Month: December 2013

online shopping

UK global leaders in online shopping

Sarah Vizard

High levels of trust in online retailers and the way products are advertised on the web boosted UK online retail spend to £1,175 per head in 2012, up 16 per cent year on year, according to figures from Ofcom.

Mindi Chahal

Don’t fall for headline stats

Mindi Chahal

My biggest bugbear about research is how many companies shout about a headline statistic that either only exists to serve a self-promotional purpose or is insignificant when put in context.

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2013: The year in financial services

Russell Parsons

Assessing the financial services landscape at the end of 2013 you could be forgiven for thinking that absolutely nothing has changed in 12 months. Scandals, step forward the Co-operative Bank and the utterly incongruous actions of its former chairman, and service glitches, Royal Bank of Scotland again front and centre, are still abound. 

Asda

Asda plots own brand tablet launch

Sarah Vizard

Asda is considering following in the footsteps of supermarket rivals Tesco and Aldi by launching its own tablet to take advantage of the growing popularity of the electronics devices.