Rebecca Muir
Head of Research and Analysis
Rebecca Muir, is head of research and analysis, at ExchangeWire. She has held roles at Google, Mindshare, Marin Software, and Quantcast - giving her extensive experience around data, advertising technology and marketing strategy. ExchangeWire Research was launched in late 2014 by Rebecca, along with the ExchangeWire leadership team. Since then they have been busy developing ExchangeWire Research into a fully-fledged, international analyst function, covering issues critical to marketers today from a neutral and informed perspective.Articles by Rebecca
Facebook Revenue 10 Times Greater Than Twitter
Facebook's average revenue per user is now USD$3.82 (£2.90); with 1.71bn monthly users, the social giant nets a cool USD$6.44bn (£4.88bn) in total revenue. Yesterday (26 July) Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reported earnings for the quarter ended 30 June, 2016. Earlier [...]
Verizon Shares Fall After Q2 Earnings
One day after announcing plans to acquire Yahoo Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported its first decline in quarterly revenue in six years. Sluggish subscriber growth underscores why the US's biggest mobile phone provider is seeking new sources of revenue through [...]
Unprecedented MarTech M&A Values
Results International publish their AdTech and MarTech Barmometer every quarter. Q2 2016's report reveals unprecedented M&A deal values greater than USD$500m (£381m). Furthermore, public market performance across MarTech jumped 32%. In this piece, ExchangeWire quiz Julie Langley, partner, Results International about economic [...]
Ad Spend Predicted to Fall for the First Time Since 2013
During Q2 2016, internet marketing budgets grew by 10.9% lengthening the current period of expansion to seven consecutive years, according to the IPA Q2 2016 Bellwether report (released 14 July). However, ad spend is predicted to fall for the first time since [...]
Microsoft's Earnings Easily Exceed Expectations
Yesterday (19 July), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced earnings for the quarter ended 30 June, 2016. The company's flagship cloud product, Azure, saw revenue grow 102%, proving to the market that Microsoft is serious about closing the gap with market leader Amazon. Microsoft's earnings easily exceeded analysts' expectations, [...]
mcommerce: Identity Fraud & Website Accessibility
ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, head of research and analysis, ExchangeWire. In this week’s edition: Smartphone shopping is driving UK retail ecommerce sales; Criminals target UK youth [...]
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The Real Reason Vista Bought Marketo
Last week (31 May) Vista Equity Partners added Marketo, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTO), to their stable of marketing automation, CRM, eCommerce and advertising software technology. In this piece, we delve beneath the surface of Vista's acquisition strategy and unveil the potential to [...]
Is There Objectivity in Gartner's Magic Quadrants?
In February 2016, ExchangeWire published a feature that analysed Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for Digital Marketing Hubs. Four months later (May 2016), Gartner has just released its Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Campaign Management. In this feature, we aim to discover: Is there [...]
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