Tag: UK
Head-up display and hands free texting
Do you think this is a safe idea? Navdy is pre-selling their head-up display (HUD) for satnav and communications. With this, you can now text ‘safely’ while you are driving, but I think this will be a distraction to drivers. Comment below with your opinion. It does look a good piece of technology though. I…
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Business Gets Mobile
Here are some of the facts I talked about last Friday at our Business Gets Mobile event. Retail sales via smartphones and tablets have more than doubled to £8.2 bn in 2013, accounting for 18% of total UK e-commerce sales. Tablet commerce has seen particularly high growth, reaching £4.8 bn Wristbands, like Nike+ Fuelband, smartwatches,…
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Cash Remains King in UK Shops
Alternative/emerging means of payment, such as online payments and money-off coupons, grew last year seemingly by 150%, although these remained a fraction of the total. But cash remains the dominant payment mechanism. Cash is still the most popular form of payment in UK shops but the popularity of vouchers and coupons is on the rise,…
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Negative interest rates idea floated
This is about as likely as horse meat in your Spag Bol. Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker has said negative interest rates should be considered. A negative interest rate would mean the central bank charges banks to hold their money and could encourage them to lend out more of their funds. via BBC…
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Sony to make last MiniDisc stereo system in March
I looked after the retail launch of MiniDisc (MD) in the UK. I still have, and occasionally use, MiniDisc equipment. Sony announcing that they are to discontinue MD is really no great surprise but it did bring back some great memories; our retail launch took us around nightclubs the length and breadth of the country!…
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McPrepaid: Luncheon Vouchers grind beefburgers to a halt
Which retailer has done one of the best jobs of supporting and promoting contactless payments in the UK? I would say McDonald’s. All their restaurants proudly display payments terminals that accept contactless payments and they have made a considerable investment. The standard reasons a retailer/ restauranteur would want to accept contactless payments would include the speed of…
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