US Online Holiday Spending Is Up 12%

In the U.S., retail e-commerce spending for the holiday season-to-date is $22.0 billion, up 12 percent from the $19.7 billion mark reached during the same period last year, according to comScore. The holiday season-to-date is defined as Nov. 1 to Dec. 10.

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Lead Generators Busted by the Government

Within the last several months the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has stepped up enforcement against lead generators and related marketers and advertisers.

The Year That Was: Best of The Rest

It's a great year, when a company that almost sold for six billion dollars and reached a billion dollar valuation faster than any other takes second place to a seven year old company. (Then again, there's...

The Year that Was: Facebook

If they haven't already, in just over a week from now, most people's minds will start to think about anything but work. That's right. We're coming up to the end of another year, and like so many before...

Youths’ Spending Power is Trending Upward Again

According to the latest edition of Trends & Tudes from Harris Interactive Youth & Education Research, young consumers are spending more than they did last year, serving as a reminder that this segment is one that marketers should bear in mind as we head toward 2011.

Mobile Ad Revenues to Reach $1.2 Billion in 2011

According to Smaato, a mobile ad optimizer and mobile advertising company, expects a big year for mobile applications in 2011. Its "Mobile Advertising Trends 2011" slideshow sheds light on many of its big expectations in the coming year.