It’s been an incredible year for Skylanders. Why do you think it’s been so continually successful? Well, apart from the obvious fact it's a superb concept it's down to 1. Marketing spend, 2. Marketing spend and 3. Marketing ...
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PayPal has acquired Card.io, a developer of technology for using mobile phone cameras to scan credit cards and capture relevant information, the companies said. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PayPal is already using ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed a monetary penalty of 175,000 on an NHS Trust in Torquay after the sensitive details of over 1,000 employees were published accidentally on the Trust’s website. Staff at ...
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The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been hit with pound 325,000 monetary penalty for breaching the Data Protection Act. The penalty is the highest since the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was granted the ...
A Yahoo user has sued the web portal company for negligence for allowing more than 450,000 user names and passwords to be stolen from one of its sites. Jeff Allan of New Hampshire, whose login credentials were posted online after a ...
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YAHOO! has shaken up its board of directors, giving a seat to PayPal co-founder and former Google executive Max Levchin and bidding farewell to two of its members. Levchin's arrival on the Yahoo! board came with the departure of Intuit ...
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The first toys based on Woolly and Tig will hit shelves in July 2013. And master toy licensee Golden Bear says the full launch will happen in autumn/winter. But the toys are so sought after that parents have already resorted to making ...
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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has selected security management firm Wave Systems' Safend Encryptor to encrypt sensitive data and manage and recover data securely. Further reading NHS Trust fined £175,000 for 'entirely avoidable' ...
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2012 Luxury Online Experience Index (LOEI) survey Wealthy shoppers with minimum annual income of $150,000 rated the online experience at websites of 10 traditional luxury retailers and 16 online-only retailers in the 2012 Luxury ...
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UK - Paul Nulty Lighting Design (PNLD) provided architectural lighting design to the 120sq.m Adventure Bar in Clapham High Street, London. The bar is the fifth to be opened by the growing chain and lighting once again plays a key role ...
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eBay, the world's leading online marketplace, and Xiu.com, a leading Chinese online fashion and luxury retailer, launched a localized online shopping experience, called eBay Style. The new venture aims to "bring the very best of eBay to ...
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About 5.5bn pounds will be invested in 4G by mobile operators,according to Vodafone's head of regulatory affairs,Matthew Braovac. At a Westminster e-forum event today,Braovac stated that the amount of expenditure would be worthwhile,as 4G ...
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Wishpond today announced the broad international rollout of its premiere All-In-One Marketing Suite.By expanding beyond North America into Latin America,Europe and Asia,Wishpond becomes the only platform provider to offer all the tools ...
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GoldenPalace bought the giant piece of underwear from chillisauce as part of a charity auction for the Breast Cancer Campaign’s ‘wear it pink' event. They paid a healthy £3,601 for the bra in the EBay auction which ended ...
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Auction site eBay's tax arrangements since its Luxembourg office became base for European sales. This move is one politicians and tax authorities say should be examined. The office only has nine employees, but eBay Europe Sarl is ...
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