Royal Mail Goes for External Growth to Help E-Commerce Deliver
Two years after its controversial privatisation, Royal Mail has announced a takeover that it hopes will enable it to compete more effectively in the already brutally competitive parcel delivery...
Is E-Commerce the Best Way of Doing Business in China?
An interesting piece in the FT recently explores how Western businesses are increasingly looking to e-commerce as the preferred approach to reaching customers in China.
The Seasonality of E-Commerce Demand - Singles Day Breaks All Records
We've seen what happens on Black Friday. And for most retailers the following Christmas period is a crucial time that to a large extent determines the profit for the year. However, there is another...
Localisation - adapting the marketing mix to reflect the needs and wants of local customers - is a key factor in the success (or otherwise) of businesses wanting to succeed in international...
Startups, Technological Change and the Fast Food Market
The way we order fast food is changing rapidly, not the least because of the role of technological change and increasing consumer preference for convenience.
Solid Growth Continues for UK E-Commerce Sales
The ONS has just released its latest statistical bulletin on retail sales and reported continued growth in online sales.
Low-Cost Gym Group Floats Raising £90m
In just seven years, budget fitness operator The Gym Group has grown rapidly to achieve a stock market flotation (IPO) valuing the business at around £250 million.
Long-term Strategy Eats Fashion for Lunch
A superb video here from the FT which explores how fashions come and go in business - and never more so than with business strategy.
Uber's Battle with "Employee" Stakeholders
Are Uber drivers in the UK self-employed entrepreneurs, or are they really employees of Uber who deserve the rights afforded by UK employment law?
Can Pebble Beat Apple?
The smartwatch market has attracted several new entrants recently, most notably Apple with its iWatch. However, years before Apple even released the iWatch, a small Silicon Valley company called...
Amazon Pantry Arrives in the UK
A new entrant into the UK grocery market has arrived. Amazon Pantry - selling an initial range of 4,000 popular branded grocery items - is now available to Amazon Prime customers. What will the...
Manufacturing in the Mire
Things are simply not getting better for UK manufacturers. Put simply - there is no "march of the makers". Back in 2011 George Osborne famously heralded the important role of UK manufacturing in...
Problems at Poundland
Shareholders in Poundland are getting nervous after news that a major takeover is taking time to integrate and volatile trading is threatening profits over the crucial Christmas trading period.
The Biz Quiz - 18 November 2015
The latest edition of The Biz Quiz is now live! Another tough one this week - any score over 60% is impressive!
OCR A2 Business Unit F297 - VGL Revision Toolkit
We are pleased to announce the publication of our case study revision toolkit for OCR A2 Business Studies Unit F297.
Amazon Setting the Standard in Same Day Delivery
Same-day delivery wars is hotting up in the UK, but Amazon is still setting the standards.
Halfords Wheelie Poor Summer has Share Price Backpedalling
Shares in UK retailer Halfords have fallen 9% after it reported a near 6% drop in half-year profits on lower bicycle sales
Aaran Furniture Ltd - OCR GCSE Business Case Study Toolkit for 2016
We are delighted to announced that Mark Gardiner's superb teaching & revision toolkit for the Aaran Furniture case study (OCR GCSE Business Unit A293) is now available.
Brands Go Direct and Digital With Personalised Products
We've all heard the joke. "I've just won a lifetime's supply of Marmite - one jar". But at least now that jar might have your name on it.
Blackberry is back! With its market share of the global smartphone now down to around 1% we might have thought that Blackberry was gone for good as a realistic competitor to Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi,...