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NEWS VCCP hires Amazon head of search to assist global expansion By Mark Banham, 07-Jun-10, 12:16 VCCP has hired Amazon UK's head of search Kristina Smith to the position of senior search strategist, overseeing the agency's worldwide rollout of search marketing. MediaCom head of mobile launches own agency By Maisie Mccabe, 07-Jun-10, 12:00 David Fieldhouse, the head of mobile at WPP's MediaCom, has scaled down his activity at the agency to launch a mobile advertising business. Mobile internet retail sales to carve out e-commerce niche By Daniel Farey-Jones, 07-Jun-10, 12:00 LONDON - Internet shopping sales made via mobile phones were worth just 0.6% of total online retail spending in 2009 but will more than double by 2013, according to new research. Advertisement Get The Facts: discover what makes Pre-Family Men (PFM) tick Over half the UK's 2.7m PFM (between leaving education and starting a family) name fun, money and career as their top priorities 80% agree they'd 'be lost without the internet 98% use email weekly, 91 % shop online monthly, 76% use social networks Download your free copy of the PFM Unplugged research ALSO IN THE NEWS Honda ties up with Facebook to promote CR-Z By Ben Bold, 04-Jun-10, 15:40 Condé Nast Traveller reveals new apps By Mark Banham, 04-Jun-10, 15:20 EA launches World Cup game on Facebook By Sara Kimberley, 04-Jun-10, 15:10 FT iPad app proves more popular than its iPhone app By John Reynolds, 04-Jun-10, 11:24 THE WALL BLOG How we would have remembered 9/11 if social media had been prevalent Fascinating post on Salon which asks the question how would remember the tragic events of the 9/11 terrorist... Yahoo! pushes open strategy as it links with Facebook Yahoo! Facebook interface Just about every bit of content on the web these days, including this very... 3M reaches out to car washing blogger in social media push Social networking connects people on a daily basis, but I?d hedge my bets that this is the first... LATEST BLOG ENTRIES Cannes Lions ? Who?s Coming? By Mel Carson / Brand Republic Just posted a video interview with Cannes Lions CEO Phil Thomas on our advertising blog .   In it, he talks about how digital is... Bigger is better if you know what to do with it By Jack Wallington / Brand Republic There has been much discussion behind-the-scenes of the marketing industry about new larger online display adverts ? is bigger better? Not if it... Speak easy By Ian Moore / Brand Republic Last week I arrived at a DM conference in Kiev to discover that all my slides had been translated into Russian. Part of my subject was how demotic... IT'S NOT WHAT'S RIGHT, IT'S WHAT'S APPROPRIATE By Dave Trott / Brand Republic Many years ago, Mike Stones was Ridley Scott?s producer. Ridley was shooting a commercial in Australia. Mike was flying out to sort something out.... 7 impossible things before breakfast By Steve Henry / Brand Republic   I was talking to someone last week about setting up a new agency. And what this guy said was ? ?the last thing London needs is just another... Don?t blame the tobacco brands, blame the parents. By Chris Arnold / Brand Republic The recent Sun story about a 2 year old, Ardi Rizal from an Indonisia fishing village, smoking 40 a day has no doubt fuelled anti smoking groups... Daryl Arnold has left Profero?s group board?very quietly By Bob Willott / Brand Republic In a bout of boardroom changes co-founder Daryl Arnold has ceased to be a director of the digital agency Profero.  The move came only a few... MORE BLOGS MORE WHITEPAPERS   Web Developer with New Media Experience Recruiter: C21 Advertising Ltd Location: North West England Digital Marketing Manager Recruiter: MeetTheBoss TV Salary: £33-35k + Relocation Package Location: South West England Account Director Recruiter: The Blueprint Salary: £50000-£60000 Location: Central London PPC Senior Account Executive Recruiter: PFJ Salary: £-£28000 Location: Central London Group Account Director Recruiter: Dynamic New Alliances Salary: £60K Location: South London Digital Account Director Recruiter: Ad Lib Salary: up to £50k Location: South West England Digital Planner Recruiter: Daniel Marks London Salary: £50-65k + Excellent Benefits Location: Central London Head of Rich Media Services, EMEA - London Recruiter: Google UK Ltd Location: Central London DoubleClick Search Services Manager, EMEA - London Recruiter: Google UK Ltd Location: Central London Social Media Research Analyst for Investment Management Firm in Mayfair Recruiter: (Anonymous Recruiter) Salary: 25-35k dependant on experience Location: Central London   Click here to view in your web browser To guarantee delivery, add us to your address book (How?)   Brand Republic: News | Blogs | Forums | BR.TV | Research | Events | Agency Showcase | Brand Republic Jobs: Advertising | Marketing | Media | Sales Promotion | Market Research | Digital | Public Relations | Design | Events | Direct Marketing | Manage my bulletins | Unsubscribe from this bulletin