iPhones. -

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