Archive for the ‘Retail’ Category

Widgets, people and the web

Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Generation C, Marketing, Media, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »

Dave Cushman presented his thoughts on how people become the key distributors of information in the networked society Dave mentions Reed's Law - the law of group forming networks. Another thought that has crossed my mind is that there is a ...

The True Promise of the Mobile Society - Access, Communication & Business

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Mobile, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Trends | No Comments »

I am speaking at an event in Slovenia in November and I was asked to write something about my presentation. I thought it was worth sharing  It is often said that that what works in one country, does not work in ...

When Petrabytes seem like kilobytes - what comes next?

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Sciences, Marketing, Mobile, Networks, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Web/Tech | 5 Comments »

Affirmation is a great and positive word and I have been feeling some affirmation recently and here is another small slice The concept of Web 2.0 is a dynamic, user-driven mesh of technologies Absolutely, and Carlota Perez in her book Technological ...

Its the small things that keep communities together

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Ethics, Government & Politics, Politics, Retail, Society, Strategy | 1 Comment »

Just imagine you are part of the government. Among your principal concerns are how to hold society together at a time of rapid change. You worry about social and community cohesion and the practical, psychological and economic isolation of the ...

Evolution of SMLXL

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | No Comments »

In 2002, I founded a company called SMLXL - short for Small Medium Large XtraLarge. Its focus was and still is - how do businesses and organisations meaningfully engage in a commercial or social agenda with their audiences.  We were some ...

MTV goes broadband

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 Posted in Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Marketing, Media, Retail, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, iPTV | Comments Off

MTV Networks Launches Two Broadband Channels MTV networks is launching two free, ad-supported broadband channels based on children's network Nickelodeon and music video network VH1, aimed at offering their viewers exclusive, Web-only content and content from the show's regular ...

Troubling times for retailers

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005 Posted in Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Retail, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | Comments Off

Are we in a cycle? Are we facing something more fundamentally structural? As retailers continue to struggle. The FT on Thursday 26 May reported that WH Smith, MFI, Dixons and Kingfisher had all suffered on the high street and their share ...

Disintermediate, Disintermediate

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005 Posted in Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Retail, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | Comments Off

We all remember Dr Who right? And his never-ending batttle with those darstardly Daleks - hell bent on ruling the world. The Daleks would whizz around screaming at high pitch, "exterminate exterminate" - but for todays businesses the word ...

Communities Dominate Brands

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Research, Ethics, Events, Gaming, Generation C, Law, Marketing, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Quotes, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Travel, Trends, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | Comments Off

Communities Dominate Brands Business and marketing challenges for the 21st century Tomi T Ahonen and Alan Moore (about 250 pages, hardcover, Futuretext Ltd, March 2005) Communities Dominate Brands: Business and marketing challenges for the 21st century is a book about ...

P&G sees the Light, the rest of the world now has to follow

Sunday, January 16th, 2005 Posted in Advertising, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Marketing, Media, Participation, Retail, Strategy, Trends | Comments Off

Late in 1999, I began my research into the changing landscape of media, marketing and communications. The blogs of many people, the surveys; Yankelvich, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Deutsch Bank - they all say the same. That conventional marketing ...