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| Archive of articles on the Business Studies Blog - August 2006 |
Asda removes age from the recruitment process
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Asda, one of the top three supermarket groups in the UK, has announced that it will no longer ask people applying for a job at its stores to give their date of birth on their application form. Sharing profits with customers - the Co-op brings back its "divi"
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 The Co-op has announced the launch of a new profit-share loyalty scheme as part of its £100m rebranding initiative Videojug shows you 'HOW' online
Monday, August 28, 2006 Videojug launches new website with video clips to show you how to do ... almost anything. Health Club Memberships on the Slide
Monday, August 28, 2006 New data suggests that health-conscious consumers are less inclined to retain their club membership. The health club market is now firmly in a low growth phase and the market may get tougher. Welcome rise in business investment in the UK
Sunday, August 27, 2006 Capital spending in the UK is now rising more strongly according to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics. Business investment in the UK, which accounts for around 10 per cent of our GDP, rose by 1.7 pct in the second quarter from the previous three months. Product Pricing, Product Sabotage, and Starbuck's Secret Drink
Saturday, August 26, 2006 Tim Harford's great new business series on BBC2 has highlighted the practice of product sabotage as a common method of product pricing and promotion BP launches Target Neutral to encourage carbon offsetting
Saturday, August 26, 2006 The oil giant British Petroleum has launched Target Neutral, a website where motorists can calculate their CO2 output and then makes a donation which funds projects which reduce CO2 output by an equivalent amount - in other words, fund projects which encourage a neutral carbon footprint from the environmental damage inflicted by people using the roads. Pilots vote to strike in dispute over pay and conditions
Thursday, August 24, 2006 There is a really interesting example at the moment of a battle in bargaining power between trade unions and the management of a business in which, on the surface, the employees seem to have the dominant position. Talktalk Broadband fails to keep up with demand
Thursday, August 24, 2006 Talktalk made the headlines with free broadband. Now it is in the news again because it can't meet demand. This shows the importance of managing capacity in a business. M&S Hit the Jackpot with Look Behind the Label
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 A recent promotional campaign by retailer Marks and Spencer focusing on the environmentally and socially-friendly nature of their product range has proved highly successful. On-line bartering takes off in China
Sunday, August 20, 2006 Inspired by the American who started with a paperclip and ended up with a house, Chinese individuals and businesses are using the Internet to barter goods and services. The Rumpelstiltskin effect - choosing a password
Thursday, August 10, 2006 How to choose an on-line password that can't be guessed. Digital Killed the Radio Star
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Online electrical retailer Dixons has announced that it will no longer sell analogue radios. Online Shop Owners Strike Against eBay
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Hundreds of eBay-based shop owners staged a one-day strike in protest at new pricing policies brought in by eBay and at changes which made their auction listings less visible to eBay's 15 million UK customers. Laptop batteries give Dell a burning sensation
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 The Financial Times and other newspapers reports today that Dell is set to recall 4 million laptop batteries in what is believed to be the biggest safety recall involving the rechargeable power units. Richard and Judy Pick the Book Winners
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 The Richard and Judy Show is proving to be one of the most effective promotional methods available for publishers of popular fiction Managers Rebel Against Store TV
Tuesday, August 08, 2006 Rebellion in the shopping aisles! it is claimed that Tesco staff have resorted to tampering with the supermarket's in-store TV network, Tesco TV, and in some cases have switched off the screens. Tesco plastic bag incentives dismissed as a "greenwash"
Monday, August 07, 2006 Supermarket giant Tesco has unveiled plans to offer shoppers a financial incentive to use fewer plastic carrier bags. But environmentalists have criticised the plan, saying that it will do little to address the problems of landfill. Cadbury's product recall leaves a sour taste
Monday, August 07, 2006 Cadbury Schweppes has revealed that its recent product recall will cost an estimated £20m. An end to 22 years of price controls for British Telecom
Wednesday 02 August, 2006 It is twenty two years since British Telecom was privatised and throughout that time, the business has had its pricing options constrained by the controls of the industry regulator (formerly given the title of OFTEL but now known as OFCOM). On thr 1st of August these price controls came to an end because the regulator has decided that there is now sufficient real competition in the telecommunications industry for BT to be given more freedom and flexibility in the prices that it charges. |
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