Could Apple’s iPad steal away your magazine-buying customers?
As iPad-fever continues to grip the country, we ask whether it can really compete for magazine sales. Louise gets hands on with the must-have gadget of 2010
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TV product placement in your shop
As OFCOM gives TV product placement the go-ahead be ready to ensure that those products placed on screen are also placed prominently on your shelves
iPad’s great, but it can’t beat a newspaper editor
On the day of the iPad’s UK launch I saw two things that may be evidence that newspapers will survive the launch of the iPad.
The Times they are a-changin’
A landmark week in newspaper publishing as News International takes the first step in erecting a paywall at thetimes.co.uk – will it work and others follow suit?
Independent retailer flooded with customers!
Thousands of Apple fans queued up to be the first iPad owners in the UK. But what does this mean for your business?
Community rallies behind broadband cause
A village community in the East Midlands has rallied behind the demand for super-fast broadband by raising £37,000 and installing a fibre-optic line themselves, allowing
Promote your shop
The My Shop is Your Shop (MSYS) campaign has run since 2004 as a way for major suppliers to support local shopkeepers in promoting sales
Get a slice of the digital profits
Any product that you sell that can be provided over the internet is under threat because of the turmoil higher up in the supply chain,
Reasons to worry about the Apple app store
Is Apple’s iTunes a competitor for the local news shop in the UK? Yes, if the “success” of The Guardian’s iPhone application is anything to
Focus on shoppers not naysayers
While the magazine and newspaper industry is fearful that its current distribution model, dependent on sales through corner shops, is at risk from the rise
