Tag Archives: Shopping

The best retail strategies can work in any space While the contours of the retail world are in a flux around the world, there is still a very strong case for retail shops meeting a deep instinctual need in people. In his stunning book called The Future of the Mind, Michio Kaku, the physicist and […]

When Leo Tolstoy observed that the two most powerful warriors are patience and time, he could scarcely have imagined how undervalued both of these would become. Today, the constant refrain we hear when planning in business, is that the customer has no patience, a reducing attention span and no time. We can see this quite […]

The shape and scope of physical retail is changing and definitely for the better It is interesting how the flow of goods from distant lands in the Far East and Asia flooded the markets of Europe as early as the 15th century. “ … the shops of Lisbon and Antwerp and other emporia in Europe […]

For some how they do it is more important than the product or service In my last column I had spoken about some of the systems around which sales and distribution were built over the last couple of centuries and how this structure is now changing. Similarly let us review the reasons why people buy. […]

Online sales are still a marginal percentage of total, leaving room for more players Rapid social change is one of the leitmotifs of today. In every field of life, the way people dress, their food, drinks, how they are eating — everything is changing. Just look back at the last 25-30 years and see how […]