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News LVMH's portfolio includes brands such as Acqua di Parma, De Beers, Dior, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Moet & Chandon and Thomas Pink. Yesterday's ruling encompassed a number of individual cases brought by LVMH brands like Dior Couture... [01 Jul 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk last week, Gartner analyst Brian Gammage said that, increasingly, portable-technology consumers are identifying with particular devices and brands, in much the same way as a car is seen as a fashion... [30 Jun 2008]
Icann opens a can of worms
News They had to register their brands as .eu names. Each time a new TLD is introduced, large brands spend a fortune on defensive registrations to avoid the greater expense of recovering the names from cybersquatters further down the line. [30 Jun 2008]
Bank admits rising leccy bills on 'green' data centre
News Citi claims to have 200 million customer accounts worldwide and owns brands including Banamex, Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica and Smith Barney. Banking group Citi is on the verge of completing a major sustainable data centre project but has... [14 Apr 2008]
Tesco Mobile users hungry for ads
News Brands advertising on the portal included Bee Movie, ITV, Nivea and Teletext. Tesco Mobile has embraced mobile advertising after concluding its customers are hungry for ads on their phones. Mobile in pictures [09 Apr 2008]
Mosaic Fashions pieces together helpdesk deal
News Mosaic Fashions, the owner of Coast, Karen Millen, Oasis, The Shoe Studio Group and Warehouse fashion brands, has outsourced its first stage helpdesk support to Retail Assist for its 1,500 stores around the world. [08 Apr 2008]
Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland
News RBS does not use the CIO title for executives and Lister will join as chief architect, reporting in to the bank's group manufacturing unit, which provides centralised back-office services such as IT for other RBS banking and insurance brands... [01 Apr 2008]
Mothercare buggy about new financials software
News According to Mothercare financial controller, Mike Rainer, legacy systems of both retail brands were reaching the limit of their usefulness. Children's clothing and equipment retailer Mothercare has signed a contract with Coda to provide financials... [27 Mar 2008]
Banks under attack: Phishing on the rise
News The report said the number of banking brands targeted by phishing attacks reached 188 in February, up from a low of 153 in August 2006. US banking brands are the most targeted, with 59 per cent of attacked entities being in that country. [18 Mar 2008]
Google climbs to top of UK brand pile
News Google has topped a poll of the most powerful brands in the UK, closely followed by its chief rival Microsoft at number two. Top 10 most powerful UK brands in 20081. The web search giant has moved up from the fifth place it occupied in the... [25 Feb 2008]
UK banks targeted by phishing attacks
News UK financial institutions were the second most targeted in the world last month, accounting for 15 per cent of global banking brands targeted, behind the US with 61 per cent. Leading UK banks have been targeted by online criminals who used Storm... [15 Feb 2008]
Leisure company uses web to streamline suppliers
News The private hospitality company, which operates the Haven, Warner Breaks and Butlins brands, will implement an on-demand purchase-to-pay system provided by e-procurement specialist Wax Digital. Bourne Leisure has kicked off an e-procurement pilot... [28 Jan 2008]
GPS phones to triple by 2012
News This year, we expect to see an abundance of new models supporting GPS from all major brands. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud [16 Jan 2008]
Online sales help N Brown buck retail decline
News The retailer, which operates under the JD Williams, Oxendales, Simply Be and other brands, said online sales growth quickened by eight percentage points compared to the previous half-year. Online sales at catalogue retailer N Brown grew by 48 per... [14 Jan 2008]
Online retailers rated on customer satisfaction
News Pure-play online retailers scored more highly on customer satisfaction than the web counterparts of traditional high-street brands over the Christmas shopping period. A survey of 10,500 consumers on the top 30 retail websites in the UK, conducted... [02 Jan 2008]
