Rangers confirm approach from Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver and lands £500,000 loan from Sandy Easdale January 5, 2015 Rangers Football Club have confirmed they have received an offer from American financier Robert Sarver for the controlling stake in the club. Yesterday there were several reports that Sarver, who owns the Phoenix Suns basketball team, had made an offer of £18m. Rangers confirmed reports in the press in a statement this morning: The Company [...]
This week you’ve failed at your new year’s resolutions – and Facebook knows about it January 21, 2015 The third week of January is the time most people begin to flake out of their new year's resolutions, it turns out. And to make it that little bit worse, Facebook is silently judging you as you fail. We all know the routine: you start the year full of gusto, enthusiastically checking into the gym [...]
Bah, humbug: Why Black Friday 2014 can’t end soon enough November 28, 2014 When I’m president of the world, I will ban all pigeons from inner cities, the use of the word ‘brainstorm’, and any Christmas decorations before December. While I hope the first two are self-explanatory, allow me to elaborate on the third. It’s not that I’m against Christmas or its commercialisation (we all inadvertently [...]
Amazon Black Friday deals deliver busiest day ever as shoppers surge online ahead of Cyber Monday November 29, 2014 It's not even Cyber Monday yet, but Amazon has clocked up its busiest ever day of sales in the UK thanks to Black Friday, selling 64 items every second yesterday. Shoppers ordered more than 5.5 million items such as TVs, tablets and toys with huge price reductions, beating last year’s Black Friday sales of four [...]
Operations for bosses leaves UBM rudderless January 7, 2015 BRITISH events group UBM announced yesterday it would be without its chairman and chief executive officer for at least two months, with both having taken medical leave to recover from operations. Chairman Dame Helen Alexander is currently recovering from a recent unspecified operation and is expected to return to work in March. Chief executive Tim [...]
Worker Bees: Cyber Monday piles on the pressure November 30, 2014 Today’s Cyber Monday event could be the biggest shopping day of the year – keeping Amazon’s warehouses packed to the rafters. Amazon, which sold 5.5m items on Friday at a rate of 64 purchases a second, has filled warehouses, such as this one at Peterborough, with 13,000 extra staff to meet pre-Christmas demand. The Centre [...]
Next’s share price soars as profit guidance raised and special dividend declared December 30, 2014 Next’s share price has soared this morning on the back of a new forecast, revising its profits back up. Christmas at Next was at the better end of the retailer’s forecast, with sales for the 58 days until Christmas Eve up 2.9 per cent year on year. Much of that came from Next Directory, which [...]
Black Friday has eclipsed Boxing Day, says Dixons Carphone boss Sebastian James December 17, 2014 Dixons Carphone boss Sebastian James said Black Friday was the new Boxing Day, after feverish demand for cut-price televisions and gadgets turned the American-made sales event into its busiest shopping day ever. The group said at its peak on 28 November, the retailer had five times the web traffic of an average day and put [...]
John Lewis, M&S, Debenhams – the best Christmas TV adverts of 2014 November 7, 2014 Alright, so there's still a month and a half until the big day – but settle in, because Christmas ads have begun to grace our screens, and they're going to be around for the next 47 evenings in. You might as well become acquainted. First up, we had the big one: John Lewis' much-awaited Christmas [...]
2014 Christmas gift ideas: Delicious treats for a tasty festive season December 10, 2014 Sipsmith Sloe Gin 2010 £24, majestic.co.uk Godiva chocolate gift box A decent box of chocolates is a must for Xmas day. The perfect post-turkey palatte-cleanser. £41, godivachocolates.co.uk Fortnum and Mason potted stilton with whisky A creamy, tangy, luxurious treat. £22, fortnumandmason.com Cardhu whisky box set Great single malt whisky and a [...]