android men: January 2016

Friday, 29 January 2016

sports market size in north america to exceed $70 billion by 2018

How much is the north american sports market worth. This chart takes behind the scenes on media rights, sponsorship details and break up of sports revenue

"sports market size in north america is set t exceed $70 billion by 2018"

North American Sports market in 2015 was worth $63 billion and is expected to exceed $70 billion by 2018, while 2016 sports market will be a $65 billion giant monster. Out of this gate revenues and media rights account for around 60% of the total revenues followed by sponsorships and merchandising ,

the top 10 movers and shakers of seo and blogging

The best and most influential bloggers on search marketing

fashion luxury brands ranked by instagram followers

This infographic shows the biggest luxury fashion brand based on their number of instagram followers.

THE NUMBER ONE LUXURY BRAND WITH HIGHEST INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS

dolce gabbana is the no 4 ranked luxury fashion by instagram followers

Most Popular Luxury Brands By Number Of Followers . The biggest social media star in the luxury fashion market is powerhouse is Channel with 9.8million Instagram folowers

Louis Vuitton , ranks number two.. Sure having celebrities like Miranda Kerr and Selena Gomez endorsing the products does help .Currently Louis Vuitton has over 9,2million followers

The number 3 biggest social media brand by followers is Dior with 8.4 million followers on instagram

Dolce & Gabbana with 7.8 million instagram followers ranks number 4

Gucci with 7.1 million instagram followers rank number 5

Christian Louboutin with 6.8million followers rank number 6

investment across the financial technology by deal size and valuations

financial technology investment start ups and funding trends from Sumit Roy

more than $146billion marketing dollars set to be spend on targeting local media 2016

US SOLOMO ( SOCIAL LOCAL MOBILE SPENDS 2016 ONWARDS) from Sumit Roy

global upsurge in venture funding reached all time high: 10 charts that tell the story

global Venture funding and start up data : top 10 charts from Sumit Roy

Thursday, 28 January 2016

with 24% job growth,hyderabad becomes fastest job generating indias city

Marketing among the highest in demand jobs in India

Hyderabad's 24% job growth compared to other indian cities average of 7%"

Hyderabad among leading cities in india with fastest job growth( 24% as opposed to average 7% for top 5 Indian cities

"industry sectors Telecom,IT and BPO is recruiting at a all time high"

Telecom, IT and BPO among highest industry verticals with highest recruitment

SOURCE :NAUKRI

wall street selects its top 5 retail stocks

Generally wall street is not known to pick their winners.Wall street does not reason a spectacular quarter, or even an excellent 3 quarters.. The stock markets hates "suprises " and for that reason not many brands that might have once upon a time, media's poster boy.failed to to satisfy wall street

However !It now seems that wall street has decided and finally given it a thumbs up to the online retail industry and specially Amazon. The company dominated Black Friday sales in the United States and is all but certain to be the number 1 source for last minute presents for many million people around the world. Amazon’s stock price more than doubled this year, bringing the company’s market cap to more than $300 billion.

In contrast Wall street has given the brick and mortar retailers like Best Buy and Walmart a pass, and almost all of them has seen their stocks massacred and crumble in 2015 as they struggle to break Amazon’s dominance in the online world.

revenue wise rank of global auto suppliers : top 10 List

"leading auto component supplier list by revenues"

top 20 global auto component supplier list

The chart from statista shows global auto suppliers ranking by their revenue split.German companies continental and Bosch with automotive segment revenue of around 33.3 billion euros takes the top 2 ranking ,while Canadian company Magna ranked 3rd with around $30billion revenues .

US statewise contribution to hillary clinton for her election bid in 2016

which state in united states are the biggest contributor for funds for Hillary Clinton . To know the details , hover your mouse onto different US states..The contributions from each states will be shown as you move along the country state by state

which 5 states are contributing highest to donald trump's funds

These are the US states that are the regions which makes up the bulk of the supporters of Donal Trump. These 5 states are up the drumming up the highest funds for Donald Trump

These 5 states are the biggest contributor to Donald Trumps fundraising.Data shown is for contributions from individuals of $200 or more.

donald trump vs presidential candidates: How trump is dominating social media

western europe instore retail sales by country breakup:

Western europe retail sales by country breakup:

UK, Germany and Sweden tops western europe retail sales ( except the items autos , gas tickets, holiday and travel bookings). The latest data from Europe's centre for retailresearch compares the retail sales by European nations by year 2014 and 2015

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

for the first time in a decade apple's iphone sales hits speedbreaker

Apple announced a sharp slowdown in sales growth for its iPhone

Apple's honeymoon period with its most successful product, iPhone seems to be finally over, with the company reporting " flat sales in a clear indication of iPhone's slowest growth since the product's 2007 launch as Apple warned investors that "sales will fall for the first time later this year.

