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The Biz Quiz - 15 October 2018
Another busy week in the business news is covered by this weeks Biz Quiz!
The Biz Quiz - 7 October 2018
The Biz Quiz returns! Here are 10 questions on business news stories from the last 7 days...
Jack's - Quality + Price is Key to Success When Competing with Aldi and Lidl
A food article here, but packed with business gold!
Will Jack's eat up Tesco?
Tesco's are fighting back. They have had many difficulties in the last few years, and although they are still our biggest supermarket, they have lost ground from a 32% share of the market to 27.4%....
Argos dips a toe in the water with a voice app
Argos has to find a way to fight back against Amazon, if it is to survive alongside the giant tech business whose record profits were fuelling it to a stock market value of over $1trillion this...
Change in strategic focus for Uber
A change in strategic direction for Uber: in part because of changes in its external environment (legal & regulatory). But, also because of the pressure from investors to improve financial...
Is Wonga on the brink of collapse?
Can't be long left for Wonga. It's hard to imagine any sane investor wanting to provide rescue capital to a business with large, increasing and uncertain contingent liabilities such as a...
Auctioneer Enjoy a Boom as Retailers Suffer a Downturn
Retailers might be struggling, but it's a boom time for auctioneers!
Sainsbury's and Asda merger comes under scrutiny
Competition policy (PESTLE) & Porter Five Forces in action: yet another review of competitive rivalry in the UK supermarket industry as the planned merger between Sainsbury's and Asda is sent...
Should Botox Treatment be Available From High Street Retailers?
Some interesting ethical issues raised by the decision of high-street retailer Superdrug to offer Botox treatment in-store.
Are we reaching peak social media?
A topical example of the product life cycle as the leading social networks appear to be reaching the end of a maturity phase. Are there extension strategies that might work, or is decline...
Ola Maps Out Route Into UK
Porters Five Forces, Contestable Markets & more - a key development in the UK ride-hailing market as Ola announces plans to enter the UK taxi and private hire market starting with regional...
The UK's car industry is one of the most successful parts of manufacturing here - largely due to its highly efficient production. As this short video from the FT explains, the business models on...
Coffee, Plastic and Pricing - a Marketing Mix with a Message
This video story on the BBC News website combines CSR with the big Blue Planet environment story of 2018, coffee shops, and pricing as part of the marketing mix.
World Cup Winners and Losers "Share Price" Student Activity
Here is an idea for a World Cup-related activity to help students to get to grips with the stock market and share prices, and to practise some calculation skills as well.
SWOT analysis for the future of Toyota and Uber
Kaizen was the principle that drove manufacturing industry over the last few decades. Continuous improvement and relentless elimination of waste, through cutting costs and controlling quality, were...
Poundworld's problems - how many can you spot?
It is possible that Christopher Edwards, the founder of discount retailer Poundworld, will be able to buy back and save some of its stores, after it collapsed into administration yesterday....
Location issues - offshoring out of China?
Toys could become a victim of the US-China trade war. China is the world biggest toy-exporting nation. The US is the world's biggest importer of toys, and 82% of them came from China last year....
A £1,000 bonus for everyone who is working for Pret when the business is formally sold in a few weeks time! Financial methods of motivation. Pret now joins a privately-owned portfolio of well-known...
'Unconscious bias' training day at Starbucks
This is the day when Starbucks will close 8,000 stores in the US in order to give all its staff a four-hour anti-bias training seminar. This follows the scandal when the firm had to apologise over...
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