October 30th, 2012

Kantar: Apple iPhone 5 Slows Android’s Growth In U.S., U.K. — But Android Continues To Expand Marketshare Across Europe, To 67.1%

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Apple’s iPhone 5 only launched towards the end of last month but first week sales of Apple’s latest superphone slowed Android’s growth in Cupertino’s two biggest markets: the U.S. and U.K. during the 12 weeks ending September 30, 2012, according to figures put out today by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the WPP-owned market analysts. → Read More

May 15th, 2012

Kantar Worldpanel: Android Dominates Smartphone Sales Overall; In U.S. iOS Closing In

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New figures out today from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech — a market research division of WPP — show that Android is, overall, continuing to make large gains in the smartphone market, accounting for a majority of sales in the 12 weeks that ended March 18.

Drilling down, Android is doing particularly well in some places. In Spain, Android is the platform to beat. It accounted for a 72.3 percent of… → Read More

March 17th, 2010

Advertising Expenditures Dropped 12.3% In 2009, But Digital Grew 7.3%

Total advertising expenditures fell 12.3% last year to $125.3 billion as compared to 2008, according to data released today by Kantar Media. However, Q4 2009 ad spending was off 6% against the year ago period, with nearly all media improving upon their January-September performance.

Zooming in on the digital part of equation, Kantar Media says Internet display ad expenditures actually increased… → Read More