"sales of ihome was at roughly 74.6 and 74.8 million in Q3 2014 and Q32015"

The company sold 74.8m of its flagship devices in the final three months of 2015, compared to 74.46m iPhones it told during the same period in 2014.. which points to the fact that : iPhone sales has now plateaued

Apple's fundamentalas as a company is beyond comparison and its one of the most cash rich company in the world with assets totalling $293bn, with $205bn of that in cash.
However the worrying point for apple, is that the company is dependent on the iPhone magic wand more than it should do as it created more volatility and risk for the company something that wall street will not like

Apple's ipads meanwhile have been shrinking for more than 18 months. Apple sold 16.1million iPads in the last three months of 2015, down from 21.4m tablets in the same quarter last year.
Mac sales too, declined with Apple selling 4% fewer ending up with 5.3 million sales (YoY)
Apple Watch, grew sharply to $4.4bn, up from $2.6bn in the third quarter of 2015 (when the company first reported Watch sales).
Other products in the category include Beats accessories, Apple Pay and Apple TV

2016 presidential candidate creating the highest buzz on facebook

"which US 2016 presidential election candidate has highest facebook buzz"

2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CANDIDATE WITH HIGHEST FACEBOOK BUZZ

Among all the US 2016 presidential candidates in US, across both Republicans and Democrats who is creating the highest buzz on Facebook. ? This chart by Wall Street Journal Shows its Mrs Rodham Hillary Clinton, who is having the final word when it comes to interactions on Facebook .With 8 million interactions in just under a month she is right there on the top followed by Ted Cruz, Rand Paul,Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Ben Carson .. all of them have had between 2 to 4 million interactions. With the exception of Ted Cruz who is ranked no 2 after Hillary having reached the highest with 4.84 millon interactions on Facebook

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

obamacare at crossroads as insurance co-ops set to be abandoned

"obamacare health co ops plan now at crossroads"

AMOUNT OF LOAN PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SET UP THE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CO OPS

A new breed of health insurers created under the Obama Affordable Care Act — was intended to create non-profit insurers is on its last legs now ,with several of the ventures forced to close down around the country. President Obama's much vaunted Obamacare — is on shaky financial ground in many of the 23 states where the plans began.

The nonprofit health plans were envisioned as a consumer-friendly counterweight to for-profit insurers, a way to provide more competition, greater consumer choice and better coverage in markets typically dominated by big commercial carriers. The government allocated billions of dollars in loans for them, Insurance co ops under health law received $1.17billion in federal loans , which the government said its working on recouping the funds

countries with per user highest spends on internet shopping

NORWAY,UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA lead among the nations whose users spends highest on ecommerce per user .Norwegians ranks 1st with $209 spends per user per year

50% global digital ad spending is accounted by us and china

GOBAL DIGITAL MARKETING AD SPENDS BY TOP 5 BIGGEST MARKETS

US and China accounts for more than 50% of digital ad spending budgets with a total of $73billion shared between the 2 nations last year. According to emarketer out of a total of $146billion digital spending which is presently shared between biggest top 5 digital markets of the world, which includes Japan ,UK, Germany apart from US and China

Monday, 25 January 2016

spain,uk,ireland and portugal among europe's fastest growing ad makets

YEAR ON YEAR AD GROWTH 2015 VS 2016

The latest data from Carat, the leading global media network reflects continued optimism on its updated forecasts for worldwide advertising expenditure in 2015 and 2016,
global advertising spends across Top 10 markets of western europe is likely to remain positive and will see solid growth across Digital and Mobile channels

Western Europe returned to positive territory in 2014, with +2.8% growth. In 2015, a similar growth rate of +2.6% was forecast with a further increase of +2.9% predicted for 2016.

The European markets showing the highest growth in the region this year and in 2016 are Spain, UK, Ireland and Portugal,whilst in Greece advertising spend has been revised down to -12.0% from +8.0% predicted in the March 2015 report

UK : In 2016 UK market is predicted with a year on- year growth rate of +5.5%. The 2016 UEFA European Football Championships, at which it is possible that multiple home nations may qualify, is likely to start a summer of increased spending, with the 2016 Rio Olympic Games also driving some advertising revenue.

Germany will see a further increase in advertising spend of +1.7% is predicted for 2016, with no significant impact expected to come from the 2016 UEFA European Football Championships and 2016 Rio Olympics

Spain will see a further +6.9% growth is expected in 2016

The advertising market in France is forecast to reach €10billion in 2016, with a Television accounting for 33% share of total ad spends along with 5% increase in digital in 2016

In 2016 Italy will see a growth of 0.7% in overall advertising. The TV market in Italy declined by 3% as print media during the first half of the year is down by -10%.

