Blog and updates
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27 Jan 2016
Hotels and Market Research case study.
I have put together a few ideas on the Market Research topic that could be incorporated into an introductory lesson or as a review once the key points have been taught. Most students will have some...
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24 Jan 2016
How to Make a Car in 8 Hours (Shown in 60 Seconds)
Love this. What a great way to illustrate an efficient and largely automated production line.
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24 Jan 2016
Flexiblility is the Key to Strategy in Volatile External Environment
Meet Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola. Speaking with CNN's Richard Quest, Kent argues that a flexible strategy is the best way to run a multinational business where there are plenty of...
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24 Jan 2016
The Not-So Strange Case of the Shrinking Ice-Creams
Is it time for the Magnum ice-cream to be renamed Mini, Meagre or Miniature?
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24 Jan 2016
Amazon Continues to Grow in the UK
On the face of it, more good news for the UK e-commerce sector as Amazon announces 2,500 more permanent jobs here.
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24 Jan 2016
Are Profit Warnings a Sign of Dark Times Ahead?
Stock market investors hate bad news - particularly when it is unexpected. So, could the increasing number of profit warnings be a predictor of a much tougher economic environment ahead?
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24 Jan 2016
The Continued Decline of Album Sales
This new chart from the excellent Statista media team suggests that music albums are firmly in the decline phase of their product life cycle. What is more interesting is that even digital versions...
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23 Jan 2016
The price of a hot water and lemon?
The owner of Bennett’s Café and Bistro (rated #11 out of 600 restaurants in York) gave us a gift of a business studies lesson last week; a disgruntled customer, unhappy about the service and the...
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22 Jan 2016
AQA A2 Business (BUSS3) Revision Guide
Since we launched our BUSS3 revision guide over 23,000 copies have been used by AQA A2 Business students as they prepare for one of the toughest exam challenges.
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22 Jan 2016
AQA BUSS4 Section B Essay Collection
Would you like some fully-worked examples of how BUSS4 Section B essay titles can be answered effectively?
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22 Jan 2016
E-Commerce Sales Growing for Plus-Size Retailer
N Brown, a British home shopping business aimed at plus-size and more mature customers' has announced that online orders now account for 66% if its total sales.
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22 Jan 2016
Clone Wars - Nespresso sues Espresso
A storm in a coffee cup is brewing as Nestle look to sue an Israeli coffee company for using a George Clooney lookalike in a TV advert.
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21 Jan 2016
How Changes in Global Demand and Supply Explain Falling Oil Prices
Every business student should have noticed an important business news story - the significant fall in global oil prices. A key question to understand is: why has the oil price fallen so far and...
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21 Jan 2016
E-commerce: What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
You've probably heard of the IoT (Internet of Things). But what is it?
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21 Jan 2016
Netflix Growth Strategy Explained
A really useful discussion here by the FT Business team on the growth strategy of Netflix.
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21 Jan 2016
Corporate Social Responsibility: Why Companies are Part of Society
Some wonderful chains of argument for teachers and students who want to deepen their understanding of the theory underpinning the concept of corporate social responsibility.
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21 Jan 2016
The Biz Quiz - 21 January 2016
Another cracking week in the Business news is covered in the latest edition of The Biz Quiz.
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21 Jan 2016
Easy to Click; Hard to Collect
Four in 10 UK shoppers chose click-and-collect during the festive period, however, 36% of customers encountered problems with their click-and-collect orders.
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19 Jan 2016
Aldi Launches Online in the UK
We reported back in September 2015 about Aldi's plans to launch their first e-commerce venture in the UK. Now it has finally opened for business!
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19 Jan 2016
Cost Minimisation at Asda
You can only imagine what the atmosphere is like at Asda Headquarters in Leeds as the process of making hundreds of managers redundant begins.
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