Blog and updates
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20 Sept 2018
Will Jack's eat up Tesco?
Tesco's are fighting back. They have had many difficulties in the last few years, and although they are still our biggest supermarket, they have lost ground from a 32% share of the market to 27.4%....
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7 Sept 2018
Argos dips a toe in the water with a voice app
Argos has to find a way to fight back against Amazon, if it is to survive alongside the giant tech business whose record profits were fuelling it to a stock market value of over $1trillion this...
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3 Sept 2018
Business Simulation - The Trading Game
The Trading Game is a group business simulation designed to get students thinking about and experiencing a wide range of entrepreneurial skills and activities.
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28 Aug 2018
How Toyota Changed The Way We Make Things
On the day that Toyota has announced a $500m joint venture with Uber to develop driverless-car technologies, here is a short video on the impact of Toyota in changing the way we make things....
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27 Aug 2018
Change in strategic focus for Uber
A change in strategic direction for Uber: in part because of changes in its external environment (legal & regulatory). But, also because of the pressure from investors to improve financial...
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27 Aug 2018
Is Wonga on the brink of collapse?
Can't be long left for Wonga. It's hard to imagine any sane investor wanting to provide rescue capital to a business with large, increasing and uncertain contingent liabilities such as a...
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26 Aug 2018
Auctioneer Enjoy a Boom as Retailers Suffer a Downturn
Retailers might be struggling, but it's a boom time for auctioneers!
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24 Aug 2018
Sainsbury's and Asda merger comes under scrutiny
Competition policy (PESTLE) & Porter Five Forces in action: yet another review of competitive rivalry in the UK supermarket industry as the planned merger between Sainsbury's and Asda is sent...
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24 Aug 2018
Automation challenges call centre jobs
Automation (particularly through chatbots) is transforming / disrupting the call centre industry.
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16 Aug 2018
Should Botox Treatment be Available From High Street Retailers?
Some interesting ethical issues raised by the decision of high-street retailer Superdrug to offer Botox treatment in-store.
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16 Aug 2018
Franchising: Subway is the Global Leader for Outlets, But Not Sales...
A fabulous video here from the CNBC team exploring the growth and performance of Subway - now the worlds largest franchise operator with almost 45,000 outlets worldwide.
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15 Aug 2018
The rise of the freelancer
Chances are many students will know friends or family who are self-employed - one of the scariest but also exhilarating ways of being an entrepreneur. Self-employment is on the rise, as this BBC...
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12 Aug 2018
Are we reaching peak social media?
A topical example of the product life cycle as the leading social networks appear to be reaching the end of a maturity phase. Are there extension strategies that might work, or is decline...
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9 Aug 2018
International Strategy - Can Ikea Succeed in India?
Ikea is entering the Indian market for the first time. Will it succeed?
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7 Aug 2018
International Expansion - Why Starbucks Failed in Australia
With over 28,000 stores operating across 76 countries, Starbucks is rightly considered a leading global brand. However, there is one country where Starbucks' international expansion came badly...
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7 Aug 2018
Ola Maps Out Route Into UK
Porters Five Forces, Contestable Markets & more - a key development in the UK ride-hailing market as Ola announces plans to enter the UK taxi and private hire market starting with regional...
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25 Jul 2018
Three New Free Resources to Help Teach Quantitative Skills!
We've just uploaded three teaching resources that provide an engaging way for business students to practice some core quantitative skills, particularly averages!
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22 Jul 2018
How a Hard Brexit Might Damage the Competitiveness of UK Car Manufacturing
The UK's car industry is one of the most successful parts of manufacturing here - largely due to its highly efficient production. As this short video from the FT explains, the business models on...
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27 Jun 2018
Coffee, Plastic and Pricing - a Marketing Mix with a Message
This video story on the BBC News website combines CSR with the big Blue Planet environment story of 2018, coffee shops, and pricing as part of the marketing mix.
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26 Jun 2018
World Cup Keepy-Uppy
Here's a fun lesson activity if you are looking for something World Cup and business-related!
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