John Lewis names new department stores chief
High street heavyweight John Lewis Partnership has appointed a senior executive from the Co-op Group to run its department stores....
Day: June 24, 2020
Hulu unveils direct response ad format for second-screen experiences
Dive Brief: Disney's Hulu is launching a direct response ad format to let viewers interact with commercials they see on...
Google’s 2020 ad revenue will dip 5.3% due to COVID-19, eMarketer says
Dive Brief: Google's net U.S. digital ad revenue is predicted to decline for the first time since tracking began, dropping...
Starbucks’ stumble on Black Lives Matter shows rising stakes for brands in addressing race
Public support of Black Lives Matter has spiked in the wake of mass protests over the police killing of George...
North Face, Patagonia, REI boycott Facebook after calls from civil rights groups
Brief: Outdoor goods retailers North Face, Patagonia and REI joined a boycott of Facebook organized by civil rights groups that...
Deutschland despairs as Wirecard becomes ‘the German Enron’
“The last place we expected something like this to happen was Germany,” Peter Altmaier, the German economy minister, said this...
Andrew Bailey struggles to resist the pressures for monetary financing
He refused to vote for the Bank of England’s latest £100bn dollop of quantitative easing. And now Bailey says that...
What will Britain look like if working from home is forever?
“I often can't believe the difference in our mental health and productivity,” says Sara Elsam. “I have lived in cities...
‘Should I leave more in my will to the child that has looked after me in lockdown?’
I am 80 years old and have two children, my daughter who lives close by and my son who lives...
‘We live minutes away from the mansion of the man who lost our money, Neil Woodford’
Struggling B&B owners who lost tens of thousands of pounds investing in Neil Woodford’s failed fund have said living just a three-minute...
