alcohol
RSS alcoholBottom falls out of online pants market but e-tail hits £3.8bn
News However online shoppers are continuing to cut back on luxuries, with sales of lingerie and beers, wines and spirits continuing to show decreasing growth: alcohol sales have had negative year-on-year growth in five out of... [22 Sep 2009]
India outsourcing workers stressed to the limit
Comment The doctors advised him to ease off alcohol and better manage work stress. The outsourcing industry has brought jobs and prosperity to India - but, asks Saritha Rai, at what cost to workers' well being? [25 Aug 2009]
Photos: India's mega outsourcing training centre
Photo Men and women are segregated in different blocks, weeknight curfew at the gates is 9.30pm, mobile phones are banned in classrooms and alcohol is a no-no on campus at all times. silicon.com's Saritha Rai recently visited... [23 Jun 2009]
An Analysis of Market Shares on the Danish Alcohol Market Using Unobserved Components
White Paper The Danish alcohol market has three types of alcohol: Beer, Wine and Spirits. In Denmark the relative prices for the three types of alcohol have changed radically because of changes in... [29 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.04.09
Round-Up The pub, which is now expected to open by the end of the month, will also be open for lunch but alcohol will not be served. Q: How many computer programmers does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, it's a hardware... [17 Apr 2009]
Microsoft pub will be pulling pints after all
News The pub, which is now expected to open by the end of the month, will also be open for lunch but alcohol will not be served. Less than a week after pulling the plug on plans to have a bar as part of an expansion of its... [16 Apr 2009]
Booze and knickers back on top in Brits' web shopping
News One of the categories faring best last month was alcohol. While sales growth is static on the high street, online shopping continues to expand - albeit at a muted pace. According to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail... [17 Mar 2009]
Credit crunch no match for January sales
News January's online sales growth for Christmas favourites including alcohol and gifts fell by more than 60 per cent month on month. The economic outlook may be grim but Brits haven't lost their thirst for the New Year sales. [17 Feb 2009]
First large-scale ID card trials coming to Manchester?
News The Home Office will lobby banks, retailers, councils and universities in these "beacon areas" to allow the cards to be used with their services, such as opening a bank account or proving age when buying alcohol. [29 Jan 2009]
UK spent £4.7bn online over Christmas
News However, online spend on alcohol dipped by 16 per cent compared to last year, although the month's average spend on booze was £67. UK consumers spent £4.67bn shopping on the web in December. According to the IMRG... [15 Jan 2009]
Web sales fever hits as soon as the wrapping paper is off
News Clothing and accessories also proved popular on Boxing Day, with a 22 per cent traffic growth year on year, while groceries and alcohol notched up nearly 19 per cent. Boxing day was the busiest day in terms of traffic... [02 Jan 2009]
Britain's £28m Xmas shopping lunchtime
News The researchers forecast £1.2m will be spent on apparel in the period, a growth of 25 per cent on last year, while alcohol sales will reach £233m during Q4 2008 and £24m will be bought in the first week of December alone. [12 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News But an Identity and Passport Service spokesman denied the system would be vulnerable to fraud: "The majority of instances where people use their identity cards will be day to day situations where the cards offer a convenient method of... [07 Nov 2008]
Web shopping slowdown continues as recession bites
News However alcohol, gifts and electricals also showed an increase in spend, suggesting shoppers are stocking up for Christmas. Growth in online shopping spend appears to have slowed to a trickle as the economic downturn bites. [22 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.10.08
Round-Up You don't have to be - like the Round-Up - someone who once dropped a brand new mobile phone into a pint of stout to know that alcohol and technology are rarely a good combination. In our always-on internet-connected,... [10 Oct 2008]
