Stelios is set to take on budget supermarkets August 4, 2013 ON THE ground floor of a tower block in Croydon, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou plans to open the first of many low-cost supermarkets under his Easy brand. Stelios said yesterday the pilot store, at the bottom of the former Metlife building recently purchased by EasyGroup, will serve as “a low risk experiment in a new market [...]
YouView sued by Yorkshire telecoms group in trademark name dispute November 26, 2012 YOUVIEW, the internet-connected set top TV box company backed by BT and the BBC, has been sued in the High Court for trademark infringement, and may have to face a hefty payout or change its name. The lawsuit, from Yorkshire-based telecoms firm Total, comes after YouView lost an appeal to have its name trademarked. Two [...]
You’ll feel like you’ve been here before with this time travel rom-com September 5, 2013 FILM ABOUT TIME Cert 12a | By Daniel O’Mahony Three Stars FOR ME, it was always going to be about love.” That’s the reaction of Domhnall Gleeson’s Tim upon discovering he can travel through time. A knowing line from writer-director Richard Curtis, whose Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually trademarked the [...]
Rolling in the deep July 18, 2013 A handsome new diving watch has an ingeniously simple mechanical system to tell you your depth Any serious digital diving watch will be able to tell you your depth as well as the time, and a host of other indications. Doing so in a mechanical watch, however, can be a complicated business. For instance, back [...]
How to sweet talk your way onto the shelves at Harrods August 11, 2013 Annabel Palmer talks trade fairs and sherbet lemons with the founders of premium confectionary company Jealous LUXURY confectionary brand Jealous has been in a year-long hiatus following a modern-day tale of David versus Goliath. Like many startups before it, the company has been tied up in a trademark tangle with a market leader, and [...]
Cavendish victorious in Qatar February 5, 2013 CYCLING: Manx sprint star Mark Cavendish produced a trademark finish to claim victory in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar yesterday. Cavendish’s second stage win since joining Omega Pharma-QuickStep left him fourth in the overall standings, eight seconds behind leader Brent Bookwalter.
Why your brand has cash value January 20, 2013 THE British public has a reputation for nostalgia, and its reaction to the failure of HMV last week showed that this isn’t limited to culture or history. Despite its problems, HMV’s brand identity gave it a valuable connection with its audience. And even if this wasn’t enough to sustain its obsolete business model, it perhaps [...]
Dragon Jones breathes new life into Jessops January 31, 2013 CAMERA brand Jessops, which saw its shops collapse into administration last month, has been sold to a group of buyers including Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones, administrators said yesterday. The deal, structured by administrators PwC, involves the sale of Jessops’ 78- year old brand, existing stock and “intellectual property”, which involves non-physical assets like trademarks [...]
Cavendish closes in on maiden title since ditching Team Sky February 7, 2013 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish is poised to clinch his first title with new team Omega Pharma-QuickStep today after winning a third stage in a row on cycling’s Tour of Qatar. Cavendish produced a trademark sprint finish to win yesterday’s fifth stage and extend his lead over American Brent Bookwalter to 15 seconds. The Isle of Man [...]
Brothers who took a punt on a new market | City A.M. June 13, 2013 Annabel Palmer talks tobacco with Taz and Umer Sheikh: salesmen, business partners, and self-professed pioneers of the growing electronic cigarette industry SIX years ago, the smoking ban came into force in England, making it illegal to smoke in enclosed workplaces. So when I meet Umer Sheikh – the younger of the two Sheikh brothers behind [...]