By John Glenday Budget airline Easyjet has come down hard on two Latin American upstarts; Easy Sky and Easyfly, accusing the carriers of ‘brand theft’ owing to their adoption of its ‘easy’ moniker. A High Court order served against Honduran airline Easy Sky and its Mexican owner Global Air demands that the carrier from using the ‘easy’ prefix in any of its branding, social media or domain names. Similar court action is expected against Columbian-base Easyfly which has been operating from its base in Bogota since 2007 but has only recently entered Easyjet’s airspace after registering double-digit traffic and revenue growth in the Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy John Glenday Scotland’s Sunday Herald has been granted a stay of execution amidst a readership slump after its publishers elected to merge its staff with the better performing Glasgow Herald rather than pull the plug completely. The decision by Newsquest to focus dwindling resources on weekday output raises the possibility of both titles being formally merged, with the Sunday Herald rebadged as The Herald on Sunday while adopting an equivalent editorial line to its Monday to Friday stablemate. Such a move would have some political ramifications after the Sunday Herald broke ranks to back Scottish independence, even as Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Ian Haworth Like death, change comes for everyone. Whether or not that involves a white horse is debatable. But unlike death, change isn’t the end. Despite what people say. I’m an older bloke. Well, ‘old’ for my industry, I guess. Not exactly Prince Philip. But I keep myself in shape. I go swimming every day. Hopefully, I’m not going to drop anytime soon. Given my age, people would assume that technology terrifies me. Threatens me. But it’s the opposite. Change excites me. And nothing’s changing faster than our industry’s creative workplace. Technological advancements in AI and machine learning are defining and altering our capabilities. It means we’re forever Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Charlotte McEleny Walmart and JD.com have invested $500m into online grocery delivery firm Dada-JD Daojia. The app uses location to deliver goods from local supermarkets and has over 20 million users. According to Walmart, the move is part of an ongoing investment into digital which will enhance the convenience of shopping for consumers. Dada-JD Daojia, a company formed via a merger of JD’s online-to-offline business JD Daojia and crowdsourcing delivery service Dada Nexus, first partnered with Walmart in 2016, according to CNBC. Earlier this year, Walmart opened a high tech store, using Dada-JD Daojia technology to link its products with customers in Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Danielle Long Weibo is on the rise again in China with the micro-blogging platform reporting net revenues of $426.6m in Q2 – a 68% increase year-on-year. The rise in overall revenues was driven by robust advertising and marketing revenues, which grew 69% year-on-year to reach $369.9m. Value-added service revenues were also up by 62% for the quarter to total 56.6 million. It comes as the platform sees a surge of growth as younger users join the platform, Weibo reported the addition of 70 million users in Q2 to total 431 million monthly active users in June this year. Meanwhile, daily active users reached 190 Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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