12+ min ago (403+ words) Black Friday Week is finally here, with the annual shopping event serving up mega savings from now until 1 December. If you own or run a business and are looking to maximise your end-of-year budget, Amazon Business is here to help with incredible discounts across everything from electronics and tech to industrial and safety products, office equipment, cleaning supplies and break room essentials. Black Friday Week is the ideal time to save while stocking up on essential business supplies. Keep reading for all you need to know about Amazon Business" Black Friday Week deals. Optimise your team"s productivity with technology and electronics to streamline work processes. At Amazon Business, you"ll find deals on laptops, desktops, networking equipment, webcams, docks and more for Black Friday Week. From printers and scanners to hardware, Amazon Business is your one-stop-shop for office electronics....

20+ min ago (631+ words) Phase 6 of the Mutuum Finance (MUTM) presale is on the edge of running out, with allocation nearing 99% and thousands of investors trying to enter before the next price jump. This new cryptocurrency has already become a major talking point across crypto news today, helped by analysts who now project that MUTM could deliver up to 750% upside once the token launches and its protocol goes live. A major catalyst behind this price prediction wave is the confirmed development progress. Mutuum Finance announced on its official X account that its V1 protocol is scheduled for Sepolia Testnet in Q4 2025. The first iteration includes a liquidity pool, mtTokens, a debt token system, and a liquidation bot, supporting both ETH and USDT at launch. Security is another powerful driver. Mutuum completed a CertiK audit with a 90/100 Token Scan score, which is rare for a project still…...

50+ min ago (578+ words) The Swiss BNPL market presents ample opportunities with its rapid growth, driven by increasing e-commerce and consumer demand for flexible payments. The entry of international players intensifies competition. Mobile payment platform integration, innovation, and strategic partnerships are crucial for providers to differentiate and succeed. The surge in BNPL adoption is primarily driven by the rapid growth of e-commerce in Switzerland. Consumers seek flexible payment options that align with their purchasing habits. The convenience of deferring payments without incurring interest appeals to a broad demographic, especially as online shopping becomes more prevalent. The BNPL market in Switzerland is projected to continue its upward trajectory. This growth is expected to attract more providers, increasing competition and innovation in payment solutions. Current State of the BNPL Market Key Players and New Entrants Entry of International BNPL Providers The attractiveness of the Swiss market,…...

55+ min ago (86+ words) Jacob Wulff Wold is covering tech at Euractiv as part of the Tarbell fellowship. He has a masters degree in applied physics and worked with AI policy in Norway before coming to Brussels to join Euractiv. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Ab corporis deserunt exercitationem in itaque rerum ullam voluptates. Asperiores at consectetur dolores harum magnam maiores possimus quam veniam voluptatum. Alias, iusto laudantium neque perspiciatis similique tenetur! Want to keep reading? Get a subscription on Euractiv Pro and elevate your political insight!...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (517+ words) What if design worked like play? Where instead of racing to the end goal, we took the time to play, iterate, and experiment throughout the process? For SAP Design, this mindset has been a guiding principle that informs how we build experiences for businesses globally. As part of my Design Diaries podcast, I had the opportunity to speak with Nisha Balaraman, a user researcher here at SAP. Our conversation took a deep dive into the essential role of user perspectives in shaping the design process. While her career began in cognitive science and human-computer interaction, Nisha has taken a nonlinear path to user research by moving through content strategy and product management first. Since Nisha has always been passionate about research and design, her focus on the craft has stemmed from a curiosity of understanding people's interactions with different products…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (350+ words) The company already pulled the curtain on its Black Friday promos, here's what you need to know. Tech companies are starting to show their Black Friday hands ahead of time, and now, we can add Meta to that list. The company added what it's calling Meta's "best deal of the year" to its online store over the weekend, further lowering the price of its Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1 smart glasses. The wide-ranging sale also cuts the price of prescription lenses, accessories, and the Meta Quest 3S headset. Aside from the frames, Meta is offering 20% off prescription lenses ordered from its site. That extends beyond the discounted Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1 frames " buyers can claim the discounted lenses with the purchase of any Ray-Ban Meta or Oakley Meta HSTN frames. Both offers end on Dec. 1, 2025. Meta's last-generation smart glasses are about $60 cheaper ahead of…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (350+ words) The company already pulled the curtain on its Black Friday promos, here's what you need to know. Tech companies are starting to show their Black Friday hands ahead of time, and now, we can add Meta to that list. The company added what it's calling Meta's "best deal of the year" to its online store over the weekend, further lowering the price of its Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1 smart glasses. The wide-ranging sale also cuts the price of prescription lenses, accessories, and the Meta Quest 3S headset. Aside from the frames, Meta is offering 20% off prescription lenses ordered from its site. That extends beyond the discounted Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1 frames " buyers can claim the discounted lenses with the purchase of any Ray-Ban Meta or Oakley Meta HSTN frames. Both offers end on Dec. 1, 2025. Meta's last-generation smart glasses are about $60 cheaper ahead of…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (1116+ words) Decades ago, QVC hosts would finish up their breathless pitches of Diamonique jewelry and Miracle Belt "tummy slimming" straps with a familiar phrase. "Let's go to the phones," they would declare, as orders seemingly began to roll in on the leading TV shopping channel. Today, QVC hosts are making the same pitch, but with a new catchphrase: "Let's go to the comments." That's because they're selling on TikTok Shop, a rapidly growing online marketplace within the popular video app. It's a far cry from the numbers that TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, achieves in China, where even by 2022 shoppers were spending over $200 billion on its version of the app, Douyin, according to the data and business intelligence company Statista. It's also well below the earnings from Amazon, which earned $638 billion in sales last year. But two years in, TikTok Shop, which…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (1165+ words) Eight in 10 products on offer over the Black Friday period are not on sale at their best price, according to Which?, with the consumer group finding that shoppers could get the same or even better deal at other time of the year. Which? compared prices on 175 home, tech and health appliances across eight major retailers " Amazon (AMZN), AO (AO.L), Argos, Boots, Currys (CURY.L), John Lewis, Richer Sounds and Very. Which? tracked prices for a full year around the 2024 Black Friday sales period, from May 2024 to May 2025. Its research found that 83% of products were equal in price or cheaper on at least one occasion outside of the four-week Black Friday sales period in the analysis. In fact, Which? said its research showed some retailers consistently offer prices during Black Friday that are not as good as they seem. Reena Sewraz, retail…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (665+ words) Products sold by retailers including John Lewis and Very among those cheaper outside of November discount period Shoppers holding out for a Black Friday bargain on 28 November may not get the best prices, according to Which? research that found none of the offers on the day were at their lowest level over a 12-month stretch. The consumer group compared prices for 175 home, tech and health appliances across eight retailers, ranging from Amazon to John Lewis. Prices were tracked over a full year, from May 2024 to May 2025, including the 2024 Black Friday period. It found that on the day of Black Friday 2024 none of the items it looked at were at the cheapest price they had been over the surrounding year. Britons are expected to spend "9.52bn over this year's four-day Black Friday weekend " 4.2% more than last year " according to separate research from…...