Amazon to overtake Tesco as UK’s largest retailer by 2025
Amazon is to overtake Tesco as the UK’s largest retailer within the next four years, with UK sales expected to reach £77.1 billion by 2025, according to a new report.
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IAB UK ad spend trends for 2019: Video and search ads drive growth
UK ad spend grew by 15.4% year-on-year in 2019, reaching £15.69bn, according to IAB UK’s adspend update.
Most visible news sources for COVID-19 searches: Guardian ahead of BBC and Wikipedia
The Guardian news website is the most visible source on Google when Brits search for information about COVID-19, according to new data.
Rise of e-learning: 800k tune in to virtual PE session for school kids
A YouTube livestream hosted by fitness coach Joe Wicks attracted nearly one million simultaneous views this morning, as School children around the UK began their first day of home study due the Cornavirus.
Guest comment: How the luxury sector should prepare for Covid-19
With reports of store closures on the rise, and many countries on lockdown, luxury retailers need to make sure they’re running as an effective omni-channel business. Shalina Ganatra, Senior Consultant UK at Wunderman Thompson Commerce, looks at what the luxury sector can do to prepare itself for the impact of Covid-19.
UK pet wellness brand appoints 360OM for paid search drive
Scotland-based pet wellness brand, Bella & Duke, has appointed performance marketing agency 360 OM to run its PPC campaigns across a multi-million paid search account.
UK gambling and betting activities to drop 17% by 2024
The UK gambling and betting revenues will drop by 17% in 2024, according to data gathered and calculated by GoldenCasinoNews.com.
Gumtree launches new campaign for finding ‘a car right up your street’
Gumtree has revealed the next phase of its brand platform The Neighbourhood’s Good in partnership with Fold7, entitled “A car right up your street”.
Tena talks sex in #Ageless campaign
Tena’s new #Ageless campaign talks sex to challenge perceptions of ageing and incontinence
Coronavirus: Tech sector ‘best prepared for home working’
The technology sector, including information tech, Internet, and software, is one of the best prepared industries to weather a mass home working strategy, according to new research.