Axeman cometh: Guitar sales hit high note in lockdown
Further proof that the coronavirus pandemic has turned Britain into a nation of musos has been revealed by the UK’s…
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Hey Joe: Jimi Hendrix gets online store 50 years later
Jimi Hendrix may have died in September 1970 but his record label, Sony Music Entertainment, is in no mood to…
Ocado hunts tech staff as it turns away new customers
Online grocery giant Ocado is creating hundreds of new tech jobs – including roles covering data science, artificial intelligence and…
Consumers stay connected as 85,000 online shops open
The online shopping boom looks to be here to stay, with consumers embracing the change and tens of thousands of…
Blue Monday for electro-pop giants in price-fixing row
Keyboard and electronic drum kit makers Roland and Korg – whose sound defined the Eighties’ synth-pop of bands from New…
DPD hires 6,000 and invests £200m for online boom
Delivery giant DPD is aiming to tap into the explosion of online shopping, triggered by the coronavirus lockdown, recruiting 6,000…
Online shopping chalks up 20% growth to reach £80bn
Anyone searching for proof that ecommerce has been one of the big winners of the Covid-19 lockdown need look no…
‘Unpredictable behaviour’ fuels marketing data rethink
Further evidence that the Covid-19 lockdown has turned consumer behaviour on its head has come from insights gathered through eBay,…
Online game retailers score 400% Covid-19 sales boom
Online toys and games retailers have emerged as one of the big winners from the UK’s enforced lockdown, with revenues…
Crisis-hit consumers more willing to try out new brands
Consumer confidence has – surprise, surprise – taken a pummelling in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly three…