INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
05 May 2015
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – Sarah Carroll, GROW GLOBAL’s Director, will be running a series of webinars, seminars and masterclasses to help companies to optimise their websites, e-commerce systems and social media for international trade. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
internetretailing.net – Online payments made using mobile devices continues to rise globally accounting for 27.2% of the total online payments made in Q1 2015 – up from 25.8% on the traditionally high online spending period of Q4 and up a massive 39% on the corresponding period last year. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Twitter has reported lower than expected revenue for the first three months of the year, saying that new products sold less well than forecast. The micro blogging firm warned that it expected the negative impact on its revenue to continue for the rest of the financial year. ‘It is still early days for these products,’ said Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
investni.com – The United States (US) is regarded as the largest, most competitive and technologically advanced economy in the world. It’s the UK’s top export destination and is ranked the fourth easiest country to do business with. Read more>>
forbes.com – Will Mexico become the most important e-commerce market in Latin America? In Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood vendors in tarp covered stalls sell Nike running shoes, dietary supplements, women’s handbags and men’s suits. The DVDs and Blu-ray discs are bootleg and the name-brand merchandise is mostly brought in from the U.S. through unofficial channels. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – Emojis blamed as words lose out to pictures>>
BBC – Amazon doubles free delivery minimum spend in UK>>
BBC – ‘Genericide’: Brands destroyed by their own success>>
BBC – Britain ‘best brand’ for Welsh exports, survey suggests>>
BBC – Giving everyone in the world an address>>
BBC – The families revealing everything they’ve ever bought online>>
BBC – The shadow puppet shows dying out in China>>
BBC – Peking Opera: Keeping an old Chinese art form alive>>
BBC – The Royal Opera House stages production sung in Polish>>
BBC – DreamWorks’ Dragons series adapted for Gaelic audience>>
BBC – A Chinese businessman’s awkward English>>
BBC – Airbnb adds Cuba to destination list for US travellers>>
BBC – China’s Xi Jingping and Taiwan’s Eric Chu in high-level talks>>
BBC – What in the world does China own?>>
BBC – China bans civil servants from working at beauty spots>>
BBC – China eyes growing Japanese influence>>
DHL – Export to Australia>>
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