Here’s everything you need to know about Amazon’s new see-it-take-it shop December 6, 2016 David Bowie died, then Brexit, then Trump – now Amazon has launched a shop where you can just take stuff off the shelves and walk off. When will the madness of 2016 end? If it's all getting a bit much, chill out and read our handy guide to the new Amazon Go shop. I've seen the [...]
Market falls: cause for alarm or calm? October 26, 2018 Stock markets globally have been falling since the end of September. Economic worries including a potential trade war between the US and China, currency crises in Turkey and Argentina, debt problems in Italy and rising interest rates have seen stocks globally begin to fall from record highs. As the chart shows, since 31 August emerging [...]
ITV’s share price rises as broadcaster beats advertising sector woes May 10, 2018 ITV’s share price climbed 3.2 per cent this morning as the broadcaster revealed growth in advertising and revenues from its production arm ITV Studios. The figures Total external revenues at Britain’s biggest free-to-air broadcaster grew five per cent to £772m, with all parts of the business contributing. Revenues at ITV Studios were up 11 per [...]
Premier League overseas TV rights: English top flight makes concessions to Big Six but still treads carefully June 7, 2018 You would be forgiven for missing it but, muffled somewhat by the noise surrounding Amazon’s purchase of a Premier League broadcast package and the news of chief executive Richard Scudamore’s imminent departure, today saw another significant announcement regarding English football’s top division. From the 2019-20 season, when the next set of broadcast contracts takes effect, [...]
US President Donald Trump has dropped down the rankings of Forbes’ annual rich list for 2018 March 6, 2018 Donald Trump has slipped down Forbes’ annual rich list for 2018 after his fortune dropped by an estimated $400m (£288m) to $3.1bn. The US President has dropped 222 places on the rankings to come in at 766. The top spot is taken by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, whose fortune has surged to $112bn from an [...]
Amazon’s share price slumps on disappointing results October 27, 2016 Amazon's shares have sunk in after-hours trading as the company posted a disappointing quarterly profit. The e-commerce giant's shares were down 6.8 per cent. It said its net income rose to $252m (£207m) from $79m a year before. But, at 52 cents per share, Amazon's income was less than expected. According to Reuters, analysts' average [...]
Here’s why mass parcel drone deliveries are unlikely to take off in London October 11, 2017 The likes of Google and Amazon may be plugging investment into developing drone deliveries, but the capital isn't likely to be filled with them anytime soon. Not according to the professor of logistics at Kühne Logistics University, anyway. Alan McKinnon says there are a couple of key reasons why urban drone delivery looks set to [...]
Voice search will finally force marketers to use plain English May 14, 2018 Half (50%) of all searches will involve voice by 2020, according to ComScore, thanks to the rise of voice assistants. At last, organisations will need to ditch marketing jargon and speak the language of their audience if they want to be found online, or they will simply lose their business. Around a decade ago, I [...]
Amazon and Expedia back Washington state’s lawsuit against Trump’s travel ban January 30, 2017 The state of Washington is set to take Trump to federal court with the help of technology companies Amazon and Expedia to challenge the US President's executive order to ban travel from certain countries. Attorney general Bob Ferguson today said he was filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the US Department of Homeland Security and [...]
Alton Towers owner and multi-millionaire Nick Leslau on the “constipated” property market and that rollercoaster tragedy June 12, 2018 Nick Leslau, one of Britain’s wealthiest property entrepreneurs, loves buildings other people would find ugly. “I have a thing for unfashionable buildings that people generally hate,” says the multi-millionaire who turned two sixties office blocks in London into the St Martins Lane and Sanderson hotels. “I like them because of the opportunity they represent and [...]