Debenhams hires Google exec to its board October 4, 2012 DEBENHAMS yesterday revealed it has appointed Google’s director of retail Peter Fitzgerald as a non-executive director to help grow the department store group’s online business. Fitzgerald, 42, joined Google in 2007 after working at Amazon for eight years.
Publishers and Apple end EU ebook dispute September 19, 2012 APPLE and four major publishers have reached an agreement with the European Commission (EC) that will allow retailers such as Amazon to sell ebooks at a discount. The EC said yesterday that the Californian firm, along with four out of the world’s five biggest publishers – Hachette, Macmillan, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster – had [...]
Publishers and Apple end EU ebook dispute September 19, 2012 APPLE and four major publishers have reached an agreement with the European Commission (EC) that will allow retailers such as Amazon to sell ebooks at a discount. The EC said yesterday that the Californian firm, along with four out of the world’s five biggest publishers – Hachette, Macmillan, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster – had [...]
Battle of the hot new e-readers October 3, 2012 Kindle Paperwhite, $119 (US price) Amazon says this is the Kindle it has always wanted to build. The Paperwhite is similar to the Kindle Touch but with one important difference – it comes with a built-in light that “evenly illuminates the screen”, allowing you to read in the dark. The only problem is, if you live [...]
London tech bank sets up in California November 19, 2012 A BRITISH technology investment bank is today announcing plans to set up in California in a bid to benefit from the fast-growing firms in Silicon Valley. In a rare UK export to Silicon Valley, London-based Torch Partners, which focuses on high-growth companies in the tech, media and telecoms sectors, is set to set up in [...]
UK’s online retailers prepare for record breaking Cyber Monday November 21, 2012 CHRISTMAS is expected to result in the biggest day in online retailers’ history this year, with visits to shopping websites due to top 100m for the first time. Retailers have flagged Monday 3 December – dubbed “Cyber Monday” as the most intense day of Christmas shopping this year. This is down to a combination of [...]
Profit hopes at Royal Mail pave way for float November 11, 2012 ROYAL Mail Group is expected to post a bumper set of profits tomorrow led by strong growth in its parcel delivery business – opening the door for a possible float of the state-owned business by government next year. The postal group, which increased operating profit after costs to £211m last year from £39m the year [...]
Mario Bros U is fun — but is that enough? December 5, 2012 GAMES NEW SUPER MARIO BROS U From £42, amazon.co.uk *** THAT THE Italian plumber is the flagship launch title for Nintendo’s make-or-break console isn’t much of a surprise. The decision to make New Super Mario Bros U the most retro imagining of the franchise in years, though, is a bold choice, given that Nintendo has [...]
Amazon’s gorilla warfare teaches a tactical lesson March 21, 2012 PUBLISHING is full of contradictions. Over the last decade, business book publishers have been full of advice they never followed themselves. The industry that brought us the handbook for the digital age, The Long Tail, didn’t attend to its prediction that mass markets would fragment into thousands of micro markets. Did You Spot The Gorilla, [...]
iPad mini sales break records as Apple’s competition heightens November 5, 2012 APPLE sold 3m iPads in the first three days that the new iPad mini and fourth-generation model went on sale, the technology giant revealed yesterday. This figure was double the sales of the previous iPad launch in March, and chief executive Tim Cook said the company was already “practically sold out of iPad minis”. “We’re [...]