Dixons and Carphone Warehouse merge
Dixons has struck a deal to make Carphone Warehouse part of its group joining the UK electrical retailers high street roster that includes PC World and Currys.
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World Cup marketing trends: Football fans are ‘big sharers on Facebook’
There are 500 million soccer fans on Facebook, who are more likely to share, like and comment on content than average users, the social network has claimed.
Google gets first batch of ‘delete me’ requests
Following the controversial ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling in Europe this week, Google has received new takedown requests, according to a news report.
Lifestyle bloggers ‘can earn £900 per year’ via affiliate sales
The average online blogger using affiliate marketingcan expect to make as much as £906 a year through their blogs with the beauty and fashion sector proving particularly lucrative, according to a study of 1,723 UK-based ‘lifestyle’ bloggers.
Shaun the Sheep coding competition gets kids into digital coding
Aardman Animations, the creator of Shaun the Sheep, has teamed up with Nominet Trust to launch Shaun’s Game Academy, a national competition for young people to build online games based on the adventures of the popular TV character.
Top tips: Five ways retailers can prepare for seasonal promotions
While seasonal consumer behaviour can be predicted up to a point, fluctuations such as weather and national events can quickly foil a brands carefully planned marketing campaign. Michael Rausch, General Manager for Europe and North America at Become Europe offers 5 key tips to getting the most out of seasonal promotions.
Which 16 brands get a billion customers a year?
Only 16 global FMCG brands were chosen by consumers more than one billion times last year, with local brands growing twice as fast as global ones, according to new research.
Google Glass finally goes on sale in US (but still as a test edition)
Google Glass is now on sale to anyone in the US for the price of £1,500, as the next phase of the ‘Explorer Program’ goes to the public.
Netflix accounts for third of all US internet traffic- as piracy drops
Netflix increased its share of fixed-line Internet traffic in North America in the first half of 2014, accounting for 34% of data flowing to consumers during peak times, up from 32% in the latter half of 2013.
Cafédirect buys online coffee club Kopi
Cafédirect, one of the UK’s biggest coffee brands, has acquired online coffee club Kopi.co.uk.