Lockdown online shopping saved our skins, says Ikea
Swedish flatpack giant Ikea, which for years resisted switching to ecommerce because it knew shoppers would buy more once instore,…
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‘David Ogilvy never wrote in the office, he went home’
Agency chiefs bemoaning the return of “working from home” have been given a crumb of comfort with the revelation that…
Ex-Sainsbury’s chief to bring retail nous to Test & Trace
The NHS Test & Trace programme, which has at times appeared more like a Laurel and Hardy film than the…
Bristol firm pummelled for ‘profiteering from Covid-19’
Those who claim the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is all mouth, no trousers when it comes to enforcement have been…
DMA warns contact tracing app will flop without trust
Widespread take-up of the NHS’ much-delayed Covid-19 contact tracing app, which uses an Apple and Google-developed system to keep a…
Industry backs Covid plan and calls for targeted action
The advertising and marketing industry has backed new Government measures to help businesses through the continuing dark days of Covid-19,…
How digital transformation can beat the Covid blues
The marketing industry has been transformed exponentially by the coronavirus pandemic, but as businesses across the UK begin to formulate…
DMA calls for extra help as Covid wipe-out fears grow
The DMA has added its voice to calls for a fresh package of support for the advertising and marketing industry…
Hard-up consumers demand more freebies and loyalty
Consumers are increasingly shunning non-essential purchases to spend their income on food and safety products, with Covid-19 ripping a giant…
Here we go again: Online delivery slots ‘like hot cakes’
Three of the UK’s biggest grocery chains have warned shoppers that their online delivery slots are being snapped up like…