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For many years, competition among supermarkets has intensified, with the major players turning to increasingly-sophisticated systems for tracking and predicting shopping trends at ever-higher granularities. Now, Sainsbury’s is to invest millions of pounds in technology aimed at giving it the ability to work around weather patterns that can leave the retailer with stock left unsold [...]
(Read More)31st May 10
We may hate Mondays but that’s the day we dress to impress
by Harry Oldfield
Have you ever noticed your workmates seem to look better on Mondays than they do on Fridays? Do you find yourself already slouching into your suit by the time Tuesday has arrived? Well, it’s more than just a feeling. The latest research shows that even those of us who make considerable effort to put some [...]
(Read More)31st May 10
Items left inside Scottish surgery patients revealed
by Paul Russell
If you’re planning on undergoing surgery in Scotland, you may come out with more than you bargained for. The Press Association has revealed that patients going under the knife in the Highlands came off the operating table with swabs, forceps, needles and drill fragments still inside their bodies. In some cases, organs were even punctured [...]
(Read More)31st May 10
Europeans out of pocket as US gets iPads cheaper
by Natasha Redman
A study has found that yet again, European consumers seeking the latest hot piece of technology should shop around – and not just at home. The best deals on Apple’s iPad are likely to be found in the United States. As so often seems to be the case, British and European shoppers seem destined to [...]
(Read More)31st May 10
More men dying from skin cancer
by Sally Davies
More men in the UK are dying from skin cancer according to the latest figures from a cancer charity. Cancer Research UK has revealed that malignant melanoma-related deaths in men have doubled over the past 40 years. The steep increase has been seen particularly in older men. In the 1970s, only around 400 men in [...]
(Read More)28th May 10
Man guilty of hiring hit man to murder business partner
by Sally Davies
A Leicester man has been found guilty of hiring a hit man to murder his business partner in order to receive the life insurance payment resulting from her death. John Cort, 54, a solicitor in Leicester, was sentenced by Nottingham Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years for his role [...]
(Read More)28th May 10
BHS announces operating loss for 2009
by Katie Naylor
British Home Stores, the retail chain owned by Sir Phillip Green, posted operating losses of £56.3 million in 2009. The dramatic figure came in stark comparison to the profit posted by the company a year prior of £15 million, although the company announced the loss would have been only £7 million if not for a [...]
(Read More)28th May 10
ASDA to purchase Netto for $1.1 billion
by Adam Richards
ASDA will purchase Netto Foodstores for an estimated $1.1 billion, according to an agreement signed Thursday between the two companies. ASDA, a subsidiary of US retail giant Wal-Mart, will convert the 193 Netto stores in the UK into ASDA stores after the merger is complete, under its new supermarket division umbrella for shops less than [...]
(Read More)28th May 10
iPad fans queue London Apple store
by Harry Oldfield
Hundreds of consumers eagerly awaiting the release of the iPad in the UK have queued in front of the Apple flagship store in London, hoping to be the first Britons to buy the popular device. The iPad sold over one million units within the first 28 days of its release in the US, which led [...]
(Read More)28th May 10
Obama assures coastal residents as BP attempts topkill
by Paul Russell
Barack Obama tried to assure US residents living along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that the government was doing everything possible to help them during the current oil-leak crisis as BP tries to stop the flow of oil using its topkill procedure. President Obama toured the Louisiana Gulf Coast as he addressed those [...]
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