by Josh Rathour | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
If there is one thing that’s more irresistible than the perfect outfit or tech toy, it’s the lure of being able to get it at a bargain. Shoppers know it. Retailers know it. Credit suppliers know it. And now they have a whole new financial model to make it easier than...
by Josh Rathour | Sep 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
When mental health charity Mind conducted a survey into the impacts of lockdown, in the first months of the pandemic, the figures were striking. Not least among young people, and university students, 73% of which reported that their mental health had deteriorated...
by Josh Rathour | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
When the Chinese government first eased the tight restrictions in place since the initial outbreak of coronavirus, back in April last year, the first thing thousands of people did was go shopping. And after weeks pent- up at home many of those people had one type of...
by Josh Rathour | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
When people look back over the turmoil of the past 12 months, the progression of Digital ID technology isn’t likely to leap to mind as a major historical detail. Not, at least, in the minds of the people who have lived through the stresses and the strains, for whom...
by Josh Rathour | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
The horrific killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis shook the world. He died within sight of a crowd of horrified bystanders, who pleaded with the police officer kneeling on his neck to relent. He did not. Within hours of the killing, the latest in a long line of...
by Josh Rathour | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Out of thousands of people surveyed for a 2018 Barclaycard study into customer habits, 41% admitted they’d abandoned a basket at the checkout stage in the past year shopping online. Shopping in stores, only 24% had walked away from a sale. Overall, Barclaycard...