Moribund 'lad mag' market in Britain gets a boost
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A decade ago, Britain's magazine market was shaken up by a series of men's titles which offered an unsubtle mix of football, humour and scantily-clad women. Now a new revolution has begun, using much the same formula.
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Dennis Publishing Inc., publisher of "lad magazine" Maxim, said it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, as the number of readers of men's magazines falls.
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Consumer group complains of higher prices in U.K. than elsewhere in Europe.
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The governing Labour Party is at it, as are the opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Political blogging, podcasting and online video is taking off in Britain as politicians look to widen the net for new -- and importantly younger -- voters.
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By FERGUS SHEPPARD  IN AMERICA it is dubbed "the newspaper killer". Craigslist, a website that offers classified listings mostly for free, is routinely cited as the worst-case example of new media sucking advertising revenues from the world of print.
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The pound has received a boost from higher-than-expected retail sales figures for November.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Physical singles may be losing the war  against digital formats, but the U.K. market has found an  unlikely hero to lead the fight: good, old-fashioned, 7-inch  vinyl.
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The retailer's earnings improve a lot despite soft sales.
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Will new tactics in the U.K. pay off for McD's?
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LONDON - Google is targeting the UK online shopping market, said to be worth Â£17bn annually, with the launch of dedicated shopping service, Froogle, in the UK, in time for the Christmas sales period.
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Business & money: Britain's best-known Indian food brand is being sold to Associated British Foods in a deal thought to be worth more than Â£100m.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46994)  has announced the addition of "Computer  Hardware in the United Kingdom" to their  offering.
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Brands that answer consumer demands for healthier products have seen strong  UK sales, a survey says.
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'Frame exceeds the British Standards set for heavy domestic use' NSFW We know how much you lot enjoy a good e-commerce website gaffe, so we're obliged to the three readers* who forwarded us this nice example from Marks and Spencer:â¦
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Britain's biggest supermarkets group sends fresh shockwaves through retail sector
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EBay launches a US classified ad website similar to Gumtree which has proved popular in the UK.
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