Susanne Hornikel explores the direct marketing industry in the Czech Republic.
The Czech Republic is well known for its wonderful landscape and cultural and historical memorials. It boasts numerous world famous monuments from different eras, as well as 19th century musicians such as Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák and literary giants Franz Kafka and Milan Kundera.
Despite [...]
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Into the heart of Europe
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
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DM into a new decade
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Susanne Hornikel takes a look back over the past ten years, to help predict where the future might be for European marketers.
What does the future hold for direct marketers? Will there be a return to the traditional catalogue or mailing, or even more growth for the online domain?
And what does this mean for European users and service [...]
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David versus Goliath
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Susanne Hornikel compares Germany’s traditional Mail Order World event with the online fair dmexpo, which were held within days of each other recently.
There was a real novelty in Germany this autumn – two direct marketing conventions held in just two weeks!
After the online fair dmexpo (digital marketing exposition & conference) in Cologne, the traditional Mail [...]
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The scandals don’t stop
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Susanne Hornikel reports from Germany that, despite new legislation, there are still problems
After months of discussion, the new data protection law was finally passed and put into effect in Germany at the beginning of last month.
These discussions caused an immense feeling of uncertainty among companies and also consumers. Parallel to all that, Germany was [...]
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The silver Europeans
August 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Susanne Hornikel says a valuable target group is the oldies (but goodies).
In 2007, more than 36 per cent of all Europeans were aged over 50 years and, in 2025, the EU will count more than 135 million people over 65. This is a total of 30 per cent of the European population.
Those over 65 years [...]
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Spotlight on Poland
July 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Susanne Hornikel looks at direct marketing trends in the Polish marketplace.
Poland is – after the Russian Federation and Ukraine – the largest central European country with a surface of 322,500 km2 and approximately 38.48 million inhabitants. Outside the major cities, Poland is a vast nature reserve with a total of 23 national parks.
Almost 90 per [...]
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(Inside Hungary)*
June 1st, 2009 · No Comments
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(Cold callers – German laws tighten)*
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments
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(Data protection? New law will damage, not defend)*
April 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Data breach scandals hit the…
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(Europe in crisis)*
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
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