We're sure that it won't come as a surprise to anyone reading this that, at the current rate, by 2022 1/3 of all UK retail will be done online

Here's this week's top stories for those indoors looking longingly out at the sunshine...

Time to catch up on some interesting snippets from the week: 1. Electronic skin for an electronic generation

Now we are all grown up, we've been thinking that it's about time we did something to show it, which is why we're doing something good.

Here's all of the unmissable news from the past week wrapped up in a neat parcel of five... 1. Shopping that starts with a photo

Social is an important part of what we do here at Folk and you don't really need us to explain why. In an environment that's complicated, constantly evolving and ultimately uncontrollable, an understanding of why people use social media is integral to its successful utilisation by brands.

As if we haven't spoken about it enough recently ... we celebrated our 10th birthday with an art exhibition like no other in Soho, London last night.

Here at Folk, the idea that happy people make for a healthy business is a total given. We're currently hunting for new folk to join the team so we recently put together our Top Ten reasons for you to join us but that was really a teaser.

Famous British author Philip Pullman once said that after nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing that we need most in this world and here at Folk we totally agree. Stories can connect with and influence people to think or feel differently in a way that communicating matter-of-factly just can’t achieve.

Here’s our pick of this week's top stories: 1. In local news, our Frank became a certified Magento developer.