Amazon drops Macmillan titles over e-book pricing disagreement
Amazon has removed books from publisher Macmillan following a disagreement over the pricing of e-books. A meeting between the two…
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Data Security Firm's reveals most commonly used passwords
Imperva has released a study analyzing 32 million passwords recently exposed in the Rockyou.com breach. Imperva’s Application Defense Center (ADC)…
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Shop Direct to axe 1500 jobs
Shop Direct is to axe 1,500 jobs at three of its call centres following a drop in phone sales. The…
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UK Pound shop growth highlights broadening appeal of budget shopping
Number of pound shops doubles over the last ten years. According to new research from Experian the number of pound…
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Stand by for a High Street revival
Half the empty shops on one of the West’s typical High Streets could be open for business and trading again…
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Barclaycard brings freedom to over 30,000 retail outlets across the UK
Barclaycard is launching Barclaycard Freedom in March – the broadest retail rewards scheme the UK has ever known. The groundbreaking…
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Record Share for online sales of consumer durable goods in December
UK internet purchases of household and technology products reaches 18 per cent According to the latest GfK Retail and Technology…
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Baby Boomers and Seniors Are Flocking to Facebook
A new eMarketer report shows that the number of Baby Boomers embracing social media, especially Facebook, jumped drastically between 2008…
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The Economist on Social Commerce: The Four Corners of Social Influence
The Economist’s journal Intelligent Life has published an interesting article (archived below) on social commerce (focusing on user ratings and…
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Apple reveals details of iPad tablet computer
Apple has launched the iPad, its tablet computer, with content from publishers including The New York Times and Penguin Books….
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