Retail industry sales (excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) in the US will increase by somewhere between 3.7% and 4.2% this year, forecasts the NRF, which also expects an increase of 8-12% in non-store sales. Both figures are up from similar...
Comcast subscribers in our area had to scramble to keep track of the play-by-play broadcast of their favorite team last year. Some swithced cable providers, others found a way to catch the games online. Buy that all changes this year. Comcast inked a deal with 21st...
One day before the games even begin, NBCUniversal has already set an Olympics record with more than $1.2 billion in national ad sales, which includes broadcast, cable and digital advertising. It’s said to be the most by any network for any media event in U.S....
The social network is expanding its Audience Network to allow marketers to reach all internet users who visit websites or mobile apps that are in its entire ad network. Previously it allowed them to reach only Facebook users. People who are not Facebook users can opt...
(NOTE: this content has proved to be very popular since we posted in back in 2016 that we have now published an updated version of it here.) Almost 1 in 5 AM/FM radio listeners report spending more time listening to the radio this year than last, close to twice the...
Recently, Bob Abbate Marketing and Google presented a special free Google Partners seminar on online marketing in our office here in Bridgeport. For those local business folks that attended, it was a great opportunity to learn from experts from Google and Bob Abbate...
