It's 3am on the first day of 2014. Shanghai's Hengshan Road, an area popular for restaurants and nightclubs, is lit up with what seems like hundreds of bright green taxi lights, inviting the rowdy New Year's crowd to hop in. But the drivers ...
Tags: Taxi Apps, Government Regulations, taxi
John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Muji, Bentalls, Funky Pigeon, The Pen Shop, Amazon, Paperchase and Ryman among big names participating in National Stationery Week and Get Britain Writing Some of the UK’s biggest retailers are among ...
Tags: Stationery, Office Supplies, Supplies
The indie toy retailer has partenred with Flair for exclusive release of the original 1988 line. Indie toy retailer Midco Toys has partnered with Flair to release an exclusive series of Classic 1988 inspired Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ...
Tags: Toys, classic figures, Ninja Turtles
One of China’s most popular social media services, Sina Weibo, filed papers on Friday for an initial public offering in the U.S. with the target of raising US$500 million. The service, often likened to China’s version of ...
Tags: social media, Weibo, Computer
Weibo Corp., the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, filed Friday for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million. The move will allow the popular Chinese-language social network to spin off from the Internet ...
Tags: Weibo, e-shopping, Computer
IT infrastructure spending, comprising storage, server, and enterprise networking equipment, in the Middle East and Africa is forecast to reach $3.47 billion, a 4.1 percent increase from 2013, according to Gartner. Gartner says IT ...
Tire Pros, a subsidiary of American Tire Distributors Inc. (ATD), unveiled its 2014 annual national marketing campaign. Entitled “Local Dealer Days,” the campaign will feature four retail promotions designed to drive traffic and ...
Tags: Tire Pros, marketing support
Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for ...
Tags: Microsoft, digital currency, technology
Morgan opens a new showroom in London which is set in the heart of the Clerkenwell Design area. The new premises have a large gallery style space with double height glazing and 2500sq ft of office and display area. The new collections ...
Tags: New Showroom, Furniture&Furnishing, design
Last July, Beerenberg did something radical. It changed its labels. And you're thinking, "Radical?" Well, Beerenberg jams, condiments and sauces have looked the same for 40 years. In the six months that followed, Beerenberg sales ...
Tags: Beerenberg, labels, Packaging&Printing
SeeSpace's InAir layered-graphics "augmented TV" system will soon roll out as a $99 (suggested retail) HDMI adapter that plugs in between any 2D or 3D TV and the set-top source device, like a cable box or Roku player. Related kickstarter ...
Tags: TV, Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Young women who spend a lot of time on Facebook tend to be more likely to be concerned about their body image and could be at increased risk for eating disorders, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at how much time 960 female ...
Tags: eating disorders, online social media site, societal messages
Alongside changing consumer habits, there have been recent developments in technology meaning there is now opportunity for manufacturers and suppliers to be more creative than ever before. So, what developments should we be looking out ...
Tags: innovation trends, Personalised packaging, Pack differentiation
On International Women's Day, March 8th, Gap introduced "One Stitch Closer," a new program that extends Gap's long-standing commitment of supporting women. At the center of the program is Gap Inc.'s P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement & Career ...
Tags: Gap, Apparel, Womens Training Program
Marketing push, Disney Junior sponsorship and success of Number Train all attributed to lift. LEGO Duplo is looking to build on the growth it achieved in 2013, with a raft of marketing activity planned for this year as well as ten new ...
Tags: Toys