Mobile Retailing News Weekly - Week of March 28, 2011

The Mobile Retailing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile retailing applications and mobile marketing applications that I run across each week. I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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While Apple's iPhone has traditionally been the target for brands running mobile marketing campaigns, more and more research is suggesting that Android's share of the market is set to increase substantially.

http://www.dma.org.uk/news/nws-dmitem.asp?id=6512&t=Mobile+marketing%3A+Android+to+boost+smartphone+market

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Professional sporting events and concert promoters are pushing mobile marketing to new levels with iVisionMobile.com’s real time text to screen at live events.  Sports teams are now embracing mobile advertising when reaching out to fans through this new technology.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobile-marketing-drives-participation-and-revenues-with-text-to-screen-118494609.html

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Research shows 2010 was a year of phenomenal growth for mobile advertising with the U.K. market growing 116 percent to £83 million in 2010.

http://www.utalkmarketing.com/pages/Article.aspx?ArticleID=20726&Title=Why_mobile_advertising_is_finally_coming_of_age

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The U.S. and India-based Vdopia Inc, which runs online and mobile video advertising network iVdopia, claims to be delivering $500,000 in profits every quarter. The Asian mobile video advertising market is expected to reach $1.5 billion this year compared to $1.2 billion in the U.S. and $200 million in Europe.

http://techcircle.vccircle.com/500/vdopia-says-it-makes-money-from-mobile-video-advertising/

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Spending on mobile advertising in the U.K. more than doubled in 2010, reaching a total of £83 million ($135 million) worth of investment.

http://www.clickz.com/clickz/stats/2037566/uk-mobile-spend-doubled-2010

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The merger between T-Mobile and AT&T will create a giant in the market of mobile advertising.

http://www.brafton.com/news/att-t-mobile-to-become-one-mobile-marketing-giant-800466860

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A study shows that money spent on mobile marketing will grow roughly 50 percent in 2011.

http://www.worldmarketmedia.com/779/section.aspx/3110/post/mobile-marketing-set-for-growth-in-ad-spending-boost-in-2011

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Mobile will lead to an overall increase in digital marketing spent on affiliate networks this year, according to research by LinkShare.  Forty-five percent of respondents to a recent survey believe mobile will be a major area of growth in 2011.

http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/telecoms-and-it/mobile-to-drive-digital-marketing-spend/3024601.article

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iLoop Mobile is taking its mobile marketing strategy to small, local retailers, with a new program called SlingShop.  Their clients already include Coca-Cola, McDonalds and Visa.

http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20110316/CONTENT_MOBILE_MARKETING/110319959/iloop-targets-local-retailers-with-mobile-marketing-solution

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With recent research indicating that mobile advertising is set to grow this year, firms might want to ensure their email marketing strategies are optimized for this medium.

http://directmarketing.thomsonlocal.com/Win/News-Archive/Marketing-News/?storyId=84202

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China's Sky-mobi, the country's leading mobile application developer recently entered the mobile advertising space via an agreement with one of China's leading advertising portals, Sohu.com Inc.  Sky-mobi has no apparent competition in the mobile marketing industry.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/29/idUSL3E7ET0IK20110329

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Mobile advertising has experienced a staggering 116 percent year on year growth (on a like for like basis), up from 32 percent growth in 2009.

http://www.internetretailing.net/2011/03/smartphones-have-seen-mobile-advertising-boom-finds-iab/

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Neiman Marcus, a women-focused retailer, is leveraging Scvngr for a new mobile initiative that rewards consumers for completing specific, brand-related challenges.

http://www.ricg.com/marketing_articles/digital_marketing/neiman_marcus_pushes_new_location_based_marketing_initiative/

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