Apple Pay is only the start: Mobile wallets are about to take off October 21, 2014 It’s here folks. Well, in the US at least. Yesterday, a string of American retailers (including Bloomingdale’s, Foot Locker and Toys R Us) started accepting Apple Pay transactions, allowing consumers to make payments through credit card information stored on the new iPhone. Exciting stuff, but haven’t people been predicting the end of cash for some [...]
McDonald’s to restructure after “significant decline” in sales October 21, 2014 McDonald's is planning a major review of its working practices and structure on the back of a “significant decline" in revenues and profit. Revenues fell five per cent to $6.98bn (£3.8bn) for the three months to September 30, with the fast food giant blaming increased competition. Consolidated operating income plummeted 14 per cent to [...]
Apple Pay launches: Why mobile payment is about take off October 21, 2014 Apple Pay, the tech giant's mobile payment service, has launched in the US offering users the ability to pay for items using just their mobile phone. It kicks of the most high-profile launch in the nascent mobile payment space, which could finally push it into the mainstream. A mobile wallet is perhaps the best way [...]
Chart-toppers Apple such a hit October 20, 2014 APPLE beat both analyst and company expectations as “off the charts” iPhone demand lead to bumper profits and revenues. Chief executive Tim Cook also said that 2014 was “one for the record books” after last nights release of earnings results for the three months to October. The company posted quarterly net profit of $8.5bn – an increase [...]
Apple share price rises by 2pc as third-quarter earnings beat expectations October 20, 2014 Shares in Apple rose by two per cent in after-hours trading on Monday, as investors were encouraged by the consumer electronics giant's higher-than-expected earnings for the third quarter. For the three months to 30 September, earnings were $8.47bn (£5.24bn). This beat analysts' expectations and represented a 13 per cent increase compared to the same [...]
Emma Kane: Three things you didn’t know about the CEO and founder of Redleaf Polhill October 20, 2014 1 In the 1980s, Emma was a professional tenor saxophonist, having studied jazz and popular music. Today she gets her musical kicks through being chairman of the Barbican Centre Trust, a role to which she was appointed in September. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Board Director of Grange [...]
EARN Media’s Jamal Benmiloud on how content marketing can help build brand love October 19, 2014 Marketers have long distinguished between paid-for, owned and earned media. With the explosive growth of content marketing (brands producing their own videos and shows, rather than paying for conventional ad slots), the latter two have attracted ever-greater portions of ad budgets recently, partly with the aim of achieving that Holy Grail of digital marketing [...]
Apple’s chief designer Jony Ive discusses design process in rare video October 19, 2014 Apple's Jony Ive has given some rare insight into the Apple design process. In an interview at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, which is available on YouTube, Apple's design guru talks about the excitement he feels for the design process. Ive talked about the dangers of allowing a feature to taker precedent over a better [...]
The new iPlod: How Apple’s iPad Air 2 and Mini 3 disprove Darwin’s theory with pure brand power October 17, 2014 If Darwin really did say it’s not the strongest or most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change, then the world of mobile tech had better watch out. The lumbering dinosaur that was once Nokia wonderfully proves the point: one moment all conquering and powerful, the next gobbled-up by Microsoft [...]
Kingston’s Bentall Centre up for grabs with £200m-plus price tag October 16, 2014 Bentall shopping centre in Kingston upon Thames has been put up for sale after one of its owners appointed advisers to sell its 50 per cent stake, with a price-tag of around £200m. It is one of the busiest malls in Greater London, with 700,000 square feet of space and 14m visitors a year from [...]