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Digital Disruption - The End of the Independent (Print Version)
A great example here for students researching the disruptive impact of technological change on traditional industries.
Blood, Sweat and Profits - How Class Pass Is Fueling Demand for Fitness
A great example here of how an innovative app is helping the owners of boutique fitness classes maximise their class attendance, thereby increasing capacity utilisation and boosting profits.
Is the Sugar Tax a Threat to Business?
The UK is just one of several countries looking at the introduction of a sugar tax. Would it work? How might be affect businesses?
Ansoff Would be Proud: Burger King Expands into Hot Dogs
In what is being described as the most significant new product introduction for Burger King in years, the fast food outlet is adding hot dogs to the menu.
Porter visits Liverpool FC at Anfield
Liverpool FC supporters staged a mass walkout over the weekend with thousands of fans leaving Anfield on the 77 minute mark, including Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher. But why?
Meet Sundar Pichai - the $199m CEO
How important are financial methods of motivations for a CEO? Sundar Pichai - the CEO of Google - has been given a significant incentive to stay with the business and perform after being awarded...
Technological Change at the Supermarket
This video highlights a series of technological innovations designed to improve the customer experience in a grocery store.
UK Retailers Missing Out on China's E-Commerce Opportunity
'The extent to which e-commerce creates opportunities and poses threats for businesses' is a key area for students tackling the BUSS4 research theme.However, it seems that many UK retailers are...
Brand it like Brooklyn Beckham
16-year-old Brooklyn Beckham has been given the gig of photographing Burberry’s latest ad campaign, not because of his photographic prowess, but because of his 5.9 million Instagram followers.
Takeover Strategy - Who Might Buy Yahoo?
We reported on the Business Blog recently that Internet business Yahoo is going through a significant phase of retrenchment as it struggles to compete with the likes of Google and Facebook.
What is the core strategic rationale for Sainsbury's £1.3bn takeover of Home Retail Group (the parent company of Argos)? E-commerce and Economics of Scale are the answer.
Retrenchment at Yahoo
When you hear that a major Internet business has decided to cut its workforce by 15% you know it is in trouble.
Alphabet Overtakes Apple
We have a new leader in the battle to be the most valuable company on the planet.
Why is Ocado Finding It Hard to Impress the Stock Market?
What's not to like? Ocado achieved its second-ever annual profit in 2015; it passed a milestone of £1bn in annual sales; it handled over 195,000 orders every week. So what did the Stock Market make...
SuperDry Online Revenues Continue to Grow
Students looking at SuperDry as part of the e-commerce research will find some evidence gold nuggets in this update from InternetRetailing.
Starbucks Expands Mobile Order & Pay Across UK
We featured this new e-commerce facility by Starbucks in our recent BUSS4 CPD courses as a great example of how mobile commerce is becoming one of the most significant opportunities in UK retailing.
Online Grocery Shopping Squeezes 24 Hour Opening
More evidence here of the gradual impact of online grocery shopping on the substantial network of physical stores operated by the main grocery chains.
Delayering and Cost Minimisation at Boots
Bad news if you are an assistant store manager at one of Boots' larger stores in the UK.
Watch Out Uber - is Facebook Coming After You?
Uber's rapid growth in and domination of the global ride-sharing market might be about to come under threat from a competitor with some impressive competitive strengths - Facebook!
Amazon Continues to Pursue Long-term Revenue Growth Strategy - But the Share Price Tanks
The latest financial results by Amazon demonstrate that Jeff Bezos' long-term growth strategy based on revenue maximisation is still working effectively - even if some investors bemoan the...