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  • Retail & eCommerce: Why is it not going to plan?

    I was prompted to write this blog in a sort of pseudo response to an article in the FT  article http://tinyurl.com/RetailFT around the predictions of ecommerce and why there is not the glutton of mass adoption of this medium. Well firstly it is doing very well just now, thank you very much, across Europe online retail sales grew from €98bn in ...
    Posted to Diary Of A Madman (Weblog) by Derek.Dunlop on July 8, 2009
  • Social Media Networks & Communication Services: When do you engage and How?

    At what point do retailers embrace the social shopping sphere? From reviews, comments, payments, marketing and brand voice, where and how do they begin? There are so many social networks and sites here today gone tomorrow that retailers and brands are  concerned that there either too late, too early or will waste their money on something that ...
    Posted to Diary Of A Madman (Weblog) by Derek.Dunlop on July 3, 2009
  • 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 great well done to Claire Robertson and her team or re-invigorated and re-invented retail takes a ...
    Posted to Diary Of A Madman (Weblog) by Derek.Dunlop on March 13, 2009
  • Stop Wishing it all away – Inspire the Wishlist for 2009

    Started this Blog as a sort of step and thoughts for the forthcoming Luxury Interactive (e-Commerce) event in London on 16th – 18th March details here… I have been asked to attend – and got me thinking about the Luxury market and how it is handling the current recession. Not hearing anything from Dior, Gucci or Dolce & Gabbana that they are ...
    Posted to Diary Of A Madman (Weblog) by Derek.Dunlop on March 2, 2009
  • 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 by Woolworths, MFI, Adams, Zavvi etc… and no one to fill them -  the landlords will try ...
    Posted to Diary Of A Madman (Weblog) by Derek.Dunlop on January 2, 2009
  • 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 Christmas is even more successful that the one just passed. The teams then go into overdrive ...
    Posted to Diary Of A Madman (Weblog) by Derek.Dunlop on October 28, 2008
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