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Disney Trading at Five-Year High
PwC’s report on Global Entertainment and Media projects entertainment and media (E&M) services market to grow to $2.2 trillion by 2017 – translating to a 5.6% annual growth over the five years from 2012 through 2017. PwC projects the digital segment of the market to be the big driver with digital revenues growing 12% annually and
Shutterfly Sees Photo Books Replacing Albums
An IBIS World Research report published last December pegs the US online photo printing market at $2 billion, led by Shutterfly and Snapfish. Over the five year period 2008 through 2013, the market reported an impressive 14.5% annual growth. The increased adoption of services like Photo Books is already replacing traditional albums. In a US
Workday Taking on Oracle and SAP with Recruiting
According to an IDC report released last year, the worldwide Human Capital Management (HCM) market was pegged to be worth $7.5 billion in 2011. IDC estimates that HCM will grow annually at 8.1% over the next five years through 2016. The growth in the market is expected to be driven by the increasing adoption of
LeapFrog Getting Into Wearables
According to an NPD Group research released earlier this year, retail sales of toys in the US fell 1% in 2013. Even in the last quarter of the year, despite a 4% increase registered during the week of Black Friday and a 24% growth registered in sales during Cyber Monday last year, overall toy sales
Flipkart Leads India’s e-Commerce Market, Acquires Myntra
Forrester estimates the Indian e-commerce market to be worth $13 billion last year. The Indian e-commerce market was dominated by travel which accounts for 70% of consumer e-commerce transactions. But retail is catching up as well. Forrester’s report estimates online retail sales to be worth $1.6 billion last year. Analysts estimate the online retail market
HP’s Turnaround Now Focusing on the Cloud
According to Gartner’s quarterly report, during the first quarter of 2014, Worldwide PC shipments fell 1.7% over the year to 76.6 million units. The market was led by Lenovo, which saw PC shipments grow 10.9% over the year to 12.9 million units. HP was the second largest vendor growing 4.1% over the year to ship 12.2
Marketo Should Roll-Up Their Category, Acquire On24
Earlier this year, Experian Marketing Services released their 2013 Email Marketing Study. The report found that personalized promotional emails had a 29% higher unique open rates and 41% higher unique click rates. In fact, the study claims that personalized promotional emails improved transaction rates and revenue per email by six times compared with non-personalized emails.
Salesforce Continues on Growth Track
According to the recently released Gartner report, Market Share Analysis: Customer Relationship Management Software, Worldwide, 2013, the global CRM market grew 14% over the year to $20.4 billion last year. The researcher found that 41% of the CRM systems sold last year were SaaS-based offerings and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) led the market with a 16.1% market share.