Adventures of a Brazilian girl in London

Are ‘cardless’ customer loyalty schemes the future? While Brazil battles with the worst recession in recent years, the Scandinavian countries are leaving experts worried about the recent deflation. Sweden saw inflation for all 2015 drop by 0.04...

I always loved discounters. Even before the rise of Lidl and Aldi against the big four (Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco), I used to shop at Netto in Acton Town, back in the day I was still a student and needless to say, totally broke. Sin...

I love Twitter. To me, it's a great tool to be up-to-date with news and follow people that have the same interests as me. In fact, I love it so much I have TWO accounts: one is related to work and networking, @a_picasso, where I tweet mainly about...

This post is going to be a bit different - I usually write about emerging markets and Brazil but this time I'm going to write about two customer service experiences I recently had here in the UK - and guess what, they both left me very pissed off! 1...

The weather is getting chillier, the leaves are turning yellow/brown and with Halloween around the corner you definitely know (and feel) it's autumn. Along with cosy sweaters and a nice cup of tea, nothing it's better than a freshly new baked pastry...

After a fairly long stretch of warm weather - when I said 'long' I mean long for London - today's weather was a mixture of rain, wind and few sunny spells, thanks to hurricane Bertha (or the ex-hurricane Bertha) that hit London. When the rain stopped...

Since moving from West  to North London - more specifically Archway -  I've been discovering nice little places around, and more recently found myself becoming almost a regular at the Bread and Bean cafe. I'm not your usual coffee shop regular, fi...