CITY VIEWS: HOW MUCH OF YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DID YOU DO ONLINE? January 19, 2012 GAURANG MELATA | AVIVA “I always buy online. It’s flexible, you cut out the middleman and you don’t have to try on things in store and then queue to pay for them.” NOEL PATTERSON | PATTERSON & JAMES CONSULTING “I shopped mainly on Amazon this year. There are no drawbacks to shopping online. You have [...]
Mothercare aims for re-birth with Calver February 8, 2012 TROUBLED retailer Mothercare pinned its hopes of a domestic turnaround on the internet yesterday when it appointed the head of Lovefilm International as its new chief executive. Simon Calver will join the mother and baby chain in April. He replaces Ben Gordon, who quit in October after a profit warning. Calver (pictured), whose current employer [...]
Apple iPad rumour mill whirls despite problems in China February 14, 2012 THE HUNGRILY-AWAITED iPad 3 could run on fourth generation networks when released in the US later this year, with top American wireless providers AT&T and Verizon vying for the carrier deal. Apple is expected to announce details of its latest tablet offering in the first week of next month, with some sources pointing specifically to [...]
Facebook deal sends Bango stock sky high February 8, 2012 SHARES in British mobile payments business Bango rocketed yesterday as the company did a deal with Facebook, despite both parties refusing to disclose the terms of the agreement. Bango said in a statement it will “provide payments services to Facebook”. This follows last week’s confirmation – after a rise in share price around the time [...]
Facebook deal sends Bango stock sky high February 8, 2012 SHARES in British mobile payments business Bango rocketed yesterday as the company did a deal with Facebook, despite both parties refusing to disclose the terms of the agreement. Bango said in a statement it will “provide payments services to Facebook”. This follows last week’s confirmation – after a rise in share price around the time [...]
Not just pasties: Inflation will remain too high for comfort March 28, 2012 FOR a Prime Minister whose only private sector job was working in public relations, it is astonishing how bad his government’s communications skills have become. From implausible anecdotes about their pasty eating habits to panic-mongering about petrol shortages, David Cameron, George Osborne and Francis Maude, the cabinet office minister, have been blundering as if there [...]
E-READERS December 1, 2011 AMAZON KINDLE, £89 Amazon’s new thinner, lighter, faster Kindle is incredibly simple to set up and use. It’s the one to beat. amazon.co.uk SONY READER POCKET EDITION £150 Sony’s e-reader is the classiest of the bunch, with a slick metallic finish. It comes with a stylus. play.com KOBO TOUCH £110 The new kid on the [...]
Greece helps US regain week’s loss March 8, 2012 US stocks rose yesterday, recovering most of the week’s losses, after Greece moved closer to a bond swap with private creditors to avoid a messy default. Earlier in the week, the S&P 500 posted its first big loss for the year on fears of a disorderly default in Greece. Now it is down just 0.3 [...]
Greece helps US regain week’s loss March 8, 2012 US stocks rose yesterday, recovering most of the week’s losses, after Greece moved closer to a bond swap with private creditors to avoid a messy default. Earlier in the week, the S&P 500 posted its first big loss for the year on fears of a disorderly default in Greece. Now it is down just 0.3 [...]
OTHER December 1, 2011 IHELICOPTER, £30 Flying a helicopter around your living room using your iPhone as a controller is exactly as much fun as it sounds. A lot. amazon.co.uk SAMSUNG NAVIBOT VACUUM CLEANER, £400 The future is here – get a robot to do your vacuum cleaning. And it actually works. samsung.com/uk DYSON HOT, £260 The latest innovation [...]