Blog and updates
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10 Nov 2015
One Week Only: Business Revision Guides & Worked Answers for £3
We ran a popular promotion over half-term for Economics students and teachers. Now it's the turn of GCSE & A Level Business!
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10 Nov 2015
The Biz Quiz - 11 November 2015
Another cracking week of business new stories are covered in the latest edition of The Biz Quiz. We'll be very surprised if anyone gets 100% this week. If you do, tweet us your result
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10 Nov 2015
BUSS3 Revision Presentations
Updated links to the individual streamed revision presentations for BUSS3 are provided below.
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9 Nov 2015
Are you the next Lord Sugar?
When trying to make lessons more exciting, why not don your Lord Sugar hat and run The Apprentice?
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8 Nov 2015
Retailers to Fight Back Using Beaconing Technology
The opportunities for leveraging technology to boost retail sales aren't just available to e-commerce sites. The rapid pace of technological change is impacting how physical retail stores can...
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8 Nov 2015
Unilever's Direct E-Commerce Sales Growing Fast
If you are the owner of one of the world's most extensive and best-known consumer product portfolios, you might expect to be well-placed to exploit the opportunities offered by e-commerce.After a...
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8 Nov 2015
Superdry aims to get the balance right between e-commerce and physical stores
SuperGroup, the owners of Superdry, announced some very strong H1 financial results last week and, in doing so, indicated that the growth of its UK store portfolio might now be coming to a close.
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6 Nov 2015
John Lewis Christmas Ad 2015 - Man on the Moon
What another superb Christmas ad by John Lewis - this time raising awareness for Age UK. Stunning.
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5 Nov 2015
Starbucks Powers On Towards $20bn Sales
Is there a better example of a multinational business that is succeeding in consumer markets around the world than Starbucks at the moment? Perhaps Apple comes close, but there's little doubt that...
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5 Nov 2015
Tough Times for JCB as Emerging Markets Weaken
For a business that prides itself on taking a long-term perspective to business, these must be really tough times for the management and workforce at JCB.
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5 Nov 2015
Autocratic Management with Mike Bassett, England Manager
Mike Bassett: England Manager was a 2001 comedy film staring Ricky Tomlinson as football manager Mike Bassett, who, having led Norwich City to the 'Mr Clutch Cup' is appointed England Manager.
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4 Nov 2015
They'll Make a Profit When PIGSS Can Fly!
How do the key aims a business can set relate to pigs? This is a handy memory tool.
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4 Nov 2015
The Biz Quiz - 4 November 2015
Back from the half-term break, here is the latest edition of The Biz Quiz.
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4 Nov 2015
Can McDonalds Succeed with Premium Burgers?
Will you be lovin' it? 100% The ingredients look tempting: British and Irish beef, Beechwood smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, wholegrain mustard mayo, ketchup, Batavia lettuce and red onion, all in a...
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3 Nov 2015
How Effective are Permanent Sales Promotions?
Those of us old enough to remember when a promotional sale really was a sale will not be surprised to hear that most goods on sale now in UK shops are being offered as part of a sales promotion.
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3 Nov 2015
From Clicks to Bricks! Amazon opens a bookstore!
Who would have thought it? Amazon, the online retailer most closely associated with the decline of the physical bookstore, is opening a physical bookstore!
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3 Nov 2015
Why the Future of AirBnB is Up in the Air
AirBnB's procedures are being put to a vote in San Francisco this week, but why?
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3 Nov 2015
Research Suggests Wearables Market Set for UK Takeoff?
Are you one of the 6%? That's the 6% of UK adults who already own a "wearable" digital device such as a smartwatch or fitness device.
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2 Nov 2015
Mumsnet Continues to Ride the Digital Wave
Mumsnet has been around quite a while. Sixteen years to be precise - it was created almost exactly the same time as tutor2u! During that time the opportunities and threats for digital content...
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28 Oct 2015
Will Super-sized Schools Generate Economies of Scale?
Let's imagine - for the moment - that the delivery of secondary education is all about productivity and efficiency. What is the optimum size for a secondary school in order to achieve maximum value...
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