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I realized that I haven't been on here since 2010 with a post about how times have changed within Retail where it used to be a big NO having cameras in your store http://tinyurl.com/Madman2010 Since then, I have blogged elsewhere, written papers, produced music and other good stuff... So 2011, and a return to where it all started with my ...

Firstly some exciting news from January 2009 The Diary of A Madman Blog will also be available as Podcast of a Madman  with the usual ranting's and good stuff, as well as a whole host of other media that I can only talk about, but the podcast you can also listen, watch and view some episodes - all be announced and then you can subscribe and ...

  Just as the George Lucas sci-fi classic ran for years and years - such is the space for mobile devices - and the Mobile War that will undoubtedly erupt over the coming years I'm sure that the "Empire (may well try to) Strike Back" however with the latest glut of new touch phones arriving on the scene such as the Samsung Omnia ...

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 ...

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. These are the customer facing element of the retail business. They hold such value that ...

Following up quickly from my last blog - where do I see some of the key highlights and what Conchango are talking about with our clients and potential clients is how you structure ''your cloud'' in order to make it accessible, visible and indexed correctly. Gone are the days where you can just pump content and data up to a virtual storage ...

Please welcome the new King - 360° Retail!Just as Web2.0 was a buzz word for a seismic change in the way users interacted and used the internet, the Web2.0 term was over used and wrongly interpreted by both retailers and their internal processes and decision makers that would influence their web strategies. So we (in the consultancy trade) moved ...

A little while ago along with my usual ranting and ramblings I actually was strapped down and forced to write in a cohesive and structured manner. This of course goes against the grain of what I do - as I like to ramble on and on and go off in various tangents (I'm like that when speaking as well :) - but when asked by Miss D & Miss B to ...

...TO LATE!!! As most (hopefully ALL) retailers know Easter is the second most important trading time after Christmas! However - how many retailers were ready for this Easter ?? - because this Easter is going to be tough ride... Most retailers will have planned Xmas >> Winter Sale >> Easter - roughly in that order - base their ...

In my quest and mission to inform and of course to put my tuppence worth in in regard to the state of the music industry - I think you have got to look at the state of the business and how the consumer ultimately sees and feels about their music, bands, artists - and dare I say it ''heroes'' Does that term even exist in today's MP3 Generation - ...