Amazon reveals film service February 22, 2011 Amazon has unveiled a new video streaming channel that allows users to play films in real time. With a library of 5,000 titles, the services is limited to US-based Amazon Prime members, who pay $79?(£49) per year for free shipping on online orders.
Chinese manufacturing data starts a busy week October 23, 2011 THIS is set to be a busy week as market participants get to grips with a pile of economic data, US corporate earnings and the second act of the EU summit this Wednesday. CHINA MANUFACTURING PMI The first thing to confront traders this morning will be China’s HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI. This can be a [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 4, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BERLIN PREPARES TO TAKE EADS STAKE The German government is preparing to take a stake in European aerospace company EADS after no buyers for part of Daimler’s holding came forward. Berlin has been seeking buyers for the 7.5 per cent stake – a third of the holding controlled by the carmaker – since [...]
Room to improve for new Waterstones owner August 23, 2011 EARLIER this summer A&NN Capital Fund Management bought Waterstones, the bookseller, from HMV. So this week we’ve looked at some of the detailed BrandIndex scores to see what opportunities and threats the brand faces. Arguably Waterstones’ biggest challenge over the past few years has been the emergence of Amazon as an online retailer whose lack [...]
Where heat, sound and light meet: the season’s best beauty gadgets December 7, 2011 GHD IV STYLER £99 As any woman will tell you, the beauty buck stops with the right hair-straightener and never more so than with this one, ghd’s state of the art IV styler. This edition boasts improved temperature control (internal condensation can damage straighteners, so if you happen to be in Siberia and room temp [...]
News from the cutting rooms October 20, 2011 CHESTER BARRIE OFFERS CITY A.M. READERS A FREE WAISTCOAT WITH THEIR SUITS Quality suit-making company Chester Barrie is opening a dedicated room for its made-to-measure suits in the City’s branch of House of Fraser next week. Superior cloths are on offer and tailors will be present at all times to measure customers up. To celebrate, [...]
Groupon share price soars after IPO November 4, 2011 US daily voucher site Groupon has seen its share price jump by more than 50 per cent in their first day of stock market trading. The shares rose as high as $31.14, or 55.7 per cent above the IPO price, in early trading on the Nasdaq, at one point pushing the market value of the [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: IS OCADO’S GROWTH STRATEGY WORKING? September 19, 2011 PHILIP DORGAN | PANMURE GORDON As growth rates slow and returns remain low, it is not appropriate to value Ocado as ‘another Amazon’. Increasingly, we believe that it will be valued relative to its multichannel competitors. This appears sensible, but it is not supportive of the current share price. JONATHAN PRITCHARD | ORIEL SECURITIES The [...]
Amazon to compete with Netflix February 2, 2011 Amazon is developing a film streaming service that would see it compete directly with firms such as Netflix, according to industry sources. It is understood Amazon is planning to bundle access to the streaming service with Amazon Prime, a scheme that guarantees Amazon customers unlimited free next-day shipping of books and other items sold by [...]
Bloomsbury to raise books from the dead September 28, 2011 HARRY Potter publisher Bloomsbury says it will bring out-of-print titles “back from the dead” through a new digital-only imprint. The publisher will focus on books whose English-language rights have reverted back to the author or the author’s estate. Digital sales currently account for around 10 per cent of Bloomsbury’s turnover, with the publisher expecting this [...]