UK inflation (CPI) hit 5.5 percent in January – the highest since 1992 when it stood at 7.1 percent and was on the verge of crashing down to just 2.2 percent a few months later. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics also put the in…
As international travel came to a near complete standstill in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the aviation industry suffered what it described as “the worst year in history for air travel demand”. According to the International Air Transport Associa…
After seeing its bookings cut by more than 40 percent due to the pandemic in 2020, Airbnb bounced back remarkably well in 2021. Despite Covid’s persistent dampening effect on international travel, the short-term rental market leader reported a 56-perce…
The analysts of Statista eCommerceDB estimate Amazon’s European revenues at around 54 billion euros for 2020, which is more than the combined total of the other nine eCommerce brands in the ranking. Number 2 is Tesco, but by a wide margin. Britain’s la…
Coinbase’s QR code ad at this year’s Super Bowl might have broken its website with its disruptive concept, but it was far from the most successful ad when it comes to search traffic. This specific trophy goes to EV car maker Polestar, whose ad poked fu…
IBM has been granted the most U.S. patents in a year for the 29th year in a row. According to data from the IFI Claims Patent Services, the IT giant based out of Armonk, New York, was assigned 8,682 patents in 2021. As our chart shows, this specific le…
Ahead of the Winter Olympics currently being held at Yanqing Ski Resort near Beijing, aerial shots of its artificially maintained ski slopes sticking out uncomfortably from the surrounding green hillsides spiked a conversation about the Winter Games an…
The prospect of a “high intensity” armed conflict involving major military powers has been a subject of reflection and concern in expert circles and the media for some years now. This issue has become even more topical with the recent rise in geopoliti…
May 8, 2021 marked 76 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe – VE Day. While the conflict which claimed millions of lives on European soil is firmly committed to the annals of history, conflict in the East of the continent is still a har…
Consumer prices in the United States continued to surge at the start of 2022, as inflation hit a 40-year high in January. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was up 7.5 percent compared to a year ago, while the core index excluding…