Economic slowdown: It’s not all doom and gloom

While the economic slowdown has made the majority of us increasingly cost conscious, are UK consumers really cutting back as much as the media lead us to believe? Although 2009 is said to be one of the worst years on record for the high street, with sales expected to decline each year until 2014*, there [...]

Making Xmas a success for your eCommerce business

In the light of the recent financial woes it would appear that eCommerce remains one of the few relatively healthy and stable retail sectors. What is more, the majority of revenue (and the majority of profit) from most eCommerce retailers is generated over the festive season. In order to maximise this once a year opportunity [...]

The Rise of the Eyeconomy

Back in 2001 Thomas Davenport wrote an article which sort of changed my world. He described a new economy driven not by the ability to manufacture or deliver goods and services better than ones competitors but by the ability to garner and maintain human attention. It took a while for this to sink in but [...]