May 11, 2012
By Linda Karlsson
Today Schibsted ASA released its Q1 2012 results, which shows operating revenue grew 5 percent to NOK 3.6 billion ($0.6 billion U.S.) compared to the same period in 2011. The classifieds division increased its revenue by 19 percent, Schibsted said.EBITDA amounted to NOK 421 million in Q1 2012, compared to NOK 439 million in Q1 2011. The small drop can be ascribed to expenditure on new ventures in the division...
March 27, 2012
Good news for our friends on the other side of the pond waiting to get their fingers on the Kindle Touch's e-ink display: nearly half a year after hitting the States, the e-reader is...
March 21, 2012
By Alessandra Ritondo
Bakeca.it, the Italian generalist classified ads platform that draws its inspiration from American platform Craigslist, strengthened its position in the online market by signing a partnership agreement with the portal of the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italian for “daily facts”), an independent voice in the local press landscape.The agreement makes Bakeca.it...
March 19, 2012
By Alessandra Ritondo
According to Marta Fioni, Vivastreet business development manager in Italy, Vivastreet.it is standing strong eight months after its launch. The free generalist classified ads platform, available to local communities throughtout Italy, is part of W3 Limited, a company with a registered office on the Channel Island Jersey and offices in London, Biarritz, New York and Sao Paolo....
By Alessandra Ritondo
Part of the mission of Ebay Annunci, the Italian free, local ad platform, has always been to protect users and ensure the service is reliable, secure and transparent. Two years after its launch, Ebay Annunci exceeds 3 million ads – a major milestone for the site. In the last 12 months it grew the number of ads by more than 170 percent (over 45,000 listings every day).Now...
March 14, 2012
By Alessandra Ritondo
Piubarche.it, owned by Editorial Secondamano (read the Editoriale Secondamano story here) is one of Italy’s most popular portals focused on ads and photo ads for the boats sector. Piubarche.it (Italian for “more boats”) has everything you are looking for to do with boats,...