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Twitter has permanently banned Donald Trump’s account from its platform, citing the risk of the US president using the site to incite further violence, following the storming of Capitol Hill this week. In a blog post, the social media company said it had “permanently suspended” Mr Trump’s account, removing a megaphone that the president used to broadcast obsessively to his 88m followers, with a mix of vitriol aimed at political enemies and over-the-top praise for his allies. “We have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in the post, adding that it had warned Mr Trump that it would shut the account if he continued to fan flames after his tweets that were seen as backing the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Wednesday. In a press statement released on Friday evening, Mr Trump said: “Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and the Radical ...

  The pandemic has changed our lives in many ways - our approach to health, interactions with our friends, the way we work, the way we run our homes and most definitely, the way we shop! We have witnessed that many first-time consumers have adopted digital commerce channels. More and more people are shopping for everyday needs and luxury items online. From groceries to sanitisers and from clothes to washing machines, the need to physically visit a store to shop continues to reduce. Even post the lockdown, consumers that hunkered down at home to avoid contracting coronavirus are turning to online shopping for products that they traditionally bought in stores. Going forward, one can expect these new digital interactions to remain sticky and gain at the expense of offline commerce at physical stores.  And, as the behaviour of the consumer changes, brands are forced to focus on their digital transformation. Brands will need to build digital experiences for the consumer ...