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• 2012 Search: Who will find you & how?

  In 2011 Google did the unthinkable or for a lot of people, the “about time” by dropping their all new Panda algorithm that would change the old school way that it had spidered and indexed sites previously. This in part was a pre-cursor for Google+ and Read More... Posted 04 January 2012 15:59 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: apple, multi-channel retailing, online retailers, Longtail, Amazon, retail, SEO, Diary Of A Madman, digital media, marketing, brand development, internet value, online advertising, social networks, microsoft, facebook, google, ad words, business intelligence, master data management, social shopping, Sharing Media, mobile apps, mobile, e-commerce, eCommerce, Amazon commerce, m-commerce, mobile commerce, Mobile Long Tail, 360° Retail, strategy, business strategy, Retail Commerce, social media, consulting, total customer experience, Siri, 2012, Flow, Bing, Google Panda, Search, Meta Property, omni-channel, Google+, Meta Data, Search Engine

• Innovate..Evolve..or become irrelevant (Baby Boomers vs Gen X)

  The world is a very different place than what it was 20 years ago! Nice opening statement from the ‘school of the bloody obvious’ isn’t it? Well you would think so, 20 years ago back in 1991 we were a very different breed, we had a taster of technology Read More... Posted 04 November 2011 15:47 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: multi-channel retailing, brand identity, Diary Of A Madman, Music Industry, marketing, brand development, mergers, business intelligence, GenY, business vision, business strategy, art of strategy, consulting, patents, Gen X, Business Innovation, Evolution, Innovation, Unions, Baby Boomers, kodak, Union Workforce

• Banking & Credit Cards: how secure is your data?

  Banks, finance companies and the like are turning their back on the people that matter most - their customers! In a digitally connected and somewhat openly transparent world these companies are still relying on their antiquated networks and processes Read More... Posted 23 June 2011 21:42 by Derek.Dunlop | 1 Comments Filed under: Diary Of A Madman, Sony, dot-com bust, business intelligence, digital living, digital media evangelist, digital lifestyle, business strategy, privacy, online banking, banking security, phishing, banking, retail banking, RSA, email marketing, network security, hacks, data security, Application, A2D2, Design & Development, Architecture

• Amazon: from e-tailer to the worlds first e-shopping mall?

  I’ve been talking about the state of the high street for my last few posts and of course will continue to discuss and debate the future and where there could be some light at the end of the tunnel (looking specifically at the launch of Wellworths - a Read More... Posted 13 March 2009 20:28 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: digital downloads, high street brands, multi-channel retailing, brand identity, online retailers, Longtail, Amazon, retail, Diary Of A Madman, traditional high street, digital media, brand development, online advertising, microsoft, virtual high street, retail week, business tools, business intelligence, digital media evangelist, digital lifestyle, web platform, Marketplace, e-commerce, eCommerce, Amazon commerce, mobile commerce, recession retail, micro distribution, macro distribution, 360° Retail, 2009, business vision, business strategy, EMC Consulting EMEA, UK High Street, UK Retail, Retail Commerce, web technology, micro e-commerce, nano technology, nano commerce, Amazon CloudFront, AWS, TwitPay, jeff bezos, 722, e-shopping mall, EC2, Amazon S3

• Digital Britain? Not if it snows…

  I read, watched and shook my head in utter shock and despair at the way the Britain “coped” with the recent and continued snow falls of yesterday and today. I think that looking at the way the current infrastructure is set up – no matter if its snow, Read More... Posted 03 February 2009 10:50 by Derek.Dunlop | 2 Comments Filed under: community, Diary Of A Madman, digital media, facebook, data integration, business tools, business intelligence, digital living, digital media evangelist, digital lifestyle, business vision, business strategy, Digital Britain 2009, Twitter, Snow UK, Daily Mirror

• 2008: The Death of the High Street?

  Well it was very close… and there are a few towns and small cities that will never be the same as the vicious cycle continues on the high street and shopping malls up and down the country. As lots and units become vacant, especially larger ones such left Read More... Posted 02 January 2009 16:47 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: conchango, high street brands, multi-channel retailing, Amazon, retail, Diary Of A Madman, tesco, out of town, digital media, virtual high street, business intelligence, digital media evangelist, web platform, retail theatre, e-commerce, eCommerce, m-commerce, recession, recession retail, Tips for 2009, 360° Retail, 2009, Virtual Year 2009, strategy, EMC Consulting EMEA, death of the high street

• The Art of Conchango

  In an environment of economic instability around the world, some of the easiest things that businesses do is cut staff, cut advertising, extend payment terms as well as contractors, external companies and of course, dare I say it, consultants etc... anyway Read More... Posted 31 October 2008 12:27 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: conchango, BI, Diary Of A Madman, data integration, business tools, business intelligence, digital media evangelist, recession, business vision, strategy, long term goals, business strategy, art of strategy

• Retail Christmas 2008: Will this be "Recession Retail?"

  Retail readiness... Retail is in the detail... Christmas is coming..READY?? For retailers that have checked, double checked, reviewed, written post-Christmas documents around key learning’s from the past year – and how to ensure that next Read More... Posted 28 October 2008 12:39 by Derek.Dunlop | 1 Comments Filed under: conchango, luxury brands, high street brands, multi-channel retailing, online retailers, technology, Amazon, pop up retail, BI, price comparison engines, price match, retail, SEO, CPA, Diary Of A Madman, traditional high street, supermarkets, tesco, out of town, marketing, Loyalty, online advertising, social networks, CPC, Cookie-tracking technology, retail week, data integration, business tools, business intelligence, social shopping, digital media evangelist, retail theatre, 360° Retail, retail training, retail careers, e-commerce, eCommerce, Christmas 2008, m-commerce, recession, recession retail, bleak outlook for retailers

• Divorce or Counselling?: Retailers next move in eCommerce

  What to do? You spent months pouring over your choices, listened to internal concerns and external advice. You raised your CAPEX over 5 years for your businesses eCommerce / web platform - and that was in 2003! Now as 2008 fast approaches it's finale Read More... Posted 01 September 2008 14:23 by Derek.Dunlop | 5 Comments Filed under: conchango, multi-channel retailing, BI, retail, CPA, Diary Of A Madman, internet value, CPC, data integration, business tools, business intelligence, .Net, osCommerce, e-commerce, eCommerce, Open Source, Magento, Java, Elastic Path, Conchango Digital Commerce Platform, Websphere, Apache Open for Business Project, Amazon commerce, DCP, ATG, Freeway

• 360° Retail: Staff & Operations - Pride (In the Name of Retail)

  Continuing the 360° Retail theme that I started in July this is the next instalment - that when completed you will have the fundamentals of a 360° Retail Guide. Staff & Operations In retail one of the biggest assets is of course the staff. Read More... Posted 19 August 2008 14:12 by Derek.Dunlop | 0 Comments Filed under: conchango, community, high street brands, multi-channel retailing, brand identity, online retailers, pop up retail, BI, retail, Diary Of A Madman, supermarkets, tesco, out of town, marketing, Loyalty, brand development, retail week, business tools, business intelligence, retail theatre, 360° Retail, retail training, retail careers