This market development strategy by Pets at Home didn't work as well as planned. Pets at Home is closing its upmarket (premium) dogs-only grooming and accessories chain - Barkers. Presumably...

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Another busy 7 days in the business world are covered by these 10 questions. Good luck!

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If you follow football, you may think I have that wrong - at the time of writing, Manchester United are actually second in the Premier League, a full 12 points behind noisy neighbours Manchester...

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A staggering chart highlighting the surge in Netflix profits over the last twelve months. Having generated $11.7 billion in revenue, Netflix posted a record profit of $559 million in the last...

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Sainsbury's have announced that they are changing the way they manage their stores across the UK and scrapping some management posts - and that 'thousands' of employees may be affected as a result.

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This new collection hosts a growing range of useful revision videos that help you build confidence in handling the quantitative and numerical skills required for A-Level Business.

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Here is a solid example of Ansoff's Matrix. Amazon has opened a supermarket in Seattle with no checkouts although that hasn't prevented the obligatory queues! For the record, the new Amazon Go...

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The second Biz Quiz of 2018 features 10 stories in a really busy week for business news!

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What can we read into the collapse of Carillion? It is clearly a story with many, many different aspects; here are a few thoughts about where it touches the syllabus for our Business...

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Oh come on! Who has a fridge as organised as this?

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How different this manufacturer is from a mass-market producer! Sven Cycles in Dorset designs and manufactures hand-crafted, premium-priced bicycles. This evocative video from Bloomberg meets the...

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Alexa, will sales of smart speakers continue to grow fast or are these products about to enter a maturity phase of their product life cycle?

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I love this video about US entrepreneur Ryan Grant who abandoned his career as an accountant when he discovered he could buy clearance aisle items from the likes of Walmart and ToysRus and sell...

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Welcome to the first Biz Quiz of 2018! 10 questions on the business news so far this year!

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We all know that, when we're shopping, we have to pay 5p if we need a carrier bag. But have you spotted that you don't pay that charge if you are in a small business with less than 250 employees?

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if you're not already a member of the various Business Teacher Groups on Facebook now is a great time to take a look and join in!

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One stakeholder group that has been significantly affected by the large number of bank branch closures is the focus of this fascinating short video.

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I’ve always though waxing was a bit of a rip-off. But, apparently I’m in the minority. Waxing is big business!

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There is a brilliant article in the FT about the long-term disadvantages that can accrue from setting strategy for short-term benefit. (If you don't have access to articles from the FT, you can get...

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5th January 2018

Falling car sales

The fall in sales of new cars, following six years of sales growth, is widely reported today. This BBC article which offers six charts illustrating possible reasons for the decline is useful for...

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