Instagram’s shopping tool, launched in the UK this March, presents a significant opportunity for retailers to capture impulse spend from shoppers who are increasingly adopting a see now, buy now mentality, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s E-retail survey the number of Instagram users […]
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38% of women claim their gender is to blame for being spoken to in a patronising manner at work
Research & Input Credit: Savoy Stewart – Commercial Property Experts 42% of men and 41% of women have been spoken over or ignored in a meeting. 30% of women believe they were spoken over or ignored in a meeting because of their gender while only 5% of men would say […]
Lords call for action on digital advertising
The House of Lords Communications Committee today publishes its report UK advertising in a digital age. The Committee finds that the UK’s advertising industry is a success story: the UK is a global hub for advertising which added £120 billion to the UK’s economy and supported over 1 million jobs […]
At least 75 ASDA stores could close in merger with Sainsbury’s, handing market share to Tesco
Following the news that supermarket chains ASDA and Sainsbury’s agreed to merge in a deal that will create Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, with a combined market share for food & grocery of 23.3% compared to Tesco’s 22.0% (2018 est), Patrick O’Brien, UK Retail Research Director at GlobalData considers the implications […]
60% of all Stamp Duty takings paid by top 10% of sales
Londoners paying at least 4 times more Stamp Duty than the rest of the country London Central Portfolio has carried out detailed analysis of residential Stamp Duty returns for 2017. This includes the new Additional Rate Stamp Duty (ARSD) of 3% for all additional property purchases such as buy to […]
“Netflix for Business” Launches
Business mentor and educator, Dale Beaumont, has launched a new platform touted as the ‘Netflix for Business’ aimed at the 800 million people worldwide who are business owners. Named, Bizversity, the platform is an app compatible with mobiles, tablets and TV, like Netflix, but instead of dealing with the realm […]
How Cambridge Analytica uses data
Data science, machine learning, and predictive analytics are the tools used by companies like Cambridge Analytica to gather information from social data and create predictive marketing campaigns. Data Scientist, Expert Interview: Dr. Kenneth Sanford, US Lead Analytics Architect of the data science software company Dataiku, is available to talk about: […]
How gender can affect workplace performance anxiety
The gender gap: the very different reasons men and women are combating workplace performance anxiety New research shows that workplace performance anxiety (otherwise known as ‘stage fright’ in a business setting) doesn’t discriminate between the sexes, but has revealed the different reasons why men and women are seeking professional training […]
The majority of Baby boomers are now sitting on a potential £280,000 property nest egg
By Astrid Hall The majority of ‘baby boomers’ are now enjoying life mortgage-free and sitting on a potential £280,000 property nest egg. New research from SunLife shows the average over-55-year-old has lived in the same property for more than 20 years, during which time house prices have shot up by […]
Top 20 most inventive ways Brits are saving money
Stocking up on free condiments from fast food restaurants, DIY haircuts – and not always flushing the toilet are among the weird ways people are saving money, a study has found. The poll of 5,000 adults revealed the lengths skint Brits are going to in a bid to make their […]