Category: Announcement
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“Purchandising” – Editorial from November 2010’s issue of Internet Retailing Magazine
I’ve just published the web version of my Editorial for the November 2010 issue of our Magazine. You can see it on Internet Retailing’s site here: http://www.internetretailing.net/2010/12/editorial-purchandising/ There’s also a link to the digital ‘page turner’ edition, also now published online.
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Masters status conferred on our retail qualification
A while ago we launched the Post-Graduate Diploma in Internet Retailing. The programme was developed, in conjunction with Econsultancy.com, to support the skills and career development of multichannel retail professionals. The qualification spans the gamut of etail activity – from buying, sourcing and category management, to online marketing by route of operations, IT and logistics.…
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RetailGreen – challenges and issues in green and sustainable ecommerce
“Retailgreen.eu – challenges and issues in green and sustainable ecommerce” I’ve been interested for a while in the tension between “retail” (encouraging customers to buy more) and sustainability or ‘green’ sentiments (encouraging people to buy less – “reduce, reuse and recycle” being the operating mantra). There are many benefits and challenges for retailers in considering…
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The European eCommerce Forum’s inaugural meeting
This first appeared as an article in Internet Retailing magazine’s July 2008 issue. A pdf of the magazine article is attached. The inaugural meeting of the European eCommerce Forum (ECF) was held in Amsterdam in April – the culmination of four years of conversations with leading retailers. Ian Jindal and Joris Beckers, co-founders of the…
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Media Futures Conference 2008
Nico Macdonald and the BBC have announced The Media Futures Conference, being… “… a one day exploration of the dynamics and trends shaping the future of media. As well as an opportunity for lively debate, the conference will feature presentations showcasing innovative projects, showing smart thinking in practice and illustrating the scope of what is…
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Speaking at the Buy.at “Speakeasy”
Last Wednesday I was pleased to give the keynote at the Buy.at 5th annual “Speakeasy” event, held at 195 Piccadilly, home of the BAFTAs. It was an eclectic gathering of a couple of hundred people: merchants, affiliates, programme managers and entrepreneurs in a very open, engaged forum. I spend a lot of time talking to…
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Adobe, Agency.com: some recent speaking
I was invited by Agency.com to speak at one of their ‘brownbag lunches’ and managed to do so on 29 February, 2008.The format is a relaxed one: an external speaker, an ‘open mic’ in terms of topic (I spoke on rich internet applications, underlying data and the challenge of selling in a contracting market) and…
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E-consultancy.com’s Graduate Academy
This is a great idea. It’s become axiomatic that there’s a skills-shortage in ecommerce, but a less-well documented problem with the explosion in ecommerce is the lack of entry-level, junior skills. Such has been the growth that experienced ecommerce people are now looking at senior management paygrades, but there’s not been the investment within companies…
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iGoogle “UK Retail” tab, featuring Internet Retailing
Google has recently added a “UK Retail” resource to its iGoogle offering. This is more than a collection of retail-specific feeds from the existing Google database. Google has worked directly with key information providers to ensure that the feeds provided are relevant, correctly formatted, useful for retail ‘watchers’ and provide a good mass of information.…
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Internet Retailing Magazine: first issue distributed
The first issue of Internet Retailing Magazine has been distributed to the initial 5,000 subscribers. Initial feedback has been very positive indeed, with comments focusing upon its having addressed a market gap, the quality of the writing and the high production values. Thanks are due to our excellent Editor, Emma Herrod, and the team at…