Financial carrots and sticks may soon hit consumers directly. Government advisers have recommended ministers consider introducing a standard minimum delivery charge to “encourage more sustainable online shopping behaviours”. In their advice to the Department for Transport, the professors who make up the Scientific Advisory Council said such a charge, applied also […]
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Pepsi delivers ‘Tailgate in a Box’ to football fans hankering for game day experience
Dive Brief: Pepsi launched a sweepstakes that will deliver “Tailgate in a Box” kits to homebound football fans who are looking to keep the pregame experience alive despite restrictions on gatherings related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to news shared with Marketing Dive. Valued at nearly $5,000, the package includes […]
Beirut blast delivers near-fatal blow to Lebanon’s crippled economy
Its economic woes began long before this latest catastrophe, however. As far back as last October hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens faced with regular electricity blackouts and 25pc unemployment took to the streets, in protest against a political system based on religious sects formed after the end of the […]
Thai Airways: pandemic delivers final blow to mismanaged carrier
BANGKOK — These days, Bangkok’s normally bustling main international airport feels like a museum dedicated to displaying Boeing and Airbus jets owned by Thai Airways International, with the national flag carrier’s fleet largely grounded as the novel coronavirus pandemic paralyzes global air travel. The mixed collection of Boeing 747-400s, Airbus […]
Keeping schools closed delivers a double blow to productivity
Prime Minister Boris Johnson appealed to “good solid British common sense” as he attempted to get the UK back to work this week. But the edict left many scratching their heads by urging the reopening of swathes of industry while schools remain closed. The 5.3 million workers in the UK’s manufacturing […]