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Shoppers' little helper: Brits relying on mobile phones to hunt down high street bargains

UK shoppers augmenting bricks-and-mortar with mobile research and coupons... The UK's shoppers are... Read more

6 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Bitcoin: Cheat Sheet

...Bitcoin address within a QR code. This is one way for a bricks-and-mortar retailer to simplify the Bitcoin transaction process by making it... Read more

16 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

German iPhone, iPad sales temporarily banned

...order and the ban only covered Apple's online store, not its bricks-and-mortar stores, or resellers, according to software patent expert Florian Mueller... Read more

3 February, 2012

Waterstone's will make its own e-reader to fight Amazon's Kindle

...Waterstone's e-reader by US bookseller Barnes and Noble which combines bricks and mortar shops with own-brand e-reader, the Nook. "[Barnes and... Read more

10 September, 2011 by Jo Best

Start-ups turn to free apps and drop the office

...Photo credit: Shutterstock) Some start-ups are even doing without a permanent bricks-and-mortar home - choosing to work from a variety of locations instead... Read more

15 June, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
Period Ideas 2.5

Period Ideas 2.5

...most exciting fabrics, colour schemes and historical looks, covering everything from the bricks-and-mortar side of renovation to the eclectic fun of decorating with... Read more

14 April, 2012
Using Savvis Symphony VPDC in the enterprise

Using Savvis Symphony VPDC in the enterprise

A virtual private datacentre (VPDC) is functionally equivalent to a traditional bricks-and-mortar datacentre, but eliminates the need to manage physical real estate... Read more

25 October, 2011
Curtis Sloane 1.1

Curtis Sloane 1.1

...our estate agency. We recognise that a property is far more than bricks and mortar, but a home, a lifestyle, an investment. In other words... Read more

24 October, 2011
Period Ideas 1.5

Period Ideas 1.5

...most exciting fabrics, colour schemes and historical looks, covering everything from the bricks-and-mortar side of renovation to the eclectic fun of decorating with... Read more

24 August, 2011
LMi Mobile Applications 2.0.1.0

LMi Mobile Applications 2.0.1.0

...and its location.There is much more to a property than just bricks and mortar. For instance, fencing, retaining walls and car parks should also... Read more

5 August, 2011
Curtis Sloane for iPad 1.0

Curtis Sloane for iPad 1.0

...our estate agency. We recognise that a property is far more than bricks and mortar, but a home, a lifestyle, an investment. In other words... Read more

21 July, 2011

Advertisers checking in to location-based mobile marketing

...of mobile handsets with location apps and services offers new opportunities to bricks-and-mortar retailers to get customers in the door and spending money... Read more

7 September, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
Niagara 1812: Return of the Fenian Shadow 1.0

Niagara 1812: Return of the Fenian Shadow 1.0

...on-the-Lake, Canada, and discover the stories that lie behind the bricks and mortar. Or choose Quest Mode, and solve a centuries-old mystery... Read more

26 August, 2010
The Long Run by Edith Wharton - ZyngRule ebooks 1.0

The Long Run by Edith Wharton - ZyngRule ebooks 1.0

...illusion that New York humanity is a shade less unstable than its bricks and mortar. And that evening in particular I remember feeling that there... Read more

23 August, 2010

Online retailers lose sales with poor customer services

...of an armchair. Almost half (47 per cent) said this is because bricks-and-mortar retailers offer better customer service than their web counterparts, with... Read more

20 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

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