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U.S. stock markets, treasury yields perk up, oil falters as choppy week winds down

U.S. stock markets, treasury yields perk up, oil falters as choppy week winds down

By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Friday after a rocky week in which investors fretted over rising CO..

Spacing Pfizer COVID shots boosts antibody levels in long-term study

Spacing Pfizer COVID shots boosts antibody levels in long-term study

LONDON (Reuters) -A longer gap between doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter..

NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS OVER 13 MILLION BRITS WERE INADEQUATELY MANAGED WHILE WORKING REMOTELY*

NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS OVER 13 MILLION BRITS WERE INADEQUATELY MANAGED WHILE WORKING REMOTELY*

Over 4 million UK employees believe their mental health has also been ignored by their manager while working remotely during the pande..

Vodafone posts rise in Q1 revenue as Europe returns to growth

Vodafone posts rise in Q1 revenue as Europe returns to growth

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Mobile operator Vodafone reported a better-than-expected rise in first-quarter service revenue on Fri..

UK growth slows sharply in July as COVID ‘pingdemic’ hits

UK growth slows sharply in July as COVID ‘pingdemic’ hits

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s rapid economic bounce-back from the coronavirus pandemic slowed sharply in July as..

Trend Micro Vision One Stops Threats Faster, Streamlines Operations and Cuts Costs

Trend Micro Vision One Stops Threats Faster, Streamlines Operations and Cuts Costs

Bangalore, July 7, 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced new analyst ..

HOW SMEs CAN INCORPORATE AMAZON’S SUCCESSFUL PRICING TACTICS INTO THEIR OWN STRATEGY

HOW SMEs CAN INCORPORATE AMAZON’S SUCCESSFUL PRICING TACTICS INTO THEIR OWN STRATEGY

Amazon has a relentless commitment to the customer experience – everything it does is guided by its goal to be the most customer-centr..

Monetizing your Bliss

Monetizing your Bliss

By: Eric Lochtefeld As a successful entrepreneur for twenty-five years, I often get asked what it takes to become wealthy at one’s cra..

U.S. state officials urge support for landmark $26 billion opioid settlement

U.S. state officials urge support for landmark $26 billion opioid settlement

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark $26 billion settlement with large drug ..

Australian regulator to probe Amazon.com, eBay and other online markets

Australian regulator to probe Amazon.com, eBay and other online markets

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian antitrust regulator on Thursday kicked off an inquiry into the local units of Amazon.com Inc, ..

Brands will earn loyalty by prioritising the needs of the digital customer

Brands will earn loyalty by prioritising the needs of the digital customer

by Tom Primrose, Brand Strategist, Curious London When Amazon opened as an online bookseller back in the summer of 1995 it was the beg..

Learning From How Brands In China Use Customers To Drive Sales

Learning From How Brands In China Use Customers To Drive Sales

By Domenica Di Lieto, CEO of Emerging Communications China is a different place when it comes to marketing. Western brands mostly pref..

An emotionally connected customer leads to better marketing ROI, says study

An emotionally connected customer leads to better marketing ROI, says study

Brands that create emotional connections with their customers see a greater ROI from their marketing investment, a new study1 by loyal..

Five ways to keep your personal data safe from hackers

Five ways to keep your personal data safe from hackers

With a recent study1 revealing that an Apple Airdrop flaw leaves users vulnerable to hackers, and Android users warned about the ‘Flub..

AML and identity checks: Lessons learned from the NatWest case

AML and identity checks: Lessons learned from the NatWest case

Experts share advice to implement watertight AML systems NatWest’s landmark money-laundering case has dealt a huge blow to consumer tr..

WEVEE ANNOUNCES $7M SEED FUNDING TO SUPPORT GLOBAL EXPANSION

WEVEE ANNOUNCES $7M SEED FUNDING TO SUPPORT GLOBAL EXPANSION

WeVee, the first fully-integrated electric vehicle leasing platform, which launched in the UK (home to Cazoo, Cinch and Carwow), is no..

Why It’s More Important Than Ever for Brands to Be Meaningful

Why It’s More Important Than Ever for Brands to Be Meaningful

By: Susan Vidler, European Chief Research Officer, Toluna   Covid-19 has forever changed our lives and behaviours, from everyday activ..

