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Mideast television adverts spend hits $14bn in 2010

Wednesday, 15 December 2010 at 11:38, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

Television advertising expenditure in the Middle East has seen a sustained growth of 78 per cent in 2010 to reach $14 billion, a forum at this year’s Media and Marketing Show (MMS) was told.

Smartphone apps spur Mideast mobile sector

Monday, 06 September 2010 at 12:16, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

Rapid expansion of 3G networks and increasing use of smartphones is leading to a striking demand for trendy mobile handsets and applications in the Middle East, organisers of the annual ICT trade even

Sales of TVs, foodstuffs rise as entrepreneurs cash in on World Cup

Monday, 14 June 2010 at 15:17, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

Hard hit by declining margins due to the 2008-2009 recession, the retail and hospitality sectors are once again looking to the World Cup to power sales on established products, a study conducted by ma

UAE takes big bite of Apple’s iPad despite high costs

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 at 10:55, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

Seven weeks since the launch of Apple’s iPad touchscreen tablet computer, a spot check shows that the iconic gadget has also proved a hit with the local UAE consumers.

Want to have competitive edge on the web? Spice it up

Monday, 05 April 2010 at 14:29, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

As media advertising revenue dries up, many newspapers around the world are increasingly changing tack to stay afloat while others are wading through tough times making tough choices, and worse still,

International brands reinvent for regional success

Monday, 08 March 2010 at 10:44, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

What do McDonalds, Coca Cola, Pepsi and Pizza Hut have in common? Well, the answer is, their products are irresistible.

Toys galore as Zhu Zhu Pets invade UAE

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 at 17:08, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

Top toys retailer Toys ‘R’ Us has launched the newest craze among children – Zhu Zhu Pets - in the UAE.

Obama name makes good marketing for Africa

Monday, 01 February 2010 at 11:42, Joyce Njeri, Dubai

As one enters the African pavilion at Dubai’s Global Village it’s hard not to notice a huge banner bearing the smiling faces of Obama family members.

Rejected or not, Super Bowl ads generate buzz

Saturday, 30 January 2010 at 13:24, Reuters, Chicago

The marketing buzz that a Super Bowl television commercial creates is invaluable to advertisers, whether it gets broadcast or not.

With Apple Tablet, Print Media Hope for a Payday

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 at 14:05, By Brad Stone and Stephanie Clifford

With the widely anticipated introduction of a tablet computer, Apple may be giving the media industry a kind of time machine – a chance to undo mistakes of the past.


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