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Our 'other ' home in the net is the RetailSmart blog. Please swing by for a visit - there is at least a weekly update.

We won't bore you with opinion pieces - it is not about us - but we tend to focus on something more functional; it is aimed at people who want to learn something about the art and the science of retailing, and do so through conversation.

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Image via Wikipedia Today is the third anniversary of this blog. Having graduated form the ‘terrible twos’ it is time to take stock. I would like to ask you to please help me chart the course of the blog going forward: I started this blog to become a repository for thought and insights – mostly principles and practices [...]

Time for some shameless self promotion. Got a note from my provider (Constant Contact) that we made the grade to be qualified as an ‘email marketing all star’. I thought I would publish this on the birthday week of the blog. It is a good excuse to invite the readers (especially RSS and email subscribers) who never [...]

I know you are here because you are looking for a lesson in philosophy. I know opinion is cheap. But I would like to share with you a few things that I have learned. Some of it through blogging, but mostly just as I grow older and wiser. These thoughts were penned on a recent flight, which [...]

[This post was originally published in ReadThinkLearnLaugh - our monthly newsletter. Subscribe here to get the good stuff...] Actually a better title would be: The Downside of Brand Loyalty and the Meaning of Life Is marketing evil? Do you feel guilty that your job is essentially the promotion of conspicuous consumption? Is selling stuff for a living just so [...]

Retailers and marketers are always looking for opportunties to grow. Global warming (believe it or not) offers many of those opportunities for astute entrepreneurs. Have a squiz at this video and see if there are pportunities for you. I suspect that Government will be the major client for some time to come – because as we found [...]