Google’s UK and Ireland MD, Matt Brittin, will be our cover profile next week so look out for it. Google’s bumper fourth quarter financial results also delivered an unexpected bolt from the blue: after a decade in the role, Eric Schmidt is to step down as Google CEO. The former Google front man will become […]
Google is set to go head-to-head with Groupon by launching its own group buying site to cash in on the growing trend for social commerce.
John Lewis is to open in-store beauty spas to “enhance” the shopping experience in its department stores.
Around 13m of us in the UK are now smartphone users but for yet another successive year, marketers are still ignoring mobile. I was shocked enough when I saw the latest Mintel figures, stating mobile advertising spend across all UK brands in 2009 was at just £1.03m. But in 2011, with smartphone penetration in the […]
The war of words between the UK’s biggest supermarkets has intensified with Tesco and Asda launching tit-for-tat press campaigns.
EBay has appointed former Net-A-Porter consultant Miriam Lahage as European general manager of fashion to grow its fashion business.
Online spending increased 25% in December to £6.8bn as the snow sent shoppers online.
Motorola is to launch what it claims are two “game changing” devices this year in a bid to topple Apple from its smartphone and tablet lead. Since the launch of the RAZR camera phone in 2004, which sold 110 million units, Motorola found itself usurped in sales figures by other handset manufacturers such as Apple […]
Charities face a huge challenge to secure their financial security in the coming years – how to build the necessary long-term engagement in austere times. Many are taking a fresh look at how they market themselves to meet the challenge. At the end of last year the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) released “Funding […]
Facebook has launched a mobile app that works specifically on mid-market ’feature’ phones in a bid to increase its popularity in emerging markets.
Channel 5’s new sales director Nick Bampton has bolstered his commercial team and created a new marketing division at the broadcaster.
The restaurant rating guide’s latest round of stars has been met with the usual criticism, so should it still be held as a benchmark for quality restaurant brands? You can never please them all, as motoring brand and authority in fine dining Michelin has learnt in the last few years, as more and more people […]
HMV has received the “full support” of music industry executives after fears over its relationship with suppliers hit the retailer’s share price.
EasyJet has reported an increase in passenger numbers and revenue per passenger but says that severe weather and “wildcat” strikes have cost it millions.
Amazon is to take full control of online film rental service LoveFilm.