Cafédirect buys online coffee club Kopi
Cafédirect, one of the UK’s biggest coffee brands, has acquired online coffee club Kopi.co.uk.
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Apple now second biggest online retailer in US
Amazon dominates the online retail market in the US, but Apple’s iTunes now generates more sales than Staples and Walmart on the web, according to new data.
Instagram images ‘perform better than traditional stock photos’ for digital ads
Instagram photos can be more effective than traditional studio shots and stock photos for internet ads, according to new research.
Amazon debuts Twitter shopping tool
Amazon has struck a partnership with Twitter that lets users add products to their shopping carts by tweeting a special hashtag.
7 marketing lessons for brands: The best (and worst) of Coca Cola, Apple and Walmart’s strategies
The rise and fall of key global brands are both a warning and a model to follow for marketers, according to a new report looking at the top 100 global brands.
Facebook buys fitness tracker Moves
Facebook has bought fitness tracking app Moves, suggesting the company’s interest in entering the health monitoring technology arena.
Amazon’s high costs eat into profits
Internet retailer Amazon reported a 32% rise in profits to $108m (£64m) in the first quarter of 2014, but expenses rose 23% on last year.
Amazon strikes online streaming deal with HBO
In a big win over rival Netflix, Amazon has formed a deal with HBO to run a selection of its shows on its Prime Instant Video service.
Digital or Disc? Music buyers prefer CDs, vinyl and cassettes over the Cloud
With Record Store Day last week (Saturday 19th April), research by ICM reveals that music lovers across the country are still buying their tunes in physical format with MP3 downloads seen very much as an add-on.
Facebook planning ‘e-money’ banking service?
Facebook is planning to offer banking services to its users, The Financial Times has reported this week.