Black Friday to Black Fridays.

Everyone’s shouting about Black Friday, but really, when is it? Not long ago, shoppers could simply pencil in one Friday a year and get all their Christmas shopping done online in one swoop, but those ever-creative retailers with their Bricks, Clicks and...

Moving monolithic technology suites.

I had the most terrific day yesterday (Tuesday 31st October) at Microsoft Future Decoded, held at ExCel, London. It was great to hear from so many speakers their visions for the digital business of tomorrow, and gain valuable insight and advice. In fact, the vision...

ACS report: Convenience Sector Jobs Decline 5%

According to an industry report by the Association of Convenience Stores, the number of C-Sector jobs has declined 5% over the past year because of an increase in the national living wage and national minimum wages. There are currently 370,000 people working in the...