Supermarkets are coming up with increasingly inventive ways to attract consumers into their branches. Money off vouchers, price comparison initiatives and price drops are now a common feature in many big name stores as bosses play on the general public’s... Read More
Banking has been a controversial topic in the UK for several years now, with many people blaming many of the big chains for the recession in the first place. While this may not necessarily be true, as there were a lot of factors that ushered Britain into a... Read More
One of the most remarkable commercial construction projects announced for Dubai in recent weeks is a replica of India's famous Taj Mahal. The planned building will be a more ambitious project than the original, and will be about four times larger in... Read More
Returns in the commercial property market in Ireland have been positive over the last four quarters, with returns coming at the rate of 4.8 per cent over the past year. Research firm Investment Property Databank (IPD) has released calculations indicating the... Read More
Kimberly-Clark, the owners of Huggies nappies, is to shut a number of plants in Europe to focus on other areas of the business. The company, which owns other well-known brands including Kleenex, Andrex toilet paper and Kotex, plans to close two... Read More
Nationwide Building Society is considering making an offer for the 316 branches that Royal Bank of Scotland was due to sell to Santander. According to the Sunday Times, the mutual is looking at an offer as speculation mounts over which companies will... Read More
The creation of online shopping has had a huge impact on traditional high street stores, with many consumers now choosing to purchase items from the comfort of their own homes rather than venturing out to battle queues, crowds and wet weather. As a result,... Read More
For many years, the black cab has been an iconic symbol of London. Despite the recession, business has been booming for taxi drivers in the capital this year – especially with thousands of foreign visitors pouring into the city for the Olympic and... Read More
Sainsbury’s has become the first of the supermarket giants to launch a shopping app that lets customers use their smartphones to scan all their items as they shop and use it to pay at the checkout. It leads the way for the kind of personal, one to... Read More
In an era where online scams and computer hacking are relatively common, it can sometimes be difficult for users to differentiate between genuine and falsified offers from retailers. And with fraudsters becoming more and more inventive in their schemes, the... Read More
