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The future of stores is not in sales

Rosie Baker

Last year, online sales totalled £68bn – 16% more than the previous year. The growth of online sales is expected to slow down in 2012, with the IMRG and Capgemini predicting 13% growth this year, but that said, it seems as though all the growth in the retail sector in recent years is coming from […]

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Marketing spend flat as confidence crashes

Russell Parsons

Marketing spend remained flat in the final quarter of 2011 as marketers worried about the state of the economy had one eye on managing costs by shifting budgets to cheaper online and direct channels, according to a study.