Russia will start to recover from Q2-Q3 2016. In 2015, only digital media will show increase in spend with +5.7% growth. Online Video is will be growing fastest with +15% yearly growth

united kingdom accounts for 7% global vc deals, 70% growth across technology investments

VC INVESTMENT IN UK last year reached 3.6 billion euro with UK and Ireland accounting for 7% of global VC deals in 2015. The UK tech sector received 70 per cent more funding from VCs last year, compared with 2014, with start-ups gaining just $2.1bn in 2014,according to research
based on the data from CB Insights and London & Partners,

However this number pales into insignificance when compared to VC investment and start up growth in US and silicon valley miles According to the US National Venture Capital Association, $35.7bn was invested in tech companies by US venture funds in 2014 alone.

"fintech investment growth across UK venture funding"

However UK has traditionally seen increasing VC funding across financial technology start ups. In 2015 Britain's financial technology( fintech) investments has seen significant upside with several
funding rounds in the vertical which included Ebury, a group that helps small businesses trade internationally, which raised $83m; Funding Circle, the peer-to-peer lender, which raised $150m; and WorldRemit, a money transfer group, which raised $100 million

UK's strength has been its proximity with the financial centre of London, where it scores over " the silicon valley's software power centre

french venture funds that funds up to $5million across early stage local start ups

Here is the complete list of French VC start ups that " provide funding to ocal french start ups to the tune of $5 million . This list had been published by Andy Romans at Rubicon. This list is not final list, there might be some other VC which we missed out. In case you wish your " VC " firm to get listed, you can tweet me at twitter.com/aerosmith071 or send me a mail at sumit_roy74@hotmail.com

1	CDC Entreprises	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 1,923	21
2	CM-CIC Capital Prive	Paris, France	Investment Bank	US$ 373	13
3	Amundi SA	Paris, France		US$ 826,684	12
4	Credit Agricole Private Equity	Paris, France		US$ 4,456	12
5	Seventure Partners SA	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 601	11
6	Idinvest Partners	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 3,366	10
7	XAnge Private Equity	Paris, France		US$ 353	9
8	Auriga Partners SA	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 397	8
9	Sofinnova Partners	Paris, France		US$ 1,328	8
10	A Plus Finance	Paris, France		US$ 66	7
11	Emertec Gestion	Grenoble, France	Venture Capital	US$ 144	7
12	Serena Capital SAS	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 120	7
13	Ventech SA	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 439	7
14	Alto Invest	Le Chesnay, France			6
15	Alven Capital	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 180	6
16	Naxicap Partners SA	Paris, France		US$ 974	6
17	Oseo	Maisons-Alfort, France	Government	US$ 361	6
18	Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners	Paris, France		US$ 580	5
19	Fonds Strategique d’Investissement	Paris, France			5
20	I-Source Gestion SA	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 225	5
21	Innovacom SA	Paris, France	Corporate Venture Capital	US$ 541	5
22	Truffle Capital SAS	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 462	5
23	123 Venture	Paris, France		US$ 180	4
24	ACE Management	Paris, France		US$ 166	4
25	Developpement et Partenariat	Paris, France		US$ 180	4
26	Gimv NV	Antwerp, Belgium		US$ 2,116	4
27	iXO Private Equity SAS	Toulouse, France		US$ 361	4
28	Oddo Asset Management	Paris, France		US$ 204	4
29	Sofimac Partners SA	Clermont-Ferrand, France		US$ 240	4
30	Sudinnova	Lyon, France	Venture Capital	US$ 54	4
31	Turenne Capital Partenaires SA	Paris, France		US$ 361	4
32	BNP Paribas Developpement	Paris, France		US$ 295	3
33	BNP Paribas Private Equity SAS	Paris, France		US$ 971	3
34	Cap Decisif Management	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 58	3
35	CDC Innovation	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 499	3
36	CEA Investissement	Grenoble, France	Government	US$ 18	3
37	CIC Banque de Vizille	Lyon, France			3
38	Entrepreneur Venture	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 42	3
39	Jaina Capital SAS	Paris, France	Angel Investor	US$ 120	3
40	Masseran Gestion SAS	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 56	3
41	Matignon Investissement & Gestion	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 301	3
42	Midi Capital SAS	Toulouse, France		US$ 32	3
43	NextStage Aurel	Paris, France		US$ 176	3
44	OTC Asset Management SA	Paris, France		US$ 301	3
45	Societe Hospitaliere d’Assurances Mutuel	Lyon, France	Venture Capital		3
46	360 Capital Partners	Milan, Italy	Venture Capital	US$ 120	2
47	Apax Partners LLP	London, United Kingdom		US$ 20,000	2
48	Backbone SAS	Paris, France			2
49	Bioam Gestion	Paris, France	Venture Capital	US$ 67	2
50	Esfin Gestion	Courbevoie, France	Venture Capital	US$ 72	2