How to bring a brand to Life

How to bring a brand to Life

By: Nick Gold, Managing Director at Speakers Corner The relationship between brands and their customers over the last 18 months have b..

“Sharpen your brand to focus operations and accelerate growth”

“Sharpen your brand to focus operations and accelerate growth”

Oscar Runeland is Director of Brand at Kubi Kalloo, a brand consultancy for the world’s biggest and smallest businesses.   Making tim..

Best Large Organic Farm named at UK’s only organic awards

Best Large Organic Farm named at UK’s only organic awards

Phone alerts for healthy heifers? Just one of the innovative ideas being trialled at Godminster Farm, the winner of Best Large Organic..

Hootsuite chooses Benevity to scale new social impact initiatives globally

Hootsuite chooses Benevity to scale new social impact initiatives globally

Hootsuite leverages Benevity’s employee engagement solution to fuel ‘Beyond the Nest,’ where employees are encouraged to volunteer in ..

UK office workers take just 28 minutes for their ‘lunch hour’

UK office workers take just 28 minutes for their ‘lunch hour’

Workers are missing out on more than eight hours break time during the month Average time taken for lunch has shrunk by eight minutes ..

Bossy boots

Bossy boots

By: Global CEO Vanella Jackson, Hall & Partners What do we mean by a brand icon and how do brands achieve this status? Becoming a ..

Tech in the movies: The potential impact of cinema’s most famous mobile phones on real-life sales

Tech in the movies: The potential impact of cinema’s most famous mobile phones on real-life sales

Mobile phones have been appearing in movies since the 1980s, but which ones truly made an impact? Research by online retailer, Mobiles..

Harnessing the power of video to drive genuine connections through content

Harnessing the power of video to drive genuine connections through content

By Steve Wheen, Founder & CEO, distillery   The way we approach advertising may be unrecognisable from the processes of a century ..

Three ways packaging can reflect your brand’s ethos

Three ways packaging can reflect your brand’s ethos

Carl Loader, Fulfilment Director at Asendia UK[1] discusses various ways packaging can be a core part of building a relationship betwe..

The five digital skills business owners need to succeed in 2021

The five digital skills business owners need to succeed in 2021

The last year has caused a huge shift in the business landscape, with technology and digital skills being more fundamental than ever f..

The role of social media in B2B brand building

The role of social media in B2B brand building

Jennifer Brennan is a Digital Strategist at B2B tech marketing specialist, Fox Agency. According to Hootsuite’s State of Digital Repor..

Clarity, consistency and specificity of communication

Clarity, consistency and specificity of communication

By: Lisa Shaddick, MD of a global marketing comms agency of 18 people (www.weareindaba.com). Clarity of communication is essential at ..

The future office and hybrid working environments

The future office and hybrid working environments

By: Simen Teigre, CEO and Founder of Neat The COVID-19 pandemic radically changed the way people interact, with video now used by the..

Remote working: short-term fix, long-term impact

Remote working: short-term fix, long-term impact

How has remote working technology affected business? As we approach the end of compulsory remote working, many businesses are retainin..

Building Associations to be a Hero Brand

Building Associations to be a Hero Brand

By: Nate Holmes, Product Marketing Manager, Widen   Brand association – the mental connection a customer makes between your bra..

Brand Building: The Imperatives of Social Media Marketing

Brand Building: The Imperatives of Social Media Marketing

Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Emplifi Chief of Strategy Nike’s CEO called it. He said that “today’s consumer is digitally grounded and simply won’..

Tech-entrepreneur launches new unique networking platform to help business owners connect

Tech-entrepreneur launches new unique networking platform to help business owners connect

A South Yorkshire-based tech entrepreneur is hoping to transform the way in which business owners click, connect and collaborate after..

UK Cyber Security Council Granted Charitable Status

UK Cyber Security Council Granted Charitable Status

The Council’s confirmed status as a charitable organisation further supports its efforts to bolster the UK cyber security commu..

Coca-Cola raises revenue forecast as demand rebounds on reopening boost

Coca-Cola raises revenue forecast as demand rebounds on reopening boost

(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts on Wednesday, as demand bounces back from pandemic lows..

Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19

Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19

By Nita Bhalla and Anastasia Moloney NAIROBI/BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At a private hospital in Burundi’s capi..