Posts from May 13, 2008

Nate Elliott | May 13, 2008, 05:56 PM
Speaking in Hamburg this week at Next08
I'll be in Hamburg to speak at the Next08 conference this Wednesday and Thursday. I'm really looking forward to hearing audience feedback on some of our new research on social marketing best practices -- this will be the first time we've presented any of this data to the general public....( more )

Zia Daniell Wigder | May 13, 2008, 03:45 PM
Best Buy stresses localization and cautious expansion
An article in the Financial Times today discusses Best Buy’s international expansion: the company recently announced a retail joint venture in Europe with Carphone Warehouse that brings them into nine different European countries. Best Buy will also open its own stores in Europe, as well as in Turkey and Mexico...( more )

Emily Riley | May 13, 2008, 03:38 PM
Surveys online, the good and the bad
So I had the good fortune of filling out two different online surveys this morning. The first was on Facebook. I was taking the Flickster movies quiz. After rating a bunch of movies, they asked me if I wouldn't mind rating my enthusiasm for the upcoming Indiana Jones movie. Of...( more )

Michael Gartenberg | May 13, 2008, 07:46 AM
Off to Nokia
Off to spends a few days with Nokia, posting will be light. Fortunately for me, this means spending time with them in White Plains, not getting on a plane to Helsinki (although Helsinki is lovely this time of year)...( more )

Michael Gartenberg | May 13, 2008, 07:39 AM
HBO enters iTunes but with varied prices for content
Today's story in the NY Times is accurate, there is indeed variable pricing in the iTunes Store with the addition of HBO content. It's an interesting twist the iTunes story but not all that surprising. We've already seen signs of this coming. First, new release movies are priced differently from...( more )