Comet No Rival for Online Shops

Comet Stores

Electrical retail company Comet will close down 41 of its 236 branches spread across the United Kingdom by the end of November.  On November 17, 27 of its stores already started their closing sale, offering lavish discounts to costumers. 
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Sales Dip this Black Friday Despite More Shoppers

Sales Dip Black Friday

A report by ShopperTrak that measures and analyses the foot traffic across 50,000 retail stores in the country suggests that the number of shoppers on Black Friday this year increased as compared to the last year. The increase was a considerable 3.5 percent that hiked the number of retail visitors to 307.67 million. Having said that, the report also adds that the sales this year dipped by 1.8 percent to $11.2 billion.
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British Business Interests at Stake as Government Considers Exit from the EU

David Cameron

While EU was establishing its initial institutions and made its first steps in integration, Britain was the very country that was lagging behind and missed out much on business opportunities that bigger European market could offer. Symbolic first application to join EU was filed by London; however, as first considerable crises hit the EU, Britain started to consider an exit strategy. Apparently, increasingly vocal Euroskeptics, winning the upper hand in British political discourse, brought the issue to the agenda in a cumbersome and risky shape.
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Social Organizations to Measure Impact

Social Organizations

Social organizations should always know the value of their businesses by measuring their impact. Below are five reasons of doing so. 

  • Organizations that need funding should be aware that impact is one of the most important factors investors pay their attention to. Thus, showing their impact can give them access to various investment strategies. Companies are advised to measure relevant impact in order to be prominent on the background of all other companies and get many valuable opportunities as a result.
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