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Home / GROW GLOBAL WEEKLY DIGEST # 170

GROW GLOBAL WEEKLY DIGEST # 170

21 June 2016 by Grow Global

INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS

21 June 2016

GROW GLOBAL NEWS

growglobal.com – UKTI logoSarah Carroll, GROW GLOBAL’s Director, will be running a series of webinars, seminars and masterclasses to help companies to optimise their websites, e-commerce systems and social media for international trade. Read more>>

INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS 

bbc.co.uk – There are now half a billion active users on the photo-sharing app Instagram. More than 300 million people use it at least once a day, the company has said. The service was bought by Facebook in 2012 for about $1bn (£677m), and has grown rapidly ever since. Read more>>

uk.businessinsider.com – The amount of text being posted on Facebook is declining, according to one of the company’s executives, who believes the social network will “probably” be “all video” within the next decade. Video content on Facebook is growing more quickly than the company ever anticipated. Read more>>

INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS 

bbc.co.uk – Retail sales volumes rose by a much better than expected 0.9% in May, compared with the previous month, as UK consumers bought more clothing. Unseasonably cold weather in April followed by better weather in May sent clothing sales up 4.3% month-on-month – the biggest rise for more than two years. Read more>>

bbc.co.uk – The pound hit the highest level against the dollar since early January before ending flat on Tuesday. On Monday, the pound made its biggest one-day gain against the dollar in seven years. The currency market has been volatile ahead of the EU referendum vote. Read more>>

OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BBC News – Grandson shares nan’s polite Google search>>
BBC News – Britain’s biggest rail franchise in chaos>>
BBC News – How online ‘influencers’ are changing the food industry>>
BBC News – China rules against Apple over iPhone patent claims>>
BBC News – Google working on ‘common-sense’ AI engine at new Zurich base>>
BBC News – The Chinese brands of tomorrow>>
BBC News – Inside Disney’s new Shanghai resort>>
BBC News – Social media ‘outstrips TV’ as news source for young people>>
BBC News – Japan’s Line to list shares in Tokyo and New York>>
The Guardian – Let languages shout out your business benefits>>
BBC News – Facebook scraps in-video links to other sites>>
BBC News – Queen tweets 90th birthday thanks>>
BBC News – Drone industry delight at new US rules>>
BBC News – First Lady Michelle Obama joins Snapchat>>
BBC News – Instagram boss on pitching to the Pope>>
BBC News – Walmart announces Chinese partnership with JD.com>